ReadWorks and Reading Skills

ReadWorks is an extensive collection of leveled fiction and non-fiction texts. It was developed for children; however non-fiction topics are relevant and engaging for adult learners. All articles are accompanied by audio that students can control (i.e. speed, pause). With an account, you can curate collections. Students will have to enter the site either through their Google account or a code to access the articles online. Articles can also be displayed on a whiteboard or shared on a screen during a video-conference. Articles and follow-up activities can also be printed and shared. 

There are a few ways to use the collection:

1. Search for topics that enhance a theme or event you are planning.

2. Choose articles from one of their curated collections that align with a holiday or current event or student interests.

3. Use an "article-a-day" as an independent study activity.

One of the drawbacks to the site are the precise reading level categories. Adult readers won't likely fit neatly into one grade level. (The same is true for children and youth.) Consider articles with a range of grade levels (e.g. Grades K-2 or Grades 3-5). The use of audio will help scaffold reading abilities. 

Copyrighted. Create an account to save, assign and print. 

Level - Most content is focused on elementary school users, particularly Grades 2 to 8. Review children's content for use with adults, especially the fiction.

Reading Skills for Today's Adults, also known as the Marshall Reading program, is a collection of 345 levelled reading passages designed to support fluency, comprehension and vocabulary development. Each passage also has accompanying audio. Also on the site is a timer that can be used to track oral reading speed. Each text is assigned a Lexile score and cross-referenced with US testing systems used in Adult Basic Education. All materials can be shared and reproduced and are available as PDFs. A Word file is also available.

CrowdEd Learning, an organization in the US has reproduced and re-presented the open educational resources, creating two digital versions:

1. Wakelet leveled collection - Level A  Level B Level C Level D

2. Mobile app

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Level information - There are 16 levels in the collection. These do not align with grade levels. The 16 levels do not accommodate very beginning/non-readers. At the high end, the passages don't support academic and subject-specific knowledge and reading. They are useful for GLE of 2 to 8.