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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

Tristyn Fugate
I feel one of these greatest building blocks for early readers is having an adult read aloud to them. One of the main things that engaged me in reading was the stories that were read to me by favorite adults. I would then spend hours pouring over the same books until I memorized the words and could follow along with them. With the onset of online learning there are now sites available where children can hear many excellent books read aloud by celebrities, authors, and individuals famous in their own fields; such as astronauts. One such site is www.storylineonline.net. I like this particular site because the interface is simple and they have a huge variety of books to satisfy many interests and levels. I feel this site would benefit readers because until one has a love for stories they won't have a reason to read. If children are able to hear and engage in multiple stories it will wet their appetite for reading. In addition, they will be getting the multiples skills that come with hearing a story read aloud that include increased vocabulary, learning intonation, phonics, and story elements to name a few. This resource is a wonderful addition to a child's reading tools whether they have a parent at home to read to them or not as it can fill a gap or supplement.
Charles Finley
Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ I prefer Khan Academy because it exposes our students to grade level standards. We offer so many different interventions and we differentiate instruction to meet the needs of our students and where they are at but the only time our struggling learners are given grade level standards to work on are in our core; in our biweekly common assessments; and in our district progress monitoring assessments. I like the idea of putting our students in front of grade level standards through this resource.
Charles Finley
Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ This resource exposes our students to grade level standards that they will be tested on when they take a state standardized assessment; district progress monitoring assessments; and biweekly common assessments from our core.
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Ryan Lusardi
I chose this resource because it is a list of how to engage struggling learners. If something does not work, try something else until it does. The list can be found at: https://thisreadingmama.com/12-incredible-resources-for-struggling-readers/ This resource would be helpful due to the fact that it can personalize to a challenged reader and allow them to find a way to become a better student in a way that works for them.
Toby Hunter
COMPETENCY 4, MODULE 7 I enjoy working with CommonLit (commonlit.org) The digital library is free to teachers, and connects with Google so we can post assignments directly to our Google Classroom. It has articles in all genres, from Grade 3 through Grade 12. It is also measured by Lexile levels. The program is aligned to the Florida State Standards, which is very helpful. It has a read-aloud function as well as highlighting capabilities. Best of all, it is extremely user-friendly for both students and teachers. Following the articles are text dependent and short answer questions. They can be completed with teacher assistance or individually. My 10th grade students enjoy working independently, because the other students in the class do not need to know what they are reading or what level they are reading in. I am able to monitor their progress, and offer assistance. Because it is individualized, it works very well with struggling readers because the students do not need to know what others are reading. They can access it via the computers in my resource classroom without any assistance. The library is large enough that there are many articles that align with topics the students are studying in their core classes. They can also read some fun fiction as a change. My hope is that they will add more articles into each grade level, especially the lower ones, because some of my students are running out of articles to read on their level.
Sara Thompson
https://www.vooks.com/ I like this website because the story is not only animated, but it is read out loud with each word highlighted. They can follow along with a print version as well. Eventually, they could even take an AR test or engage in discussion to assess comprehension.
Natalie
I chose SRA Reading Mastery Classic because it has proven its effectiveness for many years. Practically any child can be taught to read using this program. There is no link, as this is an old-school teacher-led small group tool. SRA Reading Mastery begins with phonemic awareness, which leads to blending into words and then reading fluency. It is explicit and systematic instruction that gets the job done. I love online programs and learning games, but if I had to choose only one reading resource this would be it every time.
Jodie
The Word Wizard app that can be found at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-wizard-talking-movable/id447312716 is an app that allows children to build and sound out words on their own. You can use the app’s word lists or parents and teachers can add their own. Its has text-to-speech capabilities and fun visual rewards. Students will feel like they are playing a game while they are learning.
Jodie
The Word Wizard app that can be found at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-wizard-talking-movable/id447312716 is an app that allows children to build and sound out words on their own. You can use the app’s word lists or parents and teachers can add their own. Its has text-to-speech capabilities and fun visual rewards. Students will feel like they are playing a game while they are learning.
