Cart is empty
View Cart
Subtotal: $0.00

Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /var/www/vhosts/3ip.eu/literacysolutions.3ip.eu/wp-content/themes/literacy-solutions/includes/view/blog/loop-index.php on line 48

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.

CompareContrastBlendedLearningHappy Blogging!

3112 Comments

Brandi Oatis
I chose https://www.flocabulary.com/. Flocabulary is a website that provides hip hop songs and videos for all content area topics. Its a fun and engaging way for students to be exposed to new content and to remember it! Struggling readers, in particular, need something to hook them or make them want to learn. These engaging videos teach content through a fun way!
Lori M
I also use Reading A to Z and love it! This is another site I use https://www.getepic.com/. I like to use the resource book Reading Strategies to set goals for my struggling readers.
E. Bauer
I will use the mind mapping strategy with the help of the website https://www.goconqr.com/en-US/p/44118 Here my students can use technology to express their findings after a discussion about each lesson. Next years, more students will have their own computers, so we can use this in the classroom to create mind maps, share them, and adjust them and edit them over the course of the year. ELL students will be particularly helped by this online tool that can be shared with the group quickly and easily, with access at home and at school.
Carmen Cantizano
One of the best resources to use with first grade ELLs is www.starfall.com and www.more.starfall.com. The student can learn phonics and reading in an interactive, easy to follow website. Starfall ABCs motivates through positive reinforcement and play. Students see, hear, and interact with letters and sounds in words, sentences, and games.
Sheryl Milligan
I love the website Storyline Online. There are several famous actors and actresses that read the stories aloud for students and they use lots of enthusiasm which shows ELL students how to use expression. Students can follow along and learn new vocabulary.
Brandi Oatis
www.k12reader.com This website is a great resource for parents and teachers for reading, spelling, and grammar practice.
Jennifer Camacho
First, tell us why you chose the resource. I chose this resource because I specialize in mathematics instruction for elementary students. Literacy is involved daily in mathematics in problem solving, word problems, and discussions. It is very important to me that math teachers use the mathematical practices defined in the common core standards to teach concepts to students. One of the best resources I always turn to for math lessons, topics, activities, and online games is NCTM. SO I thought I would check there first for ELL support as well. Next, provide us with a link to the resource and a brief description of it. https://goo.gl/6yTghv The website does a good job of telling how we should instruct ELL students while still attending to and using the mathematical practices. Explain how the resource works effectively, or has the potential to work effectively, with struggling readers. In a math classroom it is important for all students to feel comfortable speaking out, making mistakes, and having mathematical arguments. ELL students must feel the same way even though they may be hesitant to demonstrate opinions, solutions, and mathematical knowledge at first with a limited amount of English language knowledge. Literacy can come into play in a math classroom on a daily basis when problem solving and discussion are involved with instruction.
Sheryl Milligan
I like to use Brainpop. This is a wonderful resource for ELL students because it shows them a video to explain the standards we are teaching. The kids love them and the videos keep them engaged which is key.
Laurie A OBrien
I love using studystack with my students. It reinforces vocabulary in so many different areas by allowing them to play matching games, use flashcards, and play video games to enhance and reinforce their knowledge of vocabulary and concepts taught in a particular unit. It is engaging and exciting for students.
Joyce De La Torre
I use Raz-kids which is part of the program A to Z, which the students first listen to the story then try to read it then answer the quiz questions. It gives all the data for comprehension and story elements. I use it for my students everyday, they do three stories daily.
Jessica Stennett
The resource I use is https://www.gonoodle.com/. It is an amazing resource that keeps my first graders engaged and excited about learning. One of my favorite features of the resource is Word Jam. This feature allows you to enter the vocabulary you are working on into the program.Students create dance moves to go along with the vocabulary words.
Jennifer
I chose this resource because it offers suggestions on games you can play with students in the classroom to make learning the English language memorable ,fun and engaging. The website I found is... https://goo.gl/UQe6Xb It has several suggestions for games you can play with students in the classroom to build on vocabulary knowledge and use. I feel like this resource has the potential to work with struggling learners because it is learning through play. This type of learning tends to help the brain build connections in the brain through all of the different types of learners.
