Read Naturally SE Teacher's Guide

Practice Step1 Explain to the students that they will practice the story until they can read it at theirgoal rate. You can tell each student his or her goal or tell all the students that youwill inform them of their goals later.2 Show the students how to click the Start button to begin practicing. You shouldpractice without reaching the goal the first couple of times.3 Show the students that the practice scores display at the bottom of the screen sothey can tell when they are getting closer to the goal. You may want to turn offthe reading guide for one of the practice readings so the students can see what itlooks like when the reading guide is off.4 Show students they can click on a word to hear it pronounced.5 If you demonstrate with level 5.6 or above, show the students how to advance to thesecond page of the story by clicking the More button at the bottom of the screen. Ifyou demonstrate with level 5.0 or below, click the Finished button before the timersounds to show the students that they can use this button if they finish reading thestory before the bell sounds. When you reach the goal, click the Next button tocontinue to the Questions step.Exiting Before Finishing a Story1 Click the Quit button to exit the program, and explain to the students that they canexit the program at any point if the class period ends while they are in the middle ofa story.2 Log in again with the same student password. Point out that Student Stories bringsthem back to the point where they left off in the story.Questions Step1 Answer the questions, making sure the students understand the mechanics ofanswering each type of question (e.g., click the letter for multiple choice, click theword that belongs in the highlighted line for fill in the blank, type in the text box foropen-ended questions). The question format depends on the level.2 Answer one of the multiple-choice questions incorrectly to demonstrate how StudentStories asks the students to re-answer the questions that they answered incorrectly.Explain that they cannot pass until they answer all the questions correctly.SE Teacher's Guide 30 Copyright © 2004–2009 Read Naturally, Inc.Working with StudentsRead Naturally Software Edition