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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Comprehension

This website is recommended by tutor Carol Cyr, who says, "I've been giving my students readings from the 'Critical Thinking Reading Comprehension Worksheets,' starting at Grade 2. He read a passage the other day and had no problems answering the comprehension questions! That was definitely a *first* for him...It's wonderful to know that he *does* comprehend, when the reading is at an easy enough level for him."
http://www.englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Reading-Comprehension.htm

A Pinterest board with different links to improve reading skills. (Basically a bulletin board with different links.)
pinterest.com/cllstraining/reading-skills/

Stories for beginning readers

News stories for adult students and easy crossword puzzles.
www.newsforyouonline.com

Beginning and intermediate literacy and life skills. Also has a simulation of an ATM.
www.gcflearnfree.org

News and information for struggling readers:
Newsela is an education technology startup dedicated to transforming the way students access the world through words. Our team combines powerful technological know-how with real-world experience earned in the classroom, the newsroom, and the boardroom. We publish high-interest news and nonfiction articles daily at five levels of complexity for grades 2-12 using a proprietary, rapid text-leveling process. By combining relevant and interesting nonfiction content with standards-aligned assessments, Newsela gives educators the primary solution to dramatically improve students’ literacy skills for the 21st century.
https://newsela.com/

Free texts for literacy teachers: 
CommonLit offers high-quality, free collection of fiction and nonfiction to support literacy development for students in grades 5-12. It includes a wide range of reading materials organized by  lexile, theme, genre, literary devise, reading level and common core standard. Excellent resource for inquiry-based learning and lesson planning. 
www.Commonlit.org

Small articles about Fort Knox followed by practice sentences to read and write.

A document that can help tutors learn to encourage questions from students in their class and to help the tutors ask questions that will motivate and help students more.


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