Jodie
The Word Wizard app that can be found at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-wizard-talking-movable/id447312716 is an app that allows children to build and sound out words on their own. You can use the app’s word lists or parents and teachers can add their own. Its has text-to-speech capabilities and fun visual rewards. Students will feel like they are playing a game while they are learning.
Jodie Smith
The Word Wizard app that can be found at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-wizard-talking-movable/id447312716 is an app that allows children to build and sound out words on their own. You can use the app’s word lists or parents and teachers can add their own. Its has text-to-speech capabilities and fun visual rewards. Students will feel like they are playing a game while they are learning.
Zaira Arbaiza
I really enjoy many resources including starfall, highlightkids and funbrain. These sites are filled with educational games that open the kids minds and work them. One site I have been enjoying lately for my kids is arbolabc.com. This site would be great spanish ELL's because it is educational and has letters, games, math,etc. It is in Spanish but would help them at the beginning to become comfortable and not be lost in a sea of English. Then I would use, starfall to help them connect letter sounds.
Deborah Dillon
My students that struggle with reading, love to use www.vooks.com. I also use this resource and project it on the board in the morning while we are waiting for our day to begin. Student are able to hear and watch the story come to life. They are also able to take AR tests after they have finished the book. Sometimes I try to have the book available for them to actually "touch" and look at. Children love to hear stories over and over again and this gives them that chance.
Chris F
Iready is very user friendly for parents and students, geared towards each students ability. It can be accessed easily at home, and can be conducted by parents. It can also be used by teachers, giving them more abilities to help students who need it.
Heather Wilson
I chose ReadWorks because it has a large digital library of diverse ability leveled books both fiction and nonfiction . ReadWorks also provides reading comprehension , does ensuring the students understand the materials they have read and vocabulary lessons to gauge their understanding of the words in the text they are reading , formative assessments and teacher guides. Teachers and parents may use ReadWorks . It maybe use in the classroom for individual students on tablets or desktops , you may print materials and content for students to do in class or his homework , and you may project the materials using the SmartBoard in the classroom instruction .
Sarah L
The website I found while researching was https://www.readingrockets.org/. Reading Rockets help struggling readers build fluency, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, phonics, and comprehension skills.
Rita Graham
I love to use http://www.readingrockets.org/helping. It has an entire section dedicated to helping struggling readers. It also contains articles for teachers and parents for them to do research.
Rita Graham
I like to use scaffolding comprehension strategies using graphic organizers. Graphic organizers help all students and especially ELLs. I also like the comprehension strategies because students can use those for the rest of their lives. http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=95
Amy R Wuthrich
I am intrigued by Animoto for my struggling students. I like the idea of the students creating their own videos, thereby buy-in, and expressing themselves. It affords the student the opportunity to link pictures with words. Animoto is free and can be found at http://animoto.com I can see this being used in the classroom to create lectures, as well.
Ryan Lusardi
https://thisreadingmama.com/12-incredible-resources-for-struggling-readers/ I chose this source because it is a guided list to reach struggling readers. It has 12 separate options to encourage readers, and as we know, not every method may work, so there is numerous to try!
Ryan Lusardi
https://www.edutopia.org/article/finding-source-reading-difficulties I chose this source because it is an easy read on how to reach readers struggling with phonics. There is a lot of ways to reach students, however this is a positive way to encourage!
Karen Yehl
I love to use the website Storyline Online. It is a great resource to get students involved in reading by having famous people read books aloud. All of the books are shown almost like it is a movie even though it is just a book... Also, students can take AR tests when they are done with listening to the books. This is great for your visual learners as well as your ESOL and ESE students! https://www.storylineonline.net/
Patty Poysell
I like to use Epic Books, www.getepic.com. It offers books on all topics, both literature and informational text, on all levels. I like to project it onto my SMART board and then let them listen and follow along again on their own device. There are learning videos, quizzes and lots more on this site.
