Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Carlsbad Library ▬ Graphic Novel: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words for Learners

Keep It Together: Words on Inclusion, Equity and Diversity

Carlsbad Library Literacy

Learning Connection: May/June 2021 by Sandra Riggins

Graphic Novel: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words for Learners

Want to try something new with your reading? Graphic novels are a great resource for learners. Some people think that graphic novels are just comic books for kids, but they are so much more.

What Are Graphic Novels?

Today’s graphic novels are works of art that teach. Graphic novels have artwork on every page that help tell the story.

This is what makes it great for learners. There are many details of the story and setting that are shown with the pictures. It helps learners to understand the story because they can see details of the setting and situation without reading. This makes it easier to concentrate on the words and to understand the story better.

Great Graphic Novels in Our Collection

March
March
by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
Illustrated by Nate Powell

This is the story of the life of John Lewis and his work for civil rights. This three-book series gives you his firsthand account of peacefully working for civil rights. You will understand the civil rights movement in ways you never did before.


Good Talk
Good Talk by Mira Jacob

This novel was written by the author about raising a son who is half Jewish and half Indian. It’s an interesting story about how she handles the challenges of his duel identities. Reader warning: There are adult situations, brief nudity and sexuality in this graphic novel.


When Stars
Are Scattered
When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
Illustrated by Victoria Jamieson

This is the story of a young boy and his non-verbal brother living in a refugee camp in Kenya. Their father was killed and they were accidentally separated from their mother in Somalia. Although the story sounds sad, it is filled with tremendous hope. The illustrations are beautiful and colorful. It is an amazing true story.   READ MORE ➤➤

 
Automatic Readability Checker
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 8
Reading Level: standard / average.
Reader's Age: 12-14 yrs. old
(Seventh and Eighth graders)

Carlsbad Library Literacy

Building skills, changing lives

Read to a child or read better at work.

Literacy Services provides tutoring to English-speaking adults who want to improve their basic reading and writing skills.

Learners are provided a friendly, supportive environment, where their needs and goals are valued. Each learner studies with a trained volunteer tutor. All services are free and confidential.

For more information, call 760-931-4510


Tuesday, June 1, 2021

How Audiobooks Can Make People More Literate ▬ Medium

How Audiobooks Can Make People More Literate
Professional audiobook narrators help bridge the ‘understanding gap’
AudioFile Magazine

Medium: 9.08.2018 by AudioFile Magazine *

Educators and cognitive scientists recognize that “reading” is a very broad term. In the audiobook community, we already know that “reading” can and does mean critical listening as well as visual understanding of printed text. Pushback still comes from some who believe that“to read” is to decode visually. I like to call them reading “print-bound purists.” As most long-established “eye-readers” know, assumptions about characters, plot direction, and capacity to grasp how facts in chapter one will be required in chapter seven, can and do miss the mark on any first complete reading of a book. How many of these print-bound purists re-read texts — silently, of course, as 20th century pedagogy taught many of us to be a requirement of “skillful” reading?

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Professional audiobook narrators, in fact, are the people who do that essential pre-reading for us before we sit down to acquire the author’s work by listening to interpretive choices that make sense the first time around as listening readers. Professional narrators, having familiarized themselves thoroughly with the book before the recording session begins, know and impart appropriate pacing and alterations in inflections that we can have from the get-go when we hear their reading. Passages dense with significant and complex information are delivered in a manner that allows us to concentrate point by point instead of rushing by without collecting what we need for understanding the next stage of the work. And when personal names may be too close for eye comfort, narrators introduce specific tones — if not outright voices — that allow us to distinguish between speakers readily.

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Try these audiobooks as examples of how reading comprehension can receive significant boosts from hearing skilled narrators:

What do I need to understand about this character? The War that Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, read by Jane Entwistle

How can I make sense of all these technical explanations when I’m not even sure which clause is important? Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries, by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, read by Dion Graham

Who’s who when I see a cavalcade of character names that I can’t distinguish among quickly? Death Notice, by Zhou Haohui, translated by Zac Haluza, read by Joel de la Fuente

 
* AudioFile Magazine
reviews and recommends good listening, top-notch performances and dynamic listening experiences. We do not sell audiobooks.

READ MORE ➤➤

 
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 14
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old
(college level)


Monday, May 31, 2021

Friday, May 7, 2021

Redlands Library ▬ Redlands Caught Up In ‘Charlotte’s Web’ For 2021 Community Read

Redlands Caught Up In ‘Charlotte’s Web’ For 2021 Community Read

Redlands Adult Literacy
Redlands Daily Facts: 4.16.2021 by Diane Shimota, Adult Literacy Coor-A.K. Smiley Library

The Redlands Adult Literacy Program has named the classic story “Charlotte’s Web,” written by E. B. White, as its 2021 Community Read.

