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Blog About and Share a Literacy Resource for Struggling Readers

  • Posted by Susan Ruckdeschel
  • On 28 June, 2015
  • 3638 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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3638 Comments

Carina
I think IXL has tremendous potential for student growth when used with fidelity. I love that it has an ongoing diagnostic from which it generates recommended skills to fit the individual learner's needs. This is great because while we have to continue to tackle grade-level texts, students can build their own reading and comprehension skills at their individual levels of ability, be it below, on, or above grade level.
Stephanie Hattaway
1. Frayer models provide an organized space to preview teach content vocabulary. 2. Resource: https://www.theteachertoolkit.com/index.php/tool/frayer-model 3. Provides a thinking model for accessing new vocabulary. Can be modified to suit all core subjects.
christina bryan
I love Scholastic Choices magazines for teaching social skillsetc. There are differentiated articles about disabilities, cultural differences and bias, etc, and there are also quizzes and lesson plans included.
Erin Ward
I like using IXL for comprehension assessments because the questions seem similar to FSA style questioning and does a great job of asking questions which are high-level about what we are learning. I also like using our Discovery Ed textbook because it has interactives and videos through out the text to keep the students engaged in reading and has different reading levels and other tools for struggling readers.
Katelyn Vickers
I think that a really good way to help struggling learners is through CommonLit or NoRedInk. Both of these websites keep track of student academic strengths and weaknesses and cater the questions to the educational standards that the student is not proficient in. This individualized approach can be helpful because each student has different strength and weaknesses from their peers that can be addressed individually. www.commonlit.org www.noredink.com
Joanna
The resources that I feel is beneficial for ELL learners is SCOPE magazine. It provides high interest grade level informational text that can be translated into their language. In addition, students can use SNAP and READ and it will make any content comprehensible.
Joanna
The program that I feel is the most beneficial for students to use is SNAP and READ. Snap and Read allows students to translate, read, take notes, on the computer on any device. This program makes any content comprehensible for students.
Sheri
I teach kindergarten, I like to use Starfall.com
Charlene R. Geisler
Learning Ally is beneficial to the struggling reader. It reads the text aloud as the students follows along.
Shawn
Resource: Jan Richardson’s Guided Reading First, I chose this resource to share because I’m currently using it in my Kinder Class and seeing great results. Here’s the link: www.janrichardsonguidedreading.com › resources-1“Literacy experts Jan Richardson and Michele Dufresne have developed a new guided reading system called Literacy Footprints that will help teachers provide powerful small-group literacy instruction. “ In my class, specifically Tier 3 students struggling with alphabetic recognition, have used her tracing procedure to quickly learn their letters and moved out of Tier 3 Intervention.
Lisa Jennings
I love to use starfall.com to reinforce phonic skills taught in small group. The short clipped movies and interactive activities are engaging for primary students.
Jeanette Karvis
Literacy Footprints
jessica
I use IXL in the classroom during computer rotations to reinforce the standards we are working on.
Jaime Gaskin Formato
For early readers, I often use Starfall as a supplemental resource. It explicitly teaches the sound/spelling patterns and provides games and stories to accompany them. Teach Your Monster to Read is also a fun and engaging review that student can use with their parents. In classroom, we also use targeted IXL lessons.
Natalie Morales
Newsela is a great resource where students can read texts and answer questions based on different skills.
Justin Ruiz
I use the website called The Measured Mom (https://www.themeasuredmom.com/) because it has many free resources and printables that pertain to my grade level. This isn't exclusively for inclusive class room or struggling readers BUT has many recourses that with 100% aid those students.
ashley pantona price
Our use of IXL for tiered practice as well as effective small group learning has helped our students master the skills they will see on their state tests and has helped deeper the overall understanding on the topics.
ashley pantona price
Our use of IXL for tiered practice as well as effective small group learning has helped our students master skills; additionally we have used external resources for exploratory learning
Darcel Kelly
I like using the platforms i-Ready, Write Score, and Quill. These platforms allow you to measure students needs and current academic levels. You have the option to work whole group, independently and assign diagnostics as well and assignments on students specific needs. Interactive activities as well as additional resources are available to students.
