Simply Classical More StoryTime Treasures Teacher Guide

Please note that a brief synopsis of many of the books included here are provided in our Library Builders section. Study guides for the same book are often available from several publishers, so we found it more efficient to give a description of the book only once.

Well-organized, user-friendly, and academically challenging, these guides equip students to be active readers through thoughtful and purposeful study. Formatted similarly, each guide includes vocabulary, comprehension and discussion questions, quotations, composition, and literary analysis in increasing depth. Grade Level Packages are available for your convenience and align to the Memoria Press Literature and Poetry books grade level packages. Components are also available separately. For additional literature options from Memoria Press, please see the Alternate Literature or the Classical Literature options.

StoryTime Treasures and More StoryTime Treasures incorporate real books, rather than controlled readers, to advance phonics and reading skills, once a student has learned phonics. Student Guides at this level are different compared to the 2nd grade and up Literature Guides. Featuring a horizontal orientation for ease of writing, worksheets focus on vocabulary and comprehension. There's writing involved (7/16" lines with dotted midline) but the top binding makes it easy for either right or left-handed students. The teacher needs to take a quick peek at two pages at the beginning that give the plan for the Word Study, Read, Comprehension, and Language (introductory grammar) segments of each lesson. StoryTime covers four classic children's books in 14 lessons and 2 optional Christmas lessons. More StoryTime provides another 15 lessons and seven children's books. Teacher Guides for StoryTime and More StoryTime include a model lesson plan, overview, daily assignments for each lesson (which highlight phonics and vocabulary activities) and answers to the student pages. Packages are available for StoryTime Treasures and More StoryTime Treasures which include both student and teacher guides as well as the literature resources. Packages of literature resources only are also available. Optional Lesson Plans are available.

Beginning in 2nd grade, Literature Guides are organized around the Trivium with activities grouped into Pre-Grammar, Grammar (preparation and presentation); Logic (reasoning with facts, elements, and features) and Rhetoric (expression). Although there is consistency from lesson to lesson, the extra activity provided with each lesson is quite varied. Background information on the author and book is also included.

Student Guides for Grades 2-8 are consumable. Each book/story/poem is approached in much the same way, although with increasing depth. Vocabulary, comprehension/discussion questions, quotations, composition, and literary analysis activities are covered. Beginning in Grade 9, the guides transition to a smaller formatted (6" x 9") non-consumable format. Students are encouraged to create a personal Literature Notebook. Currently, The Divine Comedy Student Guide is the last remaining full-size consumable literature guide available.

Teacher Guides provide valuable teaching information and full-text answer keys at all grade levels. Discussion talking points, reproducible quizzes and final tests (with answers) are included in numerous guides especially at the upper levels. The early grades differ a little bit in content in order to be more suitable for young learners.

Part of Memoria Press' special needs curriculum, this is an adaptation of their beginning reading/literature program. Storytime Treasures is written for a chronological or developmental age of 6-8 years (SCC Level 2). Covering four story books (Little Bear, Little Bear's Visit, Caps for Sale, and Blueberries for Sal), it provides simplified exercises in word study, composition and oration, offering students the riches of quality literature. The landscape-oriented Student Guide is consumable, providing space for the student to write. Teacher Guide is a replica of the student book with answers. 100 pgs, spiral-bound.

More Storytime Treasures accompanies SCC Level 3 (chronological or developmental age 7-9 years). Guiding students to read deeply and write skillfully, parents who used Storytime Treasures previously will notice lessons offer more depth of instruction with grammar and composition, integrated phonics' lessons and sight words. Art appreciation is also emphasized. Lessons correlate with Simply Classical Spelling Book One and Two, and the Simply Classical Writing Book Two (available separately). Covers four classic children's books: Billy and Blaze, The Story About Ping; Keep the Lights Burning, Abby, and Stone Soup. The landscape-oriented Student guide is consumable, providing ample space for student writing and drawing. The spiral-bound Teacher Guide includes teaching information, a weekly suggested schedule and reduced student pages with answers. 107 pgs. ~Janice/Deanne

Corresponding to the Simply Classical Level 3 curriculum (or chronological ages/skill levels 7-9 years or older children with special needs who are building reading and writing skills), these guides provide more grammar, phonics and reading comprehension. More time is spent integrating phonics from Classical Phonics into the lessons. The Grammar and Composition lessons correspond to the concepts taught in the Simply Classical Writing Book 2, and the Words to Know correlate with the Simply Classical Spelling Books 1 and 2, offering families a well-rounded, language arts program for their struggling learners. Covers the following 4 books: Billy and Blaze, The Story About Ping, Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie and Stone Soup.