Ideas from a Reading Specialist–Current blogs consist of free online sites and programs for a reading classroom.
Wisconsin Media Lab, with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction created INTO THE BOOK, a free online program designed for the elementary classroom. This research-based resource is aligned to the common core standards. It is available with both English and Spanish texts! When students first start the program, they will be asked their first name and […]
Use educational online gaming to supplement your classroom instruction and provide assessment data. Review Game Zone is personalized to meet the needs of your classroom. The teacher inputs the questions, indicates the answer and presto an educational interactive game is automatically created. Create a free account at reviewgamezone.com and try one of these games. With […]
Finding good sources for Life Skills students can be challenging. I stumbled across gcflearnfree.org and my students and I really enjoyed their activities! A guide to their resources is available from http://content.gcflearnfree.org/curriculum/GCFLearnFree_EverydayLife.pdf GCF divides the activities into 7 basic areas: working with money, basic math, job skills, basic literacy, grocery shopping, cooking, and health and safety. […]
Assessing readability through a website or using a readability formula can give the classroom teacher a general idea of the level of a reading passage. It is just that, a general idea. There is wide discrepancy between the formula used and the results. In addition, a readability formula does not take into account the student’s […]