Using Digital Readers in Sonday System 1 & 2 lessons

The Digital Readers  are electronic, leveled, decodable readers composed nearly entirely of words with spelling patterns your students have already been taught to read. They're designed to build confidence and a sense of accomplishment in budding readers. 

There are several ways to use the Digital Readers:

• In class in your regular Sonday System lesson (covered in this article)
• In class but outside of the Sonday System lesson (such as for Guided Reading practice, where you'll have more time to focus on vocabulary and comprehension)
• Outside of class by assigning to students to read independently at home

The Readers are an optional add-on for your Sonday System 1 and/or 2 (SS1/SS2) subscription. You can check whether the Readers have been purchased for your product by looking for the orange Readers Included icon where the product image appears on your Teaching Dashboard.

If the Digital Readers are included with your product, they will automatically appear as an option for reading practice in Step 6 - Read Aloud at any level with a corresponding Reader. 

Readers are available at the following levels:
Sonday System 1 (SS1):

• Levels 6–36

Sonday System 2 (SS2):

• Levels 6–34

Each Reader sets you and your class up for success via preview slides to help you teach vocabulary, phrases, and comprehension. Any words with spelling patterns your students haven't yet been taught will display in one of the preview slides.

To use the Digital Readers in class:

1. When you reach Step 6 of a level with a corresponding Reader, click the title of the story you want to use and the digital Reader slides will appear in the Slide Controller.

   

2. Use the forward and back arrows to navigate through the slides. 
   
   
   The slides are organized as follows:
   • Title slides
   • Preview slides
   • Story slides

   • Comprehension/extension slides (SS1 only; these are on the Teacher Instruction page of Step 6 in SS2) 

      Note

     In SS2, the comprehension/extension activities open up in Step 6 once you click on the title of the book:
     

Additional Information

To preview all the slides from all the Readers in a level:

1. In the Products section of your Teaching Dashboard, click the picture of the materials kit with the orange Readers Included icon.
   
2. Click the Readers tab. (You will only have this tab if the Readers have been added to your product license.)
   
    
3. Then click Details by the level you want to view.
   
    

4. Look in the Pages section. In most cases, it will include the slides for all three stories at that level. (The exception is levels 6–10 for SS1, where each story is separate.)
   

    Tip

   If you want a larger image than what is provided via the thumbnails, click the Toggle View button (eye icon) to page through the slides using the navigation arrows. You'll only see one slide at a time, but each image will be easier to read.