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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

Michelle Lyons
A resource that I use in the classroom all the time is Starfall. If is a great way to engage students and encourage them to read. It has books that the students can read, letter sound games, and movies that teach phonics and phonemic awareness. The best part is the student love it and do not realize that they are working on reading.
Michelle Lyons
A resource that I use in the classroom is Starfall. It is a website that teachers students how to read. it has books, short movies, and games that teach phonics and phonemic awareness. The best part is that students love it and do not even realize that they are learning.
Wendy Walker
I like the website Turtle Diary. There are games and videos that the kids enjoy. It covers math, reading, science and some social studies activities. I can choose a game based on a particular skill for students to work on or I will allow them access at certain times.
Joy Bauknight
All of my students enjoy using the Accelerated Reader program for reading practice and tests. The students are able to choose books at their independent reading level and on a subject that they are interested in from the library or on the EPIC website. They set point goals for themselves and monitor their progress toward their goal weekly. The students are rewarded as they make their way toward their goal and when they meet their goal. Some educators don't like this program because the questions are mostly recall but I like it because it motivates students to read, it's reading that they can do independently, and it allows students to set goals for themselves and monitor their own progress.
Tanner T.
A great resource for all students is "Snap&Read." It functions as a Chrome extension and has been great for our students who all have a Chromebook. Snap&Read allows students to modify texts through increasing or decreasing the lexile level. It can read the text to the students at a pace that is desirable to them. They may take notes on a passage that they are reading and annotate it. My favorite function, that is beneficial to my ELL students, is the translator. It allows most web pages and pdfs to be translated into Spanish. https://snapandread.com/
Tanner T.
A great resource for all students is "Snap&Read." It functions as a Chrome extension and has been great for our students who all have a Chromebook. Snap&Read allows students to modify texts through increasing or decreasing the lexile level. It can read the text to the students at a pace that is desirable to them. They may take notes on a passage that they are reading and annotate it. My favorite function, that is beneficial to my ELL students, is the translator. It allows most web pages and pdfs to be translated into Spanish. I even enjoy its "remove distractions" tool that enable me to read a cleaner webpage. This is especially nice when I am projecting a reading or article on my board for the students. https://snapandread.com/
Ashley
There are so many valuable resources of quality that support our instruction but I will always have a soft spot for Starfall. Just click www.starfall.com to find interactive and engaging games that provide activities that will reinforce phonemic awareness and phonics skills.
Cheryl
I have used this with my daughter who struggles. https://www.learninga-z.com/site/breakroom/improve-struggling-readers-literacy There is a variety of topics that keep students wanting to read.
Jaci Stocking
I am always looking for online sources to add into my instructional arsenal that help me effectively meet the needs of all my students including my struggling and ELL students. An online literacy resource I’d recommend is https://www.readingrockets.org. In their words, “ReadingRockets.org provides free resources about teaching children to read and helping kids who struggle. You’ll find hundreds of articles on teaching reading, classroom strategies, in-classroom video, parent tips in 11 languages, video interviews with top children’s book authors, a daily news service, and much more. Our companion bilingual initiative, Colorín Colorado, provides information, activities, and tips for Spanish-speaking parents and educators of English language learners (ELLs). Colorín Colorado receives major funding from the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association.”
Heather Chandler
I find the website myon.com very resourceful and useful. My students enjoy selecting the huge variety of books from their library, both fiction and nonfiction. For my low readers, I allow the site to read the books to my student. As it reads, it highlights the words (a useful tool). For my advanced readers, I turn off that luxury. They also have books in Spanish for my ELL students. These books are also aligned with Accelerated Reader. Each book has information about the reading level, lexile level, how many points, and much more. I can also assign books for my students. There are many wonderful features on this website.
Denise Herrera
One resource that I love to use in my guided reading groups is Read Works. Here is the link: https://www.readworks.org/. Through Read Works students can read passages that I have selected for them on their level. They can highlight the articles, stories, and poems and complete assignments online. When they are done reading I can assign a quiz based on their reading. For some of my students, I set the story to be read to them as an accommodation mentioned in their IEP. For my more advanced readers, I can select more challenging passages.
Jemeshia Lyons
I use readworks.org I use it because it offers multiple text options and activities. The high school history link is https://www.readworks.org/find-content#!s0:372,348/q:/g:346/t:/s:348/k:/cid:/f:0/pt:/features:/staff_picks:/sel:/
chelsea
Reading Bear https://www.readingbear.org/ This website This website is an engaging way for struggling readers to learn how to read. This site is a guide for struggling readers to use to build and understand vocabulary words and covers all of the phonics rules. I chose this resource because it seems like it could be engaging for the struggling readers in my classroom. I really think they could benefit learning new vocabulary words and understanding phonics.
Mary McMillan
My struggling learners enjoy footsteps2brillance. It is an online reading program from pre k- 3rd grade level based in reading. It has lessons in English and Spanish.
Keiana Swanigan
Hello. I use www.readworks.com to assist my students. I think that this is a great resource because it reads to the students. So, for my ELL, he or she would not have to struggle trying to keep up or become stressed out trying to read. In addition, a resource that I think can be beneficial is Snap and Read, this is a google chrome add-on. It can be added to your browser and it will read all of the things that is on the page for a student.
