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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 Pritchard
I enjoy using Flocabulary within my classroom. I tie it in to most social studies related topics but also for the grammar aspect of my writing instruction. It provides text support, much like ReadWorks and it also has vocabulary support as well.
Rebecca Yochim
I like to use abcya.com with my kindergarten students. It has interactive games to review and teach reading foundation skills. They love it!
Sherri Himrod
All About Reading is a complete program that teaches phonics, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. There are 4 levels, plus a pre-reading program. It has multi-sensory instruction. There are scripted lessons in an easy to follow format. It is also fun and engaging.
Laura Richardson
I use Literacy First in the classroom. It is a computer program that works on a students level. We give a formal diagnostic 3x a year and students are put into the program based on their academic skill needs. There is a reading and math section. Students work through lessons and are given little quizzes that teachers can monitor to see how much growth they show. They also have teacher lessons that you can utilize to help students master skills as an additional support for students that struggle picking up skills. I like knowing all students are working on their individual level and the program offers me different avenues to support learning.
Rhonda Garner
I like to use the vocabulary lessons with whole group instruction in my intervention class. The vocabulary lessons are digitally hands on, fun, and even tells you many of the words in Spanish.
Karen
I love using colorincolorado.org for my ELL students and their families. It has many helpful links as well as a resource library!
Neese, T.
My favorite resource is Common Lit. https://www.commonlit.org/en The variety of topics appeal to so many students, and the annotation tool allows students to focus on vocabulary, key details, text evidence and other features. The guiding questions assist struggling readers with comprehension. There's also a text-to-speech option that can assist students.
Stacy Freeman
One resource that I really enjoy using is Readworks.org. Readworks offers wonderful, free, leveled and differentiated, rigorous non-fiction articles. These articles can be assigned in a set and offer both boost and challenge articles, for students struggling or requiring enrichment. Readworks also asks students to reply with a new thing they've learned or found interesting. Additionally, teachers can assign comprehension passages and questions. Lastly, Readworks provides a free virtual library for hours of reading content for students. I just love this resource!
Neese, T.
Common Lit is a wonderful resource. www.commonlit.org. The strength of this resource is that it allows annotations while reading. It also has guiding questions that help struggling students as they read. There is a text-to-speech feature that is wonderful for ELL learners who also benefit by hearing language. In addition to multiple choice questions, there is space for written response.
Jodi Lemaster
One resource I have used in science with my struggling readers is flocabulary. The songs are fun and help reinforce the meaning of vocabulary to students struggling with word meanings.
Christine Mesorana
I love to use reading a to z. It lets my special needs students work on independent reading despite their intellectual disabilities. They can listen to stories that are above their levels if they have the interest. It is the best. It also collects data which makes monitorning a snap!
Susan Charbonneau
My students have enjoyed using MyOn books this year. There are a variety of fiction and non-fiction books available for students to read or have read to them. My students became very interested in ghosts and birds this year. They were able to find many resources to encourage them to expand their knowledge in topics of their own interest.
Rebecca Yochim
I love using abcya.com and starfall.com with my students. Its so engaging and versatile. Also, our district has Waterford - which has awesome lessons for reading foundation skills!
Cynthia D'Anieri
A great resource that I love to use is "Snap and Read" this is provided to all students and staff in Martin County and is a game changer for the ELL reading students. This digital program can change the text of any document into the student's native language so they are able to get an understanding and make a connection to the text. They can then switch the translation mode back to English and then be able to make a cross connection to the text
Cynthia D'Anieri
A great resource that I love to use is "Snap and Read and cowriter" this is provided to all students and staff in Martin County and is a game changer for the ELL reading students. This digital program can change the text of any document into the student's native language so they are able to get an understanding and make a connection to the text. They can then switch the translation mode back to English and then be able to make a cross connection to the text
Kelly Jones
Our teachers find flocabulary to be a wonderful engaging tool. www.flocabulary.com Teachers can choose the content they want their students to work on. They are introduced to the content with a video song, vocab cards, vocab game, read & respond, quiz, lyric lab (they make their own rhyme).
