Ideas from a Reading Specialist–Current blogs consist of free online sites and programs for a reading classroom.
Share these events for each day in history with your students. Use the free resources to supplement your instruction. Differentiated comprehension passage available at the bottom of the page from Reading Specialty! January 1–New Year’s Day and History of Calendar Julius Caesar 45 BC decreed January 1 the beginning of the year. This YouTube video, […]
Cando Helper Alphabetical Order Cando Helper offers multiple options for teaching alphabetical order. There are 10 drag and drop activities where students use a mouse to drag letters of the alphabet into the grid in ABC order. These are arranged in groupings of 6 letters and divided by upper and lower case. Next there is […]
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 […]
WOW! This amazing site is free with tons of bells and whistles, informative articles, student supports, and teacher resources! ReadWorks is a not-for-profit company with a vision that “Every child in the United States can read well with deep comprehension because all educators teach reading effectively with the superb reading content and curriculum they need.” […]
Awesome Program–It is hard to believe this is a freebie! To activate the website, you will need to sign up by going to the site (https://readtheory.org) or click here. Take a look at the About Us page and you will find the articles are written by professional writer, educators, and award winning teachers. Step One: […]