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Thursday, March 26, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Newport Beach Library :: Tutor Recommendations: SMART Goals
Tutor Recommendations: SMART Goals
Newport Beach Library Literally Speaking: March/April 2015
Has your learner ever said, “I need
pronunciation, I want to speak better English, My goal is to learn past tense,
or I want to learn to spell”? Many of our learners get goals and skills
confused. When learners come to their personal interview, literacy staff helps
them set SMART
Goals. Goals have a specific end result. Skills on the other hand are
ongoing improvements.
Progress comes from working towards
personal goals. Reading and writing learners, who are also second language
learners, say they want to read or write better, learn grammar, or improve
vocabulary. These are valuable skills, but very different from goals.
At tutor training, Betty was the example
of a reading and writing learner. She dreamed of becoming a nurse and needed
the GED or high school diploma. She also wanted to talk to neighbors and read
maps and bus schedules.
Goals are specific accomplishments or
dreams to strive for. Skills, on the other hand, are ongoing, like a treadmill,
never stopping.
If your learner’s goals look like a list
of skills, it is time to brainstorm. Start by helping your learner identify
things he or she wants to do. Next, help your learner identify the goals he or
she can achieve within 3-6 months. Once these goals are identified, talk about
the steps needed to accomplish them. READ MORE !
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Literacy FUNraisers :: Covina Library ::: Glendora Library
Fundraiser Benefiting
March 21 :: 5-8 pm
Downtown Covina, Badillo St & Citrus Ave.
Tickets :: $10 donation
Purchase your tickets at the
Covina Public Library, 234 N. Second Ave
For more info
Lilly Jimenez, Literacy Coordinator @ 626-384-5280.
Fundraiser
Benefiting
March
21 :: 5 pm
Azusa
Pacific University
Felix Event Center
710
E. Foothill Blvd
Admission
$15 each
For More Info
Christine Cravens @
626-852-4894
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Carlsbad Library :: Writer-to-Writer—Congratulations Pierre S.!
Writer-to-Writer—Congratulations
Pierre S.!
Learning
Connections: March/April 2015
The results are in! The Writer
to Writer Challenge, sponsored by the Southern California Library Literacy
Network (SCLLN), wrapped up this year with a record number of entries—80—and
the quality of the letters was amazing! We are so proud of all of the learners
who wrote letters.
Writers, tutors, coordinators and
their guests gathered at a wonderful brunch held Saturday, March 7, at the
Radisson in Newport Beach. The winners read their letters, and winners and
runners-up each received a cash prize and a certificate. All writers received a
certificate of participation.
Congratulations to Pierre S., “P.J.
Rock,” from Literacy Services who won first place in the Emerging Writer category
of the Writer to Writer Challenge. He wrote his letter to Burton Goodman, the
author of Goodman’s
Five-Star Stories—Travels: 8 Stories from Around the World with Tests to
Help You Read and Write.
December 2, 2014
Dear Mr. Goodman,
I liked your book "Travels"
because it really helped me a lot. It improved my skills. When I read the
stories, I could understand them a little. Then I could do the questions without
anybody's help, and my tutor checked my answers. I like the exercises because
they improve my reading, spelling, and writing. And I did a really great job!
I've never done this before; in
school they gave me books to learn how to read, but it was difficult for me to know
how to pronounce things and understand them. The library taught me a lot more
than they taught me at school. I still need to improve myself and learn how to
read better, but I'm working on it.
One of my brothers told me about his
friend I could work for. And my brother's friend could try to teach me how to
read. This helped me a little bit. He paid me to work in his garden, and then
he would let me come inside the house to teach me how to read. But then I had
to stop working for him. Pierre’s full
letter can be found on Page 4
Books from Writer-to-Writer found at
the Learning
Center:
Carlos and the Squash Plant, Jan
Stevens
Chicken by Charlie, Tana Reiff
Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
The Giver, Lois Lowry
The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
The Glass Castle: A Memoir, Jeannette
Walls
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and
Sweet, Jamie Ford
Latina Magazine, Lauren Michaels
Life is So Good, George Dawson
Macho!, Victor Villaseñor
My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor
New Moon, Stephanie Meyer
The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg
Red Roses, Christine Lindop
River, Ed Hansen
The Saw That Talked, Tana Reiff
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk
Kidd
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Travels: 8 Stories from Around the
World, Burton Goodman
Twilight, Stephanie Meyer
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Help Secure Funding for Key Library Programs :: LSTA <> IAL
Help us secure funding for key library programs
District
Dispatch: 3.09.2015 by Kevin Maher
The appropriations process is in full
swing and library priority programs face tremendous scrutiny from Members of Congress
in search of programs to cut or put on the chopping block. This is your time to
be heard and let Congress know how important continued funding is for the Library Services Technology Act (LSTA) and Innovative
Approaches to Literacy (IAL).
