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Blog About and Share a Literacy Resource for Struggling Readers

  • Posted by Susan Ruckdeschel
  • On 28 June, 2015
  • 3112 Comments

Let’s take all this knowledge from our course Literacy Strategies for Struggling Readers and put it to productive good. Whether a new literacy resource, a differentiated resource, a resource for inclusive classrooms, or one focused specifically on struggling readers, let’s share a resource and talk about it in this blog.

  1. First, tell us why you chose the resource.
  2. Next, provide us with a link to the resource and a brief description of it.
  3. Explain how the resource works effectively, or has the potential to work effectively, with struggling readers.

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3112 Comments

Susana
A resource that I enjoy to use with my ELLs is esl.brainpop.com. I enjoy using this online tool because it provides ELLs with an interactive video and follows up with grammar, vocabulary and comprehension practice.
Paula
Readworks.org is a great resource for short articles available at varying reading levels.
Kristin O'Brien
I enjoy using www.mobymax.com and www.newsela.com for struggling readers. Both of these resources allow the teacher to scaffold and differentiate. Mobymax is great because it adjusts to the reader on their level and continues to assess and challenge them to develop. The students like it because they can earn time for free choice of games and I like it because the games are also reinforcing the standards. News ELA is great for non-fiction. There are levels of text all on the same topic so after reading you can group/pair students who didn’t read the same article to share knowledge and they can each contribute.
Cynthia Washam
In 45 minutes, the speaker in this video perfectly captures the basics of assessing ELLs. She explains without resorting to education jargon why teachers must go beyond administering a written literacy test to learn not only a student's English literacy, but also his native-language literacy and culture. The video also includes an excellent example of a kindergarten teacher assessing his ELL charges in a way that keeps them engaged. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysDDfG-enCc
Sara Childers
I like to use freerice.com as a resource for all students. There are several sections to choose: vocabulary, grammar, math, etc. It feels like a game, it feeds people, but best of all, it reinforces language skills.
Vanessa
One resource I like to use is ReadWorks.org. Our kindergarten grade group utilizes this website for a lot of our writing activities with our students. It provides great articles that we can use and tie to our standards. The articles are kept relatively short (time appropraite for our grade) and are read to the students slowly and clearly. This resource works because it provides our students with information about a wide variety of topics and it keeps them engaged.
Vanessa
One resource I like to use is ReadWorks.org. Our kindergarten grade group utilizes this website for a lot of our writing activities with our students. It provides great articles that we can use and tie to our standards. The articles are kept relatively short (time appropraite for our grade) and are read to the students slowly and clearly. This resource works because it provides our students with information about a wide variety of topics and it keeps them engaged. It also provides with short, easy to remember information that can be used during out writing time.
Monica
Reading A-Z is one of my favorites! Leveled readers are used as stations in my classroom and the students like them. I also use it for testing fluency and reading levels in my classroom. The printables are so useful and found in the resource section. The only thing I do not like is the price . . . it is very expensive, but if you ask your school about getting an account, then other teachers will be able to share in the information with you.
Monica
I use Reading A-Z's leveled reading books daily, and the students love having their very own books. We can highlight words they are having difficulty with, and the children can take ownership in their books when they color the pages. The students can then bring the books home so that they have their own library with books they can read independently or to a parent
Sydney Thacker
I chose abcya.com because my kids like the educational games, such as alphabet order. Where the abc's are mixed up and you have to put them in the correct order.
Doni
I use readworks.org. I can differentiate reading based on the level the student needs in order to be successful. I can provide students the opportunity to access grade level text by having them listen to the text prior to partner reading. In order to scaffold students to success, they need opportunities to access grade level text while having the opportunity to read at their just right level.
Noemi Fuentes
I use http://www.mobymax.com/ in my classroom for struggling readers. I use thise resource because it is interactive, engaging and leveled to a students learning ability. When studetns first log in they are assessed multiple reading components to determine the students ability. From there on, the program adjusts and presents material that the student can feel successful yet building on necessary skills the student struggles with. There are many apps, to include vocabulary, phonics, letter recognition, reading skills, literature comprehension, science, math, social studies among others. Moby Max, allows me to track student growth and areas of need that I can present during reading remediation. If used effectively, this resource can help identify and brigde learning gaps. It is of course a supplemental resource that used in conjuction with differentiated lessons in the classroom, can help struggling readers find success.
Kerry Giardino
The current program will benefit children ages 3 through 2nd grade with curriculum created by a board of teachers and educational experts from a variety of fields including science and history. The scope of the online curriculum includes: Language development (vocabulary, listening skills, grammar) Reading (the alphabet, phonics, sight words, comprehension, genres, reading strategies) Math (numbers and operations, shapes, measurement, patterns,) Science and Technology (weather, plants and animals, matter and energy, space science, inventions) Social Studies (families and communities, geography and maps, U.S. history, states, famous Americans) Health (the human body, habits for health and safety, health care) Each level and subject incorporates books, songs, games, puzzles, art activities, and printables to help children have a well-rounded experience with the information.
