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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

Gloria Neel
I would like to share an online resource that I use daily with my students. This resource is www.freckle.com. This website provides practice for ELA and Math standards. It provides daily reports to me to show me the skills my students worked on and what the still need help in. The resource is wonderful for struggling readers because they take a pretest that places them where they need to begin their individual path of learning.
Brenda Compres-Estrella
A great resource is Imagine Learning, www.imaginelearning.com. This tool is generally used for ELL students but it can be used for all students. It incorporates the 5 pillars of literacy; phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and fluency. It develops, both oral and academic language. It is progressive but you can also assign specific lessons for individual students or for interventions with small groups. It also provides data which is crucial in identifying student needs.
Gina Peters
I love Epic Books. Students can be assigned text that is on their level. It is engaging because they can also choose text from multiple genres. There are videos, and students can choose for the text to be read to them as they track.
Anthony Narehood
I chose the resource because the school I worked at didn't have access to any other resources. http://interactivesites.weebly.com/phonics-vowel-sounds.html The resources work effectively with struggling readers because it goes over how to pronounce words correctly, that they may not be familiar with, in a fun way.
David Peters
I chose this resource as it's a valuable tool for both parents and educators and many levels. The resource reading rockets provide resources to help parents and educators support struggling readers. https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-topics/struggling-readers There are so many valuable resources that parents can learn about such as recognizing reading problems, ways to help a struggling reader, and even the testing and what assessments mean. Links to books are available. There are frequently ask questions and responses that are updated and current. Everything located in one easy to navigate site.
Renai Sparrow
Teach Yur Monster to Read is used for our struggling readers who need more instruction in basic reading skills. It is FREE on computers and very engaging for young students. In 3rd grade, or readers are transitioning from learning to read vs. reading to learn. We zone in on the basic reading skills to try to close gaps and get them as close to grade level as possible through various interventions, resources, and strategies. https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/about-the-game
Ashlyne Walton
I chose The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo. It has been a great resource for a huge collection of strategies to adjust instruction to meet individual needs. It’s a book but here is the website: https://www.heinemann.com/products/e07433.aspx#fulldesc Here is an example of a goal: Goal 1: Supporting Pre-Emergent and Emergent Readers Strategy On every page, try to sound like a storyteller. You can look carefully at the picture to say what the character is doing and what the character is saying. Teaching Tip You can teach this to readers who are reading a familiar story as a way to prime them to try to remember what characters say and do. This also works well in a book that is unfamiliar. In the example that follows, I’m imagining (or inferring) what a character is saying. In the actual story, the character doesn’t say anything on the first page.
Kristin Brockman
A resource we use at our school that we have found to beneficial is iReady. In addition to the monthly assessments that provide multiple specific data reports, there are many lessons to be had. Based on a particular student's data, teachers can assign differentiated online activities and assignments. There are also small group and one on one lessons provided for teachers to use as intervention or mini lessons.
Travis Thomas
iready is a great site that we all use. It personalizes instruction for the specific learner.
Travis Thomas
iready.com is a great site that we all use. It personalizes instruction for the specific learner.
Lora Sevarino
I like using ReadWorks because of the differentiation it offers and encourages not just developing comprehension skills, but also building up vocabulary and content knowledge as well. The feature of turning on the recorded text for my ELLs is very helpful to them. Monitoring student progress is quick and easy for an educator. Being able to access past assignments for data is a bonus. I also like the convenience of assigning articles online and make this part of station work for the week- students are able to work on the task when they choose and there is no added expense of making copies.
Lora Sevarino
ReadWorks.org is a great resource because it offers a differentiated approach to their texts. Recordings of the texts are an option and I use this feature for my ELLs. Comprehension as well as vocabulary building and general knowledge are all boosted in this learning platform. I also like the ease of use with assigning texts to students and monitoring progress. Being able to access past assignments for data tracking is a bonus.