Cynthia D'Anieri
A great resource that I love to use is "rewordify" this is a digital program that allows the student to type in a complex piece of text and the program will lower the lexile level with synonyms and translations to allow the student to build vocabulary
Cynthia D'Anieri
rubistar is a great resource for making rubrics
Erin Hoppe
I LOVE using Flocabulary.com with my students across all content areas. Students get SO excited to use the resource and are fully engaged. There are songs, dances, activities that help to promote vocabulary retention.
Jill Varna
I enjoy using brain pop and brain pop jr to build background knowledge, introduce or review skills and strategies. My students love participating in cooperative learning activities to answer the questions to the quiz that follows each video.
Jessie Z
I use brain pop in my classroom to help students get an early introduction of a future lesson. This helps in literacy because it provides students with scaffolding and a sneak peak of what they are about to learn. Additionally, students have the ability to rewatch the video on their own and review the content after the class is over.
Maria Gonzalez
I like using freckle.com. You can assign articles at each students' level. The articles have reading comprehension questions. Students can also work on different skills.
Jessie Z
I like brainpop because it provides a scaffolding approach for struggling learners. It allows me to pre-introduce the lesson in a student friendly manner. It also ignites prior knowledge for students who may recall past learning. Lastly it is accessible after the lesson when a student needs a refresher.
Jessie Z
I like brainpop because it provides a scaffolding approach for struggling learners. It allows me to pre-introduce the lesson in a student friendly manner. It also ignites prior knowledge for students who may recall past learning. Lastly it is accessible after the lesson when a student needs a refresher.
Cris
I've always loved Scholastic News for primary grades but found the online component even more beneficial during our e-learning experience. It provided audio options for struggling readers as well as vocabulary and games for further learning in a way that was fun.
Susan Charbonneau
My first graders began using Teach Your Monster to Read this year. They enjoy being able to build their character as they teach them. Great phonics skills and engages learners. I have used up to grade 3 for students struggling with phonics.
Cris
I've always loved Scholastic News for primary grades but found the online component even more beneficial during our e-learning experience. It provided audio options for struggling readers as well as vocabulary and games for further learning in a way that was fun.
Cris Edwards
I've always loved Scholastic News for primary grades but found the online component even more beneficial during our e-learning experience. It provided audio options for struggling readers as well as vocabulary and games for further learning in a way that was fun.
Renee Tanner
My kindergarten students enjoy many activities on Starfall. I made the Word Machines activity a learning station when teaching short vowels sounds. It gives them many opportunities to practice changing initial and final sounds to create new words. It also highlights each letter as it makes the sound, then blends the sounds to make the word. Great practice and review.
Maria Gonzalez
I like readworks.org. It has a lot of passages at different levels. The passages have text dependent questions. The passages also have audio.
Katrina King
I use Footsteps2Brillance with ESE Pre K classroom. I read the stories with the students, answer questions about the story, and play matching game. The stories have pictures you can click on and they will say and spell the item you click on. The site supports reading comprehension and early literacy skills.
Stephanie
Achieve3000 is a great program for gifted readers, struggling readers, and everything in between. This program identifies the current reading level of each student and provides every article on their individual level. So, if I want to read an article on slavery, we read the on grade level on as a class, and then I can assign them their very own with comprehension questions at the end. The great thing about this is that it's on their level. Their articles look alike- they have the same pictures and graphics, but the text complexity depends on their reading level. Visit achieve3000.com for more information.
Jason Trumble
My school has utilized the LLI Literacy Intervention System. This system is great way to enhance reading comprehension across struggling readers. The program includes leveled short books as well as chapter books which include all genres. There are small book studies that include close reading, vocabulary, and writing components. The system is designed to fill literacy gaps quickly.
Sheri
The resource i use is starfall.com. It helps my struggling students with phonics and PA. The site is fun and engaging. We use it whole group and independently.
Ariana Miraglia
GoNoodle is a great resource for elementary school students. They provide songs and dances for students who learn better through movement and music. Their tunes are memorable and students learn while they are having fun. Struggling readers will learn from this through repetition and being able to put a concept into a memorable experience.
Susan Charbonneau
Reading rockets includes lots of great resource for struggling readers. There is information for parents, teachers, and about various reading difficulties and how to approach them.
