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Compiled Participant Handouts

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Materials by Session


Session 0: Icebreaker

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In addition:

  • Stack of printed teacher memes (optional, for icebreaker option 2)
  • Chart paper and markers (for optional norm setting) 
  • Agenda (printed and/or on slide)


Session 1: Intro to STARI

Download Session 1 participant handouts

In addition:

  • One complete set of STARI materials: literature, student workbooks, fluency passages and teacher lesson plans for the nine units. We recommend that you display these around the room. 
  • Sticky notes and chart paper 
  • Small prizes for scavenger hunt (optional) 
  • Copies of assessment guides (one per teacher for the unit(s) they will be teaching—optional) 

Session 2: Discussion

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Session 3: Decoding

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In addition:

  • Mini whiteboards (optional)
  • Small prizes for word-building competition (optional) 
  • Teacher lesson plans for each participant, for the first unit they will be teaching (available on the STARI download center or to purchase pre-printed)

Session 4: Fluency

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Also used in this session:

  • Unpacking the key components notecatcher (in Session 3: Decoding)

In addition:

  • Copies of Unit 1.2 fluency passage 1, Levels A, B and D (enough for each participant to have one passage—optional)
  • Timers (optional—participants can use phones to time)
  • Fluency poster (display this in the room—consider hanging multiple copies of the poster if you have a large group)
  • Sticky notes
  • Teacher lesson plans for each participant, for the first unit they will be teaching (available on the STARI download center or to purchase pre-printed)

Session 5: Comprehension Strategies

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Also used in this session:

  • Unpacking the key components notecatcher (already used in Sessions 3 and 4)

In addition:

  • Teacher lesson plans for each participant, for the first unit they will be teaching
  • Student workbook for each participant, for the first unit they will be teaching
  • The first curriculum text that each participant will teach (Unit 1.1: “Blackmail” from Local News, Unit 2.1: The Murder of Emmett Till; Unit 3.1: Roberto Clemente)
  • Sticky notes

Session 6: Preparing for Implementation

Download Session 6 participant handouts

In addition:

  • Teacher lesson plans for each participant, for the first unit they will be teaching
  • Chart paper, markers, sticky notes and tape
  • Themes and components of STARI, printed on colorful paper (optional, for Option Two: Concept Map activity)


Session 7: Beginning of Year Check-In 

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Also used in this session:

  • Zones of comfort (in Session 6: Preparing for implementation)

In addition:

  • “Step into our zones” charts from summer session, if that activity was completed. Chart paper, markers, sticky notes if this activity was not completed during the summer. 


Session 8: Partner Reading

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In addition:

  • Teacher lesson plans for each participant, for the first unit they will be teaching
  • Texts and workbook pages for Unit 1.1 (Lesson 20 – The Skin I’m In) and Unit 2.1 (Lesson 20 – Ghost Boys) (optional)


Session 9: Guided Reading

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In addition:

  • Teacher lesson plans for each participant, for the first unit they will be teaching 
  • Novel for each participant, for the first unit they will be teaching
  • Copies of The Skin I’m In for all participants (Note: You may choose to substitute Ghost Boys or Game if most or all of your participants are teaching Series 2 or Series 3. In that case, you will need to provide copies of the lesson plan as well.) 
  • Copies of Locomotion for all participants (optional—if you wish to allow participants to read all the poems in the lesson)
  • Sticky notes


Session 10: Talk Goals 1 and 2

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Also used in this session: 

  • Talk moves for STARI (in Session 2: Discussion)
  • Teacher lesson plan from Lesson 21 in Unit 1.2 (In Session 9: Guided Reading) 

Session 11: Debate

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In addition:

  • Lesson plans for their current unit
  • Novel from their current unit
  • Copies of The Skin I’m In for each participant

Session 12: Talk Goals 3 and 4

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Also used in this session:

  • Talk moves for STARI (in Session 2: Discussion) 

Session 13: Getting Ready for Unit 2

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In addition:

  • Teacher lesson plans for the second unit for each teacher
  • Copies of the first text students will read in Unit 2 for each teacher (“First Job” from Local News; The Man Who Walked Between the Towers; “The All-American Slurp”)
  • Sticky notes

Session 14: Going Deeper with Discussion

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Also used in this session:

  • Talk moves for STARI (in Session 2: Discussion) 

Session 15: Adaptations

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In addition:

  • Adaptation scenarios (in Appendix of this facilitator guide) 
  • Teacher lesson plans for teachers’ current unit

Session 16: Getting Ready for Unit 3

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In addition:

  • Teacher lesson plans for the third unit for each teacher
  • Copies of the first text students will read in Unit 3 for each teacher (Hurricane Katrina, What the World Eats, The Great Migration)
  • Sticky notes

Session 17: Debrief, Reflection, Planning for Next Year

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In addition:

  • Student data (e.g., results from school, district, or state literacy assessment; student workbooks and fluency charts; completed assessment guides, etc) 
  • Handouts related to data protocols used in your school/district (optional)