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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

Marissa
I chose this resource because it provides many classroom strategies to help strengthen reading skills.The site offers videos and instrucational planning maps for readers at any level. The site also includes various articles and links for struggling readers. It provides research briefs and identifying what strategies work for inclusion classroom.
Barbara Pfeiffer
I use Brainpop.com for engaging and quick lessons to increase reading and thinking skills.
Vivien Boyd
The best resource that I have come to rely on is roadworks.org. https://www.readworks.org/article/The-Song-of-Wandering-Aengus/fff8719c-633c-4467-90d7-f0ec11457f3e#!questionsetsSection:2082/answerKey:true/articleTab:content/ I can decide if I want to study poetry with my students, as listed above, or have a passage for them to read and practice finding the main idea and utilize their literature sleuth skills that I have taught them. I can utilize the digital format or print to give my students access to similar testing apparatus, as what will be on the state exam. I can time them and create a testing environment similar to what they will see later on the exam.
Kasidy Petrosino
One of my absolute favorite resources is Flocabulary.com. I love this website so much because it has engaging, informative hip hop videos that cover a broad range of topics and age ranges. This really helps readers get engaged into the topic, and feel excited about the lesson. Another resource I use commonly is readworks.org. This website has thousands of articles at all lexile levels, and most come with a question set. I use this website frequently to pull at level text for my readers about a topic they enjoy, and they are able to answer the attached question set to prove their understanding. Both of these resources are amazing classroom tools!
Vicky Beers-Cartwright
I like Flovocabulary because it is free to join and the engaging to the students. Flovocabulary has lessons in Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Life Skills, Vocabulary, and Current Events. My third grade class goes to the computer lab weekly and I usually give a couple of assignemnts from here and the students love it. New lesson are added weekly. Helps students master content and standards, build vocabulary, and develop skills for the 21st century.
Sarah Deak
Brain Pop for ELLs is a fantastic resource, not only does it offer free material that can be accessed without a subscription but it also offers students a variety of lessons across the curriculum. Learning activities are lively, energetic, colorful, and meaningful for students. The lessons are asyncronous, a mix of recorded video, audio, and interactive content such as graphic organizer and games. Brain Pop also has some really good tools for teachers, but a subscription is required to access this portion of the site. The site collects data about each student as they progress through the lessons which are leveled, one, two, or three depending on their level of language acquisition. The link for the site is https://ell.brainpop.com/ .
Jessica Addorisio
Reading A-Z is a great resource in finding leveled texts. The texts are high interest and can be printed into books. They also come with additional resources and graphic organizers.
Anthony Shore
The resource that I've chosen is commonlit.org. The resource can be used to lower or raise lexile difficulty for students of varying ability levels. The text is also easily translated, and there it can be assigned online. Very easy resource for a new teacher to use.
Kirstie
Flipgrid is an amazing source to use in the classroom. It gives the students a voice and can be done anywhere at anytime. The students create a video just like snapchat and upload it. I have seen many successes in my class because of the confidence it gives my students especially those who do not like speaking in front of people. Here is a link to one of my mix tapes: https://flipgrid.com/+zg2kuj2 BrainPop is a fantastic resource that I implement in my classroom. This resource is completely interactive and allows the students to own their learning. There are over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12 with any department you could think of! https://www.brainpop.com/
Anna Bauduc
I really enjoy use iready teacher toolbox in my classroom. The kids LOVE the lessons and are really engaged. Plus it goes right along with our ELA standards so that is really helpful. It breaks the concepts down for the kids, in a fun interactive way. They love coming up to the board to answer questions. It is also a really great motivator for the students.
Anna Bauduc
I really enjoy using iready teacher toolbox in my classroom. The kids LOVE it and are really engaged the entire time. The lessons match up with our ELA standards and breaks the lessons down in an interactive way for kids. They love getting to come up to the board and answer questions too so it is a great motivator as well!
Kirstie
IXL is a wonderful tool. It is one of my favorite websites for independent practice. The site uses personalized skill recommendations to encourage growth and exploration, and empower students to make smart choices about what to learn next. https://www.ixl.com/ BrainPop is another fantastic resource that I implement in my classroom. This resource is completely interactive and allows the students to own their learning. There are over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12 with any department you could think of! https://www.brainpop.com/
Candice Anders
After poking around on the internet, I found a neato site/program for math called DreamBox (www.dreambox.com) which is a really wonderful tool because it can supplement what we do in the classroom in a fun way. It has students practicing math in "game" form. Each game has a tutor that talks to you and the words are also on the screen. The tutor is available in English and Spanish. Their website states that "To engage students exactly where they are, it adjusts in real-time, adapting hints, level of difficulty, pace, and sequence." Since it says it adapts hints, that makes me think this would be a great resource for those learning the language of math - sometimes we don't understand the word "slope", but can identify the "rise/run" between two dots.
