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Teacher's Guide to Using Storia
Helpful advice, inspiring ideas, and e-reading resources for using Storia in the classroom
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
This guide will help you incorporate the Storia eReading App into your classroom and the instruction you are already doing by providing tips, ideas for activities, and e-reading resources you can download and use with your students.
Included Here:
- What is Storia and how do I get started? (5)
- How do I use the Storia dictionary and other features in the classroom? (4)
- How can I use Storia for different kinds of instruction? (11)
- How will the Storia assessment and reports tools help me? (2)
- How do I communicate with parents about Storia? (1)
- Where can I find worksheets, graphic organizers, and other resources to use with Storia? (2)
What is Storia and how do I get started?
Storia Introduces New Features for the Classroom!
Storia is constantly improving and adding features. Among the latest enhancements are these eight features that make using Storia at school even more effective.
What Is Storia?
Discover the new e-reading app from Scholastic and how you can use it to motivate your readers. Plus, see how Storia is aligned to standards.
Getting Started With Storia: An Overview
A quick guide to the many ways you can use Storia in the classroom -- and how integrating Storia into your reading program will benefit your students and you.
Managing Storia Bookshelves and Tools
Best practices for managing your Storia program, including tips for setting up bookshelves and managing Storia's tools through those bookshelves
Managing Storia Devices and Software
Best practices for managing and keeping track of your Storia software and devices
How do I use the Storia dictionary and other features in the classroom?
Using the Storia Dictionary
How to use the Storia dictionary with picture and chapter books, plus four dictionary activities that enhance instruction
Using the Storia Notes Feature
Integrating the Storia notes feature into meaningful reading instruction
Using the Storia Highlighter Tool
How to use highlighting for instructional purposes and to help students find deeper meaning in their books
Using Storia Enrichment Features
Tips for using the extremely popular and highly motivating interactive activities in Storia's enriched e-books
How can I use Storia for different kinds of instruction?
Whole-Class Reading Instruction: Read-Alouds and Storia
The benefits of using Storia's read-to-me feature for read-alouds, as well as quick tips and lists of books that work well in read-aloud settings
Whole-Class Reading Instruction: Shared Reading and Storia
Tips for using Storia for shared reading with both beginning and fluent readers
Whole-Class Reading Instruction: Mentor Texts and Storia
Tips for using children's literature in Storia to inspire and support your students' writing
Whole-Class Reading Instruction: Content-Area Reading and Storia
Tips for using Storia to incorporate informational texts into your content-area lessons
Small-Group Instruction and Guided Reading With Storia
Suggestions for using Storia with small groups and in guided reading
E-Book Clubs With Storia
The benefits of using Storia in an e-book club, plus what to do before, during, and after book club gatherings
Partner Reading With Storia
How to pair students to promote collaboration and peer-assisted learning as they read with Storia
Independent Reading With Storia
Strategies for using Storia for independent reading, ideas for reading response, and a mini-lesson on choosing "just right" e-books
Differentiated Instruction: Reluctant and Striving Readers
Strategies and tips for using Storia to engage the reluctant and struggling readers in your classroom
Differentiated Instruction: English Language Learners
Thirteen ways you can address the individual needs of your ELL students using the Storia eReading App
Differentiated Instruction: Highly Able Readers
Ideas and activities for using Storia with highly able readers
How will the Storia assessment and reports tools help me?
Storia Assessment Strategies
How to gain insightful information about your readers through reading inventories, writing in response to reading, and other assessment strategies
Storia Reports
How to use Storia's reporting data to gain insight into your students’ reading behavior and customize instruction
How do I communicate with parents about Storia?
Communicating With Parents About Storia
Introducing parents to Storia and how they can use it at home to help turn their children into strong readers
Where can I find worksheets, graphic organizers, and other resources to use with Storia?
Graphic Organizers From the Teacher's Guide to Using Storia
All of the graphic organizers, worksheets, and other downloadable teaching resources featured in the Teachers Guide to Using Storia
Downloadable Teaching Materials to Use With Storia
Choose from graphic organizers, charts, reading response sheets, and other donwloadable e-reading resources that can be used with Storia books. Plus download flyers for parents, bookmarks, and an activity sheet for handing out at back-to-school night!
- Subjects:Teacher Tips and Strategies, Teacher Training and Continuing Education, Teaching with Technology