Charlotte’s Web

“Charlotte’s Web” is a story that speaks to all generations with its themes of friendship, life, death and the power of words. The Community Read offers the opportunity for parents and children, readers who have read “Charlotte’s Web” or are new to the story, book club members and others, to experience the book’s message in a new way, particularly as we reflect on all that has occurred in the last year.

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Guillermina Rangel, an adult learner enrolled in the Redlands Adult Literacy Program, is reading “Charlotte’s Web” for the first time. She observed, “I just love Wilbur, how innocent he is and his determination to learn. I also like Charlotte, who is very well educated, patient and compassionate towards Wilbur. To me, she is like a very dedicated teacher.”

To enhance the reading experience, a Charlotte’s Web activity guide has been posted on the Adult Literacy website. The guide includes a history of the author and the book’s illustrator, Garth Williams, as well as vocabulary, discussion topics, and activities for people of all ages.  READ MORE ➤➤

 
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 10
Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old (Ninth to Tenth graders)


To learn more, join us at a Zoom Tutor Orientation.

Please call the Redlands Adult Literacy Program office at 909.798.7565 to sign up for the Orientation or if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing from you!


Saturday, May 1, 2021

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events ▬ May 2021

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events
May 2021
 
 
SCLLN
Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
- Local, California and National –
Visit the
Southern California Library Literacy Calendar


 
May 01      Choose Privacy Week
May 01-9   Bay Area Book Festival VIRTUAL
May 03      Children's Book Week
May 03      Teacher Appreciation Week
May 04      Teacher Appreciation Day
May 07      CATESOL Spring Conference VIRTUAL
May 11      California Library Association Conference VIRTUAL
May 11      Deep Dive CLLS Values & Essentials Part 1 VIRTUAL 9:30a
May 11      Deep Dive CLLS Values & Essentials Part 2 VIRTUAL 1p
May 13      Free Online ESL Classes - USA Learns VIRTUAL 11a
May 13      Renewing Library Volunteerism . . . VIRTUAL 1p
May 13      Tutor Ready Writing Videos . . . VIRTUAL 1p
May 13      . . . Return of Traveling Library: A Popup Literacy VIRTUAL 2p
May14       Tutor Ready Writing Videos . . . VIRTUAL 11a
May 14      . . . Learner Leadership Peer-to-Peer Mentoring VIRTUAL 11a
May 14      Free Online ESL Classes - USA Learns VIRTUAL 12N
May 14      The Value of Literacy Services in Your Library VIRTUAL 1p
May 14      Wee Connect:  Family, Friends & Neighbors VIRTUAL 1p
May 25      Health Literacy Conference IHA VIRTUAL


Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events ▬ April 2021

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events
April 2021
 

SCLLN
Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
- Local, California and National –
Visit the


Apr. 04      National Library Week: Welcome to Your Library
Apr. 06      National Library Workers Day
Apr. 07      National Library Outreach Day
Apr. 07      Literary Orange VIRTUAL 6:30p
Apr. 08      AOTA Conference & Expo VIRTUAL Thru June 1
Apr. 08      American Educational Research Assc Conf VIRTUAL
Apr. 14      Literary Orange VIRTUAL 6:30p
Apr. 17      Los Angeles Times Festival of Books VIRTUAL
Apr. 19      Overview of Orton Gillingham Approach OnLine
Apr. 19      Special Ed Law and Dyslexia OnLine
Apr. 21      CCAE State Conference 2021 VIRTUAL
Apr. 21      Literary Orange VIRTUAL 6:30p
Apr. 24      Black Writers on Tour VIRTUAL
Apr. 24      Children's Book Fair San Diego
Apr. 24      YALLWEST VIRTUAL
Apr. 26      Introduction to Structured Word Inquiry OnLine
Apr. 27      BOOST Conference VIRTUAL
Apr. 28      Literary Orange VIRTUAL 6:30p
Apr. 30      Dia: El día de los niños/El día de loslibro
                    Díapalooza @ Public and School Libraries


Monday, March 22, 2021

Redlands Library ▬ Literacy Program Challenges Redlands To Get Caught Up In ‘Charlotte’s Web’

Literacy Program Challenges Redlands To Get Caught Up In ‘Charlotte’s Web’

Charlotte’s Web
Redlands Community News: 3.11.2021 by Shari Forbes

This year’s Redlands Community Read selection is E.B. White’s classic book “Charlotte’s Web,” first published in 1952 and illustrated by Garth Williams.

