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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

Helen Brannon
I use the website Storyline Online in my classroom. My 4th graders love it. This website has actors read picture books while showing visuals to go along with them. There are dozens of stories to choose from and you can use many of them as a holiday read aloud, lessons on the theme and main idea, etc. https://www.storylineonline.net/
Tammy C
I recommend Reading Rockets (www.readingrockets.org) as a great resource for teachers. Reading Rockets produces PBS television programs about reading and early education. You can watch the shows when they are broadcast by your public television station, or watch online via youtube anytime. There are lots of information for parents, students and teachers.
Tammy
I recommend Reading Rockets (www.readingrockets.org) as a great resource for teachers. Reading Rockets produces PBS television programs about reading and early education. You can watch the shows when they are broadcast by your public television station, or watch online via youtube anytime. There are lots of information for parents, students and teachers.
Adriana
Hi! I would like to share a resource that I use often to pull supporting material. The website is called readworks.org. You can find numerous articles based on levels, complexity and genres. Many of the articles aren't too long, which makes it easy to implement into my lessons. There are also different versions of the same article adapted for struggling students or more advanced ones. It is a great resource to support student learning!
Adriana
Hi! I would like to share a resource that I use often to pull supporting material. The website is called getepic.com. It is a digital library with a variety of subjects and genres. Students can read books independently or choose a 'read to me' option. This is very beneficial for struggling readers. There are also comprehension quizzes at the end of each book. It is a great resource to use in the classroom!
Travis Marcou
My class utilizes iReady on a regular basis. It digs deep into phonological awareness, phonics, high frequency words, vocabulary and comprehension. These categories are broken down and scored individually so it is beneficial to see which students need more for each level.
Ashley
I like to use the new Rigby readers for guided reading groups and for iii. It is part of the HMH Into Reading curriculum that my school just got new this year. I love it because the readers are leveled and have lots of activities within them such as question stems, writing activities, etc. It also has tons of resources to use online. Within the lessons you can use graphic organizers and table top minilessons that are supplied.
Kelly Merritt
I teach retained third graders who have a deficiency in reading comprehension. The program I implement is iReady; login.I-ready.com. This program allows students to work independently on their level of comprehension, phonics, and vocabulary, this allowing them to close the achievement gap at a regular and comfortable pace. I use this program to allow students to be successful at their own levels, and I also use it to supplement my classroom lessons as well. The program allows me to select lessons at any level that correlate to the standard we are learning in class at any particular time. When I assign these extra lessons, I usually do it on level and I use it in a small group very scaffolded manner.
Laurie Obrien
I teach grade 6 ESE for ELA and my students benefit from the use of squigglepark.com for enrichment activities. They thoroughly enjoy sing this during their computer station time.
Jodi
My school district uses Iready. Students are tested so that an individual learning pathway can be created to each students' individual needs.
GALE SNEED
I often use iReady in the classroom. This is used by our district as assessments and placements for students. This program differentiates according to students' individual levels. I can view reports, use available resources provided by the iReady program, and differentiate lessons according to student lesson progress and needs.
Barbara Cagni
I love MobyMax! It allows the teacher, student and parents to see the questions answered and discuss why the student chose to answer that way. It starts each disciple with an assessment so that the student starts at their true level for that area of learning. Best of all - certificates for the wall and fridge as well as game time earned for time spent and lessons passed.
Jakob Konner
I chose NoRedInk because it is interactive and allows students to improve at own pace. https://www.noredink.com/ NoRedInk is an online program that tailors lessons to students' strengths and weaknesses in regards to grammar. It is completely free and allows teachers to run diagnostics, assign practice, and give growth quizzes to measure progress.
Kortney Wright
I teach English 1 and 2 and I have not used this resource. However, it looks like it could be beneficial.
La Verne
The resource I choose is Iready Teacher Toolbox (Iready.com). The toolbox offers ELA or English Language Arts skills practice based on the Florida State Standards. Interesting reading passages are offered including close reading, vocabulary and writing practice.
Adriana Lugo
I would like to share the website education.com. This resource is great for providing leveled book readings. It is an online resource that students can use to practice reading fluency. It also provides online games and tips to implement in your lesson plan to support struggling readers.
Adriana Lugo
Easy CBM is a beneficial to use for tracking the process of students struggling with reading. You can find different sorts of reading components you would like to assess. I often use it for word lists to assess students' ability to decode words.
Kim Rooney
I ready is used in my classroom. Here the students are given an assessment very quarter. This assessment levels the student. It is great data for me to make plans for small groups. It also assigns students lessons based on their strengths and weaknesses. With growth per assessment it moves up the riger of their lessons.
