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It is amazing to see a struggling reader blossom into a fluent reader.  No better vision - A teacher wants to be a part of this amazing event.  Finding ways to teach learning disabled students to learn to become good readers can be challenging.  These students have a difficult time in connecting sounds and can struggle on every other word.  It is my desire to use this blog to get ideas from educators, computer specialist,  classmates and parents to gain strategies to help these children succeed in reading with the use of technology. 


In this blog, I am featuring several websites that are helpful for my Action Research Topic.  I am hoping that I will help other educators as well as parents to gain insight .


www.studyisland.com
This website is a web-based program built from state standards.  Educators and student users must have a login name and pass word to access this site.  The goal is help students master the standards.  The student earns blue ribbons when he/she has mastered the standard.  This program is great for students with specials needs. It has an option in which text to speech can be activated.  So if you have a struggling reader, the text can be read to the student.  Games, lessons, test and limited answer choices are available in this program. 



http://mrsdell.org/reading/
This website has a wealth of information as it relates to reading and technology.  It is ideal for educators using technology to increase achievement in reading.  It offers lesson plans, tutorials in photography in the classroom, power-points, movies and much more and plenty of instructional activities that incorporate technology.  This site is ideal to meet specific needs of students in reading.


http://www.Storyit.com
This website has been very useful for the challenged reader.  It includes online word games, story starters, write on shapes and much more.  It provides lots of activities which stimulate reading for the beginner as  well as the struggling reader.  


http://www.wordway.us.com
This website is designed for the beginner reader, which in turn can also help the struggling reader.  This site includes basic word families that include pictures, songs, print friendly text (comic sans), vowels sounds, diphthongs, diagraphs and much more.  It includes a CD that can be purchased.




I have included some blog sites that have interesting content in this area:
special-needs.families.com/blog/

Could my Child have Dyslexia-- Focuses on the Characteristics of dyslexia- Your First Grader a Poor Reader?  You better act Fast: What a parent should do to help the struggling reader-Teaching Learning Disabled Kids to Read:Strategies to help the learning disabled students-Help Your Learning Disabled Child with Letters and  Words:Strategies to help children in the beginning stage of reading