Stories and More Series by Attainment Company
A great way to introduce literature concepts like character, setting and plot, plus teach reading comprehension skills!
Stories and More Series features six multimedia stories on 2 CD-ROMs. All stories on the CD-ROMs include multiple activities in addition to the talking book.
The activities focus on:
- plot prediction
- character recognition
- and reading comprehension
The original book illustrations are also shown on screen with text. Students mouse-click to have the stories read aloud with the corresponding text highlighted.
Features
- Pages from the original books have been beautifully reproduced with illustrations
- Stories come alive with expressive narration
- Highlighted text allows students to make the connection between spoken and written words
- Reading comprehension and creative activities included
- Sequenced activities automatically advance as students progress
- Record and playback options let struggling writers complete activities independently
- You can print out student records and progress reports
CD-ROM 1: Stories and More: Animal Friends
Features three award-winning stories on one CD-ROM:
- The Gunnywolf by A. Delany
- The Trek by Ann Jones
- The Owl and the Moon (from the book Owl at Home) by Arnold Lobel.
Stories and More: Animal Friends makes literature meaningful to all students, even those with minimal reading skills. Students can choose to have stories "read" to them with words and phrases highlighted. Two stage-setting activities precede the story-telling while four post-reading activists enrich the reading experience. Activities include: Starting Off, Going Beyond, and Thinking About.
Learning Opportunities
- Apply strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts
- Explore character and setting concepts
- Build on prior knowledge to aid comprehension
- Practise reading
- Build vocabulary
- Recall story events In sequence
- Explore cause and effect relationships
- Understand character emotions
- Respond creatively to literature
- Extend knowledge of characters and events beyond the story
- Relate story concepts to "own life"
CD-ROM 2: Stories and More: Time and Place
Features three award-winning stories on one CD-ROM:
- Roxaboxen by Alice McLerren
- The House on Maple Street by Bonnie Pryor
- Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams.
Stories and More: Time and Place makes literature meaningful to all students, even those with minimal reading skills. Students can choose to have stories "read" to them with words and phrases highlighted. Multi-step activities strengthen student reading comprehension and interpretation.
Learning Opportunities
- Predict story events
- Explore character and setting concepts
- Build on prior knowledge to aid comprehension
- Practise reading
- Build vocabulary
- Explore culture and communities
- Respond creatively to literature
- Understand character emotions
- Extend knowledge of characters and events beyond the story
- Relate story concepts to "own life"
- Compare different time periods
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