Excellent leveled stories for middle school students! I use the program in a Reading Lab to help struggling readers. LOVE the quizzes and writing assignments that go along with each story.

How I Use It

I have the "Free" version of Front Row which allows me unlimited access to math practice which I have my 6th Grade SPED students use as practice because it is leveled. I use the Articles in my Reading Lab classes as independent practice or as Cloze Reading activities. Every student at any level can read the same article, but it is tailored to the reading level of the individual student. I can also set the reading level if I so desire. When I use an article for Cloze reading, I always use a higher level because we complete the activities together. This gives them better vocabulary practice. Our school also has access to Google Read & Write, so sometimes I assign high level articles to low level readers and have them listen to the articles and practice grade level vocabulary and comprehension. I love the writing assignments! They are easy to grade, quick, responses to literature. I can have students work on a particular skill, varying sentence type and structure, for example. Using the free version, I only get 5 articles per month, and that is the only downfall. I am hoping that my school system will purchase the entire program. I believe it will help with cross curriculum study and will help even more to improve the reading comprehension and writing skills of my students.