Julie Bustle
I like to use words your way with struggling reading. There are grade level book with words lists. The lists are separated by vowel sounds, blends, and digraphs. Through out the week you cut out the words and sort them on a chart. At the end of the week you glue them. There are even pictures with the words for non readers. Students get multiple tries to support their learning. https://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZw84
Julie Bustle
I like to use words your way with struggling reading. There are grade level book with words lists. The lists are separated by vowel sounds, blends, and digraphs. Through out the week you cut out the words and sort them on a chart. At the end of the week you glue them. There are even pictures with the words for non readers. Students get multiple tries to support their learning. https://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZw84
Kathy Crenshaw
I'm an Elementary ESE teacher with all of my students below grade level. One of the sources I use is Freckles.com. This particular program has all of the subjects (ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies). It provides lessons based on the students diagnostic assessment. This program also provide students the ability have a tutor doing the lessons. My students love it.
Michelle Gardner
I chose "LessonPix" because you can make/create any type of helpful custom learning material with the combination of pictures with words to help the struggling reader. I especially found this site helpful for creating custom learning material for my struggling kindergarten readers but it could be used for any grade level where there are struggling readers. https://lessonpix.com/
Joni Gergen
I appreciate all the resources that everyone has shared. Have looked up several already. There are two online resources that I use most in my class. The first is gonoodle.com for brain breaks and the second is getepic.com for online books. I teach kindergarten and both have been very helpful.
Denise Franze
Struggling learners need to feel comfortable in their environment in order to take risk and open themselves up to learning. Peer coaching has always been a tool for the classroom as it allows for differentiation. Kagan is also a tool used a lot in my classroom
Julie
i-Ready, which is an online learning program, is a great program for all students, but especially for struggling readers. Students take an online diagnostic assessment that strategically sets a learning path for the students for several weeks. The path is designed to provide intervention, on grade level instruction, or enrichment, based upon the students' needs. Additionally, the teacher can assign lessons to fill in gaps that she identifies during whole or small group instruction. The program even provides additional resources for small group instruction. As an additional resource, the Ready Digital Teacher Toolbox provides a wealth of resources for teachers to further instruction above and beyond the i-Ready program. It is filled with standards-based curriculum to provide rigorous reading instruction to meet students' needs.
Therese
I briefly reviewed reading rockets at https://www.readingrockets.org. This program teaches phonics and includes a list of books where a person/teacher can learn more or review about phoneme-awareness. I also use Reading Plus(I don't have a link because it needs to be uploaded and subscribed) may be of interest. With this, a teacher can see how well a student has studied and the amount of time.
Megan
In our school we use I-Ready for Reading. The program gives 3 diagnostic tests and the students then work on their individual learning path. This help fill in the gaps a student might have.
Evelyn Condo
One resource that could be used and is already a very popular source would be pinterest. I chose this source because most parents and teachers are already familiar with it and visit it often for many reasons. The way the site is set up is very user friendly and provides lots of filters to find information and getting exactly what you need. This site has many activities that can be used by parents and teachers in order to help students fill their personal reading gaps. There are many games, worksheets, ideas for hands on activities.
Lisa Juarez
The tool I chose would be i-Ready since we already use this resource in our classrooms. This resource teaches students reading (and math) lessons that close the gap they were having and it is individualized. The teacher must monitor and assist students that are struggling.
Lisa Juarez
Another tool I use is Easy CBM to monitor the growth of my students. I gives students an opportunity to grow their fluency and answer questions that require text evidence.
Laura Bissell
I would like to talk about a program we use called Read Naturally that is used as a RTI intervention that my students love and it helps those slow choppy unsure readers in 2nd grade. It’s quick easy and results can be graphed weekly for progress.
Sue Uselton
I love to use storyline online for K-2 students. This website has actors reading stories of popular picture books. There are also activities as well as lesson ideas. Kids and teachers love to hear the stories read to them by actors! Besides being fun, the expression of the actors while reading is great modeling for ELL's and any struggling reader. It's an awesome website! www.storylineonline.net
David Peters
We use IReady in our district as it's an excellent tool to assess students progress, reassign lessons if comprehension isn't there yet.You can also turn off specific domains as needed. IReady has added more exciting features as well to keep the kids engaged. Students who struggle to read on their own can have the option to have the on screen info read to them which I like.
Stacy Allcorn
thisreadingmama.com I chose this because it will help your parents with their children who are struggling with reading. It has embedded resources and free sign up for her newsletter, so continued support. It is a great resource and support group to share. She provides assessments up to 3rd grade so parents can see for themselves what "holes" their children may have. I feel this is more than half the battle is getting the parents ON BOARD. It helps parents understand ways that they can help. It's clear and easy to understand. Teachers could also utilize the resources too.
