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- ReadTheory -         ReadTheory [ https://readtheory.org/ ] is a K-12 online reading comprehension program that assesses reading ability and builds reading comprehension by providing texts for students to read at a "just right" level. There are informational and narrative passages leveled by grade and Lexile level. The quizzes assess and adjust passages to target student need.  To begin, teachers create a free account and then create a new class (which can support a maximum of 35 student accounts). Students log in (providing their teacher's email so that they can be added to the class) and take a 20 minute pretest on vocabulary questions, and reading comprehension questions. This pretest establishes a student's initial reading level and reading comprehension abilities. After the pretest, students then work through passages and quizzes tailored to their level. Teachers monitor progress on the Progress Reports page, which shows data base...

- Phonics and Stuff - I discovered Phonics and Stuff when I was looking for resources to use for my class of ESL students. Teaching them phonemic awareness, and how to decode words; taking some ideas from the Science of Reading and using “heart” words and word maps, this site was able to provide premade tools I can choose from to utilize during instruction. Developed by a Montessori teacher and reading expert, it is a website with many available learning tools and resources for teachers. There are games, read-alongs (rhyming poems that are read aloud), decodable stories that focus on specific phonics elements, tools for teaching phonics, and articles about phonics.  The website itself is still in development, but many tools are available and ready to use. Visually it looks nice, simple, and the variety of texts is minimal. I would say the best part of the site are the interactive games and teaching tools. I like how you can customize your selection with the grapheme or phoneme ...

-  Freckle Reading/ ELA - Freckle [https://freckle.com/en-us/] is an online learning platform that allows students to practice Math and English Language Arts at their own level. Freckle continuously adapts to each student's individual skills, so each student is getting the appropriate challenge, whether they're working at, above, or below grade level. I will be reviewing the ELA portion of Freckle. With the Freckle program, the teacher will be able to support the student, as the lessons and assignments are student and teacher led. The program helps to  accelerate literacy equitably with differentiated resources. From  K-12 coverage of standards and skills , o ver 1,000 nonfiction and fiction passages that adapt to each student’s level , and t eachers can assign a specific standard for some or all students to practice . Students will find the website easy to navigate and visually appealing. If teacher hasn’t given an assignment, there is an opportunity for students to...

  - Lalilo - Lalilo is an innovative, visually engaging, standards-aligned literacy software program for K-2 students and teachers. The program supports literacy learning and instruction through interactive and developmentally appropriate exercises for students and extensive data tracking and planning tools for teachers. It supports learning and instruction across all components of literacy, including phonological and phonemic awareness, letter and word recognition, comprehension and fluency, vocabulary, writing, and social literacy. In the free version of Lalilo, students work on phonics, sight words, word families, reading comprehension and grammar lessons. In the student platform, children “travel” through a world of individualized, self-paced exercises. There is a sequence of lessons and content levels to ensure that students are working on developmentally appropriate exercises, individual needs, and grade level literacy standards. Students receive both positive and constru...

💻 My Choices for Internet Tool s 💻 There are many tools, applications, and resources available on the world-wide web. You can find anything and everything with Google or any other web browser. You simply type in a few keywords or topic and click enter. A plethora of hyperlinks appear. But among those list of websites you often need to do further searching, narrowing down to a specific purpose. I have included three of my favorite teacher friendly internet tools to use with your class: Google Classroom, WebQuest, and EdPuzzle.  - Google Classroom - Google Classroom is  a cloud-based  learning management  system (LMS) that is a part of Google Apps for Education . It is suitable for academic institutions only. Google Classroom enable students to access the platform from computers, tablets and smartphones. It is included as a free service for anyone with a personal Google account . I was not trained to use Google Classroom. I actually was self-taught by durin...

- Into the Book - Into the Book was developed by  PBS Wisconsin Education , with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and a team of experienced educators. It is a reading comprehension resource for elementary students and teachers. It provides practice activities that focus on eight research-based strategies: using prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, summarizing, evaluating, and synthesizing. Into the Book  includes: a student website featuring interactive reading comprehension activities, teaching videos, feedback, audio or read aloud capability, and rewards; the teacher website features video clips, posters, teacher guides, lesson plans, and matrix linking each activity with Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts (ELA). When you log onto the student website [ https://reading.ecb.org ], you will be asked if you are a returning or first time user. You will enter your name or key (which the site will generate for...