READING SUPPORTS
Reading is both an end and a means to an end. According to the National reading Panel(NRP), children need to be skilled in five areas in order to become proficient readers. They are:
1) Phonemic Awareness
2) Phonics
3) Fluency
4) Comprehension
5) Vocabulary
Low -Tech
1) Highlighters and sticky notes.
2) Book holders
3) Transparent reading rulers which allows student to see just one line at a time.
Mid-Tech
1) Audio books
2) Mini-book light
3) iPod By Apple. An audio-only format that can be played on a student's iPod.
4) e-Text is a computer file such as a Microsoft word document. Electronic texts offer a number of advantages over printed text.
High-Tech
1) Start-to-Finish Library provides high-interest/low-level titles which allow a student to record themselves reading a passage aloud as many times as they would like until they are satisfied with their reading
2) Thinking Reader teaches comprehension strategies using unabridged text of middle school-level literature
3) Destination Reading provides on-screen that create a dialogue with the student to invite active engagement.
4) Bookshare. org is a great electronic resource for any student with a print disability. It offers more than 70,000 digital books, textbooks, and periodicals in braille or electronic adjustable formats.
Resources
Assessing Students' Needs for Assistive Technology (ASNAT) 5th Edition – complete version (June 2009).
Dell, Amy G. Deborah A. Newton & Jerry G. Petroff. (2102). Assistive Technology in the Classroom, 2nd Ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
Reading is both an end and a means to an end. According to the National reading Panel(NRP), children need to be skilled in five areas in order to become proficient readers. They are:
1) Phonemic Awareness
2) Phonics
3) Fluency
4) Comprehension
5) Vocabulary
Low -Tech
1) Highlighters and sticky notes.
2) Book holders
3) Transparent reading rulers which allows student to see just one line at a time.
Mid-Tech
1) Audio books
2) Mini-book light
3) iPod By Apple. An audio-only format that can be played on a student's iPod.
4) e-Text is a computer file such as a Microsoft word document. Electronic texts offer a number of advantages over printed text.
High-Tech
1) Start-to-Finish Library provides high-interest/low-level titles which allow a student to record themselves reading a passage aloud as many times as they would like until they are satisfied with their reading
2) Thinking Reader teaches comprehension strategies using unabridged text of middle school-level literature
3) Destination Reading provides on-screen that create a dialogue with the student to invite active engagement.
4) Bookshare. org is a great electronic resource for any student with a print disability. It offers more than 70,000 digital books, textbooks, and periodicals in braille or electronic adjustable formats.
Resources
Assessing Students' Needs for Assistive Technology (ASNAT) 5th Edition – complete version (June 2009).
Dell, Amy G. Deborah A. Newton & Jerry G. Petroff. (2102). Assistive Technology in the Classroom, 2nd Ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.