Mary Slade
I have just recently found the sight Raz-kids.com. I like this sight for my students because they can go here to read a variety of books. I can also assign them books to read that are at their level, which is good for my struggling readers. Also they are able to take a quiz after they read the story and it gives me a report on which reading skills they are mastering and which skills they need more work.
Laura Pyle
The resource I chose is ABC Bootcamp by Kindergarten Smorgesborge. This is a great resource because it includes inclusive activities as well as activities that you can use for struggling learners. I like how I can pick and chose the activities that I can do with learners of different abilities. It also gives ELL students a chance to learn new vocabulary within the context of learning beginning sounds.
Jodi Lemaster
Some programs I like to help struggling readers are getepic.com and myon by renaissance. I have been using both programs with distance learning for covid and they are showing to be useful to students at all levels.
Raven Wilcoxson
The resource I use is I-Ready. https://login.i-ready.com/ This online resource, assess the student's academic level through diagnostic testing. Afterwards, the programs gives them lessons that will fill the holes that are needed in order for the student to become a better reader.
Kathy Crenshaw
My resource would be Brainzy because it is a great result for struggling readers. It provide the students to work on reading and math based on their abilities.
Susan
A resource I have used in my class before is NEWSELA. I like it because it allows me to change the reading level, which enables me to create assignments, containing the same information, that students of various reading levels can do equally. It is nice because the students don't realize that certain students have a the same article that might be a lower reading level than them. It helps elevate some of the embarrassment struggling readers can feel when given a reading assignment.
Mindy Magden
One of the resources that I like to use with my ESE students are those made available by FCRR. The materials are well laid out and can easily be differentiated to meet the individual needs of my students. They are interactive and put a fun spin on concepts.
Allyssa
I love using Newsela in the classroom. I am able to assign the same article but differentiate the article by changing the reading level.
Susan Shiver
I choose Edpuzzle. It is a resource I use to reinforce the subject that we are learning. It may not be viewed as a great resource for reading, but for high school students, it is helpful. Especially if they are struggling with some vocabulary from the unit. They watch the video & the video stops periodically & will have a question come up. The students may replay a part of the video to help them with the answers. Then they have to type the answers in & then they are allowed to move on. They are not allowed to skip through the video, so it makes sure that they watch the video in its entirety.
Jacqueline Harris
The resource that I am choosing is Flocabulary. It builds vocabulary through fun songs. https://www.flocabulary.com/coronavirus/ Students listen and sing along to a song.We typically read through it and have them identify context clues in the song that relay the meaning of the unfamiliar words in the songs. Students then have activities to do with the words each day, locate synonyms and antonyms, connections, and even has a passage with comprehension questions. There is a quiz you can give. What I love is that it cover the most common vocabulary found in grade level text. The program also has songs for all language arts, science, math and social studies content. Students are learning important vocabulary words while having fun singing and dancing to an ear worm song.
Lucy Flournah
I chose Kagan strategies because cooperative learning is a powerful learning tool where students work together to learn. The link is: https://www.kaganonline.com When students work with a partner, they feel less intimidated and are more willing to try. They also are able to take constructive feedback from their peers better than feedback from a teacher in front of the class. Pairing students strategically, as suggested by Kagan, can help struggling readers by providing the right support system.
Irma Alaniz
A great resources that I use is Footsteps to Brilliance. It is a dual language program that can instruct in English or Spanish. Teacher can also see examples of student work, and use this to help guide instructions.
Jennifer Wirick
I chose abcya.com. I teach first grade and this website has fun games and videos that can be used with struggling readers. I had a student last year that came to the school only being able to say the color words in English. She enjoyed going on this site and practicing letters and sounds.
Susan
A resource I use in my classroom is Study Island. I like it because I can create assignments, assessments, or whole class group sessions. Students like the whole class group sessions because they feel more like a game. I like that they have a group session version that doesn't show who got the answers wrong to the whole class that only shows in the teacher report, so none of the students know who got the questions right or wrong. It also allows students to translate it into Spanish, which is helpful for the ELL students in my class, they can read the assignments in Spanish which allows them to better understand the material.
Ashley Petty
I recently discovered EPIC, which is free due to the current economic situation. I love how you can assign students books depending on their level. It allows students to read books, listen to certain books, take quizzes, and so much more. I think that struggling readers can really benefit from this online resource. The web address is getepic.com
Catherine
My young ESE students enjoy "Alphablocks" to help learn letter sounds. Animated blocks representing each letter combine to make words which then come to life. They have amazing adventures and it is presented in a colorful, fun engaging way.
Victoria Gardner
My students LOVE MyOn. It is a Renaissance program for reading and is connected to our AR reading program. With this program I can assign books to students that are on their level but, more importantly, is in their interest. If a book I find is above their reading level then the book can be read to the student. In the case that the book is above the students reading level, I can have them listen to the book multiple times before taking the AR quiz on the book.
