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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

Angela Wilson
Freckle integrates with the Renascence Reading Program https://www.freckle.com/ Freckle differentiates with practice activities like Word Study which gives repetition and builds mastery. You can also assign specific passages and topics.
Jessica Poppleton
I use Epic! and ReadWorks to support my students' literacy. I can either assign readings or they can pick. I have them practice reading and take quizzes. They are not counted toward their grade, so there is no pressure. The students get choice in their learning and can practice their reading skills using content they actually want to read. ReadWorks is also great because it has both multiple choice and short answer questions.
Barbara Harrison
I like Reading Rockets( www.readingrockets.org )It is a good source for parents, teachers and struggling readers. It has information on all diagnosed disabilities and specific topics to focus on to assist these readers and appropriate level text, as well as tips and additional resources for those supporting the reader.
Kathy Shoemaker
I choose Epic!-Books for Kids because it is a great reading resource for multiple ages/levels. Great for differentiation. It has books on various subjects/topics. You can access books multiple ways- by grade level, lexile/reading level, age level, Fiction/Non-Fiction, etc. You can assign books to individuals or class, some have quizzes, some also have AR quizzes. Teacher can check their progress. There are Read to Me/Read Alouds where words pop up as read, to emphasize word- great for ELL kids. There are also comics and short learning Videos. Something for everyone! https://www.getepic.com/ Read to Me stories are great for struggling readers because of the pop up feature and short quizzes give immediate feedback. Being able to access books at multiple levels on same topic is great for differentiation.
Ruth Bridgewater
I like to use SQRRR: Survey, Questions, Read, Restate, Review. This is an effective way to review a text and read it to get specific information from teacher-generated questions about the text. It is helpful for ELLs and struggling readers because it is peer-guided and they work with a partner or small group who can help them. activereading4.html Students glance through the parts of the text to formulate an idea of the contents. They read with a partner, taking turns. They write down the main idea, and discuss it with their partners. That is followed by whole-group and teacher-led discussion. It allows for modeling and guiding. Students then do a 2nd read, and summarize each section with their partner. Questions are answered, more questions are formulated. It is a great way to work through a text.
Andre Daniels
The Literacy Resource I like for Struggling Readers and all Readers is Raz-Kids. It is a leveled reading source that is great for all readers at all levels. I used this site as part of my Distance Learning program. It was free during that time, but normally there is a cost. https://www.raz-kids.com/ This website was part of a recommendation by the UFLI program at the University of Florida. This is a website where students go to read anytime and anywhere. Raz-Kids provides the ability to place each of your students in a level that you select. It can be used as a read-aloud or as an independent reading activity. For struggling readers it also provides the option of hearing the story. After they read the story their is a comprehension review that shows they understood the story. The site has a "Reading Room" that the students can go to on their leisure. One of the other great things is that as students work through their reading level Raz-Kids will automatically move them up to the next level. This is great for students who want to utilize the site during the summer.
Robin Montcerisier
I really like using the resource Raz Kids Plus. It has all different ways you can access books, lesson plans, graphic organizer, curriculum based assessment and running records. Books can be printed in English as well as Spanish. Books can also have different levels but same text. This works well with struggling readers as I am able to differentiate my instruction.
Kathy Shoemaker
I really like Epic!- Books for Kids. It has lots of books to expose kids to. When they hover over the book, it gives them info about the book & a brief summary. Multiple ways to sort books- a few examples are, by topic/subject, grade level, lexile level, age, & Fiction/Non-Fiction. There are even quizzes for many books or you can create your own, & many books even have AR tests. There are Comics & short educational videos, too. https://www.getepic.com/ It is great for differentiation, & very beneficial, esp. to ELL or struggling students because it even has Read to Me/Read Aloud books. The words pop up as they are read. Quizzes give automatic feedback. Teacher can assign books to individuals or class, at their level, so great for differentiation.
Karen
One awesome website I love is www.theliteracynest.com You can create your own word builder, there are lots of resources and games. Also you can get information about awesome apps to use on devices such as phones, tablets, laptops or desktops.
Lisa
I love quizlet. It can be used for various subject matters and allows students to study using the programs various methods. It can hold a lot of information in one place. There are also preset lists of information such s vocabulary for a specific science unit made by others for students to be able to access.
Megan Jones
I love flocabulary because of all the songs. It has great ways to teach kids words and to help them remember the words.
Laura Richardson
I like to use epic.com. It has a huge variety of books for students on many subjects. The books are also on multiple levels. I like that many of the books have audio for my non-readers. The books have questions you can utilize with your class to help with comprehension practice.
Rebecca Brady
I really like brainpop for science. They are entertaining for the students and they are short. I also like flocabulary. The students get caught up and are singing the songs for days!
Andrew
Flocabulary is a great resource for students. I chose this resource because it is a fun and engaging way to give students a quick look at a topic before diving into it. FLocabulary are videos on Youtube. This resource is good for struggling readers because it gives a new way of looking at a topic. This would give them multiple exposures in a variety of media for the same topic.
