Technology tools for teaching Reading

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Teaching reading is a complex process. The best teachers develop an extensive knowledge base and draw on a repertoire of strategies for working with struggling students. I consider Teaching Reading as Rocket Science. 

Most people don't think about  the process of learning to read until they decide to start teaching their own children. But learning to read is a complex process that doesn't happen on its own. The best way to teach kids to read is by making it fun. 

Comprehension ensures students can read proficiently, eventually allowing them to take the reading skills a step forward, making connections beyond factual, literacy recall. This variety of techniques, combined with technology, which allows for a more personalized approach to learning, makes it easier than ever to help students improve their skills, their own way.

1.Reading Bear

(Technique: Audio, Self- Listening and Highlighting)

Help your students learn and practice phonics with this simple, yet impressive website. It takes students through a thorough and progressive process of learning letter sounds.
Students can use this tool at their own pace, repeating words and sentences as needed.

2. Whooo's Reading

(Technique: Comprehension monitoring and gamification)

This online reading log not only motivates students to read more, but improves their reading comprehension without making it feel like 'work'. what makes this tool so effective is both the gaming and comprehension aspects: Students are rewarded with Wisdom Coins for logging reading and answering open-ender, CCSS-aligned questions.

3. Mindmeister

(Technique: Graphic organization and recognizing story structure)

Graphic organizers help students break down an otherwise complex plotline, text or thought process and understand it more clearly. Students can build these from scratch, or you can build a framework for them to follow.

4. Newsela

(Technique: Approachable non-fiction text)

When students don't understand a text, and don't have the skill to recognize that the text is simply difficult, they become frustrated and often give up. Using a leveled - reading website like Newsela allows all of your students to read the same text, or dive into new and more interesting texts while struggling less. The content on Newsela is all non- fiction and functions as a news site for kids. 

Some other technology tools I decided to use for my reading classroom are:

1. Kahoot - Review literary elements

2. Seesaw - Reflection on reading

3. Spark Video - Book trailer

4. Padlet- I can literally admit that this one is my favorite and I usually use it for pre- reading activities

5. Today's Meet- For a read aloud backchannel

6. Explain everything - I suppose this one to be the best ever. It is used for strategy tutorials

7. Nearpod - I use it for annotating text

8. New York Times VR- It provides background knowledge

9. Spark Page- To publish book recommendations

10. Buncee- Used for shareable reading responses

11. Popplet - Try to organize thinking

12. Spark Post- Try it for a virtual exit slip

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