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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

Melecia Perren
This resource is great for finding new strategies, tools, and lessons. Teachers all over the world share what works for them in their classroom. I am strong believer that teachers have the best strategies and resources because they are the front line. I encourage all teacher to explore this website as a resource for their students.
Melecia Perren
This resource is great resource for students to work independently, with parents for practice at home and in the classroom.
Sarah Freeman
I love using edPuzzle in my classroom! edPuzzle is a great way to incorporate technology into any subject! Here is the link: https://edpuzzle.com/ My students can sign in through Google Classroom and watch videos that were assigned to them. Not only do they just watch the videos but you can add a voice-over, or assign questions throughout the video. They cannot continue on in the video until they have answered the question. As a teacher, you can see your class data on edPuzzle and how each student performed on the questions. I use it in reading to help my struggling readers by assigning videos that are books being read to them and they can answer comprehension questions along the way.
Amanda Monday
The resource that I chose is Starfall. I chose this resource because it provide the essentials needed for the early primary grades. The website is http://www.starfall.com. This website has fun activities and songs that help the primary student learn the basics of reading. These cover the basics of phonics, and beginner reading (cvc words, etc...) The website also provides resourceful activities in math as well. This resource has the potential to work effectively with struggling readers by making learning fun and not frustrating. The songs for example, help with memorization and can be repeated as many times as needed. It's so "contagious" that you may even catch the child singing or reciting what they have learned out of the blue!
Andrea Tarlowski
I really enjoy using the website www.readingrockets.org. There are tons of graphic organizers and other scaffolding supports for pre,during and post reading activities. I also appreciate all the vocabulary activities and supports for students needing assistance in decoding challenging text.
martha byrd
I love reading A-Z because you can print different levels of the same book. This helps students read at their level while staying in the same content matter. I also like that it provides vocab, grammar, comprehension, and enrichment ideas. https://www.readinga-z.com You do have to pay for a membership.
martha byrd
I love reading A-Z because you can print different levels of the same book. This helps students read at their level while staying in the same content matter. I also like that it provides vocab, grammar, comprehension, and enrichment ideas. https://www.readinga-z.com You do have to pay for a membership to gain access to everything.
Stephanie Mednick
I love the website starfall.com. I have several ELL students who are still learning their ABC and then I have several struggling readers who are not fully NES but do not get exposed to English except at school. I love it because it provides all different levels and it is interesting. The students will gladly go on the site and work through the different activities and not complain about it. It provides those differentiated lessons with great scaffolding for them as well. It really is a fantastic site especially for the ELL students. http://www.starfall.com/
Ariel
I have not had many opportunities to interact with ELL students but I did find this link and thought it could be useful. https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5
Ariel
https://www.readinga-z.com/ This site offers leveled readers from pre-reading on up. There is a search function that lets you sort by different topics such as cross-curricular connections, skills, fluency, and comprehension. The books come with a set of lessons that you can download which makes it easier for tutoring or to create intervention lessons.
Michele
I chose this resource because it is not only “fun” but also supports learning for my ESL students. It includes a wide variety of activities and books that students can read online. It also can easily be differentiated. The site is https://www.funbrain.com/.
Andria Barrera
I think that starfall is a wonderful resource for students that learning english. It helps them learn letters sounds and different digraphs in a fun and exciting way. www.starfall.com It has different levels and options, depending on the level of the student. It also has math activities that can help the student, at different levels.
Tara Martin
With my ELL students I have previously used www.starfall.com The students LOVE this website because they get to choose from a range of reading levels. The readings are interactive and when the students are unaware of the pronunciation or the definition of the word all they do is click on the word and it verbalizes the word for them in order for them to increase their proficiency and fluency of English.
Marcy Irwin
www.getepic.com I use this because students can find books on the computer in their own interest and reading level. It allows students to also have the book read to them if necessary. Students may also choose books that are written in their native language.
John de la Cruz
I was told by a colleague to use www.freerice.com with my English class as an SAT prep guide. I instantly found it to be a great resource for my ELL students as well! It is primarily a vocabulary builder, constantly getting more and more difficult as you progress. The added benefit is that for every correct answer, rice is donated to a world food bank, and people are fed while others are being educated! I also use the SAT Question of the day via the College Board website. (I teach 10th grade, but works great with 11th and seniors as well!)
