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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

Tonya Belvin
For my vocabulary needs I use Quizlet. It is very versatile as the learner can study the words as flashcards, they can test themselves, or they study them in a game format. The resource is free although there is a teacher version so you can get more information on your students activity.
Rudy Mora
The website Reading Rockets is a great resource to find many different strategies for teaching struggling readers: http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies It's helpful because it lists many strategies in a chart that indicates if a strategy is good before, during, or after reading so picking the right strategy to try for your classroom situation is easy.
Jennifer Scheid
I chose the nearpod resource because it engaged the students in the lessons. The lessons can be in any subject and the teacher navigates the lesson as the students participate on their devices. Student responses show up for all to see on the teacher screen (projected). You can also assign the lesson and the students work at their own pace. Struggling readers are matched with a peer on a device or just happen to be more engaged and can work through the lesson as the teacher does the guiding.
Lisa DeAnda
iReady by Curriculum Associates is an interactive online learning environment designed to assess students and provide individualized instruction based on each one's unique needs. Each child takes a diagnostic assessment then is provided with an individualized learning path for reading and math. Students are able to work at their own pace with teachers having the option to make adjustments to the learning path as needed. Teachers can also assign grade level lessons based on what they are working on in the classroom. iReady diagnostic results closely align to our state assessment results. It has been a great tool for RtI and progress monitoring.
Emmie Eimann
I utilize Newsela in my Intensive Reading course now and again -- the site features a plethora of information texts ranging from current events to popular culture, and allows students to make an account and read through the articles and answer several standards-based quiz questions, as well as a short response. The articles go one step further in allowing for an alteration of lexile level, so for struggling readers the lexile can be lowered, and for those reasy for a challenge, it can be raised.
LORI DAVIS
I love Imagine Learning for my EL's. It helps build vocab as well as reading skills.
b scuteri
I chose Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/ Description: Duolingo is a platform that includes a language-learning website and app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam. The app and the website are free. Duolingo also offers a premium service for a fee.
Scuteri
I chose Duolingo: Description: Duolingo is a platform that includes a language-learning website and app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam. The app and the website are free. Duolingo also offers a premium service for a fee.
Lisa DeAnda
Multi-Sensory Teaching– A 5-day series on teaching reading in a multi-sensory way. There are over 100 resources for getting your kids involved using their 5 senses with letters, rhyming, reading, and comprehension. Students learn differently and require different stimuli.
Beverly R
I use Achieve3000 in my class. Students receive differentiated, grade-appropriate, nonfiction passages, matched to his/her individual Lexile level determined at the beginning of the year when they complete a Level set assesment. As students continue to complete activities their Lexile will be adjusted at the beginning of each month depending on how successful they are on their individual activities. The goal is help students who are below grade level to achieve gains in vocabulary, comprehension, and their reading ability skills during the school year.
Nicole
One resource I like to use are novels on kindles. You can turn on word wise which gives the students definitions of words that they may not know in the text. This helps for them to read the story and not have to stop and look up the words that they may not know. It stops the break in the story to allow for them to enjoy what they are reading.
Deidra Jackson
One resource I've used with my kindergarteners is Starfall. This program is very interactive and fun for the little ones. There are many skill they can practice in the beginning such as phonics, letter recognition and sounds and early reading. Once the students feel comfortable they have the option to move up to higher level material. Most my students are very excited to be able to this therefore it's a good incentive to work hard on their current level.
Deidra
One resource I've used with my kindergarteners is Starfall. This program is very interactive and fun for the little ones. There are many skill they can practice in the beginning such as phonics, letter recognition and sounds and early reading. Once the students feel comfortable they have the option to move up to higher level material. Most my students are very excited to be able to this therefore it's a good incentive to work hard on their current level.
Mary Chavers
I chose the resource Sonday. Here is a link https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/phonics-reading/phonics-reading-programs/the-sonday-system-learning-to-read Sonday is a phonics program that is explicitly taught to small groups of students. A pretest is given at the beginning to determine where the students have deficiencies. Phonemic awareness is taught at the beginning of this program along with letter naming fluency. Sounds are taught systemically taught and detailed lesson plans are provided for the teacher. Mulit -sensory skills are used while students learn to print letters. Phonograms are taught from simple to complex. This resource works effectively with small groups of students that have difficulty learning the letters and sounds and blending the sounds to form words. It is extremely effective for students that are a year or two behind. It goes back to the foundations of reading: phonemic awareness and allows the teacher to reteach these skills. Many times there are gaps that the teacher was not aware of.