Kathy Crenshaw
I used www.education.com computer generated which provide students from k-5 with reading and math activities to improve those two area. The students are given a pretest before they are assigned lessons by the computer or teacher. It provides them with different amount of chances to master a certain skills. I would recommend it
Kathy Crenshaw
I used www.education.com computer generated which provide students from k-5 with reading and math activities to improve these two area. The students are given a pretest before they are assigned lessons by the computer or teacher. It provides them with different amount of chances to master a certain skills. I would recommend it
Mary
I subscribe to edutopia.com and often use strategies from the articles in my classroom. Often there are links to additional information that has helped me plan instruction.
Marsha Engelhardt
I have found the website http://www.theteachersguide.com to have an abundance of resources to use for reading, writing, and mathematics. It has resources for Reading Wonders kindergarten through sixth grade. It has holiday activities, sight words, words their way, etc.
Jennifer Corona
iRready is a county wide tool that we use. I like this site because it is geared towards the students level of learning and pushes them to learn more from there.
Karen Connolly
I use a resource called Reading A-Z. There is an amazing online component, but it costs extra so I stick to the one. Reading A-Z has leveled readers that my students find very interesting. There are many comprehension, fluency, and phonics lessons at your fingertips. There are graphic organizers and lesson plans to help teachers create specific lessons based on a skill a teacher may be focusing on. Reading A-Z is very user friendly and has stories that can accompany science, social studies, and social emotional lessons. I work with struggling learners and one thing that I really like is that even if the reading level is lower, the topic is interesting to the student and they do not feel like they are reading a book that is too childish for them.
Niki
When I was teaching K-8 students I found www.MobyMax.com to be an excellent resource. Students could be assessed on reading and math as a whole and you could receive feed back on the areas where they were performing low. The feedback allowed for you concentrate on the lower areas. I also appreciated the fact that the assessments could be aligned to the standards for the grade level you were teaching and the state you were located. This was a very helpful resource in the areas of Reading and Math.
Eric
Capstone is a wonderful literacy resource that provides fun, interactive learning for students of all ages. It has nearly 5,000 stories to choose from, highlights words as it reads (if desired), has selections for a multitude of interests, provides wonderful colorful illustrations and pictures, and provides a useful scaffold for ELLs, emerging, and struggling readers.
Charles
The resource I want to share is "Snap and Read." For all SBMC teachers, you will have link to it in your Classlink application. It is also in Classlink for all students in Martin County. I am a strong advocate of the Snap and Read software as it is a powerful tool used to read anything, anywhere for students on demand. I have 3 students who are struggling readers and predicted L25 who have used this software to read passages aloud to them and have greatly increased in comprehension. It also can be used to translate text so I encourage my ELL students to take advantage of the software as well.
Lisa Davies
I like to use readworks.org. It is free to use which is always a plus. You can search by topic, grade level, or by instructional level. The format is common core friendly as well. There are fiction and nonfiction articles. Opportunities to practice vocabulary and also to work on fluency. I also like to use readingatoz.com but that is not free so I did not focus on that. It does however have a ton of resources and you can even pick a text based on the skill you want to focus on and teach. They have the same text at multiple levels which is great when working with students in small groups.
Patricia Campbell
I use the i-ready website to help struggling readers. It provides phonics instructions, reading comprehension strategies, and vocabulary lessons.
Sharon Curtis
Our school uses iReady. I really think this program helps the students to learn at their pace and level. After reading these blogs I would like to try https://www.readingrockets.org/. This looks like a good resource as well.
Shelby
I would like to share the resource commonlit.org. This website contains many readings about a vast number of topics and uses standards-aligned questions. You can assign the passages online using classroom codes or you can print the texts and have students do them on paper. There are multiple choice and free-response questions that can be added or removed.
Emily Hoffman
I like to use epic.com in my classroom. This is a platform that allows students to read books online. Students can chose books that are a right fit for them and allows students to read independently.
