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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

Sarah Freeman
NEWS ELA is also a great resource to use. It is a website that provides lexiled informational texts about real world issues. Not only does it provide leveled texts, but it also comes with a set of vocabulary words and question sets. It is great to use to engage students and to get them interested in what is going on in our world today!
leslie Owens
I personally use NewsELA a lot in my classroom...it has relevant articles and submissions on different levels for students to read and discuss.
Mark Kinsey
The resource that I chose was "Epic!". The reason I chose this resource is because it not only allows students to read books related to their interests but it also will read the books to the students. The students can also take quizzes on the books to confirm comprehension. The URL is www.getepic.com. The resource is FREE to teachers/librarians. Students are able to pick books based on their interests and the app will even recommend books based on the students' interests. If the student would like, the app will read the book to the student. The app tracks the reading level and comprehension level for the student for parents or teachers to see. Also some of the books include video clips and interactive resources. This resource helps struggling readers because they can read along as a narrator reads the story to them. Also, they are able to complete questions related to their comprehension of the material. Because the app tracks students' progress the teacher can see what areas the student may be struggling in. Also, because the students pick their own book to read based on their interests, the students are more likely to enjoy the reading.
kayla desimone
I like to use iReady and Star Fall to help reinforce students' literary skills. Both sources are great for building fluency, vocabulary, sight words, and other necessary skills for readers. They also both have fun games for the students to play as well. http://www.starfall.com
Lori C
http://www.readingrockets.org/ I explored this website and found it to be a very helpful website. It gives parents a lot of information on how to help their child if they are struggling in reading. It also can be used by students.
Katherine Rottman
Great Resource
Margaret Macbeth
http://www.readingandwritinghaven.com/important-reading-strategies-for-struggling-readers-in-high-school/ I chose this resource because I not only teach at the high school level, but we also use our study halls as a way to help struggling readers, so this article was of particular interest to me. The link is posted above. The article details four reading comprehension strategies geared specifically for high school students. This resource has lots of great ideas that could be implemented in virtually any classroom or subject area. The author recognizes that there is not merely one solution to the problem of students not reading at grade level, and suggests that, "Teaching reading in high school is a process of trial and error. Teachers have to find what works best for their own students’ needs." I also appreciate her tips for helping students get more comfortable asking questions about the content they are learning and that it is okay to need to stop and assess what they read in order to gain full comprehension.
Tina Thomas
I use Reading Eggs because I have found my students are learning faster with the different activities that they have them learning with. https://readingeggs.com/
Tina Thomas
We use Reading Eggs because I have found my students are learning faster with the different activities that they have them learning with. https://readingeggs.com/
kayla desimone
The website www.sightwords.com is a great free resource for parents of struggling readers. It provides printed materials to help reinforce phonemic awareness, sight words, and other necessary skills to enhance reading skills.
Melissa Link
I focused on an ELL resource for myself. This resource has hundreds of worksheets, games, lessons plans and teacher training. I would use this as a jumping off point for different lessons and units. Also, if my ELLs needed a specific lesson their database of lessons is vast. https://www.usingenglish.com/teachers/ For students a resource I would love to use in class is the picture dictionary. It has a variety of languages that it works with. This is a great resource for all Elementary students when working with vocabulary. I would use this like any other dictionary in the classroom but I would also use the word search, flash cards and other games on the site. http://pdictionary.com/
Melissa Link
I focused on an ELL resource for myself. This resource has hundreds of worksheets, games, lessons plans and teacher training. I would use this as a jumping off point for different lessons and units. Also, if my ELLs needed a specific lesson their database of lessons is vast. https://www.usingenglish.com/teachers/ For students a resource I would love to use in class is the picture dictionary. It has a variety of languages that it works with. This is a great resource for all Elementary students when working with vocabulary. I would use this like any other dictionary in the classroom but I would also use the word search, flash cards and other games on the site. http://pdictionary.com/
Renai
Since I teach math, I chose Sheppardssoftware.com/math because it is free to access. It has engaging games fro students to practice math skills at different levels. I use the games from this site all of the time in my classroom. The kids love to play them on our Smartboard and at home.
Katrina Hong
I use newsELA.com in my classroom for differentiated science current events. It works effectively because all my students are reading and able to discuss the same article while it is written on a level each student can understand.