Mary Chavers
I chose the resource Sonday. Here is a link https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/phonics-reading/phonics-reading-programs/the-sonday-system-learning-to-read Sonday is a phonics program that is explicitly taught to small groups of students. A pretest is given at the beginning to determine where the students have deficiencies. Phonemic awareness is taught at the beginning of this program along with letter naming fluency. Detailed lesson are provided for the teacher. Mulit -sensory skills are used while students learn to print letters. Phonograms are taught from simple to complex. This resource works effectively for students that have difficulty learning the letters and sounds and blending the sounds to form words. It goes back to the foundations of reading and allows the teacher to reteach these skills. Many times there are gaps that the teacher was not aware of.
Mary Chavers
I chose the resource Sonday. Here is a link https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/phonics-reading/phonics-reading-programs/the-sonday-system-learning-to-read Sonday is a program that is explicitly taught to small groups of students. A pretest is given at the beginning to determine where the students have deficiencies. Phonemic awareness is taught at the beginning, along with letter naming fluency. Detailed lesson are provided for the teacher. Mulit -sensory skills are used while students learn to print letters. Phonograms are taught from simple to complex. This resource works effectively for students that have difficulty learning the letters and sounds and blending the sounds to form words. It goes back to the foundations of reading and allows the teacher to reteach these skills. Many times there are gaps that the teacher was not aware of.
Mary Chavers
I chose the resource Sonday. Here is a link https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/phonics-reading/phonics-reading-programs/the-sonday-system-learning-to-read It is a program that is explicitly taught to small groups of students. A pretest is given at the beginning to determine where the students have deficiencies. Phonemic awareness is taught, along with letter naming fluency. Detailed lesson are provided for the teacher. Multi -sensory skills are used while students learn to print letters. Phonograms are taught from simple to complex. This resource works effectively for students that have a one to two year reading deficiency. It goes back to the foundations of reading and allows the teacher to reteach these skills. Many times there are gaps that the teacher was not aware of.
Mary Chavers
I chose the resource Sonday. Here is a link https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/phonics-reading/phonics-reading-programs/the-sonday-system-learning-to-read It is a program that is explicitly taught to small groups of students. A pretest is given at the beginning to determine where the students have deficiencies. Phonemic awareness is taught, along with letter naming fluency. Detailed lesson are provided for the teacher. Multi -sensory skills are used while students learn to print letters. Phonograms are taught from simple to complex. This resource works effectively for students that are one to two years behind. It goes back to the foundations of reading and allows the teacher to reteach these skills. Many times there are gaps that the teacher was not aware of.
Mary Chavers
I chose the resource Sonday. Here is a link https://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/phonics-reading/phonics-reading-programs/the-sonday-system-learning-to-read It is a program that is explicitly taught to small groups of students. Detailed lesson are provided for the teacher. Multi -sensory skills are used while students learn to print letters. Phonograms are taught from simple to complex. This resource works effectively for students that are one to two years behind.
Chad Essary
One resource page that I have found is Hood River County School District's Math Differentiation page. https://www.hoodriver.k12.or.us/Page/7251 It is full of videos, tutorials and other links to resources giving solid research and evidenced-based strategies for differentiation of instruction for all levels of mathematics from K-12. It even has sections for ELL instruction and survival guides which enable new teachers to adopt differentiation from the start. One link which is chock full of strategies on this site is Instructional Strategies That Support Differentiated Instruction. https://www.hoodriver.k12.or.us/cms/lib/OR01000849/Centricity/Domain/1244/Differentiating_Strategies.pdf This method breaks the process into three categories including Activate, Acquire, and Assess and is based off of Gregory and Chapman’s “Six-Step Planning Model for Differentiated Learning” This method uses student data to help scaffold instruction and levels of support. Also it provides the students opportunities to build and activate background knowledge before introducing challenging text or problems.
Natalie
I use Blazer Fresh from Go Noodle. www.gonoodle.com This website has many brain breaks but the one the response to reading is the Blazer Fresh and the clap it out song. It identifies the syllable in each word and provides harder words at the end of the song. The students love it.
Mary Ann
The resource that I find helpful is Snap and Read. Students can highlight areas and have the text read to them. It can be used for comprehension to see if they understand. It also helps with vocabulary because students hear the words. Students who read fluently use it only if they feel they need it. Great resource for all students including ESE.