Amanda Edwards
I find great value in BrainpopJr as a resource. It's engaging and presented in a manner that students can relate. It also offers different levels of quizzes and follow up activities.
Lynn Jones
I really enjoyed using EPIC especially during the school covid shut down. The books are leveled for the students and allow readers to listen and/or read and most are followed by a short quiz. Students earned points for educational games and were able to level up. Best of all my students loved this resource.
Christine Cortes
Readworks is an excellent free resource for teachers. It offers articles that help with reading comprehension, vocabulary, as well as differentiation. The site allows teachers the opportunity to access via internet, print or project on a board. It has articles categorized in Science, SocialStudies, Reading and ELA. It even provides teachers with lesson plans and question sets enabling them to concentrate on teaching.
Becky Richard
Two resources I like to use in my 9th grade English classroom are newsela.com and commonlit.org Newsela publishes new texts frequently, and you can change the lexile for students or groups of students. As a class, we can all discuss the same article and comprehension questions while making it more accessible for some learners. Commonlit.org is excellent for finding all kinds of fiction and non-fiction, and can be searched by standard, theme, grade level, etc. You can also turn on guided reading mode for students so they cannot keep reading until they successfully answer a comprehension question before moving on. Questions are identified by standard as well and it easy to see data at-a-glance so you know what challenges a student or class has.
Denise Herrera
I use Readworks.org in my small group reading instruction. I chose this resource because I can differentiate the text for each reading group and provide accommodations such as having the text read to students. Read Works also allows be to select text based on a specific skill or concept. https://www.readworks.org/ This resource helps struggling readers because it provides text at their reading level with appropriate accommodations.
Melissa
I like to use Epic.com. I used it with my 4th graders this year. I really put it to the test when we had to shut down due to the pandemic. I had the students all read The Chocolate Touch and then on Schoology, they answered questions. My students are still using Epic now that is summer vacation! I love that they are reading and with Epic they have a huge assortment of books available to them. The books are also in different levels and languages so all my students can enjoy!
Vanessa Ewbank
My students and I love Flipgrid, https://info.flipgrid.com . This site is an educational SnapChat, where you post a topic/question and the students reply using the video embedded tool. It's a great way to showcase thoughts, while also permitting the kids to respond in an oral manner, practicing presentation skills.
kayla
My class uses epic.com. It is a great resource that both reads to and allows students to independently read books. There are AR books and non AR books. It is a great literary resource.
Maria
I like this article because if talk about implementation of Augmented Reality technology in the classroom to change the way kids learn to explore the world. Augmented Reality could also be implemented to modify and differentiate student learning at all grade levels.
Megan Ryan
I really love www.brainpopjr.com because the students can learn about a certain topic or concept and can take an easy and/or hard quiz afterwards to access their learning. During remote learning this resource was great especially for science/social studies. I also used www.epic.com and loved that I could assign books to students to read on their level and then track how much they were reading.
Megan Ryan
I really love www.brainpopjr.com because it helps with concepts and skills and the students are always engaged and excited to watch the videos. At the end of the video there are multiple activities the children can do to extend their learning. I used this a lot during distance learning to teach science/social studies. Students had to take the easy/hard quiz and submit their results. I also really like www.epic.com because you can assign books for your students to read and then track what they've read and how long they've read.
Samanatha Smith
I chose the star fall website because it takes the student frame by frame and lets the student hear the word syllable by syllable. This helps the student to recognize the word and to reinforce the word. A student that is struggling can use this to help them decode words as they are reading. The website is http://more.starfall.com
Carol
I like to use Learning Ally with my students. learningally.org I use this because it allows my struggling readers to access grade level text, while continuing to work on their fluency. When text is presented in a bi-modal format such as this which is, auditory and visually highlighted, students focus on the letter patterns and more connections are made as they read. This increases their fluency and comprehension.
Jennifer Guerrero
One wonderful resource is NearPod, it is a assignment builder site that connects to platforms such as Google Classroom. What I like about it is that it "houses" all aspects of the assignment under one continuous link. The students and parents log in and the students complete the reading, the video, writing response even drawing in one place without having to log out, log in over and over in different sites and having to remember many passwords. The site also lets the teacher record the directions, the site has minimal reading requirements to access tasks and complete them making the site easy to navigate for Ells and their parents.
Yvette Myara
Florida Center for Reading Research FCCR.org is a great resource for center activities Phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension in all grades. The activities are simple, engaging, and effective. One of my favorite activities is using the students pictures to have students find how many syllables leading to the discovery of how many vowels since every syllable must have a vowel sound in english.
Yvette Myara
Florida Center for Reading Research FCCR.org is a great resource for center activities for struggling readers. It is organized by activities to support phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension in all grades. The activities are simple, engaging, and effective. One of my favorite activities is using the students pictures to have students find how many syllables leading to the discovery of how many vowels since every syllable must have a vowel sound in english.