You can make the difference. Members
of Congress need to let the Appropriations Committee know of their support for
continued funding. Contact your Senators and Representative and ask them to add
their name to both “Dear Colleague” letters supporting LSTA and IAL currently
being circulated. Many Members of Congress will only add their names if they
hear from constituents. Note: these letters are due before
the end of the month so you will need to call this week.
For a list of who signed the letters
last year, view the FY
2015 Funding Letter Signees document (pdf).
Support Funding for Library Services
and Technology Act (LSTA)
LSTA is the only source of funding
for libraries in the federal budget. The bulk of this funding is returned to
states through a population-based grant program through the Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS). Libraries use these funds to, among other things, build and maintain a
21st century library that facilitates employment and entrepreneurship,
community engagement, and individual empowerment.
Please contact your Senators
(202-224-3121) and Representative (202-225-3121) this week and ask them to sign
on to a letter supporting LSTA being organized by the members listed below.
Your Members of Congress will need to contact these offices by March 20 to add
their name to the letters:
• Senate
LSTA letter: Senator Jack Reed
(staffer Moira Lenehan-Razzuri)
• Representative
LSTA letter: Rep. Raul Grijalva
(staffer Norma Salazar)
Support Funding for Innovative
Approaches to Literacy (IAL)
IAL is the only federal program
supporting literacy for underserved school libraries IAL has become the primary
source for federal funding for school library materials. Focusing on low income schools, these funds
help many schools bring their school libraries up to standard.
Please contact your Senators
(202-224-3121) and Representative (202-225-3121) this week and ask them to sign
on to a letter supporting IAL being organized by the members listed below. Your
Members of Congress will need to contact one of these offices before March 20
to add their name to the letters:
• Senate
IAL letter: Senators Jack Reed
(staffer: Moira Lenehan-Razzuri)
(staffer: James Rice)
• House
IAL letter: Reps.
Eddie Bernice Johnson
(staffer: Don Andres)
Friday, March 13, 2015
Huntington Beach Library :: Open House
February 28 Open House
OPEN DOORS: March 2015 by Susie Hodge
In the library lobby, as patrons strolled
by, literacy volunteers stood in wait at tables loaded with literacy
information, anxious to share the joy and satisfaction of teaching another to
read. Some patrons stopped by to chat, others purchased literacy t-shirts,
totes or cookbooks.
The goal of the 2nd Literacy Open House,
held Saturday, February 28, was to bring community awareness to the literacy
program; sign-up new tutors, and let those who need help with reading know that
Literacy Services is a safe and accepting place to be. Across the way in the
Talbert room, books and literacy brochures chosen to pique the interest of
possible volunteers awaited perusal.
Tutor Semora McCampbell provided
entertaining crafts for all participants, young and old alike. Guest speaker
and past learner Edit F., who had left the program to become a lawyer,
reminisced along with her former tutor, Natalie Van Doren.
Literacy founder, Linda Light, was able to
stop by for a while to see how the program she began over 30 years ago was
faring. In the background, a spectacular video produced by Ree Miller scrolled
through photos of literary days past. Near the children's department, in the
shadow of the aquarium, Asmat and Therese sold trinkets such as key chains and
finger puppets to children who swarmed past as they exited from Story Time. At
one point, several young customers noticed the novel finger puppets and bought
the whole box.
Helen Charles reported that, as a result of
their efforts, a number of potential tutors have shown interest in the program,
and new learners may be feeling a little less scared about walking through that
literacy door.
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