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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

Julia
https://www.storylineonline.net/library/ I like story line online because it has books and it has resources for parents and teachers to go along with the book.
Jackie Hinds
Reading Rockets is an excellent resource for struggling readers. It contains content from PreK to 12th grade with researched based solutions and strategies to support students. This site also has resource links embedded on their website to explore other resources, watch video content, and listen to podcasts or other experts. This site can be used by educators, parents, and students. The amount of information is endless and very useful.
Jackie Hinds
The Measured Mom is an excellent resource for struggling readers. It contains content from Kindergarten to 12th grade with tools for teaching and assisting struggling readers. This site is designed and managed by an educator and includes helpful quick tips for how to help the student. It is user friendly and can help you grab information quickly to use on the spot.
Michelle
I chose this article to blog about because I like that it discusses using multisensory techniques for struggling readers. In certain ways this lines up with Whole Brain Teaching that I find very effective. The link is: https://www.readingrockets.org/article/orton-gillingham-what-you-need-know It is about how Orton-Gillingham provides an approach to helping struggling readers with explicit connections between letters and sounds. The program helps struggling readers by using a step-by-step approach based on how children learn language. The students must master one skill before they are introduced to the next skill. It is an approach that involves all of the senses.
Leigh Souther
My students enjoy Flocabulary. We use it for many of our reading skills. For introductory purposes, I will play it at the beginning of a Unit. We also have recently begun using Nearpod and have found it useful to embed Flocabulary in the lesson.
Angela Wilson
An excellent resource for struggling readers is Epic. Many of my reluctant readers love to be on the computer. Along with a huge library of online books, Epic has a read to me function that supports fluency and expression. As the teacher, you are able to put together collections of books related to the topic or skill you chose. https://www.getepic.com/
Ashley
There are so many great resources on this blog! I personally can't wait to explore www.flocabulary.com that a previous poster recommended! My favorite "go to" is Readworks. There are many options at different levels that are appropriate for small and large group instruction. It also provides resources that integrate subjects and build vocabulary.
Bonnie Warren
One resource that I use is Read Naturally. I actually have hard copies of this resource but there is a internet source for it, as well. (https://www.readnaturally.com/product/read-naturally-live) This resource is great for improving fluency and comprehension on students individual levels. Students can see their improvement over time and get so excited when they chart their fluency and are able to visually represent their improvements by graphs. I usually use this resource for my struggling readers because the program starts out where the students are currently reading and allows them to grow through the program. Each passage has a vocabulary preview and comprehension questions. When students have achieved at least 95% accuracy on their passage, I let them answer the questions and complete the retell. This gives me an opportunity to work on comprehension skills at the student level. I have seen great improvement in overall fluency, comprehension, and confidence using this program.
Leigh Souther
My school uses Flocabulary. It is on the student classlink and they can easily access it if they need a refresher on a specific skill. They like the music and seem to remember the information.I embed it into my nearpod lessons as well. I have also assigned it for small groups when they are student led.
Leigh SoutherI
I recommend Flocabulary. My students use it in small groups when assigned and I embed it in my Nearpod lessons when it is appropriate. I like that students enjoy the content and can go back and review Flocabulary lessons if they need a refresher.
Rhiannon
I really like epic and vooks for students to read along to audio of a book. It allows students to enjoy books that may have been at a higher reading level than they are comfortable with reading independently.
Rhiannon
FLocabulary is great for students to expand on their vocab.
krista aresi
Learning Ally has been a great resource for my students. Learningally.org
Angela Walker
I really like using Readworks.org because I can select texts based on Lexile levels. Questions can also be adjusted as needed. This makes great center activities for students and also can be used for students needing accelerated material.
Angela
I like using Readworks.org because I can choose a variety of materials for differentiation. Questions can also be modified for students. These make great center activities and also acceleration material for students.
Gabriela
I like Readworks (https://www.readworks.org/), it's a great source to find texts on several topics. You can also differentiate the texts when assigning them to students. You can assign the texts with audio, comprehension questions, and vocabulary.
Mary S.
I like to use epic. It has a variety of fiction and nonfiction text at all levels. It also has audio for those struggling readers.
Cynthia Rhoads
I chose to share Go Noodle because it has videos related to literacy skills (e.g. rhyme, fluency, vocabulary) set to song and dance. This resource supports struggling readers and ELL students because the videos are expressive, and they reinforce meaning via Non-Linguistic representations.
