Susan RuckdeschelLet’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.
- First, tell us why you chose the resource.
- Next, provide us with a link to the resource and a brief description of it.
- Explain how the resource works effectively, or has the potential to work effectively, with struggling readers.
Maureen Mannion
I am writing about Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum found at heinemann.com. I chose this resource because I have used it with great success with struggling readers. It tells the specific behaviors and understandings required at each level for students to demonstrate comprehension within, beyond, and about the text. It helps a teacher to see what will be in books of a specific level as well as behaviors students must have to gain proficiency at each level. It is a must to use when planning for guided reading of students grouped by instructional levels.
Maya
I would like to share a resource that I just found within the previous assignment.
https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/
There are over 60 book lists for multiculturalism and social justice. There is even a book list for students with incarcerated parents. These lists cover the topics that so many of our students are experiencing. Struggling readers may enjoy these books because it gives them something they can relate to.
Kathy Crenshaw
I would like to share this online program I use with my students. This program has three stages. It has phonics, sight words and finally stories. It provide the students a chance to interact with the program and learn sound,words and eventually reading complete stories. Website:https:teachyourmonstertoread is one of the best program because it provides interaction which struggle readers need.
Shelby Varchmin
The i-ready program is a great additional support to assist in literacy skills. I-ready lessons can be catered to a skill category or narrowed down into a specific skill to practice. My students currently use it in addition to our current curriculum.
i-ready.com
LeeAnn Brink
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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.
I chose IXL Language Arts because I have seen results with my second grade students. They have been 100% engaged because they are working for prizes as they learn. I signed up for the trial on Sept. 17 and so far, they have earned 15,000 points in Language Arts! They are practicing the standards in a fun way. IXL shows each student’s individual progress and assigns more practice when the results are shown. Since Sept. 17, my second graders have passed 300 skills. It has a diagnostic that you give the students first and it tracks the progress for you and gives awards to students when they pass a skill. It is amazing. I only have two more days of the trial. My struggling readers love learning on the computer for a change.
Debi
I chose IReady since it is a tool we use to assess students and help to form groups according to areas they need extra work in. lessons can also be assigned so that students get independent practice on a skill in IReady after a small group explicit instruction with the teacher
Jessica Addorisio
iReady is a great resource, not only for struggling readers, but for all students. The great thing about iReady is that it is at the correct level for each student and giving them individualized lessons based on their needs and deficits.
Cynthia Washam
I love Reading Rockets and believe firmly in teaching students phonics, so I found this page on phoneme-awareness activities from Reading Rockets especially helpful: https://www.readingrockets.org/article/how-now-brown-cow-phoneme-awareness-activities. It provides thorough instruction on how to teach phonics and includes a reading list of rhyming books that entertain while reinforcing students’ learning of specific sounds.
John de la Cruz
Hi! I sometimes use Lanternfish (website: https://bogglesworldesl.com/) to print out fun worksheets for ESL students. It may appear for elementary students, but the resources available can be used for high schoolers and adults as well. I chose this because of its ease of use as well as the non-threatening looks of these assignments. This can work wonders because it seems very accessible, no-stress worksheets that students are encouraged to finish.
Tricia Welchance
https://readtheory.org/
I like to use read theory in small groups for my struggling readers because it breaks down each passage question in to the domains “key ideas and details,” “integration of knowledge,” and the like. Students and teachers can assess the breakdown of their responses.
Vicki L mcveigh
https://newsela.com/join/#/school-affiliation One site is use often is Newslea. I provide up to date high interest material with the ability to print in 3 differnt lexile levels. Questions are provided to begin discussion or writing responsses This is also a great resource for small group activities for vocabulary, text type, author purpose and so on.
Emily Hoffman
We use iReady in the classroom. It is a platform that allows students to work independently at their level. This is great for so many reasons. It allows students to have success and that is so important with struggling readers. iReady also works to close learning gaps.
JIll
I teaching kindergarten and I always use the site
thekindergartensmorgasborg.com for tons of resources to help in reading and in math. He provided an abundance of resources that are free to help with kindergarten sight words, comprehension and language building. It is an excellent resource!!
Laurie Obrien
I teach grade 6 ESE for ELA and my students benefit from the use of squigglepark.com for enrichment activities. They thoroughly enjoy sing this during their computer station time.
Adriana Lugo
I would like to share the website education.com. This resource is great for providing leveled book readings. It is an online resource that students can use to practice reading fluency. It also provides online games and tips to implement in your lesson plan to support struggling readers.
Adriana Lugo
Easy CBM is a beneficial to use for tracking the process of students struggling with reading. You can find different sorts of reading components you would like to assess. I often use it for word lists to assess students’ ability to decode words.
Kathy Crenshaw
I’m an Elementary ESE teacher with all of my students below grade level. One of the sources I use is Freckles.com. This particular program has all of the subjects (ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies). It provides lessons based on the students diagnostic assessment. This program also provide students the ability have a tutor doing the lessons. My students love it.
Courtney Cappella
Snap and read is a great resource for struggling readers. It is an online application that allows students to get additional resources on online texts. Students can have passages read to them, or translated to aid comprehension. It can level vocabulary to make a text more accessible or difficult depending on the level you need. In addition, Snap and Read will send data to teachers in order to help aid instruction of individual readers.
Maya
I find the resource http://www.epic.com to be a valuable resource to students. Students can read independently, along with the voice, or listen to a read aloud. Occasionally, dictionaries are provided for nonfiction topics.