Cristen English
The resource I use often is one that helps me look for connections between reading and writing and to hone in on different needs of my students. It is http://www.readwritethink.org/. This resource has the latest research on reading and writing, strategies, lesson plans, visuals, and graphic organizers that allow teachers to target different needs. It is also organized by grade level and topic. I love that it is grounded in research and full of examples.
Joselyn Iglesia
The resource that I think provides a lot of information for parents and for teachers is www.readwritethink.org. It is filled with student, and teacher interactive videos, classroom resources, as well as lesson plans for teachers. In addition it has a lot of printable resources for teacher to use such as worksheets and graphic organizers.A lot of the materials are evidence-based resources.
Andrea Tarlowski
I chose this resource as many students have trouble with fluency while reading. I like the whole-to-parts structure and sound letter correspondence component. The lesson starts with instruction on rimes and then onset rime analogies.
Andrea Tarlowski
I chose this resource as many students have trouble with fluency while reading. I like the whole-to-parts structure and sound letter correspondence component. The lesson starts with instruction on rimes and then onset rime analogies.
Laree Thomas
Laree Thomas I chose this resource because it helps strengthen the students vocabulary words at their individual levels. http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1502 The resource helps with struggling readers by expanding their vocabulary and having the sound available to hear the phonic breakdown and fluency of the word helps.
Adriana Lugo
I would like to share a resource about the initiative EQuIP. This resource is designed to identify high quality materials aligned to CCSS or NGSS. I chose this resource because more and more as educators we are pressed to push standards into everything we do and this resource is full of so many different ways to implement CCSS into your everday lesson. Link: https://www.achieve.org/EQuIP There resource includes examples of instructional material, rubrics you can use, examples of student work, how to help students annotate work, training information and also modules and videos to assist in using all of these resources. This site has so many tools to help educators align our lessons to the standards and improve the quality of instructional material. It begins with the planning, and if lessons are planned with high quality material, we can plan our goals for all readers, advanced and struggling.
Kristen Boyd
The resource that I like to use is brainpop.com. Not only does Brain Pop have fun videos for the students to watch, but it also has a quiz to take at the end for better understanding. It is important to make sure that the video you are showing is grade level appropriate for your students. I have seen teachers show a middle school level video to 3rd graders and they are not able to complete understand the concept.
Will
I like to use the resourse Moby Max. It has the students first take a placement test to determine achievement then creates lessons based specifically on the student's progress and accuracy through the lessons. It allows for individualize education and direct instruction to each learner and provides feedback to the teacher who can then edit the lessons or skills being taught
Adam Greer
The Literacy Resource for Struggling Learners I am going to blog about is Reading A-Z. The link to the site is: https://www.readinga-z.com/ I use these lessons and guidelines because they use articles and vocab that is on level for struggling learners. I think it is important to make sure we are meeting all students needs. This site allows students to progress at their own pace. Specifically, for struggling learners, it can show standards and common core areas that have been mastered; while, providing more examples for misunderstood areas. Another aspect I enjoy is the data. I am very data driven when it comes to my students reading levels and abilities. This site provides reports that I use to track students.
Penny Bailey
I chose IREADY. The link address is: https://login.i-ready.com It is what we use in our classrooms at school. It is a good resource for all readers. It lets each student work on their level and gives them lessons based on what level in Reading they are at. It really helps struggling readers - it helps them see they are succeeding because they don't realize that they are on lower level lessons than other students. A great resource.
Allyson Snow
1.) I chose this resource for struggling learners because it offers various topics for students to work on. 2.) https://www.mobymax.com/signin: This website provides the opportunity for students to take an assessment and see their scores in different areas. Also, it provides practice is various topics for the students. Some of the topics are: math, reading, writing, science, social studies, test prep, and language development. 3.) This resource works effectively because it give the teachers the ability to differentiate instruction easily.
Melecia Perren
I choose Pinterest as my resource for reading literacy. The web address is http://www.pinterest.com. You can create an account and download the App for easier access. This resource is great because there is a large community of educators who share lesson plans, sample lesson ideas, resources, etc. Regardless of what you are looking for there will be some resource to support it. It also allows you to post your valuable information to share with others
Rachael
I use Reading A-Z website to find level readers for my ELL students and others. It also has other activities and worksheets for books. https://www.readinga-z.com/
    MARIA FISCHMANN
    I also use the website www.readinga-z.com for my classroom because it has different reading levels and a variety of titles that I can use to supplement my PreK curriculum. I print them and send them home so parents can read them to the students as well.
