Be sure to check out the science and social studies page for great websites and some that have readers built in!
https://soraapp.com/library/bvsks * To have the text read aloud, use the screen shot reader within the Read and Write toolbar!
http://clusive.cast.org/dashboard
https://njcscd.tcnj.edu/2016/07/07/bridge-to-terabithia/ Adapted books for complex learners
Pulling Bookshare text into ibooks
http://www.loyalbooks.com/ Online books and audiobooks
https://www.storynory.com/ Free audio books
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/ Online books and audio books; search by readability levels
http://rewordify.com/ Take text and copy it to have it reworded in order to simplify and assist with understanding and comprehension *Now included in the Read&Write toolbar.
http://www.clarkness.com/ A wide variety of beginner and adapted stories and books. Can use with a PDF text reader.
http://esl-bits.net/ Audiobooks of classics and other text (this sight is specifically organized and developed for ELL students but great for many others that may need audio text support)
Just Read Books read aloud links to books read on youtube
ReadWorks Free online curriculum for literacy and reading comprehension.
http://uniteforliteracy.com/ Free online books with read alongs
https://www.monarchreader.com/home Online books with a range of topics and switch accessible
www.starfall.com/...play.htm links to online, multimedia, alphabet letter and sound learning
pbskids.org/lions PBS website with games, and stories.
Story line online videos of actors reading aloud childrens storybooks. Captioning option is great to support learning
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/collection/368172 This is a list of books through Bookshare that are available for anyone even if you don't qualify for Bookshare.
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/collection/368407 Free books available for anyone (even if you don't qualify for Bookshare). This list is particularly for 2nd grade and younger.
Bookshare Blue Valley Staff: Please contact Nicole Peters to see if your building already has an account set up.
https://www.bookshare.org/_/gettingStarted/newFeatures This is a link to training videos about bookshelf and web reader from Bookshare
AAC & Literacy This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs.
https://www.med.unc.edu/healthsciences/clds/projects/
rhymezone.com for generating words for instructional activities, games, other writing activities
http://reading.ecb.org/ Into the Book
http://www.storyshares.org// This is a great site for age appropriate stories for secondary students with reading disabilities. *This site updated in April 2021 with built in text reader and vocabulary support. Also includes the ability to download as an accessible PDF.
LibriVox Great audio files of public domain books
Project Gutenburg Downloadable public domain books
Google Books Search Google books for public domain and to preview books
https://www.planetebook.com/ebooks/ Nice site for some very clean PDF or ebooks versions of classics
Read&Write by Texthelp (available to all Blue Valley staff and students)
Protocol for Accomodations in Reading (PAR) This tool can help you determine what type of supports may be helpful for students struggling with reading. The assessment compares independent reading, adult reader and a text reader.
Readings and Research
Text to Speech
Wood, S. G., Moxley, J. H., Tighe, E. L., & Wagner, R. K. (2018). Does Use of Text-to-Speech and Related Read-Aloud Tools Improve Reading Comprehension for Students With Reading Disabilities? A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 51(1), 73–84. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022219416688170
https://elearningindustry.com/text-to-speech-for-elearning-beneficial-students
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/text-speech-tts
http://www.learningtechnologiesab.com/text-to-speech/what-the-research-says/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022219416688170
Vocabulary
https://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading-basics/vocabulary
https://www2.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/support/rmcfinal1.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4610292/