WordCount: 86,800 Most Common Words

86,800 Most Common Words

The WordCount website is alive and well !

It was created by Jonathan Harris in 2004. Here’s link to a conversation with him @ Wordmaster on Sep 2, 2004.

WordCount

an interactive presentation of the
86,800 most frequently used English words

Anonymous reported that Wordcount was no longer available (see comment). Contacted Jonathan Harris; he said the site was being moved to a new host and would be up and running soon.

Here are 2 other lists of the most common English words:
6000 Most Frequently Used English Words
Word Frequency Lists and Dictionary: Corpus of Contemporary American English

CA & National Literacy Calendar: March 2012

California Literacy Calendar: March 2012

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
- local, California and National -

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Info about local Tutor Training Workshops is always Scrolling in the Right Frame.

Read Across America Day: March 2
World Read Aloud Day: March 7

Southern California Literacy Events: March 2012Mar 02+: Charlotte S Huck Children's Literature Festival – U Redlands
Mar 02+: IDA, Inland Empire Annual Conference – Riverside
Mar 07: Sensory Film – The LORAX 10am
Mar 10: Literary Women - Long Beach Festival of Authors

California Literacy Events: March 2012
Mar 07+: CABE Conference – Sacramento
Mar 09+: Mariposa Storytelling FestivalMar 15+: California Language Teachers Assn Conf – Los Angeles
Mar 15+: CUE Conference – Palm Springs

National & International Literacy Events: March 2012Mar 07: Sensory Film – The LORAX 10am
Mar 08+: We Learn - Women & Literacy – Univ Rhode Island
Mar 12+: Everyone Reading Conference NY
Mar 13+: Public Library Assn Conf – Philadelphia
Mar 14+: Early Education Technology for Children Conf – Salt Lake City
Mar 16: Transliteracy, Technology and Teaching – University at Albany
Mar 25+: National Conf on Family Literacy-NCFL – San DiegoMar 28+: Global Summit on Childhood – Washington DC
Mar 28+: TESOL Annual Convention – Philadelphia
Mar 30+: Latino Children's Literature Conf – University of Alabama
Mar 31+: Latino Book & Family Festival – Chicago

Monrovia Library - Local Retiree Teaches Literacy and Language at Library

Local Retiree Teaches Literacy and Language at Library
Bailey Bishop works with two English language learners on a weekly basis.
Monrovia Patch: 2.13.2012 by Alison Roeske

Bishop was introduced to the Monrovia Public Library’s Literacy Program by way of his friend Alan Wayte, who is another long-term tutor. For the past three years, Bishop has been working with Alma Lara, a mother and homemaker who is originally from Mexico.

"This student of mine knew very little English when I first started working with her. She told me that she feels some gratification and she’s improving and looks forward to bigger and better things as we move along," he said.

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"I think it’s one of the better libraries in Southern California. The literacy section is good. Good teaching materials," he said. READ MORE !

SCLLN Writer To Writer Awards: 2011

2011 Writer To Writer Awards

Southern California Library Literacy Network
2012 Literacy Conference - Lunch Ceremony

Adult Learners read or listened to a book that inspired them and wrote a letter to the author.Congratulations to every Adult Learner who wrote a letter !

Emerging category (dictate a letter to tutor or staff)

Winner—Ramon G, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center
Runner Up—Flavio G, San Diego County Library-Vista
Runner Up—Sam F, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

Beginning category (write basic, simple letter independently)

Winner—Shaina K, Newport Beach Central Public Library
Runner Up—Erica S, “Let’s Read, Altadena!” Altadena Library District
Runner Up—Anonymous, Newport Beach Central Public Library

Intermediate category (write a more complex letter with larger vocabulary)

Winner—Teruyo M, Newport Beach Central Public Library
Runner Up—Patricia W, San Diego Public Library-READ/San Diego
Runner-Up—Linda P, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

Advanced category (independently with little support from tutor or staff)

Winner—Anonymous, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center
Runner Up—Hermond J, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center
Runner Up—Javier V, Huntington Beach Public Library

Azusa Library - Promotes Literacy For All Ages

Azusa City Library promotes literacy for all agesAzusa Pacific Univ-The Clause: 2.15.2012 by Annie Yu

Literacy skills are developed from a young age, and a child that has access to plentiful books will often continue to develop his or her reading skills well into adulthood. However, many kids have limited access to a library. Enter the Bookmobile, Azusa City Library’s very own customized Dodge van.

The colorfully decorated van has steps, a ramp, a pull out canopy for shade and a generator for air conditioning. The Bookmobile is handled by a two-person team, providing library cards as well as book checkouts. Occasionally, the Bookmobile also has story time and crafts for the kids.

There are 10 different locations around Azusa that the Bookmobile visits: one preschool, four elementary schools, one junior high school, one high school, one adult school and two senior citizen centers. The students are free to walk into the Bookmobile to browse and to lounge on the chairs or cushions often set up outside.