Rebekah
I am sharing a product I made for my 3rd grade students at the time. I got the idea from my daughters 1st grade teacher where she was building word recognition and fluency. I felt the strategy would be perfect for my struggling readers that lacked the fluency they needed to read through passages at a rate to build comprehension. It worked very well for my students. I also used it this year with my ELL 4th grade students even though the list goes through 3rd grade site words. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Racers-5788731
Sue
My go to is Reading A-Z. I frequently use the decodable readers. Helps with learning targets. Students can highlight words with the letter-sound correspondence taught.
Shannon
I recently started using Epic this past school year. My students loved the variety of books that they had to offer. Highly recommend it.
Kelly
Snap and read is a great resource for struggling readers. Texts can be read aloud, translated into other languages. There are also features to help simplify vocabulary. www.snapandread.com
Chelsa
I chose https://www.readingrockets.org/resourceinfo I chose this because it gives suggestions on how to help a struggling reader. Also, it has different activities, books, ect. for parents to download to help their struggling reader.
Renea Finney
Science A-Z is a resource that combines both science and literacy into one. It covers many topics for grades K-6 such as Life Science - Earth/Space Science - Physical Science - and Scientific Processes. Included in the program are experiments - hands-on activity ideas and literary activities that they can work on individually or with partners to build their scientific thinking and skills. https://www.learninga-z.com/site/products/sciencea-z/overview
Kathryn Compton
I really like Thinking Maps to engage students in complex text dependent reading activities. Thinking maps are versatile to any grade level and help students process information and be transferred directly to writing activities based off the reading.
Heather Artis
I use a variety of resources. AtoZ Reading is a website subscription that offers digital and printable text in a wide range of reading levels. I love Readworks for multi-level passages and easy progress monitoring. Brain Pop is a favorite for building a little prior content knowledge in Science especially; and the kids love it too.
Amanda
Readworks is a great source for text. There are various options for fiction or non fiction. Most of the stories also come with vocabulary and comprehensions questions that are great for whole group or small group work. You can look up stories by topic or by standard.Teachers can sign up for free.
Sotomayor Rodriguez, Nereida
First, tell us why you chose the resource. NatGeo has a reading program named INside for helping struggling readers and perhaps specifically the ELL student. There are three levels from the student who does not know anything about reading English yet and needs to begin with phonemic awareness through the student reading at a higher level as an ELL. This is what we use in my district and is of high quality and very efficient. Next, provide us with a link to the resource and a brief description of it. This is an overview of the program https://ngl.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=201+4294918395&Ntk=NGL%7CP_EPI&Ntt=inside%7C10020965574432922948828472272043522827&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false Explain how the resource works effectively, or has the potential to work effectively, with struggling readers. This program is used at my district and is one of my favorites. It is much better than the reading program we use. That program is a bit to difficult, even for the native speaker. It meets my ELL students where they are at and allows us to build skills and meet the students where they are at. The teacher guide tells you step-by-step how to present the materials and activities for delivery. I wish all curriculum was this user friendly.
Danielle Guida
I like readworks for my struggling students. It has a variety of texts on varying reading levels. You can also manipulate the task that goes with it whether you want vocabulary or comprehension questions. It comes with vocabulary guidance and can be read aloud as well!
Kathy LaBelle
A first year teacher turned me on to Epic Books. It is free for teachers and students. There are different types of texts and even read to me books.
Cassie McCammon
Epic! is a great reading resource for students, especially those that are struggling readers. I have found, in my experience, that it is easy to differentiate instruction because you can assign books on each student's independent reading level on the same topic. For example, if we are studying Westward Expansion, I can find three different books on this topic at different levels to assign to my students. I have also found that students LOVE using Epic because it's online and they can listen and interact with the text in different ways. To access Epic! you can follow this link: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in
Deanna Giglotti
I use Flocabulary for my students. It is a really fun way to incorporate vocabulary. I love the songs that is provided, this gives students a fun and exciting new approach to learning. The link is Flocabulary.com.
Valerie Baker
I like reading bear for struggling learners. It is an online, fun way to learn to read. There are over 12,000 vocabulary items on this site (vocabulary is much of the struggle, especially with ELL students). There are also over 50 presentations that cover all of the main phonics rules.
Deanna Giglotti
I like to use commonlit.com. It provides great grade level texts on a variety of topics. It provides vocabulary and text based questions including a short response question.
Susan Cope
I use decodable leveled readers from Reading A-Z with my students. They are great for differentiated instruction, and comprehension question,s and additional activities are included.
Paula Swenson
'Reading Horizons' gives reading and teaching strategies to help struggling readers. I like this site because it gives a number of different approaches to choose from - so if one strategy isn't working for a student, you can choose another one.
