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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

Phillip Cosby
I am an agriculture teacher and I found website called Foodtank that is encouraging students to improve their reading skills. The books cover a wide variety of topics. In my classes, I have a wide variety of readers and these 21 books are for readers if all ages.
Marisette Burgess
I chose Voicethread because speaking and listening about reading a crucial skill that can aide in developing comprehension and critical thinking skills about the text. https://voicethread.com/products/k12/ Voicethread is a platform that allows students to use visual, audio, and written forms of communication to demonstrate their thinking and share their reflections or insights. This can especially help struggling readers who are having a hard time understanding a text or vocabulary by using the resources of collaboration, oral language practice, problem-solving, and reflection.
Abbi MacFarlane
A resource I have come to love is quill.org. I find it useful because it builds reading and writing skills at the same time. It has activities for all grade levels for grammar, proofreading, and other English language conventions so it's easy to differentiate based on a student's strengths and challenges. There are also diagnostic assessments so that I can see why my students need help with individually and as a whole. There are also specific resources such as activities and lessons for ELLs. I like that students can repeat activities as many times as they need or want to develop mastery of a writing skill while also building comfort with the words, groupings of words, and correct use of these words. There is a lot of support offered to students while working in quill; the program provides hints, examples, and direction based on the student's individual performance.
Lisa Harrison
I-Ready is a great resource for struggling and proficient readers. The most beneficial attribute of IReady is that it teaches each student at his or her level. If the student struggles with a skill, they are remediated and then tested again to see if the skill is mastered.
Lisa Harrison
iready.com is the link to a resounce I like to use. It is great for struggling and proficient readers. The most beneficial attribute of IReady is that it teaches each student at his or her level. If the student struggles with a skill, they are remediated and then tested again to see if the skill is mastered.
Kayla Cromwell
Snap and Read is a resource that I commonly use with students, as it is an application that you download from Google Chrome (available to all students and staff in our County), and something that the students can use at home too. The link to the resource is https://snapandread.com and as I said, it is an application that on Google Chrome that allows students to highlight the text (yes, even textbooks), take notes in outline form, have the text read to them, and can even change the Lexile of the text to better fit their needs. It works in an inclusive classroom because it gives the students the resources to be successful without having to wait for the teacher to be available. It also works for struggling readers because it provides all of the necessary accommodations for them to get through what could be a difficult read!
Kayla Cromwell
A resource that I commonly use with students is called Snap and Read, and it is an application that you download from Google Chrome (available to all students and staff in our County), and something that the students can use at home too. The link to the resource is https://snapandread.com and as I said, it is an application that on Google Chrome that allows students to highlight the text (yes, even textbooks), take notes in outline form, have the text read to them, and can even change the Lexile of the text to better fit their needs. It works in an inclusive classroom because it gives the students the resources to be successful without having to wait for the teacher to be available. It also works for struggling readers because it provides all of the necessary accommodations for them to get through what could be a difficult read!
Sandra
One of my favorite websites is abcya.com. It has lots of resource materials. Another one is reading a-z website. It has lots of resource for teachers as well as for parents. You do have to subscribe.
Trisha Roth
I use the Orton-Gillingham approach because it is a multi-sensory approach that gets kids linking short term memory to muscle memory. They tap, draw in sand, pound and many different ways to remember to spell and read words. I notice it carries over and even saw students using the movement and stimuli it creates when taking district benchmark tests.
Trisha Rth
I use the Orton-Gillingham approach because it is a multi-sensory approach that gets kids linking short term memory to muscle memory. They tap, draw in sand, pound and many different ways to remember to spell and read words. I notice it carries over and even saw students using the movement and stimuli it creates when taking district benchmark tests.
Sharon Curtis
I really like the iReady program that our school uses. It helps the individual students progress at their own level and speed. There are some downfalls but overall it is a good program.
Courtney Mustafa
I would like to recommend Actively Learn as a resource for all students, especially struggling learners and ELLs. On this free website, there are lots of articles - nonfiction and fiction. Each article already has standards-aligned questions. The articles also have extra help icons for vocabulary and translation.
Federico
I-ready and Reflex math are great resources.
Briana Wine
Our school uses a program called IReady. Their is a diagnostic test at the beginning to see what the students level is and then it starts them in lessons pertaining to what they lack knowledge in. Also as a teacher, I can assign them any specific lesson I want them to complete.
nicole vickers
I like to use Commonlit. I like it because I can assign work by grade, genre, book parings, and much more. WWW.Commonlit.org It works for me because for my struggling readers I can assign a lower grade level and build them up to the grade level they are at.
Donna Jacobsen
IReady has become my go-to program for so many reasons! I love the data that can be disaggrigated to determine my student groups for differentiation at every level. The program offers a diagnostic test at interim times of the year to determine how the students are performing on the mandated standards. This is incredibly helpful to drive my instruction. Feel free to visit the link below to get started. Visit: https://login.i-ready.com/
Shaina
NEWSELA is a great resource and quickly levels the text for student differentiation. Articles can be printed or completed online. It includes text based questions and has a variety of subjects. https://newsela.com/
nereida steele
A good resource that I use for testing is ReadWorks. I determine thand they get tested eir levelofreading and they choose from the readings that I give them. They can listen right there and then. They are questioned for comprehension and the site will correct their questions, I can go back in and I will correct their written work.