Stephanie mednick
I like bookshare.com because it helps those struggling readers or readers with disabilities. It offers books read aloud and it highlights them as it reads the books. It works on just about every electronic out there. They offer tons of books from little kids to adults and if there is one you would like added you can send in a request. they also have some activities that go along with it. This is a great site to use for those readers that want to read a book above their level as well but would struggle they can now listen and start to work on those understanding and comprehension skills along with it at a higher level.
Stacy Rockwood
The resource I chose was https://www.flashcardmachine.com/ flashcard machine. This highly interactive,visual resource is a great way to provide learners with core vocabulary linked with images, diagrams and other cues that help convey meaning. I also use them to print out and play interactive classroom games like Quiz Quiz Trade to re-mediate academic vocabulary.
Kalyn Salgueiro
I chose this resource: newsela.com because it's a fantastic resource to get kids interested in reading, while also having them learn more about what goes on in the world. The resource provides articles that can be adapted by lexile, to suit most levels of readers, and I love that you can assign articles that may be relevant to students at any given time, in order to increase engagement.
Melanie McMillan
The resource that I chose (and use frequently in my classroom) is www.dezol.com. This resource is great because I can utilize it during whole group, small group, or use it individually. This resource provides great support for ELA and cross cultural communication, because it provides practice with all different levels of knowledge in letter sounds, recognition, blends, sight words, rhyming, syllables, and much more. This resource is such a great one for struggling readers and writers in Kindergarten because it helps them to practice these foundational skills through fun, interactive games.
Rebecca Sigmon
Achieve 3000 is the best program I have ever used with my students. As an ESE teacher, I often have multiple grade levels in my classes and with this program, I can teach one (yes I said ONE) content, provide follow up activities and assess constantly on EVERYONE's independent level! The school system has to purchase it ($$$$) but it is soooooo worth it!
Shana Moss
www.duolingo.com is a great website for students with limited English skills. No matter what language they speak, this is a helpful resource. There is an assessment at the start in the native language to determine the correct comprehension level and an assessment can be requested throughout. With duolingo, I use iVoice, an iPhone app. I speak in English and it translates what I say to any language. The students speaks in his/her language and it translates in his/her languages.
d. waite
One of the best sites for struggling readers is adlit.org I chose it because it has a classroom strategies with many graphic organizers sorted by category, such as vocabulary, comprehension and writing. There is also a video section for teachers to gain knowledge on teaching struggling readers.There are book selections and study guides as well as blogs and articles.It gives information on common core standards as well.The site provides tools and support so teachers can help their struggling readers.
Andrea Tarlowski
I love the resource CommonLit.org. I have mentioned this resource in the past and I will mention it again because IT'S AMAZING. I love the guided reading feature and how the text can be read to the students out loud. I also really like how on the instructor side, we can see the data and the performance of the students.
Kelly Corrigan
I chose Go live Campus http://www.golivecampus.com/media/action/home?jsessionId=1A73A140478BBD48F199C5E3045E0DC5 I choose this website because it is a clean teacher version of youtube. I used to use it effectively in a Kindergarten classroom by saving videos and short video clips to teach from. It has many topics. You just search and save things you like. The pull them up to use them to teach.
martha byrd
The resource I chose was Phonics Silly Sentences. It is an app that focuses on spelling patterns and it has pictures, a voice button, and repetition that is great for those needing reading practice. You can find it at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phonics-silly-sentences-2-free-flash-cards-matching/id460591520?mt=8
Brett Hubbard
A resource I use frequently in my classroom is Flocabulary. www.flocabulary.com - this is a site that plays informational videos in song form. The subjects range from science to social emotional learning. I use it primarily for vocabulary and reading comprehension. The resource is effective because it really grabs the attention of the students and keeps them engaged. I also play it multiple times so it gets stuck in their heads. I often hear them sing the songs throughout the day.
Josephine
I use this in my classroom http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/think-pair-share because it allows the kids to engage with one another and share their thoughts/ideas.
Jenna
The resource I chose to share is: https://www.raz-kids.com. This website is great for ENL students because teachers can individualize the lessons. They can assign lessons to students on their independent reading level and the students can work at their own pace. The program requires the students to read the text around and answer questions about the text.
