Assistive Technology for the Classroom

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 The Basics
Teaching time is
valuable. That’s why 17,215,784
Students
everything on
ReadWorks is 1,230,125
thoughtfully designed to Educators
provide high-impact
instruction that builds 94,709 Schools
better readers. Founded in 1990 to
provide FREE K-12 50 States + DC
articles to teachers and
students.
 Why Teachers Use ReadWorks
ReadWorks is a free supplemental reading resource that allows teachers to assess and monitor
students’ reading growth. Students can benefit from ReadWorks if it is frequently used in the
classroom. The differentiation tools that are offered allow students to practice challenging multiple
choice questions that are often found on state assessments. Furthermore, teachers can choose
from a range of engaging topics to help students increase vocabulary, improve comprehension, and
develop a joy for reading.
 Features
ReadWorks

“Reading Comprehension Instruction that Works”

Research and Practice Content Instruction Monitoring Student

Progress

Compelled by cognitive
science research, its Differentiate reading Integrate instruction by Easily add students to a
high-impact instructional passages for each book, by topic, by class and immediately
materials and tools are student based on decoding, by monitor their reading
used by over 1 million topic, grade level, vocabulary, and by core comprehension and
teachers and 17 million and Lexile. curriculum. vocabulary progress.
students in the US today.
 Topics to Choose From
Current Events STEM Poetry Social Studies

Literary Fiction Arts Holidays & Events Non-Fiction

Music & Performing Geography Life Science World History

Arts

Social & Emotional Technology &

Physical Science Sports
Learning Engineering
 Ways to Use
Digital Classes Print Projector
Students can highlight, Print out content and Project the article or
annotate, and complete curriculum to share with passage onto your board
assignments online. students allowing them or smartboard for
Teachers can access to write directly on the classroom instruction.
progress reports and material.
automatic grading.
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 Using ReadWorks to Support Students with Learning Disabilities
evidence #1
ReadWorks offers text-to-speech for all of their reading conclusion
passages, and some passages even include human-voice
ReadWorks offers teachers a
audio so that students can hear the text read by a fluent
variety of ways to support their
reader.
students with learning
evidence #2 disabilities.
ReadWorks offers differentiated assignments. Teachers can
While not a a support for a
assign reading passages at different reading levels so that all
learning disability, ReadWorks
students are reading at a level that is individualized and
offers the ability to have the
neither too easy nor too difficult.
evidence #3 directions for the Article-A-Day
and Reading Mindset Snapshot
ReadWorks allows students to have the use of the following translated and read aloud by a
available modifications to assist themselves: remove clutter fluent reader of the native
from the webpage, text magnification, split screen, guided language for ELL students
reading strip, and paragraph numbering.
 Future of ReadWorks
This That
ReadWorks is currently in the process of
implementing book studies. The book studies will
include three text sets each that are focused upon
either theme or knowledge.

ReadWorks has also added a new library of

decodable texts that will allow beginning readers to
practice their phonics skills.

New reading passages have been added with the

intent of adding even more.