IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website
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K12Reader is a literacy instruction
resource center for teachers and parents of school-aged students. This website
is presented in a way that is organized, appealing to consumers, and easy to
navigate through. This website positively promotes literacy by providing its
users with an abundance of worksheets, informative reading instruction-related articles,
and ideas for fun educational games and activities that aid in literacy
learning – all at no cost.
The website is a great resource for free
reading and language arts worksheets. Worksheets are provided and organized by
grade level. Spelling, grammar, phonics, writing, and reading comprehension are
just some of the focused areas. All worksheets are printable or can be easily
downloaded. Additionally, there are printable sight word lists for the younger
grade levels, including the Dolch and Fry words.
A great component to the K12Reader
website is that it offers articles about many literary topics. The articles are
highly informative for both parents and teachers. Subjects include, but are not
limited to, struggling readers, balanced literacy, parent tips, dyslexia,
phonemic awareness, and tutoring. Many of the articles are written by
experienced teachers. With just the
click of the title, users can access each article and read them online.
K12Reader also shares ideas for
games and activities that add fun to a lesson. The interaction could help
students to better understand and remember what
is being learned. Each activity is sensibly clarified and requires a minimal
amount of materials. It is neatly laid out in a way that is categorized and
easy to understand. There are sections within the activities that may explain different
procedures, what parents can do, as well as strategies for teachers.
K12Reader
is an effective literacy website for many other reasons as well. Teachers and
parents alike can have access to these great resources from any device with an
internet connection and all at no cost to the user. It is well-designed, easy
to navigate, and user-friendly. The website promotes awareness of reading education
and the ideas and worksheets to carry them out. It is very beneficial to students
as it provides resources and ideas to assist educators with the difficulties of
literacy instruction.
This is an awesome website! There are so many resources for all grade levels on this site. I have downloaded the free printables on making inferences, drawing conclusions, etc. These are skills that my high schools students struggle with so I'm glad I was able to find these resources to use with them. I also enjoyed the "Parent Tips" corner. Great articles on not just students who struggle with reading but those that are gifted as well. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI am thankful that people have created websites such as this one to share information with teachers and parents. This is a valuable site with relevant and useful information. Thank you for sharing your summary/review of this site!
ReplyDeleteI, like Judi, am also thankful for your share of this website. I am always a subscriber of any website that offers free worksheets and games. These are the types of websites that hook my very high reading group and even my students who are struggling.
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