Darcel Kelly
I like using the platforms i-Ready, Write Score, and Quill. These platforms allow you to measure students needs and current academic levels. You have the option to work whole group, independently and assign diagnostics as well and assignments on students specific needs. Interactive activities as well as additional resources are available to students.
Janet
I use the Anticipation Guide when starting a new informational text with my students. It helps build background knowledge and guides to see what the students know before, during, and after reading. Janet
Janet Massey
We use nearpod.com for building background knowledge, level 3-4 questioning, and to engage students into the lesson. Janet
Lisa
Learning Ally has been a great resource and learning tool in my class. It reads the text aloud while the students follow along. This is great for the struggling reader.
Regina Valentino
I really like Epic for struggling learners like my ELLs. This resources provided a variety of books at different levels that can really engage the students. The link is: https://www.getepic.com It is an effective resource for struggling readers because it has a lot of vocabulary aids and includes the pronunciation, so when they are doing this independently, they are able to recognize the spoke word. You are able to assign certain text and can read them in small groups or as a whole class. It can work well for chunking too.
Nicole Rosito
I use certain iXL lesson to help struggling readers. Some of the lower grade level lessons are great for older struggling readers because the program reads the directions to them, which provides the extra scaffolding some of them need to be successful. I can use lessons on there to teach them sight word recognition and spelling, as well as practicing various skills to build on phonological awareness. The other great thing about iXL is that all students can get 100 if they simply continue to practice, no matter how many questions they get wrong. The program pushes for fluency and true learning, not just a percentage score. This way, students can feel a bit more motivated to continue to try to improve their score because they know that the questions that they answer wrong do not ultimately count against them. Also, when they do get questions wrong the program provides feedback that, if reviewed, can help students correct future mistakes. ixl.com
Jennifer Scheid
I love, love, love Commonlit.org! It has super engaging texts and all texts are lexiled. It has a translator so my ELL students can translate as much or as little as they want, a guided reading question set for close reading, and assessment questions formatted like a state exam. Also, teachers can assign an article to all students or individual students. I will use this program for as long as I teach.
Jennifer Weekman
I use newsela as a resource for my struggling readers. I like the site and the articles because they are leveled and high interest. Often, struggling readers are given articles for young children and are not motivated to read them. There are questions to go along with the articles.
Madeline Cannon
I use iReady because it differentiates based on individual student needs. For example, if the student is behind in a specific area, then they give them lessons on their level and gradually build them up to grade level. It also gives them additional practice with vocabulary and phonics as needed.
Joey D
I like to use ABCYA.com. Once my students have met their iready time it is a website they are allowed to get on that has various learning games. It engages the students and helps them to learn.
AnaRuth
One resource I find helpful with my students is maxscholar.com. Our school has used this program with our struggling readers (for example, ELL or MTSS). This website has a phonics program in which students work on phonics skills (sounds, spelling, etc.) At the end of the lesson, they have a short fluency/comprehension activity to complete.
AnaRuth Cruz
One resource I find helpful with my students is maxscholar.com. Our school has used this program with our struggling readers (for example, ELL or MTSS). This website has a phonics program in which students work on phonics skills (sounds, spelling, etc.) At the end of the lesson, they have a short fluency/comprehension activity to complete.
Stephanie Smith
I use starfall.com, it is helps with keeping the students engaged with numerous activities for them to help with primary students learning.
Stephanie Smith
I feel starfall.com can help, it keeps the students engaged in activities.