Holly Muir
I use Reading A-Z for my struggling readers because they have tons of highly engaging fiction and nonfiction text. www.readinga-z.com It supports struggling readers because of the bold vocabulary and the colorful pictures at many different levels of text. They also have reader's theatre scripts to help build fluency.
erica kindred
To help struggling readers, and any student in my classroom, I believe readworks.org to be a good place to find resources. They have tons of articles with comprehension questions and vocabluary that any student can read and excel in, no matter their reading level or ability. Englishworksheetsland.com has great CC resources for any standard, along with vocabulary. It is a great place to pull above level, and below level to help the kids who are struggling, or kids that need a more challenging lesson.It is great for kids who are on grade level, as well!
ERICA KINDRED
I like starfall.com. This website has resources for readers of all reading levels. It is not broken down into grade levels, like abcya.com. I feel like that does not put extra pressure on the child to be a grade level reader. There are lots of fun and engaging stories that are read to the children with accuracy and fluency. The site is full of bright colors and visuals that pull the attention of the student. It is also done at their own pace, so if the child needs to hear something rad to them again, it is ok to do that. Kids that I teach,along with my own son, love it and best of all is that it is FREE!!!
Katrisha Thomas
I chose the resource for struggling learners because it gives ideas to present learning in a different way.
Ashleigh
I choose to use Pre-K Emergent Literacy Resources via the site Pre-K Pages. https://www.pre-kpages.com/literacy/ As a Pre-K ESE teacher, I have found this site full of valuable resources covering the many pre-literacy skills which we target at this level. I frequently recommend it to parents as well to expand on areas of interest or emerging skills which their children are exhibiting as they leave for summer break. The author of the site provides many examples for how to teach/review any given concept, making it easy to differentiate or create accessible activities for a variety of ability levels.
emyhre
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ I think the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History would be useful as a literacy resource for students because it pairs essays and chronological formatting with famous works of art, so if students are drawn to a particular artifact or work, there is good- solid text paired with it. It is very easy to navigate as a website but I have also printed images and the essays on the artworks as well. Just clicking on an image in a Pinterest like format- brings up everything connected with it. If a student is struggling with literacy but likes art- this may be a great way to engage them.
Terri Dewey
The resource I would use most as a teacher and recommend for parents to reference would be Readingrockets.org. This website has a multitude of information on teaching strategies, reading progression and basic expectations/benchmarks, suggestions for strugglers, writings connection, book lists, PD/videos, PBS Shows; the list goes on and on! For students I would recommend using Starfall.com to practice skills. It's graphics and music are very entertaining, and my students love it. It covers all 5 areas of reading and follows the natural progression of reading from letter sounds and identification to reading comprehension. Math begins with number identification and progresses through word problems involving multiplication and division. Kids enjoy it and it has audio for the little ones that cannot read yet.
Melecia Perren
A great resource that is free and available to everyone is pinterest. Even if you don not have an account you can still look at the resources. They are practical and useful for struggling readers. I use this resource all the time to help in all subject areas.
MARIA FISCHMANN
I chose this website for Prek and Kindergarten students: http://www.literacycenter.net/play_learn/spanish-language-games.php It helps struggling readers to practice different concepts: colors, geometric shapes, numbers, including the alphabet (upper and lower case letters) in a fun way. It comes in four different languages, including Spanish. I use this resource during centers. The students love it because it is easy to navigate. It also has resources for parents and pintables.
Staci
The Scholastic website provides so many book and activity resources for my language arts and reading classes. The link is https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/home/. This resource is effective for all readers, whether they are struggling or strong readers, due to its extensive library, educational tools for all learners, and guiding practices that promotes educational development.
Kelly
The literacy resource I chose is freerice.com. It is a great tool to use with all age groups. There are some great vocabulary words. It's like an SAT prep for free. As you get the vocab words correct, it moves you up to the next level. It's challenging, but it instantly gives you the correct answer. If you get it wrong, it will ask you again at a later time in hopes that you learned it. There are many subjects to choose from. The website states that for every question you get correct, rice is donated to people who need it. I haven't researched it to see if it's true, but by playing the games you not only help yourself, but someone else.
Penny Pruitt
https://www.readinga-z.com/ I use this blog all the time. I am an ESE teacher and this has so many free items for different levels that are extremely helpful.
Jessica L
I like to use readworks.org to help students that have difficulty with reading. I also have students visit the website starfall.com. It focus on letter sounds, word families and reading strategies. My ENL students enjoy visiting starfall.com because it's an engaging educational website.
Ananda Logan
I teach middle school and a lot of the strategies seem to target younger grades. I choose Semantic Feature Analysis because it can be applied to upper levels, it can be differentiated for different levels, and could be used in different subjects. Semantic Feature Analysis (http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/semantic_feature_analysis) helps students to relate sets of things to each other by using a grid. This can be effective to struggling readers because understanding vocabulary is so key in reading. This strategy also enhances comprehension.