Robin Romagnolo
I chose Get epic. It is free for teachers and it is great to use whole group, small group, and independently. Students can read or listen to a text and answer comprehension questions. https://www.getepic.com/?msclkid=289c70eb8809151d92492c1594834acd&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=US%20-%20Site%20Trials%20-%20Brand%20-%20Alpha&utm_term=get%20epic&utm_content=get%20epic
Robin
Get epic is a great resource for readers at every level. It is free for teachers. I would use this resource during every component of the Guided Release Model. The texts can be read to students and thier are comprehension questions at the end. https://www.getepic.com/?msclkid=289c70eb8809151d92492c1594834acd&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=US%20-%20Site%20Trials%20-%20Brand%20-%20Alpha&utm_term=get%20epic&utm_content=get%20epic
Jaime Coleman
I think I-ready on-line and toolkit are great resources because they provide instruction on the students level as well as tracks their growth through diagnostics three times a year. Also, the I-ready toolbox provides lessons on specific standards and provides the teacher with the materials needed.
Barbara Cagni
I'd choose Mobymax.com for my struggling readers. Not only can they take an assessment to put them at their just right level, but was they go through the lessons anyone interested in helping them succeed can see how they are answering the questions associated with the passages. (In other products, teachers just get the percentage that the child got right/wrong - -no rea insight. No ability to pull a questions and talk to the student about why they chose to answer the way they did so the thinking could be re-imagined.
Meghan Wolf
One of my favorite reading resources is 'Epic!' (www.getepic.com). This resource has thousands of high-quality children's books with a vast variety of topics, levels, genres, etc. I love this resource because children really get engaged in their text through the vibrant pictures and fun topics, and many of the books have a 'read to me' option, so that struggling readers can have that support to help them become better readers. Teachers can make 'libraries' for students to choose books from, or you can let your students pick their own interests and books. They can even take quizzes to help them with their reading comprehension. I've used EPIC! as a reading station and as a resource for getting information for reports and my students always love using it. These books make the students feel confident, engaged, and truly lets them ENJOY reading!
Meghan Wolf
I chose the reading resource Epic! because it truly gets students engaged in their reading via a vast variety of high quality texts with vibrant illustrations/photos that are topics of interest to children. Struggling readers have support through the 'read aloud' option and comprehension quizzes that are often available after reading a text. Epic! also have a wide range of text complexity so that all students can benefit from it. I liked to use Epic! as a reading station and as a research resource, and my students always enjoyed using it and learned a lot from it!
Anthony Narehood
I use DuoLingo a lot now; it really helps get phrases down so they can communicate with the class. In the past, I used Google Translate and would have whole conversations with them through the computer. As a secondary, I'd suggest http://interactivesites.weebly.com/language-arts.html.
Andra
I recommend www.scholastic.com, this resource is leveled and provides vocabulary activities. It also has bright pictures and the content is non- fiction. This resource helps struggling students because it engaging and the content is usually relatable.
Tonya Belvin
My go to is always Quizlet.com. Students can really manipulate the vocabulary terms under several various formats. They can review, practice, do flashcards, games, even test themselves. And the best part is that it is free.
Tonya Belvin
My go to is always Quizlet.com. Students can really manipulate the vocabulary terms under several various formats. They can review, practice, do flashcards, games, even test themselves. And the best part is that it is free.
Anthony Narehood
How about 21 resources? Check it out, https://www.teachthought.com/literacy/21-literacy-resources-for-the-digital-teacher/ We been using i-Ready and our digital textbook, too.
Tara Zilly
I love having my students use Epic. There are so many books available to read on-line and/or listen to depending on their needs. The teacher has the capability of creating book sets on particular topics, create quizzes, and monitor their reading habits.
Jennifer
I love using English in a Flash (part of Reading Renaissance, AR) to help my struggling readers. It is meant to help ELL gain new vocabulary, but I have found it is helpful to all my young learners. They love it because it is on the computer and they love being on the computer. More words known equals higher vocabulary, higher comprehension, and higher fluency which is always a plus. http://www.letsgolearn.com/reviews/comments/english_in_a_flash/
Francesco Iannucci
The resource I focused on was Flocabulary https://www.flocabulary.com/how-it-works/ Flocabulary’s approach to standards-based material makes content engaging and accessible for ELLs–regardless of ability. I’ve only used the science material but Flocabulary uses varying auditory and visual modules and fun instructional activities (games/rhymes/etc) to reinforce content area knowledge. What I like most is that Flocabulary also supports ELL’s social/emotional learning, incorporates current events into the lessons, allows for slower playback speeds to assist with students pacing, has the ability to turn on/off closed captioning, includes text to speech, discussion modes to allow peer to peer discussion, and allows teachers to assign relevant reading and writing activities to name a few.
