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Graphic organizers are proven scaffolds that help students visualize connections, organize complex information, and unlock the “why” behind the text. These are all important steps to support your students’ reading comprehension. Introducing ReadWorks Graphic Organizers! Use them alongside our library of high-quality passages to help students without the prep stress. Make Thinking VisibleWe’ve created a selection of different graphic organizers that can help your students activate knowledge and unlock their understanding of different kinds of texts. Use KWL Charts to activate students' prior knowledge before they tackle a text. Try Venn Diagrams to explore the relationships between ideas within or across passages. Support your students' understanding of important events with Cause & Effect or Sequencing organizers. Deepen student understanding and engagement with these graphic organizers today! Easy to Use Digitally or in PrintThe ReadWorks graphic organizers are interactive and contain fillable text fields. Students can type directly onto them and educators can set up organizers for the whole class before making copies (by adding the title or other labels). These graphic organizers can be used digitally or in print. For younger students, try our organizers with lines. Download your Free Digital Graphic Organizers to Deepen Understanding today:
Organizing Ideas
Understanding Text Structure
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Individualized instruction is the core of Special Education. Whether you are teaching in a resource classroom, or working with a small group or one-on-one, ReadWorks provides evidence-based reading interventions needed to meet diverse goals for special education (SPED) reading comprehension. We are thrilled to introduce this FREE SPED RESOURCE DOWNLOAD that organizes all of our resources designed for students with disabilities and ideas to help reach IEP goals all in one helpful guide. How to Use ReadWorks for DifferentiationDifferentiate Content: Don't spend hours manually rewriting passages. Use StepReads to provide more accessible versions of the same text. This allows you to scaffold all students towards grade level reading. Filtering for Student Interests: Use our advanced filters to find passages by Lexile level, grade, or topic. Readability Tools: Support students with visual impairments, dyslexia, and other disabilities using our student-facing features:
Digital Accessibility: Student facing features are built into each passage to support different types of learners.
Question Sets to Check for Understanding: Assess reading comprehension through question sets and the Book of Knowledge, both supported by various features like audio. Use the digital question sets for automated grading! ReadWorks Teacher Dashboard to Track Progress: Monitor students’ reading progress with automated data to bring to your next IEP meeting or quarterly progress report. Save hours on lesson prep. Support every learner.
Get your SPED Resource here! This month, we are introducing a new way to support ReadWorks’ mission, sharing how educators and students can join in for our Earth Day illustration contest, and showcasing how teachers can further support Spanish-speaking English language learners. As always, we are grateful to our donors who help support the teacher instruction that builds the knowledge and vocabulary that drive students’ reading comprehension. To donate to ReadWorks, click here.
Enhanced Support for Spanish-Speaking English Learners
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This month, we are excited to share news and updates on how ReadWorks is making an impact and building the next generation of confident, knowledgeable, and joyful readers. As always, we are grateful to our donors as we support teacher instruction that builds the knowledge and vocabulary that drive students’ reading comprehension.
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For a long time, the national conversation about education in Mississippi was one of struggle. Yet in the last few years, a new narrative has emerged, one that news reporters across the country are calling the "Mississippi Miracle." Since 2013, the state has undergone a historic transformation, rising from the bottom of national rankings to becoming a leader in 4th-grade reading progress. (Source: How Mississippi Transformed Schools from Worst to Best, New York Times, 2026) At ReadWorks, we know this wasn't a miracle; it was the result of thousands of teachers and state leaders rolling up their sleeves to embrace and implement the science of reading into instruction. However, as any teacher will tell you, the work is far from over. We know Mississippi sparks a particular curiosity because of its high poverty rate, rural school districts, and limited funding for instructional materials. This story brings hope that leadership, organization, and access- in addition to financial investment - can drive change. The Importance of Access to ReadWorks in Mississippi: Removing the "Price Tag" from Progress Each year, more than 7,000 reading specialists and paraprofessionals (20% of Mississippi educators) use ReadWorks; 87% work in schools serving student populations where at least 75% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, the population Readworks is most focused on as a nonprofit. This is significant because ReadWorks is able to provide resources that are typically high-cost for free. Resources such as nonfiction decodable texts—short articles that help emerging readers practice specific letter sounds. These are essential tools for reading instruction, yet they are often priced as luxury items. A single classroom set can cost a school over $4,000. (Source: Decodables.com) Thanks to the support of The Chisholm Foundation, which specifically funds ReadWorks’ outreach to Mississippi, here are a few key ways ReadWorks has made an impact across the state:
"ReadWorks has helped me with the start of teaching. It also helps with finding out what level my students are on." Deeping District Partnerships: In partnership with the Laurel, MS School District, ReadWorks is embarking on a deep, multi-year research initiative to understand exactly how digital tools can best support students in high-poverty communities. The Laurel project represents our most significant commitment yet. We aren’t just providing content; we are providing the "human infrastructure" to make it work.
Written by: Melissa CalderDirector of Marketing and Engagement at ReadWorks |