Liz Prendergast
The site I chose is Epic. https://www.getepic.com/students This is a website where students can read digital texts on their level and on their interest level. It encourages students to read and grow their love of reading. Teachers can assign texts on a specific topic for the children to read. This can be done in a computer lab, small groups or even as homework. You can create and assign quizzes to go along with the books as well.
Marilyn Smith
I use getepic.com because they have books that can be read to them and it allows for students to pick books on their levels and interest.
H. Vickers
I the website starfall.com. It helps to teach primary grades reading skills while having fun. The easy navigation is also a plus.
H. Vickers
starfall.com is excellent. It helps to teach primary grades reading skills while having fun.
H. Vickers
My favorites from this article is the bookflix and storybird. I am planning on using them in the future.
Vicky Beers-Cartwright
In our Social Studies Unit we use Studies Weekly. It is a weekly newspaper that has an on-line component as well. www.studiesweekly.com. It provides non-fiction content with comprehension questions, wordsearches, and graphic organizers tied to the content. My students work in groups to solve this and really enjoy it.
Dixon
Achieve3000 is a great reading resource for struggling readers including a special option for ELLs. The automatically adjust reading levels according to students ability. Achieve also provides quality assessments periodically.
Crystal Brandt
ESGI is a great assessment tool. I learned about it from attending a kindergarten conference. It eliminates having all the sheets of paper. The students get more excited about it when being called over to assess. It tracks, graphs, provides visuals, and many different assessments as well as allows you to create your own.
Laura
I chose to share https://ell.brainpop.com/ because it is a great alternative for ELL students. After viewing the video, students can explore further through pictures and vocabulary.
beth daly
I like storylineonline.net I is good for student with learning disabilities (dyslexia). The books are free and narrated by well-known actors.
Brittany Fabry
The resource that I enjoy using a lot that is not only a literary resource but also a resource for US History is :https://www.icivics.org/
Dorothy Castillo
I use the following resources for struggling readers: Learning A-Z (Leveled Readers) I-Ready (Online tutorials at the student's level.) Pearson Science Instruction - (Leveled Readers and the online text book will read to the students.) The Writing Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravello Small group instruction I also have retired volunteers come into my class and tutor my struggling readers and writers.
Hannah Summer
An AWESOME resource (if you can get your hands on it within your school) is Grammarly! This is targeted more toward writing, but as we know, reading and writing are intimately connected. Therefore, helping students improve their writing helps them improve their reading (and vice versa).
Hannah Summer
An AWESOME resource (if you can get your hands on it within your school) is Grammarly! This is targeted more toward writing, but as we know, reading and writing are intimately connected. Therefore, helping students improve their writing helps them improve their reading (and vice versa).
Patrick Barock
I chose flocabulary because it is a very useful resource when working with students who may not be interested in the more traditional teaching methods. https://www.flocabulary.com/lesson-resources/ Flocabulary uses vocabulary that students might not hear or learn from traditional teaching methods or interactions. It has songs about different subjects and something for everyone. The vocabulary section would be very helpful for struggling readers and helps out in a way that gets the point across while reinforcing language skills.
Jessica Rohl
I love the resource bookflix.com. I often use this for my emergent readers who are not quite ready for text, but can benefit from hearing stories read to them.
Susan Rieck
Because so many classes have deficits in the area of vocabulary I think Flocabulary is an excellent resource; it can be used during typical "down time" by support personnel ( before the day officially begins, while waiting in car pick up room, etc). I have used readinga-z which has printable texts.
Kendra Remian
The resource that I like to use with struggling readers is Epic Books. There are many books that a struggling reader can listen to as it is read to them. The words are also on the screen, so that they are able to read along and listen. You are able to make/take quizzes on the books that are read. There is a huge selection of fiction and non fiction books and they are on many different levels. This resource is free for a teacher account. https://www.getepic.com/sign-in
Melissa M Whitney
iReady is one of my favorite practice site for students. The diagnostic allows all students to work at their own level and at their own pace. Lessons can be repeated and the teacher dashboard allows easy access to each student's progress. The repetition of each topic also helps struggling readers and ELL students the repetition needed for learning.
D. Dixon
Achieve 3000 is an excellent program for struggling readers. This program automatically differentiate instruction according to the student's lexile score. The reading articles are sorted into a variety of categories and are aligned with state standards. www.achieve3000.com
Susan Rieck
i-Ready is a great resource and tracks students' progress of various reading and writing skills. It provides instruction and quizzes. I also like Reading Rockets.
Heather
EPIC is a resource that I would recommend. I taught inclusion this year and had many students who truly struggle to read for a variety of reasons. They have been so excited about reading ever since I added EPIC to our independent reading time. It offers an endless variety of books some of which you can read on your own and others that will read to you. It also keeps track of how many books they read and gives them awards. This allows my students to have access to all types of books that they may otherwise not be able to read on their own. This is huge for my really low students who get so excited to tell me all about the book that they listened to which let's me know that they are comprehending the text even though they can't read it on their own yet. My other kiddos can also challenge themselves to read some higher books. If you want your student's to beg you for reading time...sign them up on EPIC.
