Tillie R. Blas
IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website
#2
ReadWriteThink (http://www.readwritethink.org) is a
free website for parents, teachers and students K-12. The mission of ReadWriteThink
is to provide teachers, parents, and after school professionals access to
quality practices in reading and language arts instruction. All of the content
is reviewed and approved by literacy experts who understand what works for our
students, parents and teachers. The content itself is created by educators who
are passionate about literacy learning. It is great to know that the
development of this site was done by educators who have the same passion that
we have for providing resources needed towards educating our students.
Every lesson is aligned with
IRA/NCTE standards and state standards for English Language Arts. If applicable
it is also aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Navigating through the
website to find information can be done with ease, a plus for busy educators. Books
are presented in various ways such as through a read aloud which would be
useful for our struggling readers as well as our ELL students. While students are
deciding on the topic of their research projects, they will be able to develop
an outline for their project. As an added feature, students will be able to save
their work when not completed. They will be able to return to their interactive
session and continue work when ready. When developing an acrostic poem, the
student is able to scroll over a letter that they may have trouble finding a
word for and will be provided word examples.
As I reviewed the resources
available, I became more and more excited with the variety that is afforded to educators,
parents, and students. TalentLMS has provided resources to make a student’s
lesson more exciting and less intimidating. It has provided a venue for
teachers to create work that is aligned with their unit of study and last but
not least it provides resources for parents to assist their children.
This is a great resource. I have used it several times.
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