Read It!

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