Angela Taylor
Ed.6310
Individual Project
Special Needs Reading Sites
Special Needs Reading Sites
Students
with poor reading skills have a lower self-esteem, pose greater discipline problems and are
less likely to complete school. I teach many of these students. I teach at a post adjudication center with
children ages 12-17. Most of these children have been drop outs, were kicked out of school for drug use
or, for one reason or another have not gone to school for months. I have a
large population of special needs children. Many of the other students are behind
in their reading skills. I have found some helpful websites for low achievers
and poor readers. These sites are helpful for teachers and parents as well.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
This is a great site for teachers and parents. The site offers
up-to-date lesson plans for all levels. Next, a link comes up for different
subjects. Once a subject is
chosen, a certain area is given. For example, I chose arts and literature and then picked writing skills.
The different sub-headings then come up. You choose whatever you want to read
from Huck Finn to Harry Potter.
Technology,
lesson plans, and kid friendly web surfing are what this site is about. The
discovery web site offers interesting topics from which I think older students
will find what interests them, and will want to read about. The web site has
many science-related disciplines that will capture your students' attention.
It also has a good link for younger children.
This next site is created by teachers
for teachers--this site is great! The site offers subjects, lesson plans, and
teacher chat groups, and even has
a link for behavior management strategies. The site has child development links to help with special
needs. The site also has a section on games and puzzles to jazz up your lesson
plans. Another neat idea is a link for substitute teachers. Last but not least, this site has seasonal ideas for your classroom.
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/index.html
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
Internet-Based Lesson
Plans and Resources
The
objectives, activities and resources can all be planned for you. If you are
looking for materials for slow learners or at-risk students, then you found
your web site. The site offers all levels from elementary to high school. It
covers all subjects and lessons for the special needs child to the gifted and
talented child. The other web
sites I put on this section go into library sites where more lessons can be
found as well as journal articles for students to read. The sources are numerous and can help
out in your classroom on almost any subject.
Exploring
Data: 9-12 Lesson Plans on the Web
This
site contains information for teachers
who teach high level students. It has ideas for those kids who do not like school. This
is an innovative way to add something different to your daily routine. The
lessons are on a higher level and might need to be lower for some of your
students. I think this is a unique web site and will be a addition to your
lessons.
Funbrain.com has educational games, lessons and quizzes
designed for learners of all ages. There is a guide to help teachers find what
is most useful for their class. They are grouped by title, subject, and grade
level.
School
express has bingo, spelling, reading lessons, math, phonics and on-line activities for every subject. The more
exciting the lesson the more the student who has a hard time staying focused
will want to learn. That is the idea behind many of these fun- filled web
sites. The site has suggestions for teachers in cross-curriculum lesson plans.
Numerous activities and games are also an option.
A
must see site for teachers and students. If you want to get the kids involved
in reading, then let them pick a topic for the week. This site allows student
to pick a favorite subject or topic to read about. The site has a section on
reports, flashcards, theme units, fun activities and reading comprehension. The
reading comprehension section is great for reading practice for those who have
low reading skills. It offers remedial sections along with test-taking
strategies.
This is a wonderful site for teachers, students and
parents.
http://www.4teachers.org/testimony/diggs/
Do
you need inspiration, teachers? This is the web site for you. This site does
not contain worksheets, lesson plans or even tests, but it has stories about
our students. It is written by teachers who teach the special needs students.
The site contains several true life testimonies for other teachers to read. It
is wonderful! I recommend this site for all teachers to read.
Students
with reading problems need extra attention and guidance to succeed in the
classroom. The web sites I found are just a glimpse of what the internet has to
offer. Technology is a special tool for learning and teaching in the classroom.
Children can find new and exciting ways to interact and become familiar with
skills on the computer. The internet can open the window for these students who
shut down the mind. I hope these suggestions will help with those special
challenges.