Specialized Content to Support English Language Learners
Read It! helps English Language Learners (ELLs) succeed academically and in everyday life by providing resources such as:
- Content that supports English-language reading proficiency and comprehension as well as general literacy, research, note-taking and academic writing
- Customized articles and practice quizzes to support ELL success and promote reading comprehension across a variety of school and life skill subject areas
- Links to related articles leading students to further content that increases topic comprehension
- Licensed content from leading ELL publishers including Capstone Press and Cricket Media
- Illustrations, images and diagrams to support understanding
- Research guides and worksheets
- The American Heritage Children’s Dictionary
Features & Functionality Include:
- Intuitive interface navigation — Users can easily browse content by categories and subcategories
- "Read Out Loud" text-to-speech tool that enables students to highlight and listen to text at various speeds
- Lexile Measures to indicate a text's level of reading difficulty
- Translation tool that allows students to translate into 35 languages to assist their learning and check their work
Subjects Covered:
- Science
- Math
- History
- Literature
- Civics
- Culture
- Life skills
New and Updated Topics Include:
- Autism
- Black Lives Matter
- Bureau of the Census
- Digital Natives
- Ethics
- LGBTQ
- School Bullying