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e products from Harcourt Publishing STORYtown. Patti Herrington. STORYtown ...Harcourt School Publishers. Using Think Central allows teachers to focus their attention on... * Planning for Instruction * Assessment and Reports * Student Resources * Podcasts
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e products from Harcourt Publishing STORYtown Patti Herrington
STORYtown...Harcourt School Publishers Using Think Central allows teachers to focus their attention on... * Planning for Instruction * Assessment and Reports * Student Resources * Podcasts * Learning Sites
Planning for Instruction StoryTown Planning Tools • teachers can access their teacher editions from any computer at any time • suggested lesson planners • ability to view resources, standards, and online readers • materials can be viewed, opened, printed, scheduled, and assigned.
Teachers view students' academic strengths and weaknesses perscribed instructional activities for groups or individuals administer weekly, themed, & benchmark assessments build tests from items in the test bank Administrators view graphical reports for comparison and analysis of student data based on the individual school or district level evaluate student performance based on learning objectives and state standards Assessment and Reports
Student Resources ... • e book that mirrors the printed version • engage in literary activities • learn about the author and illustrator • use the audio key to listen to entire story • watch videos and view photographs to help construct background knowledge
Video Podcast ... • provide professional development classes • support and reinforce additional training • can be downloaded to an MP3 player or played on a computer
Phoneme Building Phoneme Segmentation Assessing Fluency Auditory Monitoring Readers' Theaters Letter/Sound Relationships Reading Decodable Texts Word Building Spelling and Diction Using Grapic Organizers Summarizing Formative Assessment Class Activities and more... Podcast Include...
Students can... read biographies of authors and illustrators find explanations for vocabulary words and locate help for language skills in the grammar glossary Parents can... Use the link to help thier children with homework link to the parent store and get an explaintion of the website. StoryTown Learning Site provides support for students, parents, and teachers!
and teachers can... obtain unit home letters collect lessons that scaffold teaching access language posters find links to government sites view word wall activities discover author celebrations and events
resources gathered from: Harcourt School PublishersSTORYtown http://www.harcourtschool.com/storytown/techsampler/index.html