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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

Elisabeth Prendergast
I chose to share get epic. https://www.getepic.com/ This website is great for struggling and non struggling readers. Students have access to multiple texts. Teacher can assign differentiated text for their students. This resources is free to use in the school setting or can cost if you want the your students to have access at home. I have set this up through my google classroom. The students love it.
Sara
I choose Quizlet online vocabulary site. https://quizlet.com First, I chose it because having taught exclusively math and science for the past 5 years, I have the most experience with this resource. Second, my co-teacher, subscribed this year to get the full benefits and I saw first hand how the vocabulary development in her ELA classes went through the roof. I use is as an individual resource to allow struggling students to interact with crucial content vocabulary. I use it as an independent station for students to practice content area vocabulary. I use it as a review in the quizlet live section which has students working in cooperative groups to interact with vocabulary.
Ashley T
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. First, tell us why you chose the resource. I like to use Capstone books because they come in a variety of reading levels and are high interest. Next, provide us with a link to the resource and a brief description of it. This is a subscription ebooks site, so most of the books need to be purchased. Many of the books can also be purchased as paper copies as well. Explain how the resource works effectively, or has the potential to work effectively, with struggling readers. These are ebooks so they can be read to the student or this feature can be shut off. The books are high interest and low level so they are great for struggling readers.
Ashley Trares
I like to use Capstone books because they come in a variety of reading levels and are high interest. This is a subscription ebooks site, so most of the books need to be purchased. Many of the books can also be purchased as paper copies as well. These are ebooks so they can be read to the student or this feature can be shut off. The books are high interest and low level so they are great for struggling readers.
Lisa Coder
https://www.readandspell.com/us/fluency-strategies-for-struggling-readers I chose this website because the strategies are not complicated and can be implemented individually, in a small group setting, or even in a whole-group teacher modeling situation. I think the effectiveness of the suggestions in this resource lie in their simplicity and straightforward nature. All of the interventions and scaffolds could work with struggling readers whether their needs exist because of a language barrier or poor comprehension, lack of academic language or background knowledge, or any combination of those features.
Cristina Mercado
1) I use Burlington English because it addresses all aspects of language acquisition (spelling, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, writing, and punctuation.) 2) https://app.burlingtonenglish.com/account/login 3) I love that it is scaffolding on topics that are relevant to my students in a very visual and interactive platform.
Maya
I chose the resource DOGO News because it is an interactive way to get students to read the news they want to know about.https://www.dogonews.com/ The site hyperlinks much of the important information within the text. Such as vocabulary and geography. Additionally the site provides games related to the article.
Lauren Patsos
For my resource, I chose Timothy Rasinski: https://www.timrasinski.com/resources.html. This website includes professional development, research materials, articles, and useful materials. One main reason I chose his page is because of a specific article "Lets Bring Back the Magic of Song for Teaching Reading." There are multiple resources that make a connection between music and reading which can be very useful in my choral room. There is a profound amount of research that already shows learning to read music directly correlates with the ability to read literature. In addition, a choral ensemble not only needs to read the notes on the page but the lyrics as well and express the meaning of the song in their performing of it.
NATALIE MARTIN
I use the online resource of www.whoosereading.com This is a fun way for readers to check their level of comprehension. Students will read a text, take a written quiz on it while having hints throughout each answer, then earn points for correct answers. With those points, they can dress up their avatar. It is a fun way to get all students to want to read.
Natalie Martin
I use the online resource of www.whoosereading.com This is a fun way for readers to check their level of comprehension. Students will read a text, take a written quiz on it while having hints throughout each answer, then earn points for correct answers. With those points, they can dress up their avatar. It is a fun way to get all students to want to read.
Emmie Eimann
Read Theory: https://readtheory.org/. From the website, "Read Theory is a powerful educational tool that offers online reading activities for all ages and ability levels. Our custom web application adapts to students' individual ability levels and presents them with thousands of skill building exercises that suit their needs." I use this resource in my Intensive Reading classes, as there are (unfortunately) very few resources that are free to measure students reading levels almost immediately.
Jennifer Santora
I chose the resource flocabulary.com. Struggling readers find engagement in learning about reading topics presented in musical formatting. I feel that students learning all modalities and this web source might aide in their understanding of key reading concepts such as Main Idea.