Julie Durazzo
Although it requires a membership, thinkingmaps.com is an excellent resource for ALL students! This resource allows students to create digital, interactive thinking maps. As the instructor, you are able to edit or adjust any maps ahead of time to provide differentiation. The students can also edit/type into their own thinking maps and include images/audio/etc!
Julie Durazzo
Although it requires a membership, thinkingmaps.com is an excellent resource for ALL students! This resource allows students to create digital, interactive thinking maps. As the instructor, you are able to edit or adjust any maps ahead of time to provide differentiation. The students can also edit/type into their own thinking maps and include images/audio/etc! It is a great resource!
Julie Durazzo
Thinkingmaps.com is an excellent resource for ALL students to utilize! It provides a place to create digital, interactive thinking maps. These maps can be uploaded/edited by the instructor ahead of time or can be 100% student-created! There are also features that allow the students to include an image or audio file!
Renee Traver
I love iReady.com https://login.i-ready.com/ This is a website my students currently use. Students will have lessons based on their level. After the lessons, students will have a score, so I will know the areas I need to maybe revisit. I can also assign my students lesson so they can have extra practice on something maybe sonding out words or reading help. The lessons are not fast paced so struggling readers will have some time to practice. iReady has helped my students improve on their weak areas in Reading and Math.
Elizabeth Harris
I like FCRR's resources because they have lessons for differentiation, researched-based strategies for interventions, and more! There are lessons for all areas of reading too. https://fcrr.org/resources/index.html
Temple Bunyak
At my school our struggling learners use a program called Mind Play. This program works through a variety of reading strategies to help the students who stuggle with specific reading deficits.
Joy Bauknight
MindPlay is a software program that our ESE students are using to improve their reading skills. The students are given a pretest to determine their reading level and lessons begin at their level. The program is appealing to the students and the students can be successful in reading.
Natalie Strickland
A website I have started to use more frequently is newsela. Newsela takes news articles and rewrites them at a variety of lexile levels. This is obviously valuable as a reading teacher, because students are often curious about what's going on in the world, and newsela lets them read about it in accessible language. As a writing teacher, newsela is also a great tool, because you can compare and contrast the same article at different levels. As the lexile level increases, so does the complexity of sentence structures and vocabulary. I love to use models and mentor texts to teach writing, and newsela articles would be perfect to show how to make writing more complex or academic!
Madison Royer
A resource I use that provides many different articles of all levels is https://www.readworks.org/. This is a great tool that even has the ability for the book to be read to the students and has questions to go along with the texts. It helps struggling readers because you can find different Lexile levels of articles with similar content for lessons. It is great for struggling readers because it even has a vocabulary defined section to help them.
Hannah Summer
A resource that I used regularly in the classroom is starfall.com. It has a lot of great resources for PreK-2 grade students. There is even a section for ELL students and my students find it very fun, educational, and helpful fort them. What is also great about it is it can be done at home as well. I have a few parents that have it at home and they say it's a great way for their child to relax and spend their free time. Here is the link: https://www.starfall.com/h/
Maria Neubauer
The resources that I like to use with my students to help with struggling readers is : https://www.starfall.com/ also, www.imaginelearning.com for my ELL students as well as my general classroom students. Another great resource is monstertoread.com. While all 3 resources help the struggling reader they do it with easy to follow at their level, activities, including games and brain breaks. Each resource adds more each time the student plays, which increases their level of reading. It allows the reader to work at their level with a little higher level of activities.
Dixie Kreulen
I like the website www.getepic.com . As a Kindergarten teacher, the site can be used many ways. Children can digitally read hundreds of books. They have have the books read to them digitally, there is an easy read section, and there are books for teachers to use as resources in the classroom. Another feature that I like is that some books, as it is digitally read, it highlights the words as it reads the books to help the children with word recognition. There is also a dictionary option for more advanced readers where they can be told what the word means or simply how to pronounce it.
Maria Neubauer
The resources I use not only aid my struggling readers but also aids my ELL students. Each of these resources adds a degree of higher level activities after the student has mastered one aspect or level. They provide an animated technological outlet that helps them gain confidence,provides immediate feedback and encourages them to attain the next level. www.imaginelearnin.com is really good for my ELL students, but can also be used for general classroom students. www.starfall.com as well as monstertoread.com and www.iready.com are also very good resources in that provide a variety to a variety of reading levels and gives them all a chance to achieve success, which builds up self esteem and confidence.