Christina
I chose Reading A-Z, https://www.readinga-z.com/, which is a resource online that is constantly being updated and modified. It is a subscription service that allows the user access to A LOT of books and stories for every reading level. The website has more than 2,500 downloadable books (including English, Spanish, and French versions) and thousands of teaching and learning materials.
Vicky Hackett
I choose a resource to increase the very important sight words. It gives a assessment for them and practice activities. You can see the progress. www.sightwords.com It has practice and assessment and is useful to teacher and student.
Dawn Bacevic
I chose the resource Fun Brain because it is a user-friendly site for kids. The link is https://www.funbrain.com/. It includes a variety of activities, books, videos, and games for reading and math. This resource has the potential to work well for struggling readers because it includes phonics songs, videos, and popular books for differing interests. I really like the Playground where kids can choose skills for their own level.
Eric
I chose this website because this helps provides resources to help parents help their child with their reading struggles. www.readingrockets.org is the website. This website will give parents resources to help their kid(s) which is another resource the student has to help them. The teacher and parent can both help the student become a better reader using multiple resources.
Bea
As a Pre-K and Kindergarden teacher, I found a lot of this blogs information useful and am interested in exploring some of the suggested resources. For the youngest of struggling learners, I have found a rebus reading activity website with 25 lessons that is very instrumental in helping many of my students make the jump and become emergent readers. The activities were originally designed and published on a page called Little Giraffes under Sentence Practice. Later, it was absorbed by A to Z. The original site helps students acquire a strong command of sight words and the rhythm of sentences. It's simple form can be used with the youngest of learners and it increases the difficulty while providing multiple practices. It only adds a few words at a time to keep students motivated and not overwhelmed. Parents become interested in their child's reading and seem to eagerly support this format.Here is the link: http://www.littlegiraffes.com/sentencepractice.html
Christina Buehler
A resource I like to use is Readworks.org. I use these articles for close reading for small group remediation as well as pulling articles to add to my social studies and science curriculum. This helps with incorporating reading and writing skills in subjects other than ELA. These passages are also great for vocabulary comprehension.
Cynthia Washam
I went to the Color in Colorado site because it has a wealth of good information about teaching ESOL. I easily found several resources. One I consider particularly useful and easy to apply is cooperative learning. Working in groups helps ELLs in several ways. One is that they're exposed to hearing how other students frame their answers. Another is that they can learn from members of their group without the pressure of asking questions in front of the entire class. Finally, working in groups promotes social interaction, which is crucial for ELLS, especially in their early days at a new school. http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/cooperative-learning-strategies
Hossy Habashzada
I've used Brain Pop. It has covers various subjects such as Health, Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Arts, Music, Engineering and Technology. They're many fun games to play and animated education. I've found the resource helpful.
Nicole Kusnierz
The resource that I picked was Flocabulary. It can be found at Flocabulary.com. This is a fun and engaging way for students to work on concepts in all subject areas. It has fun songs activities and lessons that the students love. Students ask to listen to songs on Flocabulary and help them to remember concepts that we are working on in class. It helps struggling readers work on new concepts but also helps them with vocabulary. They can hear and see the words on the screen as the song is playing. I think that the audio and visual combined helps students learn the new words.
Jenniffer Bermudez
I choose Reading A-Z because the teacher and the students have access to leveled reading books. It can be very interactive for the students by having online access. They can track their progress and the assessments provide a clear indication of how the students are progressing. www.readinga-z.com.
Susan Meiler
readingrockets.org Reading Rockets is a wonderful website to utilize for both teachers and parents. It shares wonderful information and articles to help teachers and parents understand what may be causing the struggle as well as vital information to get children on their way to success.
Michelle Doughty
I love so many sites and many of them are mentioned here; Reading Rockets, Readworks, and many more. I have to say that learning A-Z is a great resource to us for struggling learners.This website allows for differentiated resources and blended learning. They have all kinds of resources from sight words to printable readers. It is truly a resource that is helpful with today's struggling readers. I use it regularly in my class.