Jennifer Santora
I chose the resource flocabulary.com. Struggling readers find engagement in learning about reading topics presented in musical formatting. I feel that students learning all modalities and this web source might aide in their understanding of key reading concepts such as Main Idea.
Jennifer Santora
https://readtheory.org/ is a website that offers comprehension passages with questions to support readers by meeting them at their own level and can e used to progress monitor comprehension progress.
Jen Hendel
I find the website www.starfall.com extremely helpful. Students can learn about each individual letter/letter sound through songs and interactive activities. Starfall also has a learn to read, it's fun to read and I'm reading sections that addresses the abilities of the students. The website also has motion songs and nursery rhymes which make it engaging.
Mary
Our school district is implementing Jan Richardson’s Guided Reading Framework in grades K and 1. Jan Richardson’s website has a resource tab that includes resources to support the implementation of this framework. The website is http://www.janrichardsonguidedreading.com/resources-1 This page is organized into folders such as Book Study Guides for teachers, Comprehension Scaffolds for Students, Electronic Lesson Plans, Guided Word Study, and observation and assessments. There are comprehension card templates for skills such as Cause/Effect and Making Inferences. The cards provide students with questions to consider, language frames, fun facts, or process to follow.
Melissa Pierce
I chose prefixsuffix.com. This site gives lists of prefixes, suffixes and root words. It shows how words can be formed based on the root word. There is also a section that shows information of research that has been conducted as well as a section for games.
Yvonne SuniaMafileo
Finding this website: http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/think-pair-share was a major highlight for my current education level because my undergrad was not in education. Many of the terminology was explained simply and the examples are easy to follow. There is a plethora of information available. There is also a section with links to the research and science of reading: http://www.readingrockets.org/reading_research_guides_resources. This section http://www.readingrockets.org/guides/other is a collection of guides for various topics that a teacher might come across when teaching literacy.
Yvonne SuniaMafileo
I chose this website: http://www.readingrockets.org because there is a plethora of information available for all teachers. There is also a section with links to the research and science of reading: http://www.readingrockets.org/reading_research_guides_resources. This section http://www.readingrockets.org/guides/other is a collection of guides for various topics that a teacher might come across when teaching literacy.
Theresa Ellis
The resource I chose to help struggling readers was Reading Rockets A-Z. This resource provides research-based reports as well as reading resources for struggling readers. It offers support for teachers in all areas of reading instruction in written form and videos with teacher modeling. In addition, lessons are provided along with all passages to provide additional instruction. A-Z has a link for all U.S. standards and correlations, instructional tools, reading series, curricula and assessments, and language proficiency standards. It is also cross curricular, providing resources for reading in science and math. Topics range from assistive technology to writing, literally everything A to Z. This a program I use to subscribe to when in the classroom full time. It was helpful for providing resources to better provide additional instruction for my struggling readers. The link is http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/readers_theater, The resource works effectively when used with consistency and fidelity.
Serena
I chose this resource because I will be using it quite a bit this year as I begin my first year of teaching American History. https://www.docsteach.org is a website full of primary source documents such as historical documents, letters, political cartoons, maps, etc. By providing as many visuals as possible during the specific historical period we are studying, struggling readers will be supported.
Kathleen
I chose iready.com because it is an adaptive diagnostic tool for students. I am able to log on to the toolkit and get resources to work with my students in small group to reinforce their lessons and to re-teach areas of concern.
Jessica
When I am looking for resources to help reteach a certain standard/skill, I often use https://teachables.scholastic.com/teachables. This site has a collection of material designed to accommodate all learners. You can pick specific grade levels, subjects, types (assessment tool, graphic organizer, pocket charts), themes, mini books, standards, and leveled learning collections. Using this site, helps me differentiate instruction and quickly find resources for struggling students. Unfortunately, you need a subscription, but it's well worth my time!
Sandra Benham
I really like the site Mobymax. It is a site designed to give the students extra practice in math or reading. What I really like is that it is based on Florida State Standards and has data you can pull to show growth.
Julie Garland
A resource that I have used and like is study island. Teaches each skill and assesses it. If the child fails a skill it automatically moves them down a level. It is organized by skills so you can pick the skill you need to work on.
