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Your pathway to literacy for older striving readers #decodablechapterbooks #adolescentliteracy

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Have you seen Storyshares CEO Louise Baigelman's TEDxTalk yet? If not, what are you waiting for?! Hit the link below to watch—you won't want to miss the ending!

https://t.co/nHr1eS06MG

[Storyshares @StoryShares]

🎧 Episode 4 of The Adolescent Literacy Podcast is out now!

Louise Baigelman sits down with Ethan Pierce of Adaptive Reader to explore how accessibility and rigor can work together — not against each other. 📚✨

Listen wherever you get your podcasts NOW!

#AdolescentLiteracy

[Louise Mangos @LouiseMangos]

Want to read a #book, but don't have time? Want to try a #ShortStory? Suitable for any age group. Perhaps you have a teenager who needs encouragement to #read?
Thank you to @StoryShares for 1st publication of 2 of my stories for their literacy project.
➡️ https://t.co/j11WToNEoN

[Storyshares @StoryShares]

Episode 3 of The Adolescent Literacy Podcast is OUT NOW!

We’re so excited sit down with Sarah Holbrook and talk about what it really takes to build a strong secondary literacy ecosystem✨🤍

Listen wherever you get your podcasts NOW!!

Together, we can make a change📚✨

[Storyshares @StoryShares]

The Adolescent Literacy Podcast with Louise Baigelman is here!

Real conversations with educators, researchers, and literacy leaders shaping the future of adolescent literacy. 📚

Listen wherever you get your podcasts!!

#AdolescentLiteracy #ScienceOfReading #Podcastlaunch

[Storyshares @StoryShares]

For too long, literacy conversations have stopped at K–3.

Our new 2026 Vision Paper reimagines what literacy transformation can look like for students in grades 4–12.

Download the full Vision Paper at the link in our bio!

[Jamie Class @JamieClass5]

I can’t speak for anyone else, but when I say “read more,” I mean where they’re at.

Flat out practice is important, and companies are starting to make truly robust decodable and Hi/Low books for older struggling readers.

My favorite is @StoryShares It’s a pretty new company, just 3 years or so. Nearly cried when I was looking at promo materials; that’s how age appropriate the books are - complete curriculum for upper elementary, middle school (my age group) and high school..

[Jamie Class @JamieClass5]

And I just nagged for several years, wading through district BS (“we offer grade level curriculum, do we need to come show you how to differentiate?”), to get a fantastic reading program for my students. Specially designed for older struggling readers.

You might be interested in looking up @StoryShares It’s epic. Literally. Every lesson has both a grade level objective and a foundational objective. Their library is amazing. My kids ask me to print the books (that’s allowed) so they can take home and keep copies.

I’m also a reading specialist. It’s a passion of mine.

[Storyshares @StoryShares]

Join our webinar on Leading Adolescent Literacy Improvement to explore MTSS, structured literacy, and real district results driving gains in grades 6–12.

🗓 May 12 | 11 AM ET
📲 Register here: https://t.co/704wXLyKRz

[Storyshares @StoryShares]

The right books + the right support = real literacy growth 📚✨

Find the perfect decodable book for you at https://t.co/mYFUKpwQLv!!

[Jamie Class @JamieClass5]

Exactly, and that applies to intervention as well.

Have to give a shout out here to @StoryShares a relatively new company designing their materials to be robust and grade appropriate for struggling older readers.

I’m only on page 15 of one of their readers with my SpEd middle schoolers, and we’re already laying out a plot map, comparing characters, and discussing hyperbole and idioms found in the text in real time!

[Jamie Class @JamieClass5]

Me! Me!

I use @StoryShares in my intervention class (the full program) and start in the middle (Fluency) for my higher but still struggling middle school SpEd readers.

Relatively new company, FANTASTIC decidable and hi/lo books - robust and age appropriate for struggling readers.

EPIC materials. I just started after Thanksgiving.

[Gamba Family Foundation @GambaFdn]

“It's an Absolute Wasteland” Appreciate @educationweek spotlight. Literacy support for 6-12 students & teachers is too often overlooked. @Storyshares https://t.co/HUMceD7POK

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Older students building foundational skills deserve books that respect their age and interests. Storyshares creates decodable, age-appropriate chapter books that help restore confidence.💡📚✨

Read more here:
https://t.co/aBH6NH6sgJ

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We’ve got 3 virtual events coming up this spring✨🌷

📖2/25 | 7PM ET – Practical Ideas for the Reading Block
📚3/10 | 7:30PM ET – Connection & Comprehension
✏️3/12 | 4PM ET – Access, Challenge & Choice

Learn more and register here: https://t.co/6upuyxUact

[Jamie Class @JamieClass5]

I don’t think that is the problem- it’s the crazy Common Core State Standards. Reading instruction fades out in the 3rd-5th grades and districts march forward with non-readers, passing them along, because reading instruction is not “grade level curriculum.”

We are supposed to “differentiate instruction.”

No. I made noise until my principal let me do an intervention English period, and bought a great program designed for older readers. @StoryShares

[Storyshares @StoryShares]

Adolescent literacy thrives on connection🤝📚 

Join our 4-part Virtual Learning Series with The Reading League Colorado starting March 10!
🎤Dr. Paul Black
⏰7:30-8:30 PM ET

Register here to learn more:     https://t.co/51wPBqOjgO

[Storyshares @StoryShares]

High schools aren’t supposed to teach kids how to read, but what happens when they have to? Phoenix Charter Academy did something to break this cycle. Together we worked to combat this crisis💡📚.

Learn how to break the cycle with Storyshares HERE: https://t.co/TpEFMpwbgt

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We’re so excited to partner with the Reading League NY on our upcoming webinar:
“Beyond Silent Reading: Practical Strategies for the Reading Block in Grades 6–12.”

🗓 Wednesday, February 25
⏰ 7:00 PM EST

Join us live and register now:
https://t.co/Nf0sykCEhL

[Storyshares @StoryShares]

We are so excited to announce the winners of the Fall into Fiction Short Story Contest:

9th–10th Grade Division: Goodbye George by Kate Haug
11th–12th Grade Division: The Watch by Evan DiGiorgio

Congratulations to the winner and all who submitted their work!

[Jamie Class @JamieClass5]

After 5 years of nagging (and a parent threatened to sue), I finally got a reading program - @StoryShares - for my middle school SpEd students. Poor instruction is real.

After weeks of fluency readings, teaching syllable types, and scooping phrases - I just had a student jump from a 3rd grade reading level to 8th grade reading level!!!