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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

Jeremy Williams
I chose a manual titled, "Teaching Reading in the Content Areas." I chose this resource because I use this resource. The book is broken up into six sections. When I'm teaching a particular standard or skill, I open to a section and find activities, graphic organizers, assignments, assessments, etc.. The authors are experienced educators. Plus, I'm old school and like to use books and paper. The publisher is McRel. 2550 S. Parker Rd, Suite 500. Aurora, Colorado 80014. (303) 337-0990 It's effective because of all the different tools at the teacher's fingertips. I have made thousands of copies of the worksheets, graphic organizers, and practice assessments. I have shared these resources with my colleagues. I have been able to differentiate instruction because of the levels of rigor on these resources.
Jodi
I like to use "Epic" with my struggling readers. https://www.getepic.com/ This site allows children to select a book to "read". The computer reads the book for the child as he/she follows along. This is a great program because the teacher can select varied leveled books for each child's library. The books are high interest books as well so the children really enjoying reading them.
Danelle Roberts
I like to use www.imaginelearning.com with my ELL students. The program is research based and helps students learn their second language through kid friendly and fun lessons.
Danelle Roberts
I like to use Imagine Learning with my ELL students. The program is research based and helps students learn their second language through kid friendly and fun lessons.
Jennifer
I love the use of CPALMS for the Florida standards. This resource has built in grade level appropriate engaging lessons for each standard. An awesome resource.
Kelly Merritt
I use Newsela in my classroom! The texts are of high interest topics and most articles and stories come in varied lexile levels so I can differentiate for my small groups according to my students' needs. They all read the same thing just at their own learning level. The assignments and quizzes are helpful to assess comprehension and incorporate writing as well!
Mary Campbell
I have several website/resources that are simply amazing, but I see that they've already been shared. So here's to repetition and redundancy. Flocabulary.com kahoot.com generation genius.com storyline online.net
Jenny D.
I love adding in lesson with Flocabulary https://www.flocabulary.com to help engage students while also exposing them to more vocabulary, which seems to be an area our school student population is lacking. I love how the website has so many content topics to choose from including science, social studies, math, literature, as well as social skills and mental health.
Danelle Roberts
I use the reading resource ixl.com. It has the ability to help not only struggling readers, but all levels of readers. I like to use it for supplemental purposes in my classroom or for a sort of differentiated instruction.
Kylee Harrell
I recommend a-z for reading. It is a computer based program so kids can enjoy the use of technology and offers both fiction and non fiction options. Books are read aloud to students giving them the opportunity to read along. Teachers are informed of the students progress.
Chad Douglas
I've used reading rockets www.readingrockets.org. I chose this site because you can target word decoding and phonics as well as vocabulary and fluency. You can tailor the program to meet the needs of individual students. Students find this website interesting and it motivates those students who find reading a tedious task
Erin
I like the resource Epic Books for all readers. Epic Books provides audio versions of hundreds of trade books. This helps students to concentrate on comprehension strategies instead of phonics. This resource is extremely helpful for students in upper grades who struggle with reading as well as English Language Learners. The resource provides access to age-appropriate texts that students may not be able to decode on their own. https://www.getepic.com/app/sign-in
teri Cusack
I like to use Study jams with students struggling in academic areas. Study jams work with math and science. If a student is struggling in math double digit multiplication, they can review independently and at their own pace. There is practice problems and a quiz at the end also. The web site is www.studyjams.com
Tricia
SPIRE is a research-proven reading intervention program for your lowest performing students.
Tricia
https://eps.schoolspecialty.com/spire SPIRE is a research-proven reading intervention program for your lowest performing students.
Misty Harp
I chose the resource i-Ready toolbox as it tailors student's learning path based on their diagnostic. I don't know if the i-Ready toolbox is available to all teachers or if it is only to districts who have purchased the program. It really assists with the next steps students need to fill in the gaps they may have. Students may have a strong phonological awareness of letters but may struggle with vocabulary or fluency. The program also how has steps to enrich students who are on or above grade level.
Kala
Excellent site you have here.. It?s hard to find good quality writing like yours nowadays. I seriously appreciate individuals like you! Take care!!
Robert Hogg
SPIRE literacy and intervention is a great resource.
Kimberly
I enjoy using Read Work from readworks.com This website has an abundance of reading passages that are leveled and provide plenty of lesson ideas.
Laura Luyster
I chose readinga-z as it has a very high rating and it is a wonderful resource which has multiple leveled books.
Pam Fielder
A terrific resource for all early readers is the Jack Hartmann videos. These videos incorporate music and movement and focus on cross curricular standards. The kids love them!