Julie Garland
A resource that I have used and like is study island. Teaches each skill and assesses it. If the child fails a skill it automatically moves them down a level. It is organized by skills so you can pick the skill you need to work on.
Allan Cerully
https://www.starfall.com/h/ is a wonderful site to use with struggling readers. It works very well with students new to the country as well. Teaches all kinds of basic reading skills-basic sounds, letter recognition, rhymes, etc.
Lisa Garzia
I have used the website http://www.readwritethink.org. I like tat it has different topics at different reading levels. I taught 2nd through 5th graders in a specialized classroom and having higher level subject matter on different reading levels was so helpful to having my students access knowledge.
Tom Bohan
The resource I chose was www.starfall.com a lot of students within our elementary school uses this site as a great way to introduce ELLs and struggling readers to different levels of games, music and videos of all content. The is a fun way that students love to learn math and reading with different levels.
Colleen Fasciano
I chose abcmouse.com. Although there are so more others on my top 5, including reading a-z (razkids), starfall, Abaya and reading owl. Abcmouse.com has the flexibility or Spanish or English, is easy to navigate and focuses on oral vocabulary. Unfortunately is a paid subscription, this time cccof year you can usually get a special deal for the summer. Definitely worth checking out.
Alyssa
I like Colorin Colorado http://www.colorincolorado.org/) for teaching resources as well as family resources!
Sarah Gast
At our school, we use Reading A to Z. Students are not only able to read the stories on their own but it also highlights words as the narrator reads. This way students can see the words and the sounds words/letters make. Also students are able to click on the word if they don't know the word and it reads it for them. This allows teacher to differentiate for each student depending on the level they need.
Lisa Coder
The resource I used was Reading A-Z. It was ranked the #1 reading instruction resource (in an independent survey of more than 18,000 K-5 teachers). It has an extensive collection of leveled reading resources (more than 2,000 books at 29 levels of reading difficulty). The product also includes thousands of corresponding resources to enhance instruction and strengthen students' reading skills. There are resources such as guided lesson plans, discussion cards, worksheets, assessments. Many of the materials are downloadable, printable, and projectable. For my students, that it huge because that gives me a wide variety of delivery and presentation options. Another thing I like is that this resource has hundreds of world language / translated books ideal for bilingual, ELL, and dual-language programs. I’m sure lots of teachers have this as a go-to resource, but I am VERY glad that I found it! It has also won several awards, including the BESSIE award. The last thing I like about it is the website itself. So many of the resources I find when I do a search are clunky, overwhelming, poorly organized, or poorly formatted, making them very time consuming and frustrating to use. Reading A-Z is visually appealing and very user-friendly. The most appealing and potentially applicable feature for me is the fact that it is dual language; perfect for my ELL's. https://www.learninga-z.com/
Renai
https://www.arcademics.com/ One of the sites I use is arcademics.com It has various math and ELA games that can be chosen by grade or skill. The students love to play the games on their own or as a group. Their favorite is arcademicsfrog. You can choose homnyms, antonyms, or synonyms for the skill. There is a relaxed mode and a timed mode. The kids love to try to beat their time. It is very motivating for the kids. When working as a group, if a student doesn't know the answer, the other kids help out so they can beat their time. They beg to play.
Renai
https://www.arcademics.com/ One of the sites I use is arcademics.com It has various math and ELA games that can be chosen by grade or skill. The students love to play the games on their own or as a group. Their favorite is arcademicsfrog. You can choose homonyms, antonyms, or synonyms for the skill. There is a relaxed mode and a timed mode. The kids love to try to beat their time. It is very motivating for the kids. When working as a group, if a student doesn't know the answer, the other kids help out so they can beat their time. They beg to play.
Mary Ansell
https://autisminternetmodules.org/dash.php?cat=dash_tab_mn I chose this invaluable resource because many students in my classroom are on the spectrum. This website links educators to many modules they can complete to learn more about ASD in the classroom. I'd like to point you to two modules -- Visual Supports and Structured Work Systems & Activity Organization -- as it relates to reading comprehension. I've found these modules effective in helping me organize small groups (book clubs, math groups, etc) in my classroom, as my students, many of whom are struggling readers, thrive in a well-structured setting.
