The document provides useful tips for teachers to keep in mind when telling stories to students. Teachers should engage students with an intriguing opening, keep stories simple, maintain eye contact, use vivid language students understand, incorporate movement, use dramatic pauses, change voices for characters, make the ending strong and memorable, know the ending before beginning, appeal to multiple senses, invite student interaction, use props, set the scene, create sound effects, have students retell the story, use repetition, create a timeline, and avoid revealing too much to maintain mystery.