Donna
Brainpop is resource we frequently use in our classroom. There is a variety of subject matter and the students like being able to be interactive with the smart board to answer the quiz questions at the end of each video.
Julie
I use digital.readworks.org Students read Fiction and Nonfiction passages. The passages introduce vocabulary and some even include audio. The passages are listed under specific reading skills. There are higher order questions at the end of the passages. The students are provided with immediate feedback and may try multiple times to answer the questions. I am able to see student responses in an effort to provide individual support as needed.
Robles
I chose Quizlet.com to help my students learn the vocabulary that they will be using during their writing assignments. I call these words "trick words" since they do not have a rule they follow like most words. On the website provided my students are able to listen tot he pronunciation of the word, play games and also take a short quiz at the end.
Donna
Razkids is a great website to help students build comprehension. It allows them to read an on level book online and you can monitor their comprehension and understanding.
James Hollowell
I chose, "Top Ways to Implement Differentiated Instruction Strategies" from Teachhub.com because it talks about the different ways to differentiate teaching but it also explains the reasoning behind the differentiation such as flexible grouping where we might initially group students with similar learning levels but students learn at different rate at different assessment times it might become evident that student need to be moved to different groups. it also talks about learning centers and independent studies. I use Kahn academy because I have math students at so many different levels of learning that it becomes nearly impossible for me to cover all the levels in a class period but this site allows each student to work at their own pace at their own level.
Mary Villiers
I have used newsela.com for informational articles. You can select articles at different reading levels for differentiation. There is also quiz comprehension questions for each article that the students can answer.
Siobhan Awad
I like Reading Rockets. You can find many different types of activities to use in your reading classroom. They have videos to demonstrate how they are used and even suggest when the best time to use them would be
Steve Cullipher
I found http://www.esl-lounge.com/. It seems like a pretty comprehensive offering with multiple levels of comprehension. It offers board games, flash cards and many other tools for use with ELL students. The cost is reasonable and they offer a site license for group subscriptions.
Dawn Bacevic
The resource I am choosing to share is Progressive Phonics which can be found @http://www.progressivephonics.com/. This is a great resource to help struggling readers build a foundation with phonics skills. The website has a variety of books and materials that are organized by phonics patterns. It starts off with very basic alphabet knowledge and moves to more challenging reading levels.
Summer Odom
I really like the website www.newsela.com. I like it because I can adjust the lexile level for each student. If I know a student can read at a higher/lower level I can change the lexile level to fit that student. This is very important to their comprehension. We are reading the same article but at different levels. I also like this website because I can pick very interesting topics for my students. Many times certain topics that they have to read are not very interesting to them and I feel as though they do not really read something that is not interesting. When they have an article that they are able to identify with, they will tend to read more closely and really grasp what they are reading. This helps with comprehension, reading, and writing.
Steve Cullipher
I chose "Beginning Reading and Writing" https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0807739766. Chapter six is dedicated to ELL's, albeit for the Pre-K level. There is scripted dialogue that accompanies classroom experiences with various students. The methods used in this book focus on how to respond to students incorrect English in a positive way to help them immersively. The information can be easily adapted for any classroom.
Britt Kelly
https://www.teachervision.com/lesson-planning/graphic-organizer This site offers many graphic organizers and checklists that can be used across the curriculum. This helps students manage their thoughts, ideas, and information and guides them to clear expectations. The site also provides lessons with paired worksheets and organizers. I also like to use Pebble Go. It is a non-fiction resource that provides many accommodations for students including text to talk and spanish version.
Summer
One resource I like to use is www.teachervision.com. It has so many useful resources that I can pull from to help my students. If we are learning a new skill I like to go to this website to see what resources are available. Many times they have different grade levels which is a huge help. They have different kinds of graphic organizers. One thing that I learned from my students that they do not all learn the same way. If I am using a graphic organizer for a skill and I see that one or more students are not understanding it we can change the organizer and see if that helps.