Karen Bayless
If I had a student that was struggling with reading verses speaking and understanding oral language, I would use my vocabulary picture cards that I have acquired over the years of teaching and make words to match picture cards. I would eventually build to sentences that are describing the picture cards. You want the student to feel successful so start simple and then build up. Maybe five picture cards to match word. Then use your vocabulary journal to write word and illustrate a picture. You could eventually bring this to situational story cards, where the pictures tell a short story and then there is writing to be matched to the stories. You could also do sequencing story cards with the story being written down and she has to read and match to the correct picture. She could then write and illustrate it in her journal to help build fluency.
Jennifer Santora
In order to help students build vocabulary, cloze passages increase a learners understanding of text. Teachers can create the passage with tiered vocabulary and differentiate tasks according to student needs. https://www.edhelper.com/cloze.htm
Susan
I use Reading A to Z to provide leveled readers at the appropriate level for my students. There are decodable books, fluency passages and all of the resources are leveled for you. There is an annual fee for this site, but it is well worth it. I print out books and passages and other materials, which I could use from year to year. I like the variety of fiction and non-fiction text. For many titles, they offer the same book at another level. Often this allows me to use the same title book, at different levels for all my students. The nonfiction decodable books are great to print out when students are writing informational text, because they can underline or high light. The books also give them a glossary for vocabulary and offer other text features. The books tell you how many words are in the passage, as well. Students like seeing that. If I print out books for students (can't always do this because of paper restrictions) they also have a book to take home and re-read for practice and fluency. The search tool on this site allows you to look for books of interest. All of these features will give you resources for struggling readers.
Matt Holloman
I chose the AdLit.org Classroom Strategies Resources page because it has a number of different approaches using various graphic organizers to teaching adolescents and allows you to select different ones based on whether the focus is on vocabulary, comprehension, writing, or some combination of those three. It also includes printable pdf files that can be downloaded, which is very convenient. http://www.adlit.org/strategy_library/
Amy Jackson
I chose Epic Books because I have a large ELL population with several NES students. Epic will read books aloud to students, or the students can read them themselves. Also Epic is free! https://www.getepic.com/app/sign-in Epic can support literacy by providing very appealing books, articles, and videos all free, and students beg to get on a just read a book.
Jennifer Zoky
I love the website learningally.org. It has many of the popular books that middle school students are reading. It is a text to talk. The students see the words highlighted as they hear the story being read. This builds fluency and comprehension. It also allows my lower readers or ELL students to join in on conversations about books that their peers are reading.
Devin C Campbell
Two of my most favorite literacy resources for my first graders are Zoo Phonics and Secret Stories. Both resources give a visual for each sound and some involve a hand motion. I've found that if rehearsed daily, that the students really master the phonics skills more quickly and can reference the wall posters as necessary. Zoo Phonics are for letter sounds, and Secret Stories are for the majority of other phonics rules. They are self motivating and a ton of fun to do. https://zoo-phonics.com/ https://www.thesecretstories.com/ I've found that introducing the phonics skills using these resources are especially good for struggling and reluctant readers. Having access to these "secret" rules gives students power to decode on their own and confidence to read.
Allan Cerully
www.starfall.com is a wonderful site to use with students new to the country or beginning readers. It teaches basic phonic skills, such as letter recognition and sounds. It is interactive and highly engaging.
Allan Cerully
www.starfall.com is a wonderful site to use with students new to the country or beginning readers. It has letter recognition, sounds and basic phonic skills. I have successfully used it with students brand new to the country.
Danielle collin
I love using the RazKids website with my students. It is easy to navigate and the students can read many different leveled texts, fiction and non-fiction, the text can also be read to them, which is great for ELLs and struggling readers. It is also great for students who are more advanced, too. It provides comprehension questions written at many different levels of complexity.
Raynell Wetherald
I really enjoyed reading about Bookflix. I think it would be a great resource to use in the classroom to help students be engaged in new reading materials!
Raynell Wetherald
I really enjoyed reading about Bookflix. I think it would be a great resource to use in the classroom to help students be engaged in new reading materials! It would be very beneficial for struggling readers because it can read the text to them for them to follow along with!
Raynell Wetherald
I really liked Bookflix. I think it is a fun resources that kids would be excited to use. It would be great for struggling readers because it gives those students the option to listen to the story being read aloud to them
David Shaffer
I really like FCRR resources that are aligned to specific interventions that students need to be successful when having specific issues. These are very simple to find, create, and use for your intentional, small group instruction.
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