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Blog About and Share a Literacy Resource for Struggling Readers

  • Posted by Susan Ruckdeschel
  • On 28 June, 2015
  • 1148 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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1148 Comments

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
BLOG 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.
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