Jamilynn Dotson
The resource I am sharing about is called Teach Your Monster to Read. This is a great site/app for young students learning to read. It focuses on phonics instruction to help students learn letter/sound recognition. It has the potential to really encourage struggling readers because the game is fun and engaging. Children get to choose their monster and customize it and as they progress they earn additional "pieces" to decorate or accessorize their monster. In my experience, students have really enjoyed using this site. https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
Jill Ferguson
1.I use NO Red Ink. First, it allows students to chose topics of interest and then allows them to work at their level and pace. It helps with grammar and writing. 2.https://www.noredink.com/ 3. It has potential to work with struggling readers who need to better understand the grammar of the English language. It provides examples and teaches lessons when a student makes mistakes.
Jordian
I like to use IXL and getepic.
R. Morrow
Our schools use iReady with our students. The fact that students can listen to the texts and to the questions and answer choices as they follow along makes it a fantastic resource for struggling readers. The program also uses characters, visuals, and videos to try to make the program more engaging and interesting to students.
AnaRuth Cruz
With our ELL students, we use the phonics program in maxscholar. It starts them off on a pre-alphabet level and they move up to eventually start working on blends and digraphs. They work with words in isolation and in short passages.
AnaRuth Cruz
A great resource for struggling readers is ixl. There are many phonic lessons according to level. They would be able to work independently and I can assess their progress.
Jackie
I chose iReady. I really like using the iReady program because the tailored lesson progression helps bridge the gap with my lower leveled readers. I like that the program also includes worksheets to help with enrichment and reinforcement. Another element I've used are the home printouts to help the adult at home understand the standard the student is struggling in. They even have https://i-readycentral.com/familycenter/ for families to help their child at home. Finally, I like how it rewards students coins for passing lessons and they can use those coins to play iReady learning games.
Jackie
I chose iReady. I like that it creates tailormade lesson progression for each student to target their needs. It helps bridge the learning gaps with my lower-level students. And it has a great parent connection feature including worksheets to send home and a parent iReady website to help educate the adult at home on the standard the student is struggling in.
Jackie Rubin
I chose iReady. I like that it creates tailormade lesson progression for each student to target their needs. It helps bridge the learning gaps with my lower-level students. And it has a great parent connection feature including worksheets to send home and a parent iReady website to help educate the adult at home on the standard the student is struggling in.
Jill Ferguson
The resource that I like to use right now is Epic. It provides a huge selection of books to read, questions and can be read aloud to the ELL student by clicking the sound button. Students can start at a lower lexile.
ashley pantona price
Newsela is a great resource that helps students read topics at their own reading level and can help to scaffold to more complex texts. Snap and read is also a great extension for Chrome that students can use to have parts of a website read to them and even translated.
Cesily Anders
I Ready is a good resource to use for struggling readers. It can be differentiated for each student and the teacher can assign different lessons for each student.
Maria Bettaglio
IXL is a great resource because it progressively increases difficulty as the student answers the questions correctly. The program also provides a detailed explanation when the student answers incorrectly allowing student to self-reflect on their answer. This is also great resource for struggling readers because students take a weekly diagnostic which provides students an individualized plan with a variety of lessons depending on the student level (the lessons are not necessarily in the student grade level)
Samantha Dressel
In Kindergarten I like to use Starfall.com as it has some great resources for teaching phonics and the kids love it. Once we look at the skill together they are able to play games/activities related to the skill on their own.
Kathy Shoemaker
I like Epic! used with Accelerated Reader because it has books that can be read to struggling readers, who can then show they are comprehending the stories by taking AR tests. Not all books have AR tests, but some have quizzes within Epic! It has all genres and levels and the students have access to so many books and differentiation, that they might not have access to otherwise. Really can help struggling readers and help them find a love for reading. They can work their way to independently reading once they build their confidence. Multiple ways to filter stories as well (grade level, age, lexile, AR, etc.).
Jill Hornstein
I like to use Starfall as way to help students learn their letters and sounds. as well as specific language. It is somewhat interactive and young students really enjoy using it.
Valerie Wright
I use READWORKS.ORG. It is a great resource because it has audio for the struggling students. They can listen to it numerous times before choosing to do the questions.
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