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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

Shannon
I like to provide sentence stems for activities where they learn observational skills during a lab. https://www.saddlespace.org/musick/stupendousscience/cms_page/view/31992944 This helps them turn what they see, hear, smell, and feel during the lab in to qualitative data for the experiment.
Zaleh damavandi
I have used Vocabulary.com with my students. I found that I like that there are premade lists and then lists I make. They don’t just give a definition they want you to understand different ways to use the word too. Its all about reinforcing the use of the words so they get used to them. Then there are games you can play and master and I can assign the students to go in and play and earn points. They can play against each other or teams. Often I would pull it up on the white board and they would see each other play and they were really competitive. It’s a great resource and I will continue to use it with my students.
Will Clark
A great resource I use in my classroom is Words Their Way. I give the assessment and have students spell each word. Then I score/analyze the assessment to determine their spelling level. Next, I group my students based on their assessment. Then, I meet with my spelling groups and work on their spelling area using a word sort based on their need. I have my students work with these word sort for the week. When I meet with the spelling group we go over each word, what they mean, and discuss how we could sort the words. Students then work with the word sort for the remainder of the week. In the middle of the year I reassess my students to see what changes can be made. Students have shown growth in their spelling with these word sorts!
SJ Feurer
When we were doing distance learning this spring, I had my students use get epic. Students can listen, read and watch videos to increase reading fluency. www.getepic.com https://www.getepic.com/
Alyssa Dalgleish
I love using brain-pop with students. It is quick and targets specific skills for students in their videos and the students love the characters.
Laura Richardson
I like to use Epic.com in my classroom. It has a large library of books on so many subject areas. The books are leveled for students so you can have a number of books on topic for the unit you are studying in multiple levels. I also like that the books have comprehension questions that the students can do after reading to check for comprehension. As a kindergarten teacher I do use books that also read the text to the student for non-readers. Many books have that feature also.
Carol
I have found that the SIMS model has continued to be an effective approach to working with student's with disabilities. I began using it when working on my Masters in Special Education and continue to see the value in these strategies. https://sim.ku.edu/paraphrasing-strategy I frequently use the paraphrasing-strategy to increase reading comprehension.
kinga conti
For struggling readers I use www.en.islcollective.com. This website is for ELL students. It include many phonics, grammar and comprehension activities. Besides worksheets it has videos with questions for listening comprehension too.
Jensina Barnes
I love MobyMax for students because it allows me to choose the focus area and the level of text for the students. I can also assess the students along the way, and show them how they grew or what they need to do next to make the growth that I want them to make.
Shannon
I chose Words Their Way. It is a great hands on tool to teach phonics. Students cut and manipulate pictures and correlate them with letters or sounds. It is great for struggling readers in that it is disguised learning. It is engaging and they enjoy the process. Just google Words Their Way and you will be directed to various sites.
Michelle Heath
Flocabulary is my favorite because it gives you great data on content area vocabulary in a very intermediate and secondary friendly format through music. https://www.flocabulary.com/?utm_expid=.You1l8zBS2CLYPaCQNzMFQ.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
Michelle Heath
I like to use Flocabulary because it gives data about the students understanding of the vocabulary using vocabulary games and quizzes. The program uses hip hop to appeal to intermediate elementary and secondary students. https://www.flocabulary.com/?utm_expid=.You1l8zBS2CLYPaCQNzMFQ.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2F
Heidi Thompson
I use Reading A-Z.com with my early elementary students. It allows me to differentiate reading levels, align comprehension skills, and create text dependent questions.
Holly
I have enjoyed using Kids A-Z with my students this spring. I am able to assign certain books to individual students. The books are assigned based on their independent reading level. The students are able to listen to the books read aloud to them, can read them on their own, and many of them have quizzes at the end. Students have access to a wide variety of books at various levels and concepts. Some books are even offered with several reading levels to choose from.
Lori Bederman
A great resource for struggling reading is Scholastic Magazine. The online resources encompass differentiated lessons based on standards. Reading level texts can be adjusted , read to orally ,and found in Spanish. For every magazine, you can find a short jump start video with a power point of vocabulary words. All components of language can be found from reading, writing, grammar, and comprehension.
Lori Bederman
A great resource for struggling reading is Scholastic Magazine. The online resources encompass differentiated lessons based on standards. Reading level texts can be adjusted , read to orally ,and found in Spanish. For every magazine, you can find a short jump start video with a power point of vocabulary words. All components of language can be found from reading, writing, grammar, and comprehension.
Melissa Comes
I chose the resource EPIC. I love that this is such an engaging resource for students. This website provides students with many fiction and nonfiction books to read at their specific level. The student can select books on their own or the teacher can send books to the student’s mailbox on their homepage. Many books can be read aloud for students to hear. Also, there are quizzes students can take after they finish a book to support reading comprehension on an independent level book or instructional level book.
