Resources for Reading Help

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Resources for Help with Reading

Reading is made up of these main parts: phonemic awareness (the ability to hear and manipulate the individual sounds in words), phonics (the ability to associate sounds with letters and use these sounds to form words), vocabulary (understanding the meaning of words they are reading), fluency (the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with appropriate expression) and comprehension (the ability to extract useful information from a text- the main purpose we read). 

These aspects are listed in order as they are mastered as a child learns to read. So if a child is struggling with phonics or vocabulary that will directly affect their ability to read fluently and comprehend a text.

This list is a compilation of resources and ideas to assist you in helping your child progress in reading found on different websites. The DIBELS reading test measured reading progress in these main areas: fluency, accuracy, and comprehension. These resources will cater to these areas as well as a few of the additional aspects of reading.

Phonemic Awareness

(Most likely students in grades k-1)

Phonemic Awareness activities:

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/activities/phonemic.html

http://www.readingresource.net/phonemicawarenessactivities.html

10 ideas to improve phonemic awareness at home:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4530159_improve-childs-phonological-awareness-skills.html

Rhyme a week, printable poems for practice:

http://curry.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm#This_Week

Phonemic awareness assessment:

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/teacher/assessment/tools/tools.html

UEN K-2 Student Interactives:

http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/index.shtml

Phonics

(Most likely students in grades k-2)

Phonics games and activities online:

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html

http://www.fridgefun4kids.com/pages/letters.htm

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/phonics/

Online activities, printables, and things for home:

http://childparenting.about.com/od/elementaryreadin1/a/phonics.htm

Different approaches to teaching phonics:

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/254/

More online resources for phonics:

http://my.uen.org/myuen/218672/7;jsessionid=E17EC1730766D524A303738B7F64AB87

Vocabulary

How to improve vocabulary and worksheets:

http://www.language-worksheets.com/Elementary.html

Online games:

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/teach-vocabulary-children/

Cloze activities (how to and practice):

http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/cloze/index.html

http://bogglesworldesl.com/cloze_activities.htm

Online Cloze activities:

http://www.englishmedialab.com/cloze.html

UEN 3-6 Student Interactives:

http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/index.shtml

Fluency

Printable activities (scroll down to fluency):

http://www.fcrr.org/Curriculum/studentCenterActivities23.shtm

How to improve fluency:

http://www.readinghorizons.com/blog/post/2011/01/27/Tips-for-Helping-Students-Improve-Reading-Fluency.aspx

Fluency assessment passages:

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/california/teachers/building-reading-and-writing-skills/student-fluency-passages

Ideas from Pinterest:

http://pinterest.com/teacherchels44/fantastic-fluency/

Comprehension

When A Child Doesn’t Remember What He Reads (article):

http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine-digital.com/thehomeschoolmagazine/201212?pg=35&pm=2&u1=texterity&linkImageSrc=/thehomeschoolmagazine/201212/data/imgpages/tn/0035_tkhftv.gif/#pg35

Fostering Reading Comprehension, a “how to”:

http://mrshoulinsclass.blogspot.com/2013/01/fostering-reading-comprehension.html

Printable worksheets:

http://havefunteaching.com/worksheets/reading-worksheets/reading-comprehension-worksheets/

http://www.englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Reading-Comprehension.htm

http://www.education.com/worksheets/comprehension/

Online games and activities:

http://www.storylineonline.net/

http://www.readingglassesshopper.com/online-reading-games-for-kids.html

http://www.jumpstart.com/parents/games/reading-games

Games and activities broken down by comprehension skill:

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listcompreheta.html

http://gamequarium.com/readquarium/skillsa-h.html