Bob Lucas Memorial Branch
Summer Reading Opportunities
Connect: June
2016 Altadena Library, From the Director
Summer
is shining its rays upon us and we welcome patrons of all ages to join our
summer reading program. Last year, due to popular demand, the summer reading
program for adults was brought back for the second year in a row. At the Branch
we had 19 adults sign up for the summer reading program and half the adults
that signed up were our adult literacy students! Many of our literacy students
strive to improve their reading skills and the summer reading program is a
great opportunity to do so and win prizes at the same time. Many of our
literacy students are learning English and take this opportunity to try out
reading an English book. Otherwise, they can also participate by reading a book
in their own native language. That
counts too!
Also
just in time for the summer, we are implementing an interactive online learning
program called Reading
Horizons. Reading Horizons gives our learners the opportunity
to cover 68 interactive lessons, common word lessons, vocabulary, and 280
reading passages to practice reading fluency and comprehension, along with
skill-based games. Tutors and our staff can also monitor the progress of the
learners with this system.
Reading
Horizons is something that can be used by many of our beginning adult learners
to address specific literacy needs. For example, our ESL class can use the
phonics decoding method from Reading Horizon to breakdown the sounds, spelling
and reading of a word. Another example is that a learner working with a tutor
can use the comprehension reading exercises for more advanced reading skills.
If
you’re an adult or know an adult who is interested in learning to read and
improve their English with our new Reading Horizons tools, let us know and
we’ll be happy to help. Please contact us at: literacy@altadenalibrary.org
or 626-798-8338.