Michelle Heath
For use in science I often assign an article from Wonderopolis. There are amazing topics and it has audio for the text. There are links to videos, experiments and other resources for kids to really engage in research of a topic. https://www.wonderopolis.org/
Michelle Heath
I like to use nearpod, because you can create souped up powerpoint presentations with vocab practice, understanding checks, interactive type padlet pages. It really helps the teacher create a differentiated experience for students that offers data for your class. https://nearpod.com/
Leslie
I like to use Readworks (https://www.readworks.org/), because it is backed by cognitive science research, to “improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement.” They provide several content selections on various levels of text. Their text-based questions promote higher level thinking with the use inferencing to build a better understanding of the important components of a text.
Michelle Thomsen
I use Learning A-Z/Raz Kids. I like it because it uses leveled readers of various topics, both fiction and non-fiction as well as graphic organizers and other strategies to help students. You can search by a particular skill you want to focus on. Some of the books are also similar, but on different levels, so you can teach one story with different leveled books.
Brandie Parks
Two of my favorite resources used in the classroom is Achieve 3000 and IXL. Achieve has a large variety of articles that is can be set to each student's individual lexile with text dependent questions. It is standard based and has scaffolding resources available for the teacher. I also love using IXL to practice skills that were recently taught. There is a variety of skills that align with the standards and if a student gets the answer incorrect, the program provides additional information to help them understand why their answer was wrong and how to determine the correct answer. www.achieve3000.com and www.ixl.com
Erica Brantley
ReadWorks.org is a resource I have previous shared as I used it frequently with 4th grade students, who tend to vary greatly when it comes to reading level and schema. I like ReadWorks because not only can you find articles on various reading levels, but you can narrow your search based on a student's interest or background knowledge, which are key for engagement.
Megan Jones
Reading a-z is a great resource. It contains leveled readers, decodable readers, readers theatre scripts, and much more. There are free materials and you can subscribe and get many more instructional materials. The site is: https://www.readinga-z.com/
Megan Jones
Epic is a great resource for books on many topics. It can help build background knowledge for struggling readers and ELL students. The site is: epic.com
Jamie DuVoisin
Newsela is one of my favorite resources for differentiating instruction. It allows all of my students to read the same news article at their own level. It allows students who read at a higher level, but may not know a lot of background information about a topic, to begin by reading at a lower level to better understand the text. It also allows my struggling readers and ELL students to feel confident when discussing current events with the class. As a teacher, I can also tell the level students have chosen to read a text at and how well they are able to comprehend the text based on the quiz at the end. Not only that, but Newsela shows me the specific skills students have mastered or need to work on.
Hilda Hernandez
I've used Raz-Plus (Learning A-Z) and it's been a great resource, especially during virtual school. I'm currently providing reading intervention for some of our students and am able to provide them with leveled texts that specifically focus on the foundational skills we are working on. And, they also provide companion texts where the students can either read on their own or have the text read to them. I assign these texts for them to read independently and also require the student to respond to comprehension questions. All of this is provided by Raz-Plus. What is also very helpful is that they provide leveled text by content area. So if we are learning about photosynthesis, I can have my ELLs and struggling readers reading at their level yet learning the same content.
Barbara Weiss
We use so many awesome sites! One of my favorites is abcya. It is very engaging, colorful, and moves at the students' pace. It goes up to higher grades, but I use it in grade K and 1.
Hilda Hernandez
This year we have been using Nearpod in Science and it's been a great resource especially for my ELLs. Their tier 2 and 3 academic vocabulary support is exceptional as it helps the student build background knowledge to help them identify and understand.
Hilda Hernandez
This year we have been using nearpodEL in Science and it's been a great resource especially for my ELLs. Their tier 2 and 3 academic vocabulary support is exceptional as it helps the student build background knowledge to help them identify and understand.
Jakiera Gosa
IXL has been an excellent resource for my students this year. Students take an ongoing diagnostic that gives them current levels for various skills. They then receive an action plan in which they must practice skills on their level for each category. This has been useful for the student because it allows them to practice each category based on their individual needs.
Jakiera
IXL has been an excellent resource for my students this year. Students take an ongoing diagnostic that gives them current levels for various skills. They then receive an action plan in which they must practice skills on their level for each category. This has been useful for the student because it allows them. to practice each category based on their individual needs
Denise
Starfall is a great early-literacy website with practice for ELLs. It’s interactive and engaging, and boosts students’ overall enthusiasm for learning. It focuses on interactive lessons, pronunciation activities, numbers, vocabulary and pictures. It also has fun activities with academic vocabulary which is great for ELLs. The ELL aspects of the site have excellent resources for educators as well as parents. There is a strong emphasis on reading and students can choose from a variety of activities that have a step-by-step process.
Natasha
Learning A to Z is a great resource. My students had access to RAZ Kids. RAZ kids is an online reading resource. Teachers can assign students a reading level and they can log in and read books specifically on their reading level. I really like this program for my lower students because it can be difficult to find engaging books on their reading level.
Katrina B
I use ReadWorks to differentiate my teaching. Based on levels, I pick articles for my groups to work on.