Lilliemarie Gore
I like Achieve 3000. Achieve 3000 can individualize lexile levels for students with Reading passages that they choose interests in. Not only are they picking topics that peek their brains, it tests them and finds their lexile levels and pushes them to improve.
Dodd
My Literacy online program is iReady. I like it because it targets skills that each individual students needs. Also, teachers can assign lessons when needed for extra remediation.
Elizabeth
Readworks.com is a great site for teachers to use to meet their students needs in ELA. Teachers can pull passages and question sets that are tied to grade level standards and selected based on the reading level of the text. These passages and comprehension questions can be used in whole -group and small-group instruction.
Heather Diaz
My students and I love this program and they actually look forward to our 10-15 minute lesson everyday. The only material needed is the book. "Heggerty Phonemic Awareness is a well-organized 35-week curriculum of daily phonemic awareness lesson plans" broken down into eight areas of phonological skills each day. I have noticed a huge improvement in my struggling readers with their rhyming work, listening to and identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds in isolation, and being able to segment words to write them. I usually do this whole group but I can also remediate in small group if needed, and my ESOL para now has a copy of their Spanish version to help my ESOL students especially with rhyming words.
Chrissi Cordovano
At the high school, the reading remediation teachers use Study Island, Khan Academy, and Exact Path with the struggling readers.
ANDY BREWER
MY STUDENTS USE IXL.COM. IT IS A GREAT WAY TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO PRACTICE WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT IN CLASS. IT WILL GO HIGHER OR LOWER BASED ON THE STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE.
Alcira
The resource that I have used with ELL students is Imagine Learning. Not only are they acquiring the language, but they can also work on specific skills in phonics and phonemic awareness. www.imaginelearning.net is tailored towards the specific needs of every student in a fun and interactive way. It can be used for any student in Kindergarten through twelfth grade who needs to work on learning English. Licenses to use this program has to be purchased. One of the reasons why ELL students struggle in reading is that they lack phonetic skills and when that bridge is jumped, then reading becomes easier. I have seen results with students and wish more people would utilize it.
Kalynn Harshbarger
I like using Into the Book https://reading.ecb.org/index.html as a literary extension in the classroom. It focuses on 8 research-based reading skills such as making inferences, using prior knowledge, summarizing and questioning. Students can use it in the classroom or at home. There are also resources for parents and the ability to listen to the content in English or Spanish.
Tina Peters
Our school has a high ELL population and a resource we have found beneficial is imaginelearning.com. It uses technology in the form of research based games to further their learning. It is a self-paced activity that is differentiated for each student. The students learn while having fun.
Shawna Stephan
I use several https://www.storybots.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8wE1k3DjoE ENDLESS WORD PLAY!!
Jason McCormick
One of the best resources I have found for my ELL students who are also struggling readers is www.duolingo.com. This resource works for any level of language learners, as well as it provides basic and extended vocabulary growth potential for the students. For my students who are working with english as their 2nd language but have some fluency, it helps them perform better on syntax tests and gives them an understanding of how the english language, while weird, works a particular way.
Bernitha Washington
A Literacy Resource for struggling learners is i-ready. It is an on-line learning program that will assess students, then provide individualized instructions for students based on their needs. Have build-in assessment so teachers can check on students progress and growth. Struggling readers have 21 days to complete the assignments.
Diana Burroughs
The i-ready program for reading and math instruction. This is my first year using this program in a new county. The program as with any, has its positives and negatives. Teaching kindergarten I notice program for reading increases in difficulty quickly, based on the student assessment performance. The math is right in line with the curriculum. You can preview for the class or small groups a lesson and students can redo a lesson based on their score.
