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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

Cheryl
I agree The Fountas and Pinnell Continuum of Literacy Continuum is a fantastic resource for every teacher in Grade K-8. The book provides a detailed summary of every level of reading ability from A-Z. The author pinpoints the goals and objectives for every level of reading. The book provides the teacher with a variety of books geared to every reading lesson. The website heinemann.com will give the teacher guidance and support when grouping students for guided reading. The teacher will become knowledgeable about what to expect in every reading level.
Cheryl Denenholtz
99 ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with The SIOP Model provides a variety of skills and activities to promote positive progress monitoring strategies. SIOP is based on all teaching practices and could be used in the regular classroom . The 8 components of SIOP include: lesson preparation, building background, Comprehensible Input, Strategies, Interaction, Practice and Application, Lesson Delivery and Review ad Assessment. This program effects student learning and promotes positive learning strategies with explicit language development.
Courtey
I love the Reading Strategies book by Jennifer Seravallo. It is extremely beneficial when deciding which strategies to teach students. The book is broken down into 12 different reading areas. I have been using the vocabulary section to find strategies I can use with my students who are struggling with vocabulary. Awesome resource for all grades.
Courtey
I choose the Reading Strategies book by Jennifer Seravallo. It is extremely beneficial when deciding which strategies to teach students. The book is broken down into 12 different reading areas. I have been using the vocabulary section to find strategies I can use with my students who are struggling with vocabulary. Awesome resource for all grades. It can be found on heinemann.com.
Courtey
I choose the Reading Strategies book by Jennifer Seravallo. It is extremely beneficial when deciding which strategies to teach students. The book is broken down into 12 different reading areas. I have been using the Fiction section to find strategies I can use to help all of my readers. I love the strategy for Theme and developing a seed idea before coming up with a sentence about theme. Very helpful for all of my students. Awesome resource for all grades. It can be found on heinemann.com.
Courtey
I choose the Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum It is extremely beneficial when deciding which strategies to teach students. The book is broken down by reading level and it has reading behaviors students should be exhibiting in both nonfiction and fiction reading at each level. Extremely beneficial when determining what to teach next at a level or what students need to master at a level before moving on. Very helpful for all of my students. Awesome resource for all grades. It can be found on heinemann.com.
Debra S
I chose Imagine Learning to write about. It is the online resource for EL learners in MCSD, and last year was the first year I had the opportunity to use it in my middle school classroom. The student spoke little to no English, and this program provided me with a diagnostic assessment, and an individualized learning plan to target the student's language acquisition needs. The reporting section gave me more data that I could use, but it also allowed me to effortlessly produce the usage data required by the district. Link: https://www.imaginelearning.com/
Debbie Smith
One resource I have used is getepic at www.getepic.com. Students are able to access thousands of books in levels and formats. It is free for teachers as well. I have encouraged my students to read both fiction and non-fiction and Epic is great for non-fiction selection. I can create collections around a study topic and assign them to my students. It is highly motivating for all students,
Debbie Smith
One resource I have used is getepic at www.getepic.com. Students are able to access thousands of books in levels and formats. It is free for teachers as well. I have encouraged my students to read both fiction and non-fiction and Epic is great for non-fiction selection. I can create collections around a study topic and assign them to my students. It is highly motivating for all students.
Morgan Peterson
I chose Education.com since it can be used in multiple different ways. There are games, lessons, activities for preschool through 5th grade. It's nice because it makes a connection between school and home. Teachers are able to use resources within the classroom, or let the students play one of the interactive games. When the student gets home they may play the game there as well.
Nikki Swaine
https://dyslexiagold.co.uk/SpellingTutor This resource is called “Spelling Tutor.” It teaches the most common 1,000 words. The words are chosen based on a child’s mistakes. They are tested over and over with spacing out missed words to help them retain them in their long-term memory. It teaches 90% of the words we use every day. Which is perfect for struggling readers.
Jennifer Gomez
EPIC! www.getepic.com allows popular on-level books to be read aloud to students. They also offer books in Spanish.
Kathy Crenshaw
I would like to share this online program I use with my students. This program has three stages. It has phonics, sight words and finally stories. It provide the students a chance to interact with the program and learn sound,words and eventually reading complete stories. Website:https:teachyourmonstertoread is one of the best program because it provides interaction which struggle readers need.
Jessica Crites
https://www.spellingcity.com/word-study.html I chose this website because it allows the students to practice letters and words, while they are able to play games all at the same time. You are also able to create a word list for them which will help them with spelling and sounding.