Amy Piccoli
I have been using EPIC books for not only my struggling readers but for all my students. It's engaging and offers a variety of genres and there are also books that can be read to them. For struggling readers this is a great feature because they can read higher level books and get that exposure to higher level vocabulary.
Susan M Cope
I love to use Learning A-Z. I can download books that have the phonics skill we are learning and the students can underline, highlight, and take them home for continued practice.
Carissa McCray
One strategy I would incorporate for all my students with various scaffolds would be the consistent implementation of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy by Zaretta Hammond. She argues in her book, CRT and the Brain, that we sometimes prevent our students from engaging in texts because our classroom are not safe spaces for literary engagement and they are automatically shutting down. https://crtandthebrain.com/about/
Summer Reed
I really like brainpop in order to help make students learning interactive and fun and help students to go deeper into a subject/topic.
Debbie
Teaching kindergarten can have its challenging moments with tons of different reading levels. Epic is an absolutely wonderful source. It has different reading levels for listening to books or independent reading. The teacher can even go through a list of books and assign them to the students!
Jacqueline H
Vocabulary City is a great resource to support all students in vocabulary. You can use their pre-populated lists and suggestions or you can upload your own list from a curriculum source or your lesson plan. This site formulates the definitions and sentences for you, however you can change the definition and sentence to match the content you are teaching. This site connects with parents, students, and educators and can be accessed at school or home. Assessments can be formulated and tracked as well to gauge how well your students are doing. Great practice in the classroom!
Christine Cortes
ABCya.com is a free resource which categorizes by grade level, subject, and standard. It helps to supplement curriculum with interactive games, books with audio features, writing activities and more. Plus, it is available online as well as downloadable apps. I am interested in using this resource as struggling readers or any child gets engaged in learning when they are having fun. The feature that interests me most for both struggling readers and ELLs is not only the audio feature which will read the text, but also the words get highlighted as they are read. This will allow them to both listen to and see the correct spelling and pronunciation of the words.
Kaylie Ellison
I selected the Student Center Activities at the Florida Center for Reading Research because they have been beneficial for my students when specific skills are needed. It has many activities to use as centers or in a small group to help students learn. https://www.fcrr.org/student-center-activities If I know the student needs more support on onset and rime, I can find an activity specifically for that skill and work with him or her on it.
Julia Hagen
I love using resources from FCRR. They are all research based and great for helping struggling students with beginning reading skills- phonics, phonemic awareness, etc.
Summer Reed
I really like starfall.com for helping struggling readers. It has fun interactive games and resources to help readers.
Summer
I use Newsela and like how I can differentiate the same text for each student. The articles are interesting, current, and so many! Newsela will even read the article to the student for the ones who need to hear it as they read along.
Molly Burkhardt
I like readworks.org. It has a variety of text that can be used to support science and social studies. You can look up text by topic, grade, Lexile level to find what you need.
Lori
A great resource for struggling learners is Raz Kids Plus. It gives a wide variety of engaging, leveled books on their multiple levels (F & P, Lexile, etc.) digitally. There is a "Read to Me" option. There is also an opportunity to take a quiz after reading or listening to a book.
Sharon Mckenzie
There are a multitude of resources such as LearningA-Z.com, ABCMouse, Readworks, Epic Books. I use Epic as well as MyOn for my students and can set it to read to them if need be. https://www.learninga-z.com/ https://www.abcmouse.com/abt/homepage?8a08850bc2=T1204822899.1594251912.9786 https://www.readworks.org/ https://www.getepic.com/promo https://www.renaissance.com/myon-digital-library/?tab=core&pn=1
Debbie B
My school uses the LLI (Leveled Literacy Intervention) program with our struggling readers. I love this program because it begins by assessing each student to identify their independent and instructional reading level. Students are grouped accordingly. The program helps struggling readers through the use of high-interest leveled books (both fiction and nonfiction). Daily lessons involve word work, fluency practice, comprehension skills, and writing about reading. https://www.fountasandpinnell.com/lli/
Jennifer Minor
I use starfall.com with my struggling readers in kindergarten. There is a focus on letter recognition, high frequency words, and simple reading passages. The activities are interactive and fun. I have seen improvement especially with my ELL students and lower level students.
Elvira Garcia-Rodriguez
Footsteps2brillance is a great source for students to help with phonics and phonemic awareness. This is free and parents can see how the students are progressing. It is also made bilingual, Spanish and English.
gina
I absolutely love epic.com This is a phenomenal reading resource for my students. This source gives a ton of reading book options and it comes with an audio book as well. I think that is super important for the students still in early reading stages.
gina
I absolutely love epic.com This is a phenomenal reading resource for all students to use. This source gives a ton of reading book options and all different levels and interests. I also love that this source comes with an audio book. I think the audio version is super important for the students still in early reading stages. This allows all students to feel confident in their reading.
Shannon
I've just recently found Epic this year. It has a variety of books for children to choose from and it's a great resource for reading comprehension. It encouraged my students to love to read. I highly recommend it.
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