Jessica
I use readinga-z.com for my students. It has hundreds of books on so many levels, and each book comes with a guided reading lesson, comprehension quiz, and worksheets. It helps with struggling readers by giving ideas for extra practice and word games.
Andrea Tarlowski
I use the resource www.Sparknotes.com frequently in my intensive reading class. I love the humorous bits about the classic literature! The website provides summaries, analysis, character lists and short quizzes to check for comprehension. I assign segments for students to read on the website and I use the quizzes as formative assessments. The website also has a great selection of short video summaries I like to show at the beginning of the literary unit. This website is wonderful for struggling readers as it provides a great way for the to access ancillary notes, summaries and analysis to support their schoolwork.
Joselyn Iglesia
A website I really like to gather resources from for the spelling and vocabulary content is spelling city. It is wonderful, for ELLs and Non-ELLs. It has good spelling lists, games the kids can go on , and worksheets you can print off from there. I find it rewarding for teacher and student.
Kristin
I really like using the FL Ready or iready curriculum for struggling readers. It gives students visuals in the forms of videos to illustrate concepts in a way students can relate and gives them tools and hints they can use to get to the answer on their own. https://www.curriculumassociates.com/products/ready-florida-overview.aspx?statecode=FL&source=FLREADY
Tedra Johnson
The resource I chose is Teacher Pay Teacher. I was amazed at the plethora of literacy resources available and accessible to me at any time. I am a second year teacher, but I did not major in education, which makes planning, differentiation, and creating an effective lesson that targets all of my students difficult at times. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:literacy%20resource%20folder Teachers new and or old can access this information and pull resources that will help them help their struggling readers.
Kayla DeSimone
I chose ABC mouse.com. I chose this resource because it is interactive and looks like it is engaging. It also gives feedback and parents can check their child's progress. It has over 850 lessons for children ages 3 through 7. The website link is https://www.abcmouse.com/landing/SEM:GOOG?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=adwords&utm_campaign=Toddler&utm_extra=dim1/Reading//dim2/Broad&utm_term=toddlers%20learning%20to%20read&gclid=Cj0KCQiA-ebSBRC8ARIsAGuxJIpYn_InzpRdCaWamY7ToCG2ZTL-AhsSTh_Ta8G4SKOYdLvhaQaYwsUaAlEhEALw_wcB
Diane Randall
1.First, tell us why you chose the resource: I chose this resource because it has a lot of games about simple vocabulary and other ideas that are relevant to my students learning. 2.Next, provide us with a link to the resource and a brief description of it. eslgamesplus.com - there are a lot of games that deal with colors, numbers. letters, body parts, household words that my students can relate to 3.Explain how the resource works effectively, or has the potential to work effectively, with struggling readers. Kids love to play games and if there are games that help them to learn more vocabulary then it is an effective tool.
Diane
A resource I use is Reading Milestones, it uses simple stories with a lot of repetition to help the students learn new words, read fluently, and focus on comprehending what they read. It builds upon what they have learned. proedinc.com
Christopher Montgomery
1. I chose the resource of this reading mama due to the fact it was a new resource I came across this christmas break. It was a great place to find literacy worksheets to work on craft and structure, key ideas, integration of knowledge and ideas. It is an open blog site as well to list resources and valuable information. You can also easily contact the website owner. 2. https://thisreadingmama.com/12-incredible-resources-for-struggling-readers/ This site allows users the ability to shop for materials, subscribe to innovative stuff she is doing in the classroom, alphabet stuff for kids, teaching learning strategies, applying phonics at home, spelling quizzes and tests for age appropriate, comprehension engagement for readers, writing with the students and free printables that teachers love! 3. Obviously for struggling readers to be able to find adaptive resources to help the students, come up with new and innovative strategies is big time. Also, being able to find resources to help a student effectively is a trump card as an effective resource.
Christopher Montgomery
1. I chose the resource of this reading mama due to the fact it was a new resource I came across this christmas break. It was a great place to find literacy worksheets to work on craft and structure, key ideas, integration of knowledge and ideas. It is an open blog site as well to list resources and valuable information. You can also easily contact the website owner. 2. https://thisreadingmama.com/12-incredible-resources-for-struggling-readers/ This site allows users the ability to shop for materials, subscribe to innovative stuff she is doing in the classroom, alphabet stuff for kids, teaching learning strategies, applying phonics at home, spelling quizzes and tests for age appropriate, comprehension engagement for readers, writing with the students and free printables that teachers love! 3. Obviously for struggling readers to be able to find adaptive resources to help the students, come up with new and innovative strategies is big time. Also, being able to find resources to help a student effectively is a trump card as an effective resource.
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