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Turbo charge your learners’ reading skills while guiding instruction for each individual student.
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Save time by creating customized assignments from Simbi’s diverse global library
Differentiate reading instruction with customized reading groups and Leaderboards, perfect for Read-a-Thons!
View reading insights and automated running records that target strengths & areas for improvement
Provide responsive reading instruction by listening-in to learners’ narrations and providing verbal feedback
Get a deeper understanding of your learners’ needs to inform reading instruction and differentiate learning
Reading groups & leaderboard
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Enjoy thousands of engaging, levelled and decodable books any time of the day—from popular publishers to diverse African & Indian tales.
Read for Good
Library access any time of day
Increase reading skills, fluency, and motivation
When learners are motivated to read, their reading skills rapidly improve!
Read Along
Students read along with the digital highlighter while listening to a proficient narrator. Reading-while-listening is a proven technique to increase reading skills and boost confidence.
Narrate
Track reading progress and comprehension gains
Gain a deeper understanding of your students’ needs by tracking reading activity, listening to their narrations, and determine depth of understanding with tailorable comprehension questions.
Listen-in to student reading
TellMe verbal comprehension & communication
Readers build comprehension skills by re-telling and answering customizable questions about a story.
In-app assessment tools
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Join wonderful Simbi authors as they share their books, and touch on both light-hearted and important themes.
By joining Simbi’s global library, you unlock access to learning resources like this classroom activity plan. Our lesson plans are developed for you and your students by our dedicated teacher team
Vancouver Talmud Torah School used Simbi to champion global citizenship, and read more than 300 books during literacy week.
Students at Twajiji Primary school in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement doubled reading fluency in 3 months with Simbi.
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See how educator Denise uses Simbi in her classroom.
Why Simbi over other reading platforms?
Simbi Plus provides educators with invaluable reading data to enhance responsive teaching through Listen-ins & verbal feedback, the TellMe comprehension tool, reading assignments, and even more powerful features!
Is it easy to switch to Simbi from another reading program?
Absolutely! Getting started with Simbi is a breeze. We offer fluency passages for each grade level to benchmark reading levels. Our literacy experts carefully level each book according to Fountas & Pinell’s text descriptions, as well as Adrienne Gear’s Gear Levels.
We have a helpful Simbi Reading Levels Correlation Chart to help you switch from many other reading programs!
Do you offer a school account?
We do offer school accounts! Our Simbi at School accounts bring Simbi across the school community. We also provide customized professional development. If you’d like to get more information or a quote, set up a demo with our team.
Do you offer any support or training?
We want you to take advantage of Simbi fully. That’s why our helpful guides, live chat, on-demand webinars, and email support are included for free with every account! For those that prefer a live training experience, our Simbi at School accounts have you covered! Book a demo to get started.