Short, tightly written, high-impact stories provide lots of opportunities to develop the literal comprehension and higher-order thinking skills we arer after in our SharpReading Stages 3-6. Of course, you can use these texts any way you wish.
FEATURES:
Four paragraphs in length, the perfect text for a 25-30 minute lesson.
Each StoryByte is written at 5 levels of difficulty so you can choose the level which best suits the needs of the students you are working with.
Each StoryByte comes in two formats: you get a one-page PDF file for guided reading and a Powerpoint for whole class or shared reading.
Also great for distance guided reading lessons.
Challenging, motivating follow-up activities - a range of writing, drawing, and creative design.
Short, tightly written, high-impact information reports provide lots of opportunities to develop literal comprehension and the higher order thinking skills (analysing and evaluating text structure), all WHILE the student is reading.
Four paragraphs in length, the perfect text for a 25-30 minute Stage 3 SharpReading guided reading lesson.
Written at 5 levels of difficulty
Two formats: a one-page text for guided reading and a Powerpoint for whole class or Shared Reading.
A range of activities for independent follow-up work.
CLICK HERE to see the wide range of topics - Recounts, Explanations, Persuasive writing
Junior Stories - Reading Ages 7-10 years
Short Stories - Reading Ages 10-16 years
one-page stories with interesting characters, quirky plot twists, all on one page - a feast that can be consumed in one sitting.
rich vocabulary, complex sentence structure, subtle nuances in plot development, and more mature, adult themes.
Includes extensive after-reading comprehension activities that provide a wide range of responses - written, visual, creative - all of which develop those higher-order comprehension skills.
TOPIC STUDIES - MAMMALS, REPTILES, BIRDS and more...
Great models of the Information Report and Explanation genres
Allows you to integrate your reading instruction into topic work (Science)
Formatted to support SharpReading lessons
Extensive after reading activities based on Bloom's Taxonomy
Reading Ages 7-14+ years
A Great Read for ongoing Comprehension Instruction.
Chapter Books - longer, high-interest stories that can be used in a variety of ways in the instructional reading programme - serial story (class read aloud), novel study, guided reading lessons one chapter at a time - or purchased by the individual just for a good read.
Choose the level of difficulty that suits your needs:
SharpReading Level 3 - RA 8.5-9 yrs
SharpReading Level 7 - RA 12-13 yrs
Our popular StoryBytes with added illustrations.
This means that StoryBytes can now be used for guided reading lessons with students who are
Great for older readers who need easy age-appropriate text AND younger readers who are not quite ready for SharpReading Stage 3 Comprehension and still need picture prompts (Stage 2).
You get text in two formats - PDF (guided reading lessons) and Powerpoint (Windows) or Keynote (Mac) for whole class display or use on devices.
This resource pack is included in "The Struggling Older Reader" course.
If you have already purchased the SEVENPLUS manual, it provides you with all the resources you need to run a SEVENPLUS Intervention.
Screening tests
Specially formatted StoryBytes and InfoBytes for SEVENPLUS