Diana O'Connor
The resource I chose was iReady toolbox. This resource is a great help with finding lessons to help my students. After my students complete on-line lessons on iReady, I can see what concepts they are struggling with. iReady toolbox has lessons that I can teach to help them with the skills they are lacking. There are great lessons that you can do in small group. After teaching the skill, you can assign the lesson to the students to see if they have mastered the concept. It has been great with many skills...especially vocabulary.
Lauren
I utilize High Noon Books with my students. They are an excellent choice for controlled-readers. Here is a link to their website: https://www.highnoonbooks.com. These books are hugely effective with struggling readers because it gives them practice reading words with sounds that they have been explicitly taught that they can practice using strategies (such as finger spelling) to decode.
Robin Montcerisier
http://eps.schoolspecialty.com/products/literacy/reading-intervention/s-p-i-r-e-3rd-edition/about-the-program I attached a link for the SPIRE phonics based intervention program. This I have used successfully with special needs students. Students learn how to decode words and practice their reading skills.
Wendy
A great resource I use in my classroom are prompting guides from Fountas and Pinnell. https://www.heinemann.com/products/e08966.aspx These guides are great to use during guided reading and conferring with readers because you can find the skill you are working on easily and it provides questions to further guide your comprehension discussion with the student. Heinemann has other prompting guides for other topics as well.
William Stradley
I like Kathy Crenshaw use teachyourmonstertoread.com. It teaches letter-sound with in several games. It also teaches segmentation and blending.
Scott Cooper
This program is great. How would I get this in the classroom? I like that the lessons are reinforced using stories. I find that an awesome way to connect content to the class lesson.
Tiffany Reed
I chose the resource because it was recommended to me by my beginning teacher mentor back in 2018, and I have been using it ever since. It's commonlit.org, and it provides a variety of short stories. You can select them based on grade level, literary devices, etc. Discussion questions as well as text related questions are provided. It works effectively because the vocabulary words are already chosen, along with the definitions. The stories are not extremely long, so it keeps the students attention. Also, it makes it easier to do close readings or read aloud.
Shelby Varchmin
The i-ready program is a great additional support to assist in literacy skills. I-ready lessons can be catered to a skill category or narrowed down into a specific skill to practice. My students currently use it in addition to our current curriculum. i-ready.com
RHorton
One resource that I may begin to use with my class is https://www.education.ie/en/Education-Staff/Information/NEPS-Literacy-Resource/neps_literacy_good_practice_guide.pdf. before even planning my small or large group reading instruction, I am going to check out the "healthy literacy diet". Basically to hold myself accountable as a teacher, that my instruction has meaning and content in all the multiple areas.
LeeAnn Brink
BLOG 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. I chose IXL Language Arts because I have seen results with my second grade students. They have been 100% engaged because they are working for prizes as they learn. I signed up for the trial on Sept. 17 and so far, they have earned 15,000 points in Language Arts! They are practicing the standards in a fun way. IXL shows each student’s individual progress and assigns more practice when the results are shown. Since Sept. 17, my second graders have passed 300 skills. It has a diagnostic that you give the students first and it tracks the progress for you and gives awards to students when they pass a skill. It is amazing. I only have two more days of the trial. My struggling readers love learning on the computer for a change.
Martina Green
The resource that I chose is booksthatgrow.com. I used to use this resource with my struggling readers. It is an excelelnt resource for high school students, in particular. This resource allows a teacher to adjust common texts to the appropriate reading level for students. This allows students who struggle to access the same text as higher level readers. They can participate in class. I have used this resource to preview content area material with my struggling readers. It includes assessments to measure fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary acquisition. Reading skills such as text structure, image scaffolds, reasoning and rhetoric, use of language and others are also assessed. I love this resource because it not only provides a tool for the Intensive Reading class, but introduces students to more complex texts that will be used in their core content classes.
Lydia
https://kahoot.com/ is an interactive game website that contains many practice activities for students. My students may answer questions online about a book we are reading or parts of speech. There is a Kahoot to use for just about anything in your class you teach. Students log in with a predetermined number and compete against each other or on teams. They love this activity.
Danielle Cacioppo
The website socialjusticebooks.org is a fantastic resource for teachers. The mission is to create schools where children learn to read, write, and better the world. This website was developed in 2017 by the non-profit organization Teaching for Change to identify and promote the best multicultural and social justice children's books. There is a guide to help parents and teachers choose anti-bias children's books as well as a guide to teaching young children about race.
