Star Fall (Learn to Read) was conceived by Dr. Stephen Schutz, who as a child had difficulty learning to read. His son, Jared Schutz Polis, serves on the Colorado State Board of Education and adds his efforts into helping to make the Starfall program available to the world. The program was built by a team of teachers, graphic artists, and computer animators across the country led by Brandi Chase. Starfall is proud to make the Starfall program available on-line for free on the internet to the whole world.The stories were written with special attention towards maintaining a simple, coherent, and engaging story line. Word recognition skills are reinforced through word family Phonic Games that teach phonemic awareness, comprehension, vocabulary building and spelling skills. Concept Movies introduce general reading concepts and function as incentive for reading.
Although geared toward primary students, it is a valuable resource for emergent readers at any level. A permanent link to Star Fall (Learn to Read) will now be placed under "Reading Links."
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