N. Bishop
Commonlit.org is a free resource for teachers and students. The digital accounts can be created/synced in Clever and assigned in Microsoft Teams or other collaboration program. There are paired texts, texts related to popular novels, theme, genre, even Spanish articles. Discussion questions are rigorous and writing prompts are included as well. It is a great way to differentiate.
Melissa
I like vooks.com because it is a read aloud. The teacher can walk around and guide the student's as they are reading. The student's are reading at their own level.
Hannah Hiester
I like the resource newsela (https://newsela.com/). It provides articles across a range of subjects and you can choose the reading level. This allows all the students to read about the same topic but to easily differentiate for readers at different levels. The resource also provides quiz questions and writing prompts.
Evelyn Condo
A resource that is helpful for class is read works. This allows teachers to view and print the same article in different reading levels. It can be easily modified to use in small group and for independent reading as well.
Daniel Munive
I think that the most help is needed when we get an ELL student that have a native language that we don't know. As a hispanic, I know that the phonics in the English language are very different from the Spanish. Teaching phonics can be challenging if we do not possess the knowledge of strategies to teach them. That is why I post about this. One of the strategies that can be used is Battleship phonics, we already know the rules and it is a game widely known, so there is a great chance they know it as well. Replacing the grid with phonemes, graphemes or even small words it is a strategy that helps the student develop that language and reading comprehension that is needed. Also another strategy is "The missing sound" where you draw something and write part of the name, that way the student can name what it is, and by that, try to complete the word that was partially written on the board.
Lindsay Liles
I love the resources from SHEG because they help my students use appropriate text and primary sources to learn history. They do not just present information, but they make students learn and decipher for themselves. Struggling readers get very involved in wanting to find all the evidence to make a decision for themselves and defend it, and SHEG also offers modified texts and texts in Spanish. https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-lessons
Milenis Jimenez
I use readworks (https://www.readworks.org/) in my classroom because for my guided reading group. This resource can be differentiated by the lexile reading level. You can choose the format of the questions(multiple choice, written response) You can also choose to include vocabulary questions, or a specific skill/standard to assess comprehension. Lastly, there is a variety of choices from fiction to nonfiction, various topics, and subjects
Lily Hutchinson
It is hard to believe how some of our students struggle to read. I chose this resource because it is students can have language and reading problems, including dyslexia (difficulty decoding language) and dysgraphia (difficulties relating to handwriting, spelling, and composition), auditory or visual processing disorders which would hinder their informational process. This resource informs me and educates me about how I can help my students by first knowing and understanding their problems, myself. The resource has the potential to work effectively with my struggling readers. PS: I used this resource when I was a preschool teacher and was able to see the red flags in students right away using this resource. Here is the link to this wonderful resource, check it out https://www.readingrockets.org/helping/struggle
Tiffany Powers
I like the use of SmartyAnts if you are working with K-2 students. Very interactive and targets struggling skills.
Tiffany Powers
I like the use of Smarty Ants Program and Achieve 3000 if you are working with K-5 students. Very interactive and targets struggling skills.
Heidemarie Bickford
I use starfall.com with my ELL students. It has a lot of resources for them to use that is helpful to their reading also have fun doing it. It starts from the beginning when a child is learning to read such as phonics and phonemic awareness. This is where they need to start. Link is: https://www.starfall.com
Hannah Hiester
I like the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning template as a means of teaching scientific writing. It helps break down what is required and highlights the different components. This would definitely be a scaffold for moving from the more intermediate to advanced levels of writing. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/science-inquiry-claim-evidence-reasoning-eric-brunsell
Renee Traver
I love starfall and my students do as well. All of my ESE K-5th used Starfall last year. Once they log on, they have different resources they can click on such as educational games, videos, and help with reading. This would be perfect for ALL students.
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