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Blog About and Share a Literacy Resource for Struggling Readers

  • Posted by Susan Ruckdeschel
  • On 28 June, 2015
  • 3263 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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3263 Comments

Katherine
ABC Mouse is a great literacy resource. It is brightly colored and engaging to children. It can be monitored by parents. Kids love it abs can hours on this educational resource. It is also internet safe. abcmouse.com
Stacey
I use i-Ready in my classroom. The students take an assessment three times a year and the lessons change according to their performance on the assessments. This allows students to work at their individual level. We use that school wide but in the past I have used learninga-z.com also. This allows students to read leveled readers on their own level. The students can listen to the story and read it by themselves moving through the levels
Katie Waters
I like to use Epic Books. Many of the books are read aloud which helps my struggling and emerging readers still participate in independent reading time. I have also used it during whole group because a lot of books have a quiz at the end that we can do as a class so I can check for understanding.
Doni Massey
I use I-Ready Reading to help my struggling students. This program has a track they follow to accomplish the skills they need on an individual level. I have heard about Epic Books. Teachers at my school use this for students to be able to listen to the book and then take an AR test on.
Stacy Caldwell
I use Epic for struggling readers. It's a great resource and allows the students to read or be read to
Stacy Caldwell
I use ABC Mouse for struggling readers. It's a great resource and allows the students to read or be read to
Stephanie Ilich
Epic books is a great resource for any reader especially for a struggling reader and ELL students. https://www.getepic.com/ This site has many books to chose from and at a wide range of level. It also will read books to the child and it has books in Spanish as well.
Ali
The website funbrain.com has educational games and funny videos for all levels and content areas. I know that my students actually enjoy spending time on this site, and do not even mind that they are learning at the same time!
Blair Abascal
I use i-Ready in my classroom. The students take an assessment three times a year and the lessons change according to their performance on the assessments. This allows students to work at their individual level.
Kelsey O'Bee
I use I-Ready in my classroom to help fill in gaps in learning. I also use IXL in my classroom to practice targeted skills each week. The free version gives 10 questions per day to help students practice.
Kelsey O'Bee
I use I-Ready in my classroom to help fill in gaps in learning. I also use IXL in my classroom to practice targeted skills each week. The free version gives 10 questions per day to help students practice. In addition to that, I like to use the Frayer model to practice vocabulary.
Kelsey O'Bee
I often use MYON for my struggling readers, since they can take short comprehension quizzes at the end of their books, and they can read at their own level.
Breana Elizondo
I use ABC Mouse as a literacy resource during literacy centers. With its animated games, songs, and videos it is extremely engaging to my preschoolers. Students can also access this application from home and parents can monitor their child's progress. abcmouse.com
Breana Elizondo
I use ABC Mouse as a literacy resource during literacy centers. With its animated games, songs, and videos it is extremely engaging to my preschoolers. Students can also access this application from home and parents can monitor their child's progress.
Emily Hoffman
I use EPIC books as a resource for my online students. EPIC has great stories that are culturally diverse and read alouds for those students who might struggle to read on grade level.
Michael
There are many great resources to choose from. A learning tool for differentiation that I would like to use is iReady. Classroom students can work on their own targeted set of skills on a learning path. Student data is assessed and I could track where each student is struggling or what skills they have mastered.
Amanda
There are many great resources to choose from. A learning tool for differentiation that I would like to use is iReady. Classroom students can work on their own targeted set of skills on a learning path. Student data is assessed and I could track where each student is struggling or what skills they have mastered.
Jennifer Wiggins
We have started using Learning Ally for students who are in intervention or ESE. It has a number of titles and the students can have the text read to them. This is particularly helpful since we read classic novels in all of our classes and students who struggle with reading these rigorous texts can have someone read it with them at home.
Nicole Sneed
The learning tool that I find is an effective differentiating tool already in our toolbox is iReady. Not only are the lessons targeted to student's learning levels, but it provides in-depth data and remediation ideas for teachers whose students are struggling with a standard or skill.
Elizabeth Ingram
CommonLit.org is a website I integrate into my own classroom learning. CommonLit has a variety of resources with a large digital library that can be integrated into virtual learning. It also has the ability to provide you with formative data on your students. The passages can be paired with text-dependent question to monitor your students' comprehension as they read.
