Scaffolding Made Easy: 7+ Tools and Resources to Adapt ReadWorks for Special Education

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. 

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How to Use ReadWorks for Differentiation

Differentiate 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:
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• Focus Tools: Digital and printed reading strips to help students who struggle with visual tracking or "losing their place"
  
  
• Adjustable Font Size: Instant modifications for better legibility

Digital Accessibility: Student facing features are built into each passage to support different types of learners. 
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• Text-to-Speech: High-quality audio support for every passage
  
  
• Highlighting and Annotation: To help identify and review key information 
  
  

Graphic Organizers and Vocabulary: Use graphic organizers to break down reading and interactive vocabulary activities such as Word Detective and Meaning Mapper to focus on specific words.

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!