Teaching 1st Grade Reading Online

Teaching Reading Online When Students Can’t Interact With the Materials on the Screen

Today we wanted to talk about how to teach reading to students who are not able to interact on the screen with you.

Our goal is always to have engaging and interactive sessions for our reading intervention students. However, there may be times when that just isn’t possible because they may be using a device that doesn’t have that functionality (such as a Google Chromebook), or you may be working from a system (such as Google Hangouts) that doesn’t allow students to control your screen.

The great news is that there is always a workaround! One of the best tools to consider is Google Classroom. You have the ability to upload slides, create assignments, add videos, etc. that your students can complete.

If you want students to be able to engage with the digital material after a lesson with you I suggest the following steps:

1. Create a Google Classroom: >Learn More Here<

2. Click Classwork

3. Click + Create

4. Click Assignment

5. Upload Slides or Content

6. Run your regular meeting where you manipulate all the content

7. For homework, your students can fill out their own Google Slide copy of the material!

Check out this week’s video below to see how you would run the student or students through the lesson without them being able to directly manipulate any of your screen’s content! In the video, we are going through our -ch phonogram lesson. You can grab the free interactive CH lesson by >>>clicking here!<<<

For more tips and tricks to make your intervention even more effective, check out FREE workshop, How to Create Systematic, SOR-Aligned Lesson Plans. This workshop will help you determine what actually needs to be included in a Science of Reading-based lesson, how to build a lesson plan based on the Science of Reading, and how to optimize your lesson plans. Plus, we’ll share our lesson planning guides!