Donna
My students enjoy Starfall.com. This helps children learn to read and in various grades.
Janie Pugh
For struggling readers a great program would be Iready. This is the most common program that my school uses. This program focuses in on where the children have gaps in learning. If they are struggling with phonics on a second grade level, then they get lessons focused on phonics in second grade. The Teacher Toolbox for this program, enables all teachers with access to all grade level lesson. This will help with differentiation, because once you determine what level your student is on, you can print small group assignment/discussion lessons to work with them in order to fill in that gap, and improve skills.
Janie Pugh
The program that I use for struggling readers is Iready. I like this program, because it gives the student a diagnostic. This diagnostic gages what learning level the student is on. If they are struggling with phonics on a second grade level (at grade 3), it gives them lessons on the skill. Which serves as a great progress monitoring. Also, the Teacher Toolbox for this program is excellent, because you have access to all levels, and if your student is struggling specifically on a skill, you can print lessons at their level, and work small groups to fill in the gaps.
Brittany Hines
I use Khan Academy as a resource in my elective class. On Khan, you can look at each students individual data and assign them aspects of reading that they struggle with. You can also see how they performed and where they need to go from there. It is a great resource.
Ashley Petty
Our district just starting using i-Read which is a great reading resource. You are able to provide fun interactive games and lessons for students with this resource. You are also able to plan your lessons, test students, and lots of other great things. It works with primary and secondary grades, and is used for differentiation. https://www.hmhco.com/programs/iread
Janis Hines
I use Freckle.com it is a site where my students can work on phonics/phonemes that they are missing. The students love the activity.
Gina Trilla
The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo is a great resource, if you are looking for easy simple ways to the help the child who…It has a range of topics and ideas to help with pre-emergent reading, accuracy, print work, phrasing, intonation, fiction & nonfiction comprehension (just to name a few,) all the way up the continuum to orthography/writing.
Janis
I have found that MYON a reading ap is a wonderful way to get the students engaged in reading. My students are reading more books and even books at a higher level. This is opening up new vocabulary to them that will help them in the future.
Janis
I have found that MYON a reading ap is a wonderful way to get the students engaged in reading. My students are reading more books and even books at a higher level. This is opening up new vocabulary to them that will help them in the future.
janis
MYON.com is a wonderful way to engage your students in reading and learning of vocabulary.
Lisa
I would like to offer CommonLit as a source, https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts. This would be a good website to use because it allows teachers or students many text options for topics. This source also clearly posts the lexile of each text. Students can be given more options for reading and teachers can use various texts to offer more learning opportunities for units.
Kelley Jomisko
http://www.janrichardsonguidedreading.com/ I really enjoy all of the Jan Richardson approaches to reading. Our county adopted the use of this curriculum last year for my grade and I saw great success for my students. She lays out guided reading time frames and plans that are doable and enjoyable for the teacher and the students. The plans done with fidelity moves students through reading levels and keeps them on track for meeting grade level expectations.
Jayde Norwood
A resource I would like to share is k12reader. The website is (https://www.k12reader.com/). This site provides resources for all grade levels specifically in reading, including comprehension or isolated skills. The site also provided games that can be used for struggling readers to give them an opportunity to use academic games to enhance their skills.
Julie Bustle
Reading rockets is a national multimedia resource that helps students, parents and teachers determine where the student is struggling and why they are struggling. It provide strategies to help guide parents through this frustrating time and provide suggestion to help mentor the child to be a successful reader. This website also provides examples of children books to read with your child. It builds self esteem within the child to be a better reader. www.readingrockets.org It starts by educating parents and teachers on how to help their child/student. Once the child is accessed the site provides multiple resources to use with the struggling reader to build confidence, motivation, vocabulary and fluency.
Amber
One resources I love to use for struggling readers is called biblionasium. www.biblionasium.com. It's like goodreads but for students. Students can go online, create their bookshelf, share book ideas and post book reviews. For struggling readers, it's a way to connect to books and their classmates without feeling judged. They can also get book ideas from friends. The more reading they do the better they'll be at reading, and this encourages them to read.
idania r venereo
A resource I use for differentiated instruction is Learningpatio.com. It is a resource that offers bilingual activities , graphic organizers, minilessons in spanish and english. These activities focus on cultural differences and offers a lot of visuals and graphic organizers.
Elsa Trefil
The resource that I selected is RAZ kids. This is an excellent resource for all students, especially struggling readers. This is an online resource. With the Raz kids application, a teacher can set up a classroom for up to 30 students, and assign not only a reading level for each student, but gives students access to almost 100 books per reading level. The downside, the program costs $199 per year. As a special education teacher this is an invaluable resource, as my students are at many different levels. The link is: https://www.raz-kids.com/ This resource also provides you with access to Learning A to Z, this is a teacher resource that gives you online access to leveled readers, lesson plans and worksheets. You have the can print the materials or use the materials online. All you need to do is pay the annual fee, then with internet access you have hundreds of leveled books available to you and your students. Students can read books online, or if they do not have internet access you can print off the books to use in the classroom or at home. The books will be read to the student while the words are highlighted, or the student can read the book. This is a fabulous resource!!
