Storylords
| Series
Information |
Curricular
Areas:
Language Arts |
| Length:
12/15-Minute Programs |
| Grade
Levels: 1-4 |
| Teacher's
Guide |
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Storylords
features reading comprehension strategies in a basic reading program
for first- through fourth-graders as well as Chapter I remedial
reading classes. The series will capture students’ attention
with fantasy carefully interwoven with strategies designed to help
students better understand printed materials. The lessons will provide
an appealing and understandable initial introduction to a new abstract
idea.
Episode Descriptions
1
Activating Prior Knowledge Before Reading — Norbert meets
Lexor and takes on his first challenge: Helping a dancer solve a
riddle.
2 Connecting What You Know With What’s On The Page —
Stumped by Thorzuul’s riddle, Norbert finds Mrs. Framish’s
lesson on making inferences about a wordless picture book helpful.
3 Knowing When You Don’t Know (In Your Head) —
Norbert uses Mrs. Framish’s STRARO strategy (Stop, Think, Reread,
Ask, and Read Over) to help an artist paint.
4 Knowing When You Don’t Know (On The Page) — Mandy’s
portrayal of a pterodactyl suffers because the word is not explained
at the beginning of the script she is reading.
5 Directed Reading-Thinking Activity — Mandy follows
Norbert to Mojuste, where Thorzuul has turned ten children to stone
for failing his reading test.
6 Question-Answer Relationships — The apprentice storylords
show the Gwynn twins how to combine ideas from two letters to find
one answer.
7 Decoding Words In Context — Norbert leads Mandy through
strategies to decode the word "envelope." Mandy helps
Zandro pronounce and understand "dandelion."
8 Inferring Word Meaning In Context — When Norbert becomes
ill, Jason tells him about the word detective game the class played.
Mandy guides Caroma through contextual clues for painting a magical
picture.
9 Story Mapping — Magical picture.
10 Pronoun Anaphora — With Norbert zapped motionless,
Mandy must infer links between pronouns and their antecedents to
free her brother.
11 Identifying Main Idea And Details — The apprentices
must read and organize a set of sentence strips into a paragraph
that makes sense.
12 Integrating Comprehension Strategies — Thorzuul startles
Norbert and Mandy by threatening them after school. If they can’t
make a sensible paragraph out of his four sentences, he’ll
turn them into permanent statues. Applying several reading strategies,
they succeed.
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