reading focus lessons utilizing the Storia app on the iPad

Butterflies "turning and talking" with their reading partner
-sharing "predictions" for the story
based on the title and cover illustration of the mentor text
mirrored on the SMARTboard and accessed through the student iPads

Prior to "just right" (independent) reading, when reading instruction is provided to first grade readers through conferences (one-on-one instruction), strategy groups (small group instruction focused on a specific skill, strategy, or reading behavior), and/or guided reading groups (small group instruction with a focus for learning and with "guided" instruction unique to each reader during reading)...
instruction is provided to all of the first grade readers through a reading "focus lesson".  The reading focus lesson is focused on a specific skill, strategy, or reading behavior relative to the learning and development of the community of readers.

A "mentor text" is used and/or referenced during the focus lesson to embed the reading skill, strategy, or behavior of focus in context.

Utilizing the Storia app on the iPad, the mentor text can be...
-accessed through the Storia app on the teacher iPad and mirrored on the SMARTboard
and/or
-accessed through the Storia app on the student iPads


Butterfly readers referencing the "mentor text"
on a student iPad during the reading focus lesson

The capability to "mirror" the mentor text on the SMARTboard creates a "digital big book" of the mentor text.

The capability to access the mentor text on the student iPads provides a "digital individual copy" of the mentor text for students.