Adult Literacy Services: Helping adults in reading and writing
Over 30 million adults in the U.S. lack the basic literacy skills it takes to read and fully comprehend this sentence. According to the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), these adults are placed in the “below basic” category, with “no more than the most simple and concrete literacy skills.”

The NAAL shows that while a shocking 14 percent of the national population cannot read the newspaper or follow directions on a bottle of painkillers, the percentage is overshadowed by the 23 percent of Californian adults and the 33 percent of L.A. County adults who lack these basic literacy skills.

The Azusa City Library offers a free literacy program, Adult Literacy Services, to help struggling adults improve their basic reading and writing skills, as well as simple math skills. The program is a part of the California Library Literacy Services, which started in 1984 to improve literacy among Californian adults. The Azusa chapter of the program was shut down for several years due to funding cuts, but they were able to reopen last April. They currently have around a dozen students, with a few more on the waiting list. READ MORE !

Literacy Library Jobs - California - Alameda - El Dorado

Literacy Jobs: February

Alameda Free Library: Literacy Adm Asst II / PT– Feb 23
El Dorado Co: Early Childhood Literacy – Feb 23
Lawndale: Youth Policy Inst - Fam Lit Parent Coor / PT – Feb 29
Hollywood: Youth Policy Inst – Financial Literacy / PT

Goodbye, State Funding For California Libraries

Goodbye, State Funding for California Libraries
@Twitter

gypsylib: Goodbye, state funding for California libraries http://t.co/8ZxHw63F via @kalwnews Bad news for CA libraries and literacy. Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:53:04 AM

bfister: Goodbye, state funding for California libraries - yeah, we need jobs, not ... uh, literacy. Wait.... http://t.co/odsm1X7c via @kalwnews Monday, February 06, 2012 11:28:50 AM

boyadamsam: Hope you're not a fan of literacy, because the state of California just defunded its libraries. http://t.co/rXshAKFb Hat tip to @ensable. Monday, February 06, 2012 10:31:35 AM

AmreaderToo: @audreywatters: California completely cuts state funding for libraries http://t.co/M0P06Pku Literacy programs, et al must find other $. Monday, February 06, 2012 10:11:22 AM

wasouder1: RT @bookbent: I understand that California has enormous budget issues, but slashing library funding to $0 is horrible. Literacy programs will suffer. Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:55:32 AM

bookbent: I understand that California has enormous budget issues, but slashing library funding to $0 is horrible. Literacy programs will suffer. Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:54:11 AM

TravisSheridan: And there you have it folks. California does not like literacy. Better increase public safety funding. http://t.co/uCRFCGFL Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:44:55 AM

taripie: RT @ZaraTV: This is just sad. LIbrary funding is now at ZILCH. (via @TravisSheridan) http://t.co/yhmIzuJ4 Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:18:19 AM

wasouder1: RT @bookbent: I understand that California has enormous budget issues, but slashing library funding to $0 is horrible. Literacy programs will suffer. Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:55:32 AM

ZaraTV: This is just sad. LIbrary funding is now at ZILCH. (via @TravisSheridan) http://t.co/yhmIzuJ4 Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:54:29 AM

punchj: Read Punch's Library Daily < Goodbye State Funding for California > http://t.co/noZAzaA4 #libraries #bankruptstate #savelibraries Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:55:57 AM

gsistare: Now would be the time to start measuring political aptitude / citzenship as related to the quality of the local library http://t.co/BKIRuQGc Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:35:27 AM

playprof: I grew up in San Francisco & enjoyed the riches of the the public library. What will happen to children like me now? http://t.co/D6c8Afib Monday, February 06, 2012 5:22:34 PM

PSCLiteracy: RT @marshallbooks: Your public library needs you. California eliminated state funding to libraries. http://t.co/VIoVvVlP Monday, February 06, 2012 3:12:33 PM

Destiny_Disney: RT @marshallbooks: Your public library needs you. California eliminated state funding to libraries. http://t.co/VIoVvVlP Monday, February 06, 2012 11:33:40 AM

calliope: Sigh. http://t.co/jO5G0ECK Bye California Library State funding.#swearwords Monday, February 06, 2012 11:32:25 AM

therealprotonk: CA cuts $59M from library funding (http://t.co/pbbHlYN9) and may ask the UC System for a $200M loan.(http://t.co/IMx9E7xo). Monday, February 06, 2012 11:05:42 AM

carl_grant: CA legislators commit their state to further decline by cutting all public library funding! http://t.co/yy5dSUmu Monday, February 06, 2012 11:05:19 AM

kmsqrd: RT @sheepeeh: MT @audreywatters: CA cuts state library support http://t.co/Ab5fb9Ma / What happened to "libraries will get you through times w/no money"? Monday, February 06, 2012 10:40:33 AM

marshallbooks: Your public library needs you. California eliminated state funding to libraries. http://t.co/VIoVvVlP Monday, February 06, 2012 10:29:42 AM

sheepeeh: MT @audreywatters: CA cuts state library support http://t.co/Ab5fb9Ma / What happened to "libraries will get you through times w/no money"?