Literacy/Writing Resources
Tutor-Facing Resources:
How can you best support your student in literacy development?
- Video: How to incorporate literacy into your tutoring sessions: A short overview of the many ways you can bring tailored literacy support into your tutoring sessions with elementary aged students. This video is aimed at new tutors and those working with elementary school students, but can be used as a quick refresher for experienced tutors.
- Video: Literacy Support for Older CEP Students: This video covers literacy strategies and activities for volunteers working with middle and high school students.
- Tips for Reading with Your Student:
- Websites that you can use to learn how to support your students:
- Oakland Reads: This website provides a comprehensive guide for literacy-related skills and age/grade milestones and how to scaffold your sessions to target the areas your student needs help with.
- Literacy Common Core Standards: This website lists all the ELA Common Core Standards, easily searchable by grade level.
- Reading Rockets: This website provides short videos that demonstrate how to support reading and developing literacy skills for PreK-3rd grade students!
- Literacy Connections: This website includes suggested activities and strategies, plus a specific section on tutoring tips to help students learn to read.
- 5 Ways to Help Students Sound Out Words: This website provides 5 tips to support students in sounding out words.
- 225 Fun & Free Creative Writing Prompts for Kids in All Grade Levels: This website provides different writing prompts for different grade levels and themes.
- Education.com: This website has lesson plans, interactive worksheets, and regular worksheets that provide writing prompts and reading comprehension practice.
- Words in the Wild: Words in the Wild makes learning to read and write a joyful pursuit for children and the adults who teach and love them.
- How to assess your student's reading proficiency over time:
- Use this Student Assessment Log to record your assessments over time.
- Assessments for different skills:
- Sight words:
- Reading comprehension: 3 Minute Assessment
- Letter name and sound recognition:
Tutoring Resources:
What resources can you use for your sessions?
Websites:
Literacy Toolkits: CEP-created toolkits with activities for specific grade-levels.
Literacy Summer-Related Activities
Literacy Apps for All Ages
- BLM Instructional Library: This slideshow provides a library of Black Lives Matter children’s books with links to Read Alouds.
- Latinx KidLit Database: This database provides a list of a variety of Latinx books that pertain to specific content areas – you can find most of the books at your local libraries.
- Student Center Activities: This website provides activities and lessons that are specific to each grade level and literacy-skill that you want to target.
- StoryWorld: This is an interactive literacy program that includes leveled books and games. Ask your CEP staff partner for help in creating a login for your student if interested.
- PBS Kids: This website provides fun, interactive activities to engage beginning readers.
- Education.com: This website provides free worksheets that can be printed or done virtually. It also provides fun activities for students by creating a code for the students. Reach out to your CEP staff partner if you need help!
Literacy Toolkits: CEP-created toolkits with activities for specific grade-levels.
Literacy Summer-Related Activities
- Literacy Activities K - 3rd Grade
- Literacy Activities Bingo K - 3rd Grade
- Literacy Activities 4th - 8th Grade
- Literacy Activities Bingo 4th - 8th Grade
Literacy Apps for All Ages
- Reading Trainer
- First Grade Learning Games
- iStoryBooks
- iTooch School
