Free Webinar – Helping struggling readers
If students have difficulty with reading, they will have difficulty in ALL classes. Join Anna Hartranft, PhD in Special Ed, for a limited time FREE webinar on digital tools that can help struggling readers. difficult. This webinar takes place in Google Classroom. You will need to use a personal Google account (such as .gmail.com) to access the webinar. Your school district email will most likely block you from engaging with your school email.
Read & Write by TextHelp
Assistive technology to help students understand words that are unfamiliar to them. Reading text, including text from images, is a feature available in Read & Write.
Free Read & Write for teacher accounts. Make sure to fill out the Form to get free access to your school email.
Immersive Reader and Microsoft Edge
The Chromium Microsoft Edge browser is not your Internet Explorer. It is based on Chrome and does some great things to aid student learning. Immersive reader built right into Microsoft Edge. One of Edge’s many features that aid struggling readers is the focus mode that displays one line of text at a time.
Graphic organizer in Canva
Canva for Education is FREE! Contact [email protected] to set up your entire school district with free access, including free for students. Canva has graphic design templates and tools for creating graphic organizers that can help struggling readers.
Using Lexend Fonts
The font we choose can help students who have difficulty reading. Consider using the Lexend font for your document.
Newsela
I am passionate about using current events to teach content. Something printed textbooks cannot provide is a context of what is happening in the world today. Newsela not only provides students with current news articles, but also allows them to tailor their Lexile level
Google Forms: Set a confirmation message
After students complete their Google Form, what would you like to tell them?
Google Classroom: Scoring with Drive Preview
Preview student files in Google Drive for a faster student work review experience.