Amy Spiker
As a classroom teacher my go to resource was the ColorinColorado website. It provides so many resources for working with ELL students and the practices described are solid educational practice for all students. The site can be found here:https://www.colorincolorado.org You will find information about both theory and practice for working with ELLs. There are resources for teaching, assessment, struggling readers, working with parents, and professional development. The information related to struggling readers is research based and provides guidance on individualizing and enhancing small group instruction.
Sharon
Our school uses iReady. I think it is an excellent learning tool. It can be utilized at home and at school.
Jennifer Corona
I love to use the iready lessons. https://login.i-ready.com/ The web site tracks how the student is doing, where they are at academically, there are helpful tips, teacher tools, etc to help you help the students.
Jennifer Corona
BLOG: I love to use the iready lessons. https://login.i-ready.com/ The web site tracks how the student is doing, where they are at academically, there are helpful tips, teacher tools, etc to help you help the students. I also love to use www.starfall.com. There are many interactive reading games to make learning fun for my kindergarteners.
Katie Folds
Resource - I chose this resource because it offers a wide range of resources. It has all levels, different types of genres, and questions that go with the reading. https://www.commonlit.org/?force_unsupported_browser=true CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in grades 3-12. Our resources are: Flexible, Research-Based, Aligned to the Common Core State Standards, Created by teachers, for teachers. This is a completely free resource. You simply create an account and you have access to everything. You can search by genre, grade level, book, literary device, and theme. They also offer text sets and texts in Spanish. For struggling readers this would be great because it allows for meaningful text on interesting topics that are on their level.
Katie Folds
Resource - NewsELA is great because it offers many news articles on high interest topics. It is a free resource that allows you to search by grade, topic, and standard. It does have a part of the resource that is paid. https://newsela.com/ You can print resources as well as assign them online to students. My struggling students like this resource because they offer high interest topics. As well as different levels on the same topic.
Marsha Valmyr
CommonLit.org is a great resource for struggling readers. It may be found here: https://www.commonlit.org/en. It is a data base for teachers with high interest, standards- based lessons. Sign up is free and easy. This resource allows teachers to track student progress on the standards. Each passage provides students with guided reading questions, FSA style multiple-choice questions, discussion questions and an annotation tool. Recently the website has added a Spanish translation tool and a Read Aloud tool. These resources are helpful for ELL and ESE students as well as for struggling readers. Teacher may also extend lessons by pairing related high interest texts to an article for additional practice.
Marsha Valmyr
Choosito.com is a database of reading materials that may be used by students for research. It ranks articles by reading level, grade, and content and teaches students how to find high quality resources. It is great for students because it provides them with some autonomy while providing a high structures and vetted environment. The website can be found here: https://www.choosito.com. CommonLit.org is a great resource for struggling readers. It may be found here: https://www.commonlit.org/en. It is a data base for teachers with high interest, standards- based lessons. Sign up is free and easy. This resource allows teachers to track student progress on the standards. Each passage provides students with guided reading questions, FSA style multiple-choice questions, discussion questions and an annotation tool. Recently the website has added a Spanish translation tool and a Read Aloud tool. These resources are helpful for ELL and ESE students as well as for struggling readers. Teacher may also extend lessons by pairing related high interest texts to an article for additional practice.
Jillian
I would like to share the resource kidsa-z.com. It has a lot of leveled books, offers books in Spanish, tracks reading levels, time spent on task, number of books read, and allows kids to level up their reading level. It reads the books to the kids, allows them to read the books to themselves, and gives them a short quiz over what they have read. They can earn coins to buy stuff for their "robot." My students have enjoyed using this resource. It also has a lot of stuff for teachers to use as well, including reading passages, printable leveled books, worksheets, and more.
Donna Dennison
I would like to share the resource of Brain Pop and Brain Pop Jr. I chose this resource because it provides many high interest videos on a variety of reading skills as well as many other subjects areas. https://www.brainpop.com I like this resource because int provides a visual and auditory experience for the struggling learner that is presented in a high interest way. The videos cover many different phonics skills (and comprehension skills). There are also games and quizzes connected to each video. My students are captivated by the characters and always pay close attention to the videos. The games give the students opportunity for individual practice.
