Twelve 15-minute, closed caption video programs for grades 2 through 4 in Reading Education, broadcast on Wisconsin's public TV stations.
The teacher guides, which is in PDF format requires: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Go to the 60-page STORYLORDS Teacher Guide
Please visit our Digital Parade for broadcast dates, times, and series descriptions
This 12-program instructional TV series is part of an award-winning multimedia package
that models reading skills.
The central theme
of the Storylords videos is to save the fictional planet Mojuste
from falling into the hands
of the evil Thorzuul, who wants to keep Mojuste's
citizens from understanding
what they read. Time and again, Thorzuul attempts are thwarted
by young readers who
apply
various comprehension strategies to the riddles and questions he poses.
| #1: Activating Prior Knowledge Before Reading |
| #2: Connecting What You Know with What's on the Page |
| #3: Knowing When You Don't Know (In Your Head) |
| #4: Knowing When You Don't Know (On the Page) |
| #5: Directed Reading - Thinking Activity |
| #6: Question-Answer Relationships |
| #7: Decoding Words in Context |
| #8: Inferring Word Meaning in Context |
| #9: Story Mapping |
| #10: Pronoun Anaphora |
| #11: Identifying Main Idea and Details |
| #12: Intergrating Comprehension Strategies |