Sponsored by the A.K. Smiley Public Library’s Adult Literacy Program, the annual Community Read Challenge is open to all who wish to participate.

The challenge features monthly activities related to the book, culminating in a community celebration in the fall of 2021. Illustration and writing activities can be submitted to the library and may be chosen for display in the library or other city facilities.  READ MORE ➤➤

 
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 10
Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old
(Ninth to Tenth graders)
 

Redlands Adult Literacy Program

Our mission is to provide free, professional, and confidential tutoring in reading and writing to help adult learners in the Redlands community reach their literacy goals.

To learn more, join us at a Zoom Tutor Orientation. 

Please call the Redlands Adult Literacy Program office at 909.798.7565, ext. 4138 or email literacy@akspl.org to sign up for the Orientation or if you have any questions.

We look forward to hearing from you!


Friday, March 12, 2021

Carlsbad Library ▬ An Evening with Tara Westover ▬ April 8

Pick Up the Carlsbad Reads Together Selection

An Evening with
Tara Westover
Learning Connection: March/April 2021

Carlsbad is revisiting last year’s Carlsbad Reads Together selection Educated by Tara Westover.

We are offering this book free to those who would like to participate! Learners receive a matching audiobook. Give us a call and we will get your book ready for curbside pickup. Curbside pickup is available Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho and isolated from mainstream society, Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Lacking a formal education, she began to educate herself. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Cambridge, Harvard and beyond. “

An Evening with Tara Westover
Virtual Event
Thursday, April 8, 5:30 p.m.
Tara Westover will discuss her book Educated followed by an audience Q&A.  READ MORE ➤➤

 

Literacy Volunteering

You can change a life by becoming a volunteer literacy tutor!

Orientations are currently on hold.

If you're interested in becoming a volunteer tutor, call Literacy Services at the Carlsbad City Library Learning Center at 760-931-4510.

 

Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 8
Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 12-14 yrs. old
(Seventh and Eighth graders)


Monday, March 1, 2021

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events ▬ March 2021

 
SCLLN
Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
- Local, California and National –
Visit the
Southern California Library Literacy Network Calendar
 


Mar. 01      Open Education Week 
Mar. 01      Introduction to Structured Word Inquiry OnLine
Mar. 01      Read Across California 
Mar. 02      Read Across America Day     
Mar. 03      OTAN Technology and Distance Learning Symposium VIRTUAL
Mar. 04      March Forth for Literacy       
Mar. 04      National Grammar Day
Mar. 05      World Book Day 
Mar. 08      CSUN Assistive Technology Conference VIRTUAL
Mar. 15      Reading Comprehension Strategies OnLine
Mar. 15      What is Dyslexia? An In Depth Look OnLine
Mar. 16      Freedom of Information Day 
Mar. 18      CUE Spring Conference VIRTUAL
Mar. 19      Read To Me Day 
Mar. 20      World Storytelling Day 
Mar. 21      World Poetry Day
Mar. 24      CABE Conference VIRTUAL
Mar. 26      California Language Teachers' Association Conference VIRTUAL
 


 

Monday, February 1, 2021

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events ▬ February 2021


SCLLN
Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
- Local, California and National –
Southern California Library Literacy Network
for more information
Southern California & California
 
Feb. 01      Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week
Feb. 01      World Read Aloud Day
Feb. 02      Take Your Child to the Library Day
Feb. 03      Global School Play Day
Feb. 04      Harry Potter Book Night
Feb. 06      Los Padres CATESOL Chapter Conference VIRTUAL
Feb. 08      Overview of Orton Gillingham Approach OnLine
Feb. 10      Nonfiction Picture Book 10 for 10
Feb. 11      California School Library Conference VIRTUAL
Feb. 12      Southern California Writers' Conference San Diego VIRTUAL
Feb. 14      Book Giving Day
Feb. 14      National Black Literacy Day
Feb. 19      Teaching Pronunciation: It Doesn't Take a Native Speaker VIRTUAL 11a       
Feb. 20      Black Writers on Tour VIRTUAL
Feb. 20+    Riverside Dickens Festival VIRTUAL
Feb. 20      A Date w/ CATE: Inspiration Innovations for Today's ELA Classooms VIRTUAL
Feb. 21      Freedom to Read Week Canada
Feb. 21      Mother Language Day
Feb. 26      Student Press Freedom Day
Feb. 26      Tell A Fairy Tale Day
Feb. 26      CARS+ Convention VIRTUAL
Feb. 26      Southern California Kindergarten Conference VIRTUAL
Feb. 27      Digital Learning Day
Feb. 27      CATESOL OC Spring Conference VIRTUAL 8:45am