Katrina Hong
I use readworks.com in my classroom for differentiated science readings. It works effectively because I am able to find readings on different levels that all have a similar topic.
adrienne hershfield, school psychologist
www.interventioncentral.org is a wonderful website that includes assessment ideas and strategies. Jim Wright (the creator of the website) has a wealth of knowledge and is available for trainings! I've had the good fortune of seeing him 3 times and I learn something new each opportunity!
adrienne hershfield, school psychologist
In my building, teachers have Starfall and Reading A-Z (RAZ Kids) accounts. Students with RAZ Kids can access their books at home and read books on their level. There is a comprehension component to the RAZ kids as well so that the students need to successfully answer questions about what they have read before moving on. In addition, they can record their read aloud so that their teacher can hear their fluency skills, etc. Twice over the last 10 years, we have had parents of two students, in particular, record their child’s reading aloud and share the recording with the Kindergarten teachers. What made those recordings so remarkable, was that the girls were selective mutes and did not speak at school at that time!
Vicki Sutter
I like to use Newsela.com, this resource has great fiction and non-fiction reading passages, as well as paired text. The passages are high interest level and easy to assess.
Heidi Glass
There are many different websites and resources I use to support struggling readers. Most of them offer an opportunity for differentiation, whole group, small group, and independent learning, as well as a myriad of post reading activities. These activities include prediction skills, comprehension, vocabulary, and writing. The website recommendations and overviews follow. One of my favorites is readingatoz.com, also known as Raz Kids. This site aligns with Fountas & Pinnell, which are the assessments my school district uses to find a student's reading level. Each student gets their own id to log in to the site and have their own reading selections based upon their individual levels. The students can read the stories both in school and at home. In addition, the program keeps track of student progress and this information can be used as a formative assessment tool. There are also several post reading activities that can be used to reinforce comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. Another site I use often is scholastic.com. This website is great for current events, science, and social studies lessons. The Scholastic magazine is on-line and students can follow along as it is read aloud. There are also different speeds you can set the reading to. There are many supplemental activities and informational pop-ups that go along with the topics. The students enjoy this and it can be differentiated for different levels. Brainpopjr.com is a favorite. This website offers a huge array of genres, including math, reading, phonics, science, holidays, biographies, art, safety, and health...to name a few. The movies are fairly short and stars the main character Moby, an animated robot. After the movie there are two levels of comprehension quizzes: easy and hard. In addition, there are several activities included. There is a joke, writing activity, art/craft activity, and many more. The students enjoy this site because it is interactive. There is also a Brainpop.com for upper elementary students; however, I find these movies and activities too difficult for my students with reading, writing, and other learning difficulties.
Sonia Klauber
I found this great site from "This Reading Mama". One in particular is called 5 Days of Multi-Sensory Activities for Teaching Reading. I chose this because I am a very visual learner and an Art Teacher. There are wonderful hands on activities to help struggling readers. The link is https://thisreadingmama.com/multi-sensory-activities-teaching-reading/ This is a multi-sensory teaching strategy which allows us as teacher to connect with struggling readers or students who have disabilities through all senses. This strategy is effective for all students. There are Kinesthetic, Auditory, Visual, Taste and smell activities.
Sonia Klauber
I found this great site from "This Reading Mama". One in particular is called 5 Days of Multi-Sensory Activities for Teaching Reading. I chose this because I am a very visual learner and an Art Teacher. There are wonderful hands on activities to help struggling readers. The link is https://thisreadingmama.com/multi-sensory-activities-teaching-reading/ This is a multi-sensory teaching strategy which allows us as teacher to connect with struggling readers or students who have disabilities through all senses. This strategy is effective for all students. There are Kinesthetic, Auditory, Visual, Taste and smell activities.
Cynthia Washam
Freereading is a great resource because of its comprehensive scope. It's a day-by-day phonics curriculum that covers the 40-week school year. The activities are fun, engaging and if a teacher doesn't like that day's activities, she can click on "additional related activities" for even more suggestions. The web site also includes downloadable picture, word and letter cards that are used for the activities. Teachers can follow the curriculum to a T for a full year or use it as a guide, picking and choosing their activities.
Jamie
I love using www.readworks.org because it offers many articles on a certain topic at varying reading levels. It also provides text dependent questions for students to answer. You can search by reading level, by topic or by reading skill.