Stacy Allcorn
thisreadingmama.com I chose this site because it is has embedded resources for parents. It helps them understand why their child may be struggling as a reader and even gives them assessments up to 3rd grade to help find the "holes" that their child may have. If we can get parents ON BOARD that is half the battle in getting their child learning on level. Sometimes, they just need the extra support at home to help them fill the gaps. There is a free newsletter they can sign up for so they can have support too.
stacy allcorn
Learningally.org is a great resource for teaching struggling learners. It gives help to both teachers and parents alike. It is a great resource for ELL parents because it teaches with AUDIOBOOKS! This is great for parents that don't know English and they can feel like they are really helping their child learn with this resource.
Courtney Cappella
Snap and read is a great resource for struggling readers. It is an online application that allows students to get additional resources on online texts. Students can have passages read to them, or translated to aid comprehension. It can level vocabulary to make a text more accessible or difficult depending on the level you need. In addition, Snap and Read will send data to teachers in order to help aid instruction of individual readers.
Danielle Favorite
A resource that I have used with students is vocabulary.com (https://www.vocabulary.com/). You can either find assignments or create your own. I like to use it right before or during a reading to help prepare a student's reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. They earn points and medals so it's engaging and can be fun for the student as well.
Martina Green
I would like to share the International Children's Digital Library (http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/the-international-childrens-digital-library.html). This resource provides free ebooks in over 40 languages. I chose this resource because I work with a lot of students who are new English Language Learners. Often, reading material in their first language helps improve comprhension.
Amanda Carroll
No Red Ink is a great resource for all things grammar. The website is designed to help anyone with grammar, spelling, etc. Teachers can assign various lessons for the students to complete at their leisure. Readers can use context clues to help with certain lessons.
Sandra
The literary resource that I chose was raz-plus because there is a free trial period and there is also a subscription a parent or teacher can purchase for the year. It has leveled-books for the different levels. This resource also includes science, writing, and vocabulary assignments. There are ELL books as well as Spanish books for differentiation. I also like i-Ready because it is catered to the student's individual academic level and there are resources for teachers to use as well.
Sandra
The literacy resource I like is raz-plus. There is a free trial period and then the parent or classroom teacher can purchase a subscription for the year. It is a great resource for differentiating instruction and for ELL students because it provides leveled books and Spanish books. There are science, writing, and vocabulary that students can work on.
Sandra
The literacy resource I like is abcya! There are books that are sorted by the common core standards and games that a parent/teacher can set a timer for the amount of time you want the child playing a game. The website is easy to follow and there is a free trial period, but afterward you would have to pay a premium. However, the games are free by going to the website.
Maggie
The resource I am sharing is iReady. My students use iReady and it is great because it tailors the students' lessons to their needs based on how they scored in the diagnostic. In my classroom we do iReady once a week and it works well for struggling readers because everything is at their level and it progressively gets harder as they pass lessons.
Jessica Crites
https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/language-objectives-key-effective-content-area-instruction-english-learners This website provides a lot of information on how to provide language obectives in different content areas.
Stephanie Durkos
I love using the resrouce getEpic.com for struggling readers. A lot of times during independent reading, students who struggle to read will sit there. Using getEpic.com allows students who are not able to read or struggle with reading support. They can find books that will read to them. I love this because students can follow along with the words as it is read to them. This allows them the opportunity to be exposed to a new text, new words and vocabulary that will build their skills. https://www.getepic.com/students
Stephanie Durkos
I love using the resrouce getEpic.com for struggling readers. A lot of times during independent reading, students who struggle to read will sit there. Using getEpic.com allows students who are not able to read or struggle with reading support. They can find books that will read to them. I love this because students can follow along with the words as it is read to them. This allows them the opportunity to be exposed to a new text, new words and vocabulary that will build their skills.
Jessica Crites
https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/school-help/learning-challenges/ideas-resources-struggling-learners-ages-6-7.html This website provides different ways to help your child with games and books.
Chelsey A Brown
My students are currently using the I-Ready Program. It is a program that is used for all level students and helps to bridge the gaps in their learning. This program is used throughout my district and vital within our data discussions. My students enjoy working on this program and tracking their growth. For my ELL students, it allows them to build confidence and practice the behavior theory. Hearing this academic language allows them to be familiar with grade level language as they bridge their gaps.
Chelsey A Brown
My students are currently using the I-Ready Program. It is a program that is used for all level students and helps to bridge the gaps in their learning. This program is used throughout my district and vital within our data discussions. My students enjoy working on this program and tracking their growth. For my ELL students, it allows them to build confidence and practice the behavior theory. Hearing this academic language allows them to be familiar with grade level language as they bridge their gaps.
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