Scholastic is providing a ton of free reading resources for parents, students, and teachers during this time. They are trying to be a huge support for the “Learning At Home” experience. They have a letter for families that discusses Learning At Home and how they are trying to help.
Audible is Amazon’s audio book platform. All books are professionally narrated and listeners can choose the speed at which they listen. Normally, everyone needs to purchase books or take books out from the library to use Audible, but they have a special Covid-19 deal for students. While schools are closed, all students in the United …
Learning Upgrade consists of Reading Upgrade, Comprehension Upgrade, and Math Upgrade. Both are sequential, educational video games. Reading Upgrade begins in level 1 with basic letter knowledge and by level 50 is having students work on complex passages. There are lessons on digraphs, blends, long vowels, and so on. There is also a Comprehension Upgrade …
Read & Write is a Chrome extension that, for the free version, adds screen reading to any site. Basically, it allows students to go to any website, click on the content they are interested in, and then hear the text read aloud as it is highlighted on the screen. That’s the free version. The paid …
Bookshare is a free reading resource for individuals with reading or visual disabilities. Teachers or parents can sign students up. Once they have an account, students can download pretty much any book directly to their devices. Students can then listen to the books at the reading rate of their choice and see the words highlighted …