Margaret Macbeth
One resource we utilize with a lot of success is https://www.achieve3000.com. Students are given lexile appropriate articles to read and then answer both multiple choice and short answer questions about. I will typically allow my students to self-select the articles they read because it allows them to not only have more control, but also increases the likelihood they will be interested and excited about what they are reading and learning about. The website will also adjust the lexile level of the articles they are given based on their progress, so there is a gradual progression and improvement in their reading level. It is an easy website to see not only the student's progress, but also how much time they spend working through each article. There are additional resources, such as the career center, which help students see how much education they will need for certain jobs and why reading and comprehension is so critical for their future success.
Beth Dennis
I've used Reading Rockets- http://www.readingrockets.org/books to find great literature to read to and with my students. This is a great tool as you can get themed book lists, great non-fiction, etc. There are sections on teaching reading aas well as for parents on how to help struggling readers. This site is exceptional
Larissa Gonzalez
A great resource I use in my classroom is NewsELA. They have many articles on different and relevant topics. You can also adjust the difficulty to suit your classroom based on the lexile. https://newsela.com/
Eddie J Oliver
I enjoy using Khan Academy. Being a math teacher, I see that the Khan is a phenomenal resource in supporting students. It does a phenomenal job of diagnosing where the student is initially and provides continual feedback. This allow the instructor respond to data in real time. The lessons, videos and assignments all scaffold at a pace comfortable yet challenging. There are also reading resources available there. The same approach is used throughout the site so these resources would benefit ELL students by its customized approach.
Dayna Carroll
A new resource I came upon is https://www.readingresource.net/readingactivities-II.html This resource contains a bunch of information on differentiation options for teachers to use for their students. It contains research, ideas, and games that students can use to tackle deficits. In addition, at my school for intervention we use guided reading, strategy lessons, Fundations, and Words Their Way lessons to fill in gaps. What we chose to use depends on various data and triangulating the results: F&P assessments, iReady assessments, FSA, classroom observations, and Phonics/Phonological Awareness assessments.
Steve
I like TeachHub's 40 Alternative Assessment Ideas for Learning (http://www.teachhub.com/40-alternative-assessments-learning). There are a wide variety of ideas for assessment that can be tailored to individual students and lessons.
Steve
I like http://www.teachhub.com/40-alternative-assessments-learning. There are a wide variety of ideas for assessment that can be tailored to individual students and lessons. Different learning styles as well as lesson styles can be assessed using the different tools available on this site.
Shawn Beecher
A resource I use frequently is CPalms. This website has very detailed lesson plans that follow common core standards. I use these lessons to support the data I receive from iReady testing. These lessons are easily adapted for every learner.
Jean Sicoli
A resource that I have used in my classroom is www.grammarbytes.com. This website provides interactive activities and grammar instruction for students. Students work individually in grammar activities that help increase understanding of different grammar skills. Students enjoy the activities and truly benefit from the skills that they obtain from these lessons. These lessons also help struggling readers and writers by providing a foundational understanding of grammar.
Lauren Askew
The differentiation source I chose for struggling readers is http://www.achieve3000.com/. This resource has fictional and nonfictional texts that adapt to a students individual Lexile level. So, if I have students reading far below grade level and far above in the same class, the program assigns each student the appropriate level article, without losing on content. This is effective for struggling readers because it includes guiding questions, vocab banks, and also does not make it clear that one student is receiving more scaffolds than another, so there is no possible embarrassment for the student.
Lauren Askew
One resource that I believe to be successful in helping struggling readers is CommonLit.com. This can provide fictional and nonfictional texts for students at various lexile levels. They are usually well written and interesting to students.
Anthony Kalishman
I chose Five Ways to Help Strugggling Readers https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2018/04/18/five-ways-to-help-struggling-readers-build-reading-fluency. The article suggests that silent reading by itself will not promote reading fluency. This does not suggest silent reading does not have its place, but it is not the panacea. The author proposes to build reading fluency by slowly modeling reading, and doing a lot of reading aloud. I really enjoy one of the later approaches which is basically putting on a play, which of course makes the students read aloud.
Rebekah Meyer
I like to use AVID weekly for highly engaging readings. I don't always use it, but there are some really good current event articles I can use in my history class. Here is the link: https://www.avid.org/avidweekly . The website has the articles, but it also has lesson plans that come with it. It helps me figure out how to scaffold lessons with a lot of reading content.