Dawn
"A Teacher's Guide to Reading Conferences" is a great resource to be able to provide each student with an individualized learning path. I have only completed the first two types of conference, assessment and goal setting, and I already see a difference in my students' reading process. They are focused on a goal and know that they will be held accountable for what they read. It has also brought me closer to my students because I meet with each student one-on-one and get a chance to create goals together and build a learning relationship.
Jennifer Price
The i-Ready program is a great resource for all students. Our school uses i-Ready for Math and Reading. It gives a Beginning, Middle and End of year diagnostic assessment.i-Ready lessons on then catered to each child's learning path. I-Ready lessons are geared to a specific skill. Kids are motivated to pass lessons for different rewards. This is a great reason to provide additional data on individual students, grade levels and schools.
Alyssa Hockensmith
A resource that I use in my class with students who are struggling readers is a website called EdPuzzle: https://edpuzzle.com/login/teacher. EdPuzzle is similar to NearPod and allows teachers to add questions to videos that students must answer in order to move forward. Teachers are also able to post PowerPoint presentations and embed comprehension questions within them. Videos and visual examples can help struggling readers and ELL students because it gives them a visual connection instead of simply a verbal one. By embedding comprehension questions within the video/presentation, teachers can then have an understanding of which students need more attention and support moving forward throughout the unit. While this resource is not content-specific, it does have a variety of videos for many different contents and teachers have the ability to upload their own videos as well.
Vicki L mcveigh
Snap and Read is a program that is easily loaded on any computer/device and allows struggling reader to listen and follow along on many different types of text. On-line books, as Legends by Lu, are now available for even the lowest reader. Students begin to want to interact with book because they can read the same books as their higher-level reading peers. ELL students can have text translated into their native language opening access to textbooks and begin reading for pleasure. I have asked my Media center Specialist to include more current e-books, as the trilogy of Legends, Harry Potter and Hunger Games. When my students want an e-book and the media center doesn’t carry it, I add it to my wish list. There are also many websites with free downloads of e-books. If you can uncover the students interest and find the right book, they will become readers. https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Snap-Read-Universal-FREE.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a6mOUIdq9s
Vonda
I have two websites that I use for struggling readers. The first one is Starfall.com which is a free website that teaches letters, sounds, word families and provides stories for the children to read. I also recommend Readingeggs.com to parents. This website is not free, but I have used in my class and students love it. It has engaging games and activities to help students with reading.
Vonda
I recommend Readingeggs.com to parents. This website is not free, but I have used in my class and students love it. It has engaging games and activities to help students with reading.
Vonda
Our district has our ELL students use imaginelearning.com. Imagine learning is an interactive website that focuses on strengthening language development. The website focuses on math and literacy. Our students do very well using the program, and I think our students who are language delayed would also benefit from this program.
Rachel Jones
The resource I chose to share is www.quill.org because I am primarily a writing teacher. It has a free version that really focuses on grammar skills. There is a starter diagnostic which will give you a detailed look at the skills your students are really struggling with. There are then independent activity packs that you can assign to your students based on their needs. Reading and writing of course go hand in hand and I feel this resource has helped not only build my students reading and writing skills, but their confidence levels as well.
Dawn E Wagner
I find that it is difficult to find material to engage struggling readers. I have found a resource that engages and motivates reluctant learners. National Geographic Extreme is a magazine with exciting, current topics that connects science and language arts. The graphics and interesting text encourages students who are struggling to read to use their strategies to read the rigorous text. The lessons and reading connects to national science standards. There is a teacher guide and an interactive online edition. ngexplorer.cengage.com
Dawn Wagner
I have found a magazine to engage and motivate my most reluctant readers. The graphics and current content encourage my struggling readers to use their strategies to read the rigorous text. There is a teacher guide and online interactive edition. The text and activities connect to the national science standards. The articles connect language arts and science in such a way that students are excited to learn more. ngexplorer.cengage.com
Kayla Silva
This was a great resource I found to assist in finding ways to motivate struggling readers who are learning English as a second language. https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/motivating-ell-student-readers
Josephine Panara
One of my favorite resources we use at my school is IXL. It is a web based program for all subject areas that has specific questions geared toward every standard. What I like most about this resource is that it keeps students engage but also helps guide students through questions they do not get the right answer to. You can also see were students are struggling and provide intervention from there.
Kelly Sercia
I use iReady data to drive my instruction. I also use it as a tool in the classroom for appropriate work for them. It is all geared towards their levels and what they can do individually.
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