Josephine
I use this in my classroom http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/think-pair-share because it allows the kids to engage with one another and share their thoughts/ideas. Your comment is awaiting moderation.
Josephine
http://www.avidweekly.org/
Rosa McKenzie
I first had to critically analyze the assignment and the extent of its purposes in order for me to not limit the scope of my comments in response to the topic of discussion. This cannot be simply my acquisition of deeper knowledge of successful “Literacy Strategies for Struggling Readers”, rather as paraphrased from the explanation of the lesson; to actually cultivate these newly acquired motivational techniques in the minds and attitudes of “precious jewels” of our local and global societies; that the end result will be nothing less than “Good”. (Susan Ruckdeschel, 2015). This assignment was difficult because limiting my choice to only one resource was challenging. The mechanism of action of key strategies had to be studied to comprehend the processes involved, the relevancy of its components, along with ways to implement, and practice each skill to mastery in record time for struggling remediation readers. The decision was then made to choose to begin my blog with the following quote: “Alberta Education defines literacy as the ability, confidence and willingness to ‘engage’ with language to acquire, construct and communicate meaning in all aspects of daily living.” (http://education.alberta.ca/literacy-and-numeracy/literacy/) Reading this resource caused me to focus on factors affecting student’s performance often over looked. The rudimentary literacy influences in a learner’s “system of communication” streaming from the vast experiences an individual has in early stages of development attempts to predict the extent reading and writing skills can advance. When critically placed interventions are introduced and consistently rehearsed involving parents and students, cooperatively, the process, reinforced at home and intensified at school yields “good”. Re-reading this resource: What is literacy? Stirred up what I needed to become ‘engaged’ with this assignment. I don’t eat tuna because it has good taste, rather its taste is satisfying. (from StarKist Commercials on TV-Charlie the Tuna, Wikipedia). I have observed that, when I involve the parents in motivating the students, to see the purpose in an action, such as committing to participating in the long term process of acquiring the skills needed to improve their reading comprehension through the Success Maker Reading program of study, students continue to completion increasing assessment scores one or more levels. I see the potential of not only transforming the performance of already labelled “Struggling Readers” in Middle and High School settings, but also assisting in the possible extinction of the use of the term itself when, ideally, all learners are purposefully motivated to ‘engage’ with language systematically throughout their early years of language acquisition.
Vivien Boyd
The resource I chose for my class is readworks: http://www.readworks.org. Students read a particular passage on a wide range of topics. It helps to zero in on theme, main idea, vocabulary etc. They have an article a week to help expose kids to information, reading and expands their vocabulary. It also has audio where kids can listen to the reading of the passage, which aids in listening skills.
dawn
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/accounts/sign_in I actually went to a coworker today looking for resources to help my NES, no pre k students succeed in kindergarten. I have 2 students that I feel need some additional help. I am going to try this and hope and pray it is the little bit of extra help they need. It is geared to help children succeed in a fun learning environment.
Saira U.
The source I would recommend to help struggling readers is readworks. It provides fiction and nonfiction passage. Plus, it has comprehension questions. You could pick a passage based on the students level. For ENL students, I like that it now reads the passages to students.
Lauren Degen
The resource that I have chosen is Reading A-Z. This site can be used to gather leveled texts that match students reading abilities. There are many topics covered that link back to grade level content which can be used to build background knowledge as well as support classroom instruction. There is also a feature called Raz-Kids where students can independently log on to read preselected books. This feature can be accessed from any mobile device and provides an opportunity for independent practice which can lead to increased fluency and comprehension.
Amanda Fitzsimmons
I like to use www.Kahoot.create, www.kahoot.it to play a quiz game with them, either in teams or by individuals. This is a great way to let them use their competitive sides and review their vocabulary. I try to play at least twice during a unit before a test. I also use quizlet to allow them extra practice at home.
Jason
I chose Native Languages of the Americas because it offers translation for many languages indigenous to North America. http://www.native-languages.org/cherokee.htm The particular language I have linked is Cherokee, but teachers could apply this diversity to multiple other tongues.
Jamie Fusaro
I chose the resource, Newsela, because I love the ability to choose from a variety of topics and subject areas when looking for an article for my students. The website gives you the ability to search by topic and then further modify the article by viewing the same article in different lexiles and wort counts. This proved to be incredibly helpful when having my ELLs write argumentative essays. I was able to provide each student with an article that met their academic ability! Love this website and would highly recommend it!