Therese Prather
I taught adult education and used newsela.com. Not only did it have articles and information about the world, but it is written at 3rd thru 5th reading level. This was very beneficial for struggling readers who could be paired with a student peer or a tutor. Since the articles were worldly with many types of subjects, a student was more apt to find an article of interest. In addition, there were quantitative activities for reading comprehension. Even more there was also one question to write an essay using the evidence from the particular article/passage that was chosen to write about.
Dorine H.
https://mindplay.com/student-programs/virtual-reading-coach/ Recently, I attending a conference by Dr. Nancy Mather on Understanding Dyslexia:Assessment and Intervention at which the Mindplay program was discussed. Mindplay online comprehensive reading course is for educators and parents which provides a differentiated instruction; virtual reading specialists and speech pathologists. Mindplay focuses on phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and grammar & meaning. It builds a prescriptive plan for each student. Provides as much feedback and repetition as needed by putting students in charge of their own learning.
Michelle Mealor
I chose two resources: 1. Reading Rockets. This site has videos for educators, parents, and students on teaching and learning how to read. It is a great tool for new teachers, as well as a good refresher for those "not so new." It also has book lists and more. www.readingrockets.org 2. I also chose the Jan Richardson resource site. We use her guided reading program, and this site has printable resources for guided reading small group instruction and more! http://www.janrichardsonguidedreading.com/resources-1
Michelle Mealor
I chose two resources that can be invaluable for helping struggling readers: www.readingrockets.org This site has videos designed to help educators, parents, and students teach and learn how to read. It is a great tool for new teachers, and a good refresher for not so new! It also helps parents understand how to help their struggling readers. http://www.janrichardsonguidedreading.com/resources-1 This site has printable resources designed to help with small group guided reading instruction.
Lisa Mangieri
I enjoy using Iready for my students. It allows me to see what level they are at and allows me to tailor their learning based on their particular level. I use Iready math but if the reading is the same as the math program it can be used to assess where the students are in their literacy. The teachers can tailor their learning based on these results to help them grow in their skills. There are also other tools in the teacher’s tool box such as information for the teacher on how to teach these struggling students in small group lessons and give them additional assignments to incorporate into their daily lessons.
Christina Solinger
I use FCRR- florida center for reading research website and materials to support my struggling readers in first grade. The activities on this sight are developed to help students read and master skills with explicit instruction. www.fcrr.org
Meaghan Noordzy
I chose getepic.com because there are so many styles and genres of books, some with "read to me" and some self read. This resource works for struggling readers because I can assign a book that has the "read to me" feature, where the struggling reader has to hear and follow along with the book. A good portion of the books have quizzes to show understanding. The resource also tracks how long a student is on the book, so I can monitor who is working, struggling, or not working hard. I used it for MLK jr day, where the students were able to choose a book on him and write 3 things they learned.
Melissa L Armato
I like The resource Reading A-Z and its partner resource Science A-Z. I like theses resources because they provide leveled text on the same topic. Each topic usually has vocabulary and some literacy activities as well as comprehension questions that go along with the main text. I like it because I can use it to differentiate my students text to meet them at their independent level ,and they still receive pretty much the same information. It was really good to use in Reading and Science. I would usually have my students use Reading A-Z's graphic organizers to help them organize the information they were reading. It has been extremely helpful in my very heterogeneous classrooms with Readers of varying levels.
Rachel Hibbert
Reading A-Z is a great resource for students. Reading A-Z gives teachers access to many different collections of printable leveled books and activity sheets. The books offer phonics, fluency, and vocabulary for developmentally appropriate instruction.
Elizabeth Ingram
Commonlit.com is an excellent resource for struggling readers. This site contains of wealth of different types of texts at various grade levels, so it is perfect for differentiating text sets focused on similar topics or strategies. The texts can be searched by grade level, genre, theme, standards, and more! It also offers text sets with multiple articles on the same topic and occasionally has additional vocabulary or question resources.
Brittany Hines
I like to use AVID Weekly as a resource from the AVID website. It provides different articles at different reading levels. The articles are current adn my students like to use them.
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