Patricia Heijkoop
Quizlet is a great resource to build content vocabulary. I use it especially in Science. Quizlet.com, the basic program is free and offers several options for learning vocabulary. Flash cards are teacher created with the word, a kid friendly definition or use in sentence, and most importantly, a picture. After the students have used the flash cards and matching game, I use the Quizlet Live feature. This feature randomly divides the class into teams and they work together to match words with definitions and try to be the fastest team. Struggling readers see the word, definition and related picture on the flash card. It is a free program that can be used at home or with a resource teacher as well as in the classroom. Then the struggling reader gets to be part of team and work together for success with the Live feature.
Lynne Pollino
I chose achievethecore.org because it is a great resource not only for struggling readers, but for all students. You can copy and paste any reading into the sight and choose what level vocabulary you would like, and the sight will list vocabulary words at that level from the reading for you. It generates a vocabulary list, definitions, and sentences in context. It also offers many other reading strategies. https://achievethecore.org This resource works effectively to generate appropriate vocabulary terms for students of any level. Vocabulary building is essential to language learning and improving reading skills.
Lynne Pollino
I chose achievethecore.org because it is a fantastic resource not only for struggling readers but for all students. You can copy and paste any reading assignment to the sight, choose the grade level of the reader, and it will generate a vocabulary list with definitions and sentences using the words in context. It also offers many other reading strategies. https://achievethecore.org This resource works effectively to generate appropriate vocabulary lists for students of any level. Vocabulary building is essential to language learning and improving reading skills.
Barbara Pfeiffer
Iready is a good resource for students to work at their identified level, so it provides differentiation within the classroom. The programs also provides repetition for those needing it.
Sherri Saxton
I really like the resource www.starfall.com. It provides so many opportunities with phonics skills starting with letter recognition and letter sounds to interactive stories, poems,and little readers who are emergent to beginning readers. It also has sections for math skills (as a perk). My students love it General Ed, ESE, and ELL students) and they are constantly asking to use it plus it has a variety of levels to differentiate.
Sherri Saxton
I really like the resource www.starfall.com. It provides so many opportunities with phonics skills starting with letter recognition and letter sounds to interactive stories, poems,and little readers who are emergent to beginning readers. It also has sections for math skills (as a perk). All of my students love it and are constantly asking to use it plus it has a variety of levels to differentiate.
Sherri Saxton
I really like the resource www.starfall.com. It provides so many opportunities with phonics skills starting with letter recognition and sounds to interactive stories, poems,and little readers for emergent to beginning readers. It also has sections for math skills (as a perk). All of my students love it and are constantly asking to use it plus it has a variety of levels to differentiate.
Sherri Saxton
I recommend the resource www.starfall.com. It provides so many opportunities with phonics skills to interactive stories, poems, and little readers for emergent to beginning readers. It also has sections for math skills (as a perk). All of my students love it and are constantly asking to use it plus it has a variety of levels to differentiate.
Sherri Saxton
I recommend the resource www.starfall.com. It provides so many opportunities with phonics skills to interactive stories and little readers for emergent to beginning readers. It also has sections for math skills (as a perk). All of my students love it and are constantly asking to use it plus it has a variety of levels to differentiate.
Sherri Saxton
I recommend the resource www.starfall.com. It provides so many opportunities with phonics skills to interactive stories to little readers for emergent and beginning readers. All of my students love it and are constantly asking to use it plus it has a variety of levels to differentiate.
Sherri Saxton
www.starfall.com is recommended. It provides so many opportunities with phonics skills to interactive stories to little readers for emergent and beginning readers. All of my students love it and are constantly asking to use it plus it has a variety of levels to differentiate.
Sherri Saxton
I recommend the resource for Shared Reading in the Lucy Calkin's Reading Units of Study. This provides the opportunity to teach print concepts, sight words, looking for meaning, syntax, and visuals along with comprehension and fluency.The students really enjoy this part of the reading block and helps the struggling reads and enriches the higher level readers.
Sherri Saxton
I recommend the resource for Shared Reading in the Lucy Calkin's Reading Units of Study. This provides the opportunity to teach print concepts, sight words, looking for meaning, syntax, and visuals along with comprehension and fluency. The students really enjoy this part of the reading block and it helps the struggling reads as well as enrich the higher level readers.
Sherri Saxton
I recommend the resource for Shared Reading in the Lucy Calkin's Reading Units of Study. This provides the opportunity to teach print concepts, sight words, looking for meaning, syntax, and visuals along with comprehension and fluency. The students really enjoy this part of the reading block and it helps the struggling reads as well as enrich the higher level readers.
Lydia Wilson
I am choosing pebblego.com. This site has a plethora of short books/topics that can be read-aloud to the students and each book/topic is divided into headings. We use this a lot for teaching the main idea with supporting details and also as a research tool. The students love the books and the site is so easy to navigate. There are also short little videos to go along with each one.
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