Where reading meets adventure, and stories come to life.
Where storytelling sparks curiosity and adventure comes alive through animated tales.
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About Us
What is Story Detectives?
Story Detectives is an AI-powered literacy program where students watch animated stories and become reading investigators alongside Lumi, their Co-Detective. Through interactive adventures and research-based, personalized learning support, students build essential comprehension skills while teachers gain powerful tools to deliver differentiated instruction that meets diverse learning needs.
Discover a New Way to Fall in Love with Reading!
Where Learning Meets Innovation
Multi-Device Accessibility
Enjoy Story Detectives on your phone, tablet, laptop, or TV. Learning can happen anytime, anywhere!
Diverse Story Library
Explore a wide range of culturally rich and age-appropriate stories to keep students engaged and excited about reading.
AI-Powered Co-Detective
Our AI teaching assistant, Lumi, asks strategic questions that help students build their critical thinking skills, comprehension skills and make inferences.
Data-Driven Approach
In our dashboard, we provide educators with a comprehensive visual summary of student performance, highlighting specific areas in which students need the most help. This real-time check for understanding saves teachers time and helps plan for future lessons!
Interactive Learning Tools
Explore stories through comprehension challenges, vocabulary building, and critical thinking activities that deepen understanding.
How It Works
AI-Powered Pre-Assessments
The learning journey begins with a dynamic AI-powered pre-assessment that evaluates students' grasp of essential ELA standards. It pinpoints mastered skills and highlights areas requiring more focus, providing a clear roadmap for success.
Personalized Learning Path
Based on their pre-assessment results, each student follows a unique educational journey designed just for them. The path features engaging animated stories that target and strengthen specific literacy skills where the student needs additional support. These interactive narratives adapt to address individual learning gaps while keeping students motivated through personalized storytelling.
Engaging Animated Stories
Students dive into animated adventures where educational concepts come alive through storytelling. Each narrative features dynamic characters and plot lines that resonate with young learners. As students follow along through carefully crafted story arcs, they naturally absorb and retain key learning objectives while staying fully engaged in the experience.
Standards-Aligned Learning
Every lesson and activity is meticulously designed to align with Common Core ELA standards. This ensures students develop foundational literacy skills while staying on track with academic benchmarks.
Meet Lumi, Your Co-Detective
Join forces with Lumi, your encouraging AI learning companion. As you explore each story together, Lumi helps you spot important details, understand characters' choices, and follow plot developments by asking guiding questions like "What clues tell us how the character is feeling?" or "What might happen next based on these events?" Through this interactive approach, Lumi helps students build stronger reading skills while making the learning process engaging. Whether you're identifying an author’s craft move or making predictions, Lumi celebrates each discovery and guides you toward a deeper understanding of what you read.
Data-Driven Approach for Classroom Teachers
Our dashboard visualizes student performance data to identify learning gaps and mastery levels across ELA standards. Teachers receive actionable insights on student needs, enabling targeted instruction and efficient lesson planning. The real-time performance tracking helps educators make data-informed decisions while saving valuable preparation time.
Interactive Assessments with Rewards
After each video lesson, students complete a brief, standards-aligned assessment that helps measure their comprehension and skill development. These assessments mirror real ELA State exams by including both multiple choice and short answer responses. Students receive detailed feedback on incorrect answers and specific guidance for improving their written responses. The assessments ensure students have mastered key concepts before moving forward, while identifying any areas that need additional practice. When students successfully demonstrate their understanding, they earn points for "cracking the case" - a reward system that recognizes their progress and can be redeemed for exciting prizes.
Before discovering Story Detectives, reading felt like a chore for my students—boring and hard to enjoy. Now, they can’t wait to dive into the next mystery! Solving clues, exploring new vocabulary, and embracing each story’s adventure has completely transformed their attitude. Reading has gone from an obligation to an exciting daily highlight, and I love seeing their newfound enthusiasm. Story Detectives truly brings books to life!
Maribel Santi
4th Grade Teacher
Story Detectives has transformed my classroom! My students are more engaged, motivated, and excited about reading. It's heartwarming to see them embrace stories with so much enthusiasm.
Ms. Samuel
4th Grade Teacher
Story Detectives has been a game-changer for our students. There’s no more tug of war for students to read now they’ve been introduced to Story Detectives. It’s impressive to see how much engagement has gone up during my ELA Intervention class.
Ms. Harper
3rd grade teacher