Ginger Stuckey
One of the resources that I have found to be most valuable in teaching struggling readers is Phonics Lessons: Letters, Words and How They Work by Gay Su Pinnell & Irene C. Fountas. I first bought the kindergarten set 16 years ago when I was looking for effective resources to be used with my VE kindergarten students. I have since purchased the first and second grade set as well. I have turned to these resources over and over again through the years. I have used these while teaching self-contained VE and also for small group resource lessons. These products are easy to implement and very effective. Most of the lessons use manipulatives such as magnet letters and/or games. They also use visual aides to support early learners and are very hands-on. The set comes with a paperback book with lessons and a binder of resources that can be copies. It also gives suggestions about how to implement routines so that students become very independent in the use of the materials. These lessons can eventually be transitioned into center work. These materials can be found on amazon.com and Heinemann.com
Tanner
I really like the Chrome extension "Snap&Read." It has an array of tools that help students read anything online and most pdfs. It can translate the page to whatever language is necessary, it can read the text at different speeds, the lexile level can be altered (easier vocab), you can also take notes on the side while reading. It is a good tool that all of our students have pre-installed on their Chromebooks. It can make reading become a little more manageable.
Jo Kinyon
During the eLearning process, I discovered that I like ReadWorks.org. It had leveled passages and vocabulary to go along with each passage.
Jo Kinyon
I discovered that I like to website Readworks during our eLearning. It has leveled passages ans well as vocabulary to go alon with it.
Donna Melendy
Jack Hartman is a wonderful example of a quick learning activity for kindergartners. Whether it's learning the letters and sounds, CVC words, or math skills Jack Hartman's videos are a great way to use brain-bases learning strategies. Look for him on You Tube.
Megan Jones
I love to use starfall in my classroom. The site includes both reading and math activities. There are stories and songs that the kids absolutely love. It is both engaging and educational.
Stephany Kilgore
My students have enjoyed using MyOn books this year. They are able to search for books on topics that interest them or by level. We actually did some animal research using this site and the kids loved it!
Stephany Kilgore
MyOn books are a great resource. My students have enjoyed using it this year. They are able to search for books on topics that interest them or by level. We actually did some animal research using this site and the kids loved it!
Shannon
My students love Starfall. It's very interactive with reading and math activities.
Shannon Bell
My students love Starfall. It's a very interactive website that helps with reading and math.
Jessie Z
I like learning A-Z because it provides students learning on their own level on the F and P scale. It also provides structured support by hang the book read to students before th year attempt reading it on their own. Lastly, reading A-Z provides a comprehension check at the end of each book and allows students to revisit the books even after they have completed them.
Stephanie
I like to use commonlit.com in my classroom as it offers nonfiction articles on several different levels to meet the needs of all of my students. It also includes comprehension questions embedded in the paragraphs to help increase comprehension. There are also questions that the students can answer after the text is read and it is in FSA format that includes Part A and Part B multiple choice questions.
Elizabeth Escobar
I love to use the Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention for struggling readers because it's a research-based program that works. Lessons are leveled by guided reading level and are designed for struggling readers. Each lesson includes a leveled book, with take-home copies for students to practice fluency. The lesson includes word work activities, comprehension activities, and writing activities. The lessons give explicit step-by-step directions with minimal preparation and are easy to adapt to the needs of your learners. https://www.fountasandpinnell.com/intervention/
Elizabeth Escobar
Raz-Kids is my favorite online resource for reading. It has leveled books for students to read. The teacher can set the reading level(s). Each book has a feature where students can listen to the book, perfect for struggling readers. Then they can choose to read the book. There is also a comprehension quiz for each book. Teachers can monitor how students do on the quizes. Raz-Kids alerts the teacher if a child is struggling in a comprehension area. The program also has an option where students can record themselves reading, so the teacher can go back later to hear. You can also assign an assessment. Students record themselves reading the assigned passage. They record themselves retelling the story, then take a comprehension quiz. The teacher can go in and listen to the reading and retelling and see the results of the quiz. There is a scoring sheet for the reading so the teacher can take a running record. There is a scoring sheet for the retell and the quiz indicates what type of comprehension is covered for each question. The program has an incentive program. Students earn stars they can spend on their rocket room and robot. Teachers can send written and oral messages to students and award them extra stars. My reluctant readers are willing to work hard on Raz-kids to earn those stars. Students can easily access this program at home with the website or app. This was a wonderful tool to use for e-learning. https://www.raz-kids.com/
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