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StoryLabs

StoryLabs texts

Build automaticity with literature worth knowing. Each of the 13 Text Project’s StoryLabs features five beautifully designed two-page spreads optimized to build reading automaticity and background knowledge for teen readers.

Unpacking Automaticity: Scaffolded Texts and Comprehension
illustration of 3 adolescent readers

The conventional intervention for students who lack the automaticity to adequately comprehend text has been to repeatedly read texts orally. But there is evidence for an alternative method where texts are selected to support students in increasing their automaticity with the words they will encounter consistently. Read more