Neese, T.
I like IXl because it constantly adapts to meet the student where he or she is at. This resource is purchased for our school. IXl allows teachers to focus in on specific standards. The platform also suggests lessons for students based on their gaps because the system is continuously gathering data on student growth.
Vanessa
Using I-Ready is a great resource to see where students needs extra support and it provides teachers with supplemental teaching materials. This can be done one-on-one or small group. The diagnostics then show growth or need for growth and compares the data with student peers.
Brenda Johnston
I use both i-Ready and EPIC! for all my readers. i-Ready is excellent because it levels each child according to his/her own ability. I check it weekly to see each child's progress and adjust the lessons and/or give extra help if needed. I also assign extra lessons to students as needed. EPIC! has really come in handy, especially since I've been doing the virtual instruction because my students haven't had access to the library. They are able to access AR books at their level. I expect each child to read and pass an AR test at their level each week. My motto is that the only way to be a better reader is to read!
Molly Burkhardt
I use readworks.org. It is a great resource for obtaining text on various topics. What I really like about it is they have quizzes that go with the text and you can choose the text based on reading levels.
Samantha Knight
I find i-ready to be an excellent resource for struggling readers. It meets students where they are level-wise and builds from what they already know. https://login.i-ready.com/
Lindsey Nelson
I use achieve3000.com. This is provided for us by our school. I like this resource because each student takes an assessment at the beginning, middle, and end of the year to determine what these reading level is. It then levels them and gives them non-fiction articles to read and questions to answer that are at their skill level. Based on how they answer the questions they then move them up at the end of the month or down. The articles are already there for them, we as teachers assign them as we see fit. With each students knowing their own lexile it also gives them the opportunity to set goals for themselves. I meet with my students monthly for an individual conference to talk about their progress or lack of.
Elizabeth Ross
My school district uses many different resources to fill the gaps of our students. I-ready is used in my classroom for Math and Reading. This is a great resource to help fill the gaps in these subjects. I also use IXL for Math and Science review. The students love work through the mini lessons and are learning by practing the targeted skills each week.
Kathy Shoemaker
Epic! is a great resource for struggling readers. There are multiple ways to filter the books- AR, age, grade level, lexile, etc. They are also grouped by topic & genre. Great for providing background knowledge at various levels. There are books that can be read to them and some books have quizzes so they can check their comprehension. Great illustrations. Just a very kid friendly site. Teachers can also make assignments at their level. I have taught my 2nd graders how to copy the title and author from Epic! and paste it into AR so they can get quicker access to AR tests, where they sometimes struggle typing it in. I have taught them how to go back and forth between Epic! and AR to look back for answers they don't recall. Kids love it!!!
Daniel Munive
I teach Spanish, the tools that I use are Imagine Espanol and Duolingo. Both are great as they motivate the student to practice writing, speaking, listening and reading the words as they learn the language.
Elizabeth Ross
Epic books is one of the best resources that a teacher can use in their classroom. Many of the books can be read to the student which help with the struggling reader. Students can take a quiz at the end of most of the books to check for understanding.
Elizabeth Ross
As I said before, I use IXL in my classroom. The part that I like about IXL is it will customize lessons on what the students needs in all subjects. I like that this site teaches math, science and reading, so my students can just go from one subject to another.
Elizabeth Ross
ABC mouse is a great resource for struggling readers.
Kimlyn Wilson
Epic Books https://www.getepic.com/?utm_channel=search&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIur3h7Zm17gIVU-TICh1bJw_gEAAYASAAEgIGpPD_BwE The resource I would recommend to use for struggling readers is call EPIC Books. This is effective in my classroom because it has over 40,000 books at my students fingertips. My classroom library does not always meet their needs so EPIC Books is effective to help them not only read for high interest, they can research any topic, they can learn a topic with many choices of books at their readability levels. I can assign books along with a comprehension quiz or I can assign books for them to read and enjoy during a free read.
Megan Ryan
I love the resource Freckle. www.freckle.com Freckle Freckle differentiates instruction across Math, ELA, Social Studies and Science. I love that I can assign specific tasks to students, and then view how they did on the particular skill. I can then see if they need additional help which I can add more activities, or can correct the misconceptions in small groups.
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