Elizabeth M Campbell
I chose this this resource because it helps children who struggle with learning English Language. The website www.literacyworldwide.org/blo/literacy-daily/2018/04/18/five-ways-to-help-struggling-readers-build-readers-fluency That has “Five Ways to Help Struggling Readers Build Reading Fluency”. It helps students to read with sufficient ease, accuracy, and expression. Five best practices for building fluency among struggling readers are available to help students develop their reading fluency.
Elizabeth M Campbell
An interesting literacy resource that I have encountered for struggling learners is ‘Reading Buddy Software’. It is an advanced speech recognition (perfect for dual language learners) technology that listens, responds, and teaches young struggling readers. Basically, it’s like having a tutor readily available for the learner. Reading Buddy involves multi-sensory functions and makes learning to read a delightful fun for beginning students. Although, it is provides continuous challenges it makes learning to read a pleasurable experience.
Izabel Roa
I create my own Power Point Presentations using the vocabulary words from Engage NY curriculum. I have built a Power Point Presentation reviewing vocabulary words for each unit in Kindergarten and First grade. The presentation reviews the vocabulary word and I put pictures to help the students gain understanding. It is available if you want to see it and update it for your self or your class. I also have learned that children need word study and have used Words their way - Word study for Phoincs, vocabulary and spelling instruction.
Briana
I like to use flocabulary in my class, the students really love the raps and they can make their own raps. It has a feature where they can put a word in and it will put up a rhyming word for them. https://www.flocabulary.com/ Because of the feature, it helps with your ELL readers. There are rhymes for Main idea, and many more.
Lori Kenny
I choose the website, https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Vocabulary-Homework-Choice-Board-1-951138, which is for a choice homework for vocabulary instruction for students. I choose this because I teach biology and it is very vocabulary rich and I feel this will would help my students. This would allow struggling readers because it allows for the choice activity that they feel comfortable and it will build their skills with reading due to the exposure of many words which in turn will help their reading skills.
Lori Kenny
A new resource I came upon is https://thisreadingmama.com/day-1-kinesthetic-activities-for-teaching-reading/. This resource contains fun kinesthetic activities to help in reading. I feel that this can be adjusted to fit the needs of students at every grade level. By adding tactile objects and movement students of different learning modalities can be reached to fill in the gaps.
Ashley
The resource I use a lot is teacherpayteacher.com. It has tons of resources to use for any subject and any grade. The great thing about the site is the resources are made by teachers and they have used them in their classroom so there is a better chance of them working in your classroom. You just have to pick resources tailored to the group of students you are trying to reach or work with. They even have resources specifically for ELL students to help them work through the content depending on what stage they are at.
Kristin Avery
Quizlet is a wonderful resource for teaching tier II and tier III words. I use it at the beginning of my science units for students to see the word, definition, and a picture of the words. I then have them copy down the word, a definition in their own words, and draw a picture. Once students have become exposed to the vocabulary words more, you can do class games with them, which engages the students and makes them want to master the vocabulary words so their team can win. By expanding vocabulary, readers will read more fluently and comprehend more.
Marianne Vinette
I chose the hrw.com resource because it's our "new" textbook and it's full of extra help for ELL students. For example when teaching Hamlet, the textbook provides many opportunities for the the teacher to scaffold the information. The book provides a specific example i.e. clarifying pronouns and then offers teaching tips as to how to clarify them within the text. It also provides specific lines to be noted as well as examples at the bottom of each example
Marianne Vinette
I like to use the app storybird. It allows to make up their own stories and more importantly it allows students to follow along as the story is being read. It provides pictures and shortens the page size so the student can see only chunks at a time.
Elizabeth M Campbell
should provide opportunities for students to read aloud with some guidance and feedback. One way some teachers have provided this kind of oral reading practice in their classrooms is with a method that has long been used in classrooms: Round Robin Reading. RRR involves having individual students in a group take turns reading aloud from text.
Deserae Williams
The two literacy resources I choose to use in my class are starfall.com and teachyourmonstertoread.com Both resources are engaging and beneficial to ELLs and all students in the classroom. I use both as supplemental resources for RTI/MTSS small group and independent practice. These resources are free and easy to use.
Jacqueline Booth
I chose Flocabulary.com as my resource to discuss. This resource is great fro introducing new vocabulary for any subject. It offers several activities and online activities for students to engage in the vocabulary. www.flocabulary.com. This resources keeps the reader engaged by using hip hop music beats with raps that incorporate the vocabulary.
Briana
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/ This is a nice web page, because it will read the book in English and Spanish.
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