Cynthia Rhoads
I recommend Nearpod (https://nearpod.com/library/). I used it a lot when we switch to virtual learning in the spring, and I am looking forward to using it more next year-- especially if we have any sort of blended learning environment. You can use it to create interactive slideshows for students, including quizzes, games, videos, and/or writing prompts. You can create lessons for students to complete at their own pace, or you can create teacher-led lessons for students to access in the classroom. In the teacher-led lessons, each student has their own device and you can see how students are answering in real time. I think it's helpful for striving readers because you are pairing the verbal directions and visuals with the written directions. You can assess understanding quickly and provide extra support if needed.
Jennifer Wirick
Our county provides and requires us to use the iReady program. It is not free, but it does help our struggling readers as the lessons are differentiated. The students work at their own pace. If I see that they are struggling with a lesson, I will work with them one-on-one to see where they are having issues.
MaryElizabeth
In my classroom, I like using Starfall - (starfall.com). This website offers various resources ]to help struggling learners develop reading and writing skills through interactive games.
MaryElizabeth
In my classroom, I like using reading rockets. This site helps struggling readers improve in phonics, fluency, and reading comprehension.
MaryElizabeth
In my classroom, I like using reading rockets. This site helps struggling readers improve in phonics, fluency, and reading comprehension.
Sherri Himrod
www.differentiatedteaching.com This link has 10 websites for reading intervention lessons and tools. These reading intervention websites all contain great resources that will help support your students in building essential skills in the core areas of reading including phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.
Osmara
Since I work mostly with ELL students I use VOAnews.com because it has many levels of reading with audio and videos. There are also printable worksheets, assessments and lesson plans for individual learners and English teachers.
Devin
CommonLit.com is a great resource. If you are reading a novel, it has activities and articles related to your main novel, activities, vocabulary, etc. I think it's a great way to help high school students think about the curriculum without bogging them down with repetitive activities.
Devin
CommonLit.com is a great resource. If you are reading a novel, it has activities and articles related to your main novel, activities, vocabulary, etc. I think it's a great way to help high school students think about the curriculum without bogging them down with repetitive activities.
Cynthia Rhoads
My school has started using Fundations this year for first and second grades (they had already started Fundations for K the previous year). It teaches phonics and vocabulary in a systemic, explicit progression with lots of visual, aural, oral, and kinesthetic reinforcement. However, it was a little challenging to adapt the hands-on components when we had to switch to virtual school for fourth quarter. I am really excited that they are releasing a virtual hub (https://www.wilsonlanguage.com/programs/fundations/materials/virtual-resource-hub/) that teachers will be able to use to teach Fundations in virtual and blended classrooms next year.
Melissa Taormina
I love Epic Books. It has a large collection of books in a wide variety of subjects. I was able to utilize Epic Books during e-learning. I teach IE2 (STEM) and start each of my units with a picture book that is related to the topic of our engineering challenge. Epic Books allowed me to share a story with my students even during e-learning. I was also able to assign more books related to the topic (ex. force and motion). Epic Books also allows the to student to listen as they read along.
Lauren Foreman
The resource I would like to share is Newsela.com. I really like this site because it provides current events articles with ranging lexile and text levels. The website provides "authentic content from the most trusted names." Students can be invited to a teacher's class on Newsela and articles may be assigned to each student. Teachers can assign articles to each student based on their reading and comprehension levels. Each article comes with four quiz questions based on the article and one short answer questions that can be edited by the teacher. Student scores are recorded in a gradebook on the website. This resource is effective because the teacher can choose articles based on specific topics or standards being taught in the classroom. It is a great source for informational texts to be used as supplemental material for many different lessons.
Tom Gannon
We have 2 Resources we used at our school this year, across grades K-3rd. Since we have several ELLs and struggling readers both resources address the primary foundations for reading success,including but not limited to: Phonemic Awareness Skills, Early Literacy Skills, Story Predicting and retelling, Basic letter sounds, blends, etc. the lessons are brief, easy to use and are scaffolded. We have good results using these 2 resources daily:'Fundations-www.wilsonlanguage.com' and 'Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum by Literacy Resources,Inc'.
Vera Murrell-Isom
Nearpod is a great learning tool and resource to use in subject areas. It offers interesting lessons and literature that can be used at differentiated levels. The lessons can be altered for whole group or students'independent pace including struggling readers. The lessons are interactive with audio literature, colorful visuals and charts. In addition, each lesson integrates higher order thinking comprehension questions that are both multiple choice and short responses, vocabulary,and end of the lesson reflection. It is very helpful comprehension tool to use in the classroom.
Vera Murrell-Isom
Nearpod is a helpful comprehension and vocabulary tool and resource to use for subject areas learning in the classroom. It offers interesting lessons and literature that can be used at differentiated levels. The lessons can be altered for whole group or students'independent pace including struggling readers. The lessons are interactive with audio literature, colorful visuals and charts. In addition, each lesson integrates higher order thinking comprehension questions that are both multiple choice and short responses, vocabulary,and end of the lesson reflection.
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