Heather Hoffman
One of my favorite resources to use with my students is “EPIC”. The site offers an entire online library of books for students to access. They are offered at all different levels, genres, option of listening to the book, videos, and some comprehension assessments. I’ve even used many of the books on their for my own lessons with my students by projecting the books on my promethean board.
Elizabeth Ross
Reading A-Z is a great resource for ELL students. Reading A-Z gives teachers access to many different collections of printable and projectable leveled books with activity sheets. These book offer phonics, fluency, and vocabulary for developmentally appropriate instruction. Teachers will also find resources to help meet the language needs of ELLs at all levels of language proficiency, from beginning to more advanced students.
Evelyn Kirksey
https://www.readworks.org This is a great site that will aid struggling readers as it provides engaging text with visual aids, and key vocabulary. There are many topics to choose from in most subject areas as you plan your lessons. My kindergarten students love the interesting topics and short passages.
Sharon Curtis
I really like the iReady program that our school uses. It helps the individual students progress at their own level and speed. There are some downfalls but overall it is a good program.
nereida steele
A good resource that I use for testing is ReadWorks. I determine thand they get tested eir levelofreading and they choose from the readings that I give them. They can listen right there and then. They are questioned for comprehension and the site will correct their questions, I can go back in and I will correct their written work.
Travis Thomas
iready is a great site that we all use. It personalizes instruction for the specific learner.
Travis Thomas
iready.com is a great site that we all use. It personalizes instruction for the specific learner.
Kathy Crenshaw
I used http://www.education.com computer generated which provide students from k-5 with reading and math activities to improve those two area. The students are given a pretest before they are assigned lessons by the computer or teacher. It provides them with different amount of chances to master a certain skills. I would recommend it
Kathy Crenshaw
I used http://www.education.com computer generated which provide students from k-5 with reading and math activities to improve these two area. The students are given a pretest before they are assigned lessons by the computer or teacher. It provides them with different amount of chances to master a certain skills. I would recommend it
Sharon Curtis
Our school uses iReady. I really think this program helps the students to learn at their pace and level.
After reading these blogs I would like to try https://www.readingrockets.org/. This looks like a good resource as well.
Shelby
I would like to share the resource commonlit.org. This website contains many readings about a vast number of topics and uses standards-aligned questions. You can assign the passages online using classroom codes or you can print the texts and have students do them on paper. There are multiple choice and free-response questions that can be added or removed.
Emily Hoffman
I like to use epic.com in my classroom. This is a platform that allows students to read books online. Students can chose books that are a right fit for them and allows students to read independently.
Heather Diaz
My students and I love this program and they actually look forward to our 10-15 minute lesson everyday. The only material needed is the book. “Heggerty Phonemic Awareness is a well-organized 35-week curriculum of daily phonemic awareness lesson plans” broken down into eight areas of phonological skills each day. I have noticed a huge improvement in my struggling readers with their rhyming work, listening to and identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds in isolation, and being able to segment words to write them. I usually do this whole group but I can also remediate in small group if needed, and my ESOL para now has a copy of their Spanish version to help my ESOL students especially with rhyming words.
Kalynn Harshbarger
I like using Into the Book https://reading.ecb.org/index.html as a literary extension in the classroom. It focuses on 8 research-based reading skills such as making inferences, using prior knowledge, summarizing and questioning. Students can use it in the classroom or at home. There are also resources for parents and the ability to listen to the content in English or Spanish.
Shawna Stephan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8wE1k3DjoE
endless word play
I have it playing in the morning – it relates, phonics & phoneme segmenting to sentences and then it makes a little story – all enjoy
Beverly Robinson
Bookster is a great program for helping students to become more fluent readers. Bookster reads to children and allows then to record their own reading for later playback. It’s designed to teach vocabulary to readers of every age and level using interactive pictures and words.
Beverly Robinson
I tried several times to post about a different resource and I continue to get a message that I’m duplicating my response. So this is my response.
Michele Harris
I like to use Nearpod with my students because it is easy to differentiate it to meet the needs of each student, and there are several things it can do. With it, I am able to upload a text and have it read to the student. The words will be highlighted as they are read. Hearing the text read to them will help the student with language acquistion. I would also be able to add additional activities for the student in the nearpod to practice more with vocabulary. For example, I could make a matching game with pictures and vocabulary words. Other students could be matching up definitions with vocabulary words.
Heather Diaz
I chose this site because it covered the multi-sensory approach to reading which is great for my first graders and ELL’s. All students can benefit, not just the ESE or ELL students. I agree with her statement that the more senses we use, the more we will remember. Struggling students that are exposed to all of the senses will end up finding one that makes sense to them and helps them learn.
Susana Kettler
In our school we use program Waterford.org I use it every day for reading and Math (I am a K teacher). The stories are read to the students, when they work individually; I can also bring the story up on the smart board and we listen to it as a whole group. I can repeat the story as many times as I need, and I can pause it to ask questions.
Todd W. Coleman
I studied TESOL.org in a previous ESOL course. This resource is useful for connecting educators with lessons and professional learning communities. Lesson plans designed for classrooms involving ESOL students can assist teachers in more effectively addressing student needs. They have tips on teaching and activities, as well as information about standards related to ELLs. Through resources like this, teachers can take ideas from lesson plans and adapt them to suit their students. That the website also offers connection with other educators seems to be a boon for teachers who need to address specific needs of their students.
Mary Campbell
A resource that I frequently use to get my students more interested in reading is Story Line On Line (https://www.storylineonline.net/). It is presented by the Screen Actors Guild and is really fabulous. Check it out!