Scott Edwards
I use scholastic.com in my classroom. I have found the scholastic scope magazines to be a very engaging and tier based form of teaching current events to my students. Through the use of scholastic.com I can incorporate the scope magazine with the online activities that pair with the text the students read. This resource is one that I find engages the students while providing reading, vocabulary, audio of texts, interactive activities, and videos.
Diane Onorato
NewsELA is a website https://newsela.com/ that has both a free and professional platform, but the free platform will allow the teacher to assign different reading levels of the same article to students in a class. The article is accompanied by several comprehension questions and a writing response. All questions are aligned with Common Core standards.
Jennifer Thomas
I like to use the resource www.learninga-z.com because it offers many leveled reading passages both fiction and nonfiction. My team uses the printable books in small groups as well as for formative assessments.
Jennifer Thomas
I like to use the resource www.readinga-z.com because it offers many leveled reading passages both fiction and nonfiction. My team uses the printable books in small groups as well as for formative assessments. I like how students can have the printable books to take home as well. I will often use them for homework assignments along with a graphic organizer or questions to answer.
Jennifer Thomas
I like to use the resource www.readinga-z.com because it offers many leveled reading passages both fiction and nonfiction. My team uses the printable books in small groups as well as for formative assessments. I like how students can have the printable books to take home as well. I will often use them for homework assignments along with a graphic organizer or questions to answer.
Jennifer Thomas
I like to use the resource http://www.learninga-z.com because it offers many leveled reading passages both fiction and nonfiction. My team uses the printable books in small groups as well as for formative assessments. I like how students can have the printable books to take home as well. I will often use them for homework assignments along with a graphic organizer or questions to answer.
Jennifer Thomas
I like to use the resource http://www.readwritethink.org The lesson plans provided are helpful when planning instruction for guided reading groups. I like how the site provides you with the state standards being taught in the lessons. I also like how the lessons build upon each other.
Jennifer Thomas
I like the resource www.readwritethink.org. I like how this resource provides lessons that can be used during guided reading groups. I also like how this site provides state standards that are correlated to the lesson plans. The related resources are helpful as well.
Jennifer Thomas
I like to use getepic.com This resource provides students with access endless book options. I allow students to use epic during intervention time when they are reading independently while I work with a small group. They like reading the books digitally. I also encourage parents to have students download epic books on their child's tablets so they can read the digital books at home to fulfill their 20 minute reading requirement.
Jill B.
I like education.com because it has so many reading games for my "Littles" to learn and practice basic reading skills such as sight words, word families, rhyming, reading comprehension, letter names and sounds and much more. It includes lessons for teachers and parents as well as worksheets and reading checklists that can be printed off. It really is a great resource for myself and for my students.
Lisa Coder
https://thisreadingmama.com/12-incredible-resources-for-struggling-readers/ I've been following her for a while. Her blog is laid out nicely, not overwhelming to the eye, not too wordy, and easy to navigate. Most importantly, the resources are generally very good, and are easy to obtain.
Martina Green
I chose this resource because readwritethink.org has a plethora of lesson plans, activities, resources and recommendations for reading teachers. Readwritethink.org provides lesson plans that allow teachers to maintain alignment with the standards, but also have easy access to resources that will help scaffold and differentiate for struggling readers. The lesson I was reviewing most recently was http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/using-tiered-companion-texts-30998.html?tab=1#tabs. Check out all the tabs at the top. They provide all kids of resources for teachers.
Corinne Lamontagne
I really like the Florida Center for Reading Research website. https://www.fcrr.org/ This is a great resource with literacy games for phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency practice. All of these games can be easily printed from the website, cut, and laminated ( if desired ) and used for small group instruction and/or center time practice.
Junior
We are a new AVID school; 2nd year. AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a nonprofit that changes lives by helping schools shift to a more equitable, student-centered approach. They train 80,000 educators annually to close the opportunity gap, so they can prepare all students for college, careers, and life. I have been attending this conference and have been introduced to Costa's higher level of thinking. This is and awesome resource to help students take their class informastion to a higher level and consider possible upcoming test questions. This will not only help in literacy but will also help in criticaql thinking skills. www.avid.org Since the class is an elective, they may miss out on taking a band or yearbook class, but the goal is they will develop a variety of interests and learn important study and time management skills. They can then practice those skills in the challenging courses, such as honors and Advanced Placement classes, that they are typically required to take.
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