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Community of Reading Engagement
Cranium CoRE: the reading comprehension game show for schools
Students read a book together, play a TV style game show in teams, then discuss and defend their answers with the text. It works in the classroom, in the school library and school against school.
Battle of the Books
Florida schools have run their Battle of the Books competitions on Cranium CoRE for more than a decade - school battles, district semi-finals and finals, grades 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. The game-show screen goes up, the teams sit down with their books, and the questions send every reader back into the text.
- Ready-made BOB, SSYRA, Florida Teens Read and Guys Read game sets
- School vs school, same grade, different buildings
- Up to 10 teams answering on their own devices
- Open books: every answer is proved with the text
Engage and Enlighten them today!
Empower them for life!
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Benefits of Cranium CoRE
Cranium CoRE teaches a life long learning skill that will aid the members of our community no matter what curriculum or job they pursue. Our process creates a meta-cognitive discussion with students to defend the answers and prove them contextually with an open book.
A cross-curricular solution
Cranium CoRE is a cross-curricular solution to this challenge for grades 3-12. The focus of this process is discussion. The higher order thinking questions used in this method are a springboard for thematic conversation leading to improved comprehension skills. The goal is to have our students think independently at times. It is also a goal to show them how to be interdependent, collaborative learners.
The Process used with our Cranium CoRE methodology includes, in this sequence:
The language skills involved with this process; reading, writing, speaking and listening, are about THINKING. You improve these skills by doing them! The challenge for all educators is how to motivate students to make practicing these skills as enjoyable as other things students do for fun (i.e., video games, the Internet, Game Boys, etc.).
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What educators say
"For most children reading is hard and writing is even harder. This TV game show format within the Cranium CoRE methods offers an exciting environment that motivates children of any age to read so they can participate in this fun filled event. I highly endorse it as a way to encourage children to read and write."
"The impact that Cranium CoRE can have on students is amazing. Who would think that students would literally beg to have to THINK :). This is one of the most challenging programs that I have ever used. In addition, the higher order thinking question writing training that Andy Larson gave our media specialists was rated with the highest possible ratings with comments like: 'This is the best and most meaningful training that I have been to in years.'"
"My students and I really enjoyed having the opportunity to use Cranium CoRE with one of the SSYRA titles. My students were excited and eager to interact with the text and each other while playing the Cranium CoRE game!"
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Still not convinced that Cranium CoRE is right for you? We encourage you to browse this website and watch our videos to get a better understanding of how to use Cranium CoRE with your kids. Create a free account and see how our online Community of Reading Engagement builds students' skills in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.
We have created a virtual community of teachers, students and parents who not only use our methods to engage readers, but also to compose their own games for the sake of improving language skills, especially reading comprehension.