Preparing for STARI
Once you’ve decided that STARI is the right fit for your district or school, you’ll need to take some steps to prepare. This page offers information and suggestions about how to identify students for STARI, how to select and access the appropriate materials, how to schedule STARI into the school day, and how to train and support STARI teachers.
Identify students for STARI.
STARI is designed for students in grades 6-9 who are two or more years behind grade level in reading.
Decide which STARI series you will be using.
STARI has three Series. Each Series has three units, which is enough material for one full school year. We generally recommend:
- Series 1: 6th Grade
- Series 2: 7th Grade
- Series 3: 8th-9th Grade
All three series address similar reading needs, but the Series 2 and 3 topics and reading materials are increasingly sophisticated. STARI units are designed around engaging, real-world topics. Texts focus on debatable, even controversial, ideas. If you would like to learn more about the content of each unit, please review the
Series/Unit Overviews.
Units within a series should not be skipped or switched. However, if you feel that a particular text or unit is not the right fit for your students, you can swap out the unit for the same unit within a different series. More information is provided in the links below.
Determine how you will get the STARI curriculum materials.
Download STARI Curriculum Materials
(PDFs of student workbooks, lesson plans, etc. that you print yourself)
(registration required)
Purchase Printed Curriculum Materials
(to be delivered to you already bound and printed)
STARI materials can be downloaded and printed by a teacher or district administrator for their own purposes. However, SERP owns the copyright to STARI materials, and they cannot be printed and sold by anyone else. If you are interested in purchasing preprinted STARI materials, SERP and its printing partner, Goetz Printing, are the sole source providers. NO OTHER COMPANY HAS BEEN LICENSED BY SERP TO SELL PRINTED COPIES OF SERP MATERIALS.
Tips for printing STARI yourself
Determine how you will purchase the literature used with STARI.
Novels, anthologies, and other supplies needed for STARI are available through many major booksellers or through publishing companies. You may order STARI Literature through your preferred vendor, or consider SERP's preferred vendor Bedford Falls Book Fairs or the STARI Amazon Store. Suggested quantities are one per student unless otherwise noted.
Download STARI Literature List.
Browse or Purchase Literature Titles (to be delivered to you)
Browse or Purchase Literature Titles
(to be delivered to you)
Other miscellaneous supplies used with STARI
About how much does STARI cost?
Consider a STARI bundle.
If you would like to order a combination of STARI curriculum materials, STARI literature, and professional learning, you may request a bundle quote!
Request Quote for STARI Bundle
(Printed STARI Curriculum Materials, Literature, Professional Development)
Schedule STARI into your school day.
STARI is intended to be a “double dose” intervention that should not take the place of core curriculum.
Provide training and/or support to STARI teachers.
Teaching STARI is significant undertaking! A multi-session, interactive experience to prepare educators is recommended.
ALSO:
- Make a plan for setting aside time for STARI professional learning before and during implementation.
- Think about which school-level staff members will support teachers in implementing STARI (principals, assistant principals, coaches). Plan for how these stakeholders will become familiar with STARI.