Leanne Gillingham
newsela.com is a resource that is very useful. This resource takes current events and puts into relatable text for students. This resource gives the opportunity for the teacher to create their own instructions for the text or use the provided activities. The text complexity is adjustable for each student.
Karen Washington
A very effective literacy resource I use in the primary grades is a book titled "Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Review". This is a book teachers use on a daily basis that contains a phonemic awareness lesson for each day of the week lasting approximately ten minutes. It is done whole group with students repeating what the teacher says or supplying the correct answer. It covers letter sounds, onset and rime, rhyming words, deletion of beginning or ending sounds, etc. This program does a great job of supporting early readers with important foundational skills.
Lizeth
The resource I chose is called HOMER, the reason I chose this resource is because it is a fun way for kids to learn to read. www.learnwithhomer.com
Elaine Washburn
I LOVE the text Comprehension Connections by Tanny McGregor. I use it in my classroom every year- even with my 4th graders! At the beginning of the school year, I pick and choose ideas in this book to help students understand how to read. This teaches them that they have to think while they are reading. And, it never fails, every single year I have students tell me that they never knew they were supposed to pay attention to the little voice in their head that talks to them while they read! The activities are fun, educational, and simple to prepare for the class. I would highly recommend!!
Elaine Washburn
I love the text "Comprehension Connections" by Tanny McGregor. I use it in my class every year- even with 4th graders! This text gives ideas/lesson plans to help teach kids how to comprehend and think while they are reading. Every year at least one student will come up to me and tell me that no one has every told them or taught them how to think while they read. This book gives fun lessons that are easy to plan/prepare and truly helps the kids begin to learn how to comprehend! Here is the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Comprehension-Connections-Bridges-Strategic-Reading/dp/0325008876
Catherine
My young students enjoy ALPHABLOCKS to help them learn letter sounds. Each animated block represents a letter and when they stand together and make a word, the word comes to life! The presentation is colorful yet calm and it teaches phonics in a fun, engaging way.
Dawn Whiting
During distance learning, we have discovered myON Reader. This offers many opportunities for differentiation, including audio. We create projects that have tasks aligned to a standard and choose a selection of texts at different levels that they could use to satisfy the requirement.
Jessica Turner
I have come across a website called Epic. I think it's a great resource for struggling readers because the teachers have the ability to assign appropriate leveled books to the student and those book can read to the student. This also gives students that struggle an opportunity to pick and choose their own books of interest and build confidence in literacy. The link is https://www.getepic.com/educators
Dawn
The resource I like to use isn't a website but it is a version of I do/You do/We do. I pair my ELL students up with one of my higher level students and have them take turns reading, then we they are done they read the book together. This helps both of the students as they discuss the book before taking the AR test.
Jaclyn Rickenbrode
I picked this resource because I use it every day in my teaching. The school I teach is a learning focus school. Learning Focus is a great resource for teachers. It has graphic organizers, anchor charts and so much more tools that support teaching rigorous learning. This resource is effective because it has students process their learning and make a deeper connection with all subjects.
Jaclyn Rickenbrode
Since we are having to teach online now, a good resource is screencastify. It allows you to create videos of the material you are teaching. You can have a video of yourself teaching, small box of yourself with lesson in front or even a voice over and the lesson just being the center point. My students have been loving it. It has been effective by still allowing me to teach my students from home and not having them watch videos of people they do not know. My struggling students are able to have separate videos assigned just for them that break down the information even more.
Susan Park
I like to use the website, starfall.com for my students. It is an educational site that teaches children letters, sounds and sight words in a fun and creative way! It shares some exciting games and songs for them to practice learning the fundamentals in Kindergarten. They love to use this website in class when they have completed all of their in-class work!
Katelin
I chose this resource because I have used it in the classroom and there are a variety of stories to pick from. Here is the link: www.getepic.com This website has a large selection of books that can be read. There are also some books that are "read aloud" options where someone has pre-recorded the reading of the book. I love this resource because students that are struggling in reading can listen to the read alouds and follow along. Advanced students can pick more challenging texts and read on their own.
Claude Pierre
I will be using ixl.com because it facilitates the students learn from diverse subjects, and it is a great asset for struggling readers. It helps with Math, Science and social science based on their abilities.
Christy Hamm
I like to use kinesthetic learning whenever possible with my ESE students. I like to use colored sand when working on letters and letter sounds in early elementary. I chose this resource because it is a creative list of ways we can get our students moving while they learn in phonics and reading. https://thisreadingmama.com/day-1-kinesthetic-activities-for-teaching-reading/
Alexander Deleon
I resource I use in my class is NEWSELA, they provide articles with comprehension questions, the articles I can tailor to math which is a helpful way to incorporate reading into my math curriculum.
Renai Sparrow
https://www.readworks.org/ In my reading intervention classroom, I use readworks.org quite often. I can differentiate the questions based on individual student needs, it is standards based, and also provides practice for FSA question types.
Beverly Robinson
In my reading class, I use Achieve3000. This program allows all students to be successful because it is based on their individual lexile level. The articles can also be translated in different languages and the text can be read the to the students.
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