Sasha Oatley
I chose the resource visuwords.com because I am already using it in my classroom. https://visuwords.com/ This online resource works like a dictionary and thesaurus at the same time. It uses visuals to make connections between words and even the parts of speech are color coded. I use this resource in my classroom when working on vocabulary. We use the Frayer Model in our notebooks for vocabulary and I require the definition, a synonym, an example, and an illustration. This can be difficult with new words, but visuwords.com visually creates connections between words so it is an excellent resource for students who struggle to do so.
william stradley
The resource I like to use is teachyourmonstertoread. It teaches phonics through games. The children enjoy the game and learn at the same time.
Emily Glaser
I agree with so many of the other posts that https://www.flocabulary.com is a wonderful resource. https://www.starfall.com is also great in allowing children to work at different grade levels that they are comfortable at. This allows you to provide differentiation for them. It also allows the child to choose, what feels comfortable for them.
Emily Glaser
I agree with several of the comments that www.flocabulary.com is a valuable resource. www.starfall.com is another website that I find very useful. You are easily able to differentiate for students based on their levels. Students are also able to choose the activities that make them feel the most comfortable as a learner.
Chad Douglas
I chose reading rockets.org. This website explains why students struggle and offers sound curriculum advice for educators. The site has also has a parent section to provide tools for parents and offers more buy-in for parents to assist with their child reading.
Chad Douglas
I chose flowcabulary.com This website explains why students struggle and offers sound curriculum advice for educators. The site has also had a parent section to provide tools for parents and offers more buy-in for parents to assist with their child reading.
Charles Rogalla
One of the resources I like to use with my students is The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo. This book is an excellent resource that teachers can use to guide instruction for many reading skills. It provides examples of anchor charts and graphic organizers that align with many standards. I use it frequently when planning both small and large group lessons.
Christa Rogalla
One of the things my students struggled with the most last year was elaborating when writing, so this year I am going to try to use a new book called The Big Book of Details by Rozlyn Linder. I have previewed this book, and it had 46 ideas for helping students to improve their written responses through elaboration. I haven't tried any of lessons yet because my students are still working on basic structure of responses, but I am excited to give some of the suggestions a try.
Jill Hornstein
I love "Whooo's Reading" It is a great way to check students comprehension, but more importantly you can differentiate. I also love Prodigy for math.
Lauren Kowalski
I love using the resources from www.fcrr.org. They have a lot of lessons and student centered activities teachers can search through and easily create to work on multiple reading skills. They are also organized by grade level making it easy to find the right fit to support struggling readers.
Mary E Martin
I chose All About Adolescent Literacy because this my first year teaching a reading class at the high school level and the information in this resource is very helpful when trying to help struggling reader at the high school level. The needs of older students and approaches are different. http://www.adlit.org/adlit_101/improving_literacy_instruction_in_your_school/give_struggling_readers_specific_support/ This source gave me some specific strategies to use with older students.
Jennifer Gaskins
I like to use storyline online and flocabulary. I chose these because the kids are really engaged when using them. They love to sing along to the songs on flocabulary and they love to listen to the stories read by famous people.
Tamiya McClern
In my classroom, I like to use studyisland.com. Study island is a resource that can be used for drill and practice of heavily assessed standards in science, as well as other subject areas. https://www.studyisland.com is a resource used to help students master common concepts through multiple choice answering and are strategically aligned to that states standards. It is also a resource for extended practice and repetition to help promote similarity in concepts across the content. I have found study island to be an essential tool in my class as it provides immediate feedback in the form of explanation, continuous practice and rigor. For my struggling/developing readers, study island can help strengthen their reading skills, by providing simplified text (if a skill is not mastered) and key pointing which topic is showing signs of difficulty. I am able to differentiate my students individually based off of the data from study island.
Alyssa Bohrer
One resource I use for struggling readers and my ELL students is TumbleBooks. I chose TumbleBooks, because it allows students to search for books at their reading level, books they are interested in and/or books in their native language. They can then have the book come alive and screen and be read to them. Here is a link. Teachers need a username and password (provided by the school) to gain access to this particular resource https://www.tumblemobile.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f. This resource helps with my struggling readers, because they are able to listen to the story being read to them and then they can practice reading it aloud. It also allows my struggling readers to learn to love reading by finding books they are truly interested in. This resource has been a big help for my non-English speaking students. They were able to find books in the native language to read and listen to during independent reading time in our classroom.
Ariel Goldstein
I have chosen Vooks books because it helps students to hear the stories (oral language development) and you can go over vocabulary while the story is playing. The stories are very animated and the students have a high interest in watching them. With support, the students are able to make connections to the texts and they are rich. Some of the books are brand new! The students also can have conversations about the text and explain what was their favorite part and why using evidence from the text in think-pair-share.