Penny Pruitt
The i-ready program our schools use is a great resource to assist in literacy and math skills. I-ready lessons can be moved around within each students profile to fit their needs and level of ability. My students have picked up a lot of extra help from the iReady lessons and has even prepared them for future lessons. iReady is an addition to our current curriculum.
Elsa Trefil
The resource that I selected is RAZ kids. This is an excellent resource for all students, especially struggling readers. This is an online resource. With the Raz kids application, a teacher can set up a classroom for up to 30 students, and assign not only a reading level for each student, but gives students access to almost 100 books per reading level. The downside, the program costs $199 per year. As a special education teacher this is an invaluable resource, as my students are at many different levels. The link is: https://www.raz-kids.com/ This resource also provides you with access to Learning A to Z, this is a teacher resource that gives you online access to leveled readers, lesson plans and worksheets. You have the can print the materials or use the materials online. All you need to do is pay the annual fee, then with internet access you have hundreds of leveled books available to you and your students. Students can read books online, or if they do not have internet access you can print off the books to use in the classroom or at home. The books will be read to the student while the words are highlighted, or the student can read the book. This is a fabulous resource!!
idania r venereo
Learningpatio.com is great resource for dual language students (english-spanish) . It offers tons of graphic organizers for Science, Reading, Writing and SS
Crystal Aguilera
I used Reading Rockets as a child and loved it!I think it does a great job of teaching and reinforcing phonics for kids. Below is a link to the program overview. Another program we currently use at our school for literacy advancement and remediation is Great Leaps. It has proven to help our struggling readers show growth especially in phonics and fluency. The link to it's overview is below. https://www.readingrockets.org https://greatleaps.com/
Jill Pike
A wonderful resource for struggling readers is the program IXL. This program allows students to work on different skills, at any Elementary grade level. The program gives them immediate feedback and rewards them for correct answers. Students can work at their own pace and feel accomplished no matter what level they are currently on. The students are always very engaged and excited to use IXL. www.ixl.com
T. WHITE
I would like to share a new literary resource called problem-solution notes that I learned about from www.projectcriss.com. Project Criss' website is full of meaningful ideas that are engaging for all students and they promote metacognition. This particular activity helps students interact with new knowledge and it teaches kids to actively read while completing a graphic organizer. They learn to recognize the text structure cause and effect which will facilitate their comprehension. You can even assign kids in various groups different perspectives to read and take notes from. This would definitely make reading NF more approachable and interesting for my learners. And at the end, they can see the same cause and effect concept through someone else's perspective which will deepen their understanding.
TRACY WHITE
Project Criss' website is full of meaningful ideas that are engaging for all students and they promote metacognition. This particular activity helps students interact with new knowledge and it teaches kids to actively read while completing a graphic organizer. They learn to recognize the text structure cause and effect which will facilitate their comprehension. You can even assign kids in various groups different perspectives to read and take notes from. This would definitely make reading NF more approachable and interesting for my learners. And at the end, they can see the same cause and effect concept through someone else's perspective which will deepen their understanding.
Tricia Campbell
At school, and with my own children at home, we use the I-ready program. I like how this program models lessons that match the student's level and progresses as the children gain the skills that they need in phonics and reading. After viewing several lessons, students take an online assessment to check for comprehension. If they show mastery of a lesson, the program automatically advances them to the next lesson. The program is interactive and engaging. I also like the website Epicbooks. It allows students to hear stories being read fluently. They can follow along with the text, choose books of their own interest, and learn new words as they listen.
Tricia Campbell
I also like the website Epicbooks. It allows students to hear stories being read fluently. They can follow along with the text, choose books of their own interest, and learn new words as they listen.
Tricia Campbell
I also like the website Epicbooks. It allows students to hear stories being read fluently. They can follow along with the text, choose books of their own interest, and learn new words as they listen.
Stephanie
Schools in my area have used Read 180 in the past to help struggling readers. I have seen students that were in remedial classes be able to return to a grade-level ELA class after working on the Read 180 program. The program is offered in English and Spanish. https://www.hmhco.com/programs/read-180-universal
Stephanie
Schools in my area have used Snap and Read to help struggling readers and ELL students. The service can translate website text into other languages to help students who are learning English. I have observed several students in other teacher's classes who have benefited from this assistance, and it has allowed them to remain engaged as they work to learn a second language. snapandread.com
Amanda Carroll
Newsela is wonderful site that allows the educator to differentiate the material according the lexile levels. Their library houses an immense amount of material that will cater to any interest and/or need.
Patricia Campbell
I like to use the website http://www.starfall.com This website allows students the opportunity to practice letter recognition, phonics, and writing short stories. Students can hear rhymes, songs, and interactive activities.
Tricia Campbell
Starfall is a useful resource for phonics, letter recognition, rhyming songs, and short stories.
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