I found Reading Rockets (https://www.readingrockets.org) to be another good site to build literacy skills of children. The theme of this site is “Launching young readers”. After sifting through the site’s content I have come to the conclusion that the material presented is best suited for elementary level students. However, this site can also be branched out to include student who are in middle and high school who are reading, writing, and comprehending at the elementary level.
Although the Reading Rocket site does not have materials presented by grade levels or subject area it still offers a wide variety of helpful resources. Similar to ReadWriteThink this site offers content related to parents, teachers, and professional development. These items can all be found on Reading Rockets home page. In addition to the home page there are four main categories to conduct searches: Teaching Reading, Helping Struggling Readers, Reading Topics A-Z, and Children’s Books & Authors. The Teaching Reading category offers classroom strategies, videos on teaching reading and writing, as well as more professional development opportunities for teachers. The Helping Struggling Readers Category features articles and research briefs to enhance literacy. This particular category also offers quips about enhancing a struggling readers self-esteem in relation to literacy and background information on why some children struggle with literacy. I found those last two features to go above and beyond because all too often I feel adults don’t quite understand why the child “just can’t get it”. The last two categories are self-explanatory. They offer reading topics and children’s books in relation to literacy and how to help enhance literacy skills in elementary children.
In addition to the wide array of topics already covered by this site there is also a sub-category for “fun stuff”. This is features downloads, web widgets, and writing contests for the children to enjoy. I really like this page because it gives the students different types of opportunities to showcase and practice their literacy skills. Overall, this site is very user friendly and offers a wide assortment of resources to enhance student’s literacy skills.
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