Libby
I was introduced to Newsela (https://newsela.com/), and I have discovered how powerful of a website/classroom tool that it really is! I especially love it for my classroom for the fact that it involves cross-content material. For example it involves strong ELA (language Arts material/reading) with the topics covering Jacksonian Democracy where essential questions could be built around the lesson: such as "Was Andrew Jackson Democratic?" where the students had to take a side by analyzing what they have read! There are also boxes that can be used for teacher to have students "Stop," do the required activity...making them reflect on the text/central idea, before moving on!
Jake
I choose CommonLit because it has so many helpful features. I can assign students a text to read with text-dependent questions. Students also have access to a word translator. This allows students to translate words from the text into their first language for clarification. Students also have access to a dictionary that will define any word from the text. Students have a highlighter tool that can be used to highlight key words or ideas. https://www.commonlit.org - Under "Library", select "Text Sets" then choose a topic. -Under each topic you will find specific text within that topic to chose from. -After a text is selected, instructions are given to create or assign text-dependent questions.
Joel Summer
NewsELA is a great resource for all students (whether ELL or not), as it constantly tweaks itself to meet the reading level of the student. Using authentic real-world nonfiction texts to engage learners, NewsELA can effectively augment itself to best meet the need of the current learner as they go through the stories. One problem could arise in the depth and length of some of the articles, but this website also allows the teacher a lot of choice in what the students need to read and what they need to do with the reading during and after. Link: NewsELA.com
Hannah Summer
A resource I use often is Epic! because it is an online website that is free and is allows chilled to read or listen to audio books. These books can come in made different languages depending on the child's preference. It can be very effective because the child can read along with it, use the illustrations to develop comprehension, and it is portable. It can be viewed on a phone, tablet, or computer.
Jamie Lopez
I like using readworks.org. This website provides lesson plans, articles and questions to go with. You can search for articles on a specific topic and at a specific reading level. You can search for articles that have a specific focus-like cause and effect or sequence. The questions are written similar to how you would see on a common core assessment. The best part is it's free!
Christopher Montgomery
First, the struggling mama is a resource to use for struggling learners because you have access to free printables, online resources to help with decoding, phonics, alphabet, comprehension, writing and so on. Also, it provides research based activities for the kids along with resources and blog available for concerns and usage. Next, the link gives access to 12 incredible resources for students pulling ideas from pintrist to gather more material to bring to our kids and the classroom setting. The potential for our kids is through the roof by helping them with materials for things they are struggling with. I myself have used this as a resource to gather main idea, key content, integration of knowledge and ideas, craft and structure to help build on the weaknesses for students.
Margery Bristow
I chose the resource, http://www.k12reader.com/ , because it covers a variety of topics. This website has spelling practice for grades 1-12, as well as explicit worksheets for reading skills, grammar, vocabulary, and composition. All of the worksheets are free to print and reproduce, and could easily incorporated during small group centers for differentiated instruction.
Michelle Lombardi
Science A-Z allows me to access many different content specific resources. There are books, short articles, debates, and many other resources. The ability to access multiple grade levels is also an advantage.
Julie Covelli
I like to use Scholastic.com as a resource for ENL students and struggling learners. The magazine in conjunction with the online resource enables students to see videos that correlate to the articles. There are games and opportunities to find out more information on many of the articles.
Juanita Taylor
I have used www.mathplayground with my grandchildren. While most of the games deal with math, there are other games that are challenging and educational. I especially like the ones that give them practice with states and capitals. They are more challenging than using flashcards!
Regina Gibson
I chose read write and think website at http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources This sources is great for struggling readers from kindergarten- 12th grade. It has sources for collaboration, comprehension, and critical thinking. It has games, activities, and tools that the students use to create their own projects tied into the lesson like public service announcements for a video, printouts, crossword puzzles which they could use in combination with the lesson to peak their interest and increase comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking.
Regina Gibson
I chose reading rocket at http://www.readingrockets.org/helping/target This target the problems phonological and phonemic awareness, word decoding and phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. It incorporates the student, parent, and teacher perspective and works on the skill which needs attention.
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