Starfish is Charlotte Blake Alston’s adaptation of Loren Eiseley’s “Star Thrower,” the central theme of which is that we all have the capacity to change the world for the better one life at a time. Charlotte’s spoken-word story can be found in SPI’s K-3 Learning Lab.

Visualizing is essential for building reading comprehension. When readers lose their mental picture, understanding is lost as well.

Reliving the story mentally, vis-à-vis questions & answers, and drawing, is an excellent way for students to hold on to the “pictures in their mind.”

SPI K-3 Project Starfish