Sakhi Babakarkhil
I really love using GenerationGenius as a resource for Science. It has really engaging videos while also making it fun for the students. They also have lots of questions for the students to answer while giving them an explanation if they get it wrong. Some of the videos have an experiment which the students always find fun, so it gives great ideas for the teachers to share with their class. It helps the struggling readers by going through a lot of content-specific vocabulary words, and giving them student friendly definitions. GenerationGenius.com
E.Mendoza
Readworks website is a great resource because they provide a variety of nonfiction and fictional passages but also allow for selections based on skills that need practice in. www.readworks.org
Lori
https://www.raz-plus.com/ I love RazKids Plus. It is great for all students and especially struggling readers. Online books are available in all reading levels and give the students an option for "Read to Me". There is a percentage bar that accompanies each book so you can see if the child actually read the whole book. Many of the titles include a quiz at the end which is helpful to see if they comprehended what they read.
Osmara
I like http://esl-bits.net/ because The sole purpose of this site is to help students improve their listening and reading comprehension of the English language.'BITS English Language Learning' is completely non-profit and contains no advertising.
Jessica
I like A-Z Learning, https://www.learninga-z.com/. The students are able to read leveled texts and take quizzes. The students really enjoy recording themselves reading too. The company has many resources to offer too.
Danielle Guida
I like education galaxy for my struggling readers. It requires a paid subscription, but it is worth it. The students start off by taking a preassessment. It then analyzes the score and labels each standard with red, yellow, green. Students then go to the red and yellow standards to complete activities on them. When they get the answers wrong, they are given a little video explaining the concept. Activities can also be assigned to the students to complete!
Shelly
I have recently begun to use Raz kids. I love it! I love how the students can read books on their level and then can record themselves reading. And I love how I can respond back to them. I think this is such a fun way for kiddos to practice their reading in a safe, no stress environment! I will use this resource as long as I can!
Shelly
During our eLearning at the end of the year I discovered Raz kids. I love this because I can assign students to books at their level. They can read from dozens of choices. They are able to record themselves reading in a safe, stress free environment. And then I am able to listen and provide feedback. They also have points the students can earn and use on games and such. I think it is a very fun way for my K students to work on their reading!
Kathy Bauer
My go to resources are Flocabualry and Brain Pop Jr for vocabulary which is what my students struggle with the most when it comes to reading comprehension. Also, Epic is a great resource for those students that need to be read to.
Susan M Cope
readinga-z.com is a literacy source I use. I use the leveled decodable readers and follow up comprehension questions and activities.
Eliot
The first time I used Flocabulary in my 5th grade class I had to pause the video because my students thought it was that good. I had been teaching through parts of speech and they couldn't ever remember what a pronoun was. We watched a video on pronouns and I got such a good response from them that we watched it twice and then it was stuck in their heads later. I would say, mission accomplished. https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/pronouns This is the video that shows the correct use of pronouns. This video also uses non-examples towards the end and shows how to correct writing and even gives the reasons why. The level of academic language used in these is wonderful and obviously the rapping and hip hop beats always help. From that day on if I had a question about a pronoun I would remind them of the song and a lot of them could draw back to that information because the memory of it was so strong.
Megan
I enjoyed using Epic in the classroom last year and also while my students were distance learning. There is a variety of books available for students to read--different levels, topics, interest areas, etc. There are also audio books and an option for books to be read aloud to students, which is great for struggling learners. They can access text they otherwise wouldn't be able to. www.getepic.com
Cherelyn Bolt
While Nearpod is not exclusively for literacy, it is a great resource for all learners, and I have especially had great success engaging struggling readers. Through Schoology, Manatee County teachers have access to Nearpod, but you may also access it via Nearpod.com. Within Nearpod, teachers can search Nearpod's library to find previously created presentations, or teachers may create their own presentations. I prefer to create my own Nearpod presentations and embed many resources (i.e websites, pdfs, PowerPoints). There are also many ways to engage learners through activities, such as Collaborate! (as discussion board), Time to Climb (online game), Flipgrid (students create videos), etc. I especially like to use text or a graphic organizer within "Draw it" and have students practice annotating the text or filling in the organizer. I also include instruction on slides or add my own instructional videos to help students work at their own pace. As a result, this became an invaluable tool -especially during e-learning. When I asked my students to reflect on the 2019-2020 school year, my struggling learners reflected on how much they enjoyed using Nearpod.
Shannon
My students absolutely love Epic. It's a wonderful computer program that gives students a large variety of leveled fiction and non-fiction text to choose from. The stories can be read to younger students. It's a great resource for enhancing vocabulary and comprehension. Not to mention how it will help children with the love of reading.
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