Chris Abbott

Abbott noticed that fluency is the main barrier holding his students at his school back from reading at their grade level. He found students that are continuously exposed to the sound of fluent readers increase their own fluency and comprehension. To overcome this problem, Abbott created the "iPods Invade Hadley!" program to increase comprehension by playing modern audio books on iPods. The features on the MP3 players provide students the ability to read at their own pace and bookmark sections of their audio book for a later time. Teachers can also manually record their own textbook reading s into the player for students to listen to while reading in class. The recent popularity of iPods will make learning fun and stylish. with over 25 students a year coming through Abbott's classroom, the program will renew the joy of reading for students discovering the English language for the first time. Abbott lives in Lombard.