Laura
I chose NewsELA. This site has current events at various levels with comprehension questions. You can adjust reading levels so the topic is article material is the same, but the reading levels are different. The students usually do not even realize they are not the same.
Jackie
One resource that I have used is Flocabulary. This resources can be assessed at www.flocabulary.com. This resources offers several subjects and lessons that are interactive and entertaining to the students. you are able to assign work to your class and the students really enjoy the music and the ability to watch the music videos again and again. Its like students do not even realize they are learning when they memorize the songs.
Kathleen Olson
One resource I use in my classroom is readworks.org Readworks allows me to choose a particular text based on the standard being taught or subject content. Each text is able to be set at a specific lexile level so that each student is able to read about the same topic, but on their level.
sarah
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/learn_eng.htm This site has 35 different activities to use with Spanish speaking students who are beginning to learn English. There are many vocabulary games, an audio dictionary, and visually enticing matching activities.
Alyce Hartwig
I like to use this vocabulary site, Vocabulary.co.il, (http://www.vocabulary.co.il/) with students and my ELL students. It has a variety games and incorporates pictures and repetition that helps ELL learners. I also helps build their word banks. While I really like this site, it should be used to supplement their learning. It offers a variety ways learn vocabulary. It focuses on affixes, antonyms, synonyms, Latin roots, etc. And on top of all that, the kids love it!
Deanna Henderson
I chose a go-to for younger students,http://www.starfall.com/. It is easy for students to navigate, it provides practice in letter recognition, phonemic awareness, and reading. It is effective with struggling readers because they can learn at their own pace, play games, and watch animations all while learning the basics for reading success.
Allison Rapp
The literacy resource I have chosen for struggling readers is www.newsela.com. It is a fantastic sight for informational text and current articles. The article choices can be filtered by grade level and reading skill (by standard). Once you have chosen an article, the Lexile level can be easily changed to fit the needs of all levels of readers. There are also accompanying quizzes and writing prompts which are also differentiated based on the Lexile level chosen.
Theresa Messina
CommonLit.org Awesome site! Grades 5-12 Free reading passages and progress monitoring across the content areas. Special features for struggling readers: activities are interactive or can be printed as PDFs; it can read the text aloud and even translate to another language.
Christopher Montgomery
The resource that I will attach is a website put together by PBS and people who wanted to help reading become habit for struggling readers. http://www.readingrockets.org/atoz/1151/all is a website that has a profound amount of research available on struggling readers and articles that convey best ways to help our students who struggle to read. Comes in a variety of ways, with videos, articles, fun opportunities to learn. It also has a number of pull down bars, which you can find ways to help your students, it has an interactive portion for parents and teachers. Lastly, it has a blog available for us to continue to get better as educators along with childrens books and articles to help promote reading.
summer odom
I like using www.newsela.com because there are many different topics that I can pick from. Newsela allows me to pick a lexile level for each student but it maintains the content which is important. There are comprehension questions for each article and even writing prompts. It is very easy to do paired articles for writing. I like it because the topics are very interesting for the students and that keeps them engaged.
summer odom
I like using www.newsela.com because there are many different topics that I can pick from. Newsela allows me to pick a lexile level for each student but it maintains the content which is important. There are comprehension questions for each article and even writing prompts. It is very easy to do paired articles for writing. I like it because the topics are very interesting for the students and that keeps them engaged.
summer odom
I like to use www.vocabularyworkshop.com because it helps build vocabulary skills. When we started using the website (along with their workbook) I saw a huge increase in their vocabulary tests. The website offers vocabulary games and that really engage the students. It teaches them the parts of speech, gives them an example, shows a picture, reads them a story, and even has quizzes for the lessons. This has really worked in my classroom.
Sara
One resource I use in my classroom is the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM), http://sim.kucrl.org/#3. This resource provides a wealth of graphic organizers that can help students at any grade level learn and retain information. I really like the concept mastery routine, an extremely flexible graphic to help define by example and elimination.
1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 62

Leave Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *