Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Effective Literacy Website #7: ELA tools


Merlihse Isiel
ED638-Fall Intersession 2018
Dr. Rivera
IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website Review #7
            The common sense website gives you many links to website about technology, media, research, opportunity for parents and teacher, etc. I have selected a website that is part of the common sense which is (https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/best-common-core-ela-tools-for-high-school). The website that I selected focuses on ways to help English learners succeed in reading, writing and communication. These tools help high school students to master “skills in reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in areas like textual, analysis, narrative and research writing”. To enable these students to get their mastery skills, teachers need to have access to tools or ways that can be used or applied in the classroom so that the students could be given opportunity to gain more. These tools that are discussed on the website provides activities for scaffolding, projects, classroom discussions, feedback on students work and measuring learning outcomes.
            There are two tools that I find interesting among many other tools on the website. The first tool that is discussed among the tools is called LearnZillion. The LearnZillion tool is a Quality Common Core-aligned lesson with great modeling for teachers. It is a free tools that can be obtain online. This tool is for K-12. The second tool is called the ReadWorksDigital. The Read Works Digital is a researched-based site that makes it easy to assign, and differentiate readings. “It is an effective digital reinvention of the trusted ReadingWorks platform that makes it simple to distribute and track high-quality reading assignments. It is a free tool online and is used for K-12.
            This website is beneficial for educators because it gives educators ways to accommodate all the learners in the classroom because of the tools. It mainly benefits students because they are the ones who are getting the highlights to gain their mastery skills.



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