Kiaunasharmetta Izliah
I like study island because as students answer the questions if the answer is incorrect the students are given a reason why the answer is incorrect. I usually explain it in further detail to the students as to why it was wrong. Also, study island has assessments and other lessons that the students can be given for homework or just extra practice.
Kiauna Izliah
The resource that I like to use most is Study Island. I like Study Island because it gives immediate feedback as to why the answers are incorrect and I can further explain it to my students. Study Island also has printable resources that can be assigned for homework and supplemental class assignments for my struggling learners.
Chad Douglas
This website breaks down lessons by reading difficulties students exhibit. I have used many applications from this site. The program even has a parent portal for more support at home.
Danelle Roberts
I love to use readworks.org because you can pick from many different articles. The articles come in different reading levels, have great questions for higher level thinking and are sometimes even paired up with other like articles or topics.
Tammy Merrell
https://www.activelylearn.com/ This is a site to help add rigor and engagement for ELA, Science, and Social Studies.
Irene Cerna
Flocabulary.com is an amazing resource for students. If you've never tried this program, take a look at it. It is expensive, but if you're lucky enough to have access to this program, use it. The students love it and are actively engaged while using this program. The students have several resources for each lesson. Students can watch a video that uses new, grade level academic vocabulary. Students can also sing along with this program. This program is so beneficial for struggling readers as they are given several ways of learning the words. Not only is the program upbeat, but it also keeps the students entertained. A lot of times, my students would gather around and make themselves comfortable as if they were watching a cartoon. These videos are short and sweet, but provide repetition that is so important for struggling readers. They get the opportunity to learn while having fun! Teachers also have access to quizzes. Students can make up their own lyrics using the words they learned in the lesson. I recommend this program as my students LOVED using this to tool to learn new vocabulary. We were so sad when our subscription ran out. Link to flocabulary: https://www.flocabulary.com/
Cheryl
A few free and fun reading websites include: * Between the Lions * Styarfall Learn to Read with phonics * Storyplace * Storyline Online * Read, Write and Think Construct-a-Word * PBS Reading Games * Word World Reading Games and Adventures * Khan Academy Kids https://wehavekids.com educationelementary-reading-websites-for-kids https:// www.educatorstechnology.com 2018/02 19 - educational-website All have something different to offer depending on the grade level and reading ability. (phonemic awareness, phonics, high frequency words, vocabulary, comprehension, accuracy, fluency)
Megan Marino
I use the FCRR (Florida Center Reading Research) site. I chose it because it has a ton of resources that effective to use on students in ELA within varied levels. It has center activities that are based off of the 5 pillars of reading for all grade levels. The resource works effectively when applied with struggling readers because it covers or has resources that meets specific needs. You can pull resources that are below current grade level for students that are in your classroom that need below level reading skills for example in phonics. You might have a 5th grade student that needs 2nd grade specific phonics skills. You can use these resources to help them with skill sets.
Megan M.
I use FCRR because it's very helpful with ELA. http://www.fcrr.org/Curriculum/SCAindex.shtm is the link. I helps with varied student needs and has resources for all 5 pillars in reading for struggling students.
Michelle
I have used spelling city with struggling readers.They seem to be more engaged with the computer and they have pictures on some of the games that go with the words. For spelling it gives you the definition of the word and some activities a picture to go with the word. I find it helpful for struggling students to relate the words to pictures. The program is helpful for hearing the words since it reads the words and will use the word in a sentence. https://www.spellingcity.com
M. Akana
Readinga-z.com has such a huge focus on vocabulary that is huge a benefit to all students and especially ELL students who need that repetitive vocabulary boost. This site has so much to offer, but I specifically like the vocabulary books, vocabulary resources, and word sorts for my students. Its standard based and meets the needs and interest of many students. My students are engaged when we do readinga-z.
Laurie O'Brien
I often use CPalms, because there are so many amazing lessons on this site which include interactive work for students and walks them through the lessons step by step, scaffolding instruction and providing enrichment sources.
Monica Conrad
I love flocabulary. Teaching 8n an ind unit grades 3-5 to have the kids moving,dancing and singing to catchy tunes and learning at other same time is a win win. My kids love flocabulary. I have used it in many areas but especially in science where the concepts for their grade levels even with access points is very challenging but the more engaging the more they will remember and apply what they are learning.
Jana Solomon
My resource that I chose is snap learning. I chose this resource because it come with multiple options for fiction and non fiction that I can easily print myself. The system is also very heavily focused on comprehension which my students are often in need of. THe system has the potential to work effectively by providing high interest materials and variety so that the students don't get bored. https://www.snaplearning.co/
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