Saturday, August 27, 2016

Literacy :: Idioms | APPS | ESL | Vocabulary | Videos

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Superlatives from SCLLN

6 Amazing Lists for Feelings & Emotion Idioms!







7 idioms almost everyone gets wrong




@RaganHealth  Aug 26


dietetic idiomatic schematic




Most common idioms used in the English language



List of 90 Colour Idioms With Meanings






Idiom Land
All popular English idioms in one app



@123wbt  Mar 22


90 Minutes of English Idioms
This video can easily serve as the
ultimate guide to popular English idioms!



Friday, August 26, 2016

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: September 2016

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar
September 2016

For Local, California and National
Literacy or Library Conferences and Events
Southern California Library Literacy Network
Calendar

                                  Celebration  of  Literacy              Literacy Trivia Bee
                                              Newport Beach Library                 Upland Library

Sep. 01 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation South Bay Literacy, Torrance Library 7p
Sep. 03 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Rialto 10a
Sep. 03 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Yucaipa 12N
Sep. 06 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 12N
Sep. 07 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Fontana 5p
Sep. 07 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation READ/San Diego Mission Valley Library 6p
Sep. 08 Annual Celebration of Literacy Newport Beach Library 10a
Sep. 08 Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ/San Diego College Rolando Library 6p
Sep. 10 ESL Tutor Training Azusa Library 9a
Sep. 10 Adult Literacy Tutor Training Literacy Center Thousand Oaks 9a
Sep. 10 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Yucca Valley 9a
Sep. 10 ESL Tutor Training San Gabriel VLC 9a
Sep. 10 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Chino Hills 9:30a
Sep. 13 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation READ/OC Library 1p
Sep. 13 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation READ/OC Library 6p
Sep. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Diego Co Library El Cajon Branch 12N
Sep. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Barstow 11:30a
Sep. 15 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 6p
Sep. 17 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Grand Terrace 10:30a
Sep. 15 Youth Literacy Tutor Orientation Words Alive SD 1p
Sep. 17 ESL Tutor Training Laubach Literacy Ventura 9a
Sep. 19 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation READ/San Diego Mission Valley Library 9:30
Sep. 19 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Redlands Library 6p
Sep. 20 SCLLN General Meeting, West Covina Library 10a
Sep. 20 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Hesperia 3p
Sep. 22 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation Huntington Beach Library 6p
Sep. 26 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Corona Library 7p
Sep. 29 Literacy Trivia Bee Upland Library Carnegie Cultural Center 6p

Beverly Hills Library Adult Literacylast Friday month 10:30 - 12 N
LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction
Local Tutor Workshops :: Always Scrolling in the Right Frame
Statewide Workshops @ California Library Literacy Services

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Huntington Beach Library :: Blast Into Reading !

Blast Into Reading !
Open Doors: July/August 2016 by Susie Hodge Literacy Volunteers—HBPL

75 learners, tutors, literacy staff and friends of literacy gathered at Central Library to celebrate and acknowledge accomplishments during the past year. The room was decorated in traditional red, white and blue to evoke both the BLAST INTO READING theme, as well as the upcoming 4th of July holiday. Tutors received 5, 10, 15, or 20-year pins in recognition of their volunteer years, with Dionne Cox, former tutor and board member and current Library Board Trustee, was honored for volunteering 20 years with literacy services. Dionne continues be active with the program by spearheading the Duck-a-thon.

Thanks and congratulations to her and all the tutors who give so freely and generously of their time and expertise.

Learner awards included special pins and journals for those whose learners who worked extra hard throughout the year, participated in SCLLN's Writer-to-Writer Challenge, or earned their citizenship.

The annual June celebration of achievement culminates a year of hard work and dedication of tutors and learners alike. Goals are achieved in the form of getting a job, obtaining citizenship, reading a book or writing to an author. Literacy Services continues to strive forward as new tutors join the program with determination to transform one life at a time. A huge hug of thanks goes out to tutors and to their learners, whose lives are changed the moment they step over the literacy threshold.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Literacy Matters @IFLA :: #WLIC2016 | Library | Adult | Family | Children | Health

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Superlatives from SCLLN

Good afternoon UK! Tweets on children's literacy



#188 Important key to remember per Relander






@WLIC2016  

Library of Congress Literacy Awards:
recognize US & international literacy projects





Literacy Libraries Reading!




Delighted to be representing





Wonderful message from @IFLA's
Literacy Matters! Campaign
--resonates with this school librarian!





@IFLA Guidelines
to promote literacy and reading in libraries, 2011 ifla.org/files/assets/h






#WLIC2016 reading and literacy in the IFLA strategic plan







#WLIC2016 literacy program goals








Intentional Focus Leading to
Intentional Connections on Health Literacy






#WLIC2016 foundations of literacy




Leave no one behind
- key vision for UN sustainable development 
2030 needs Universal




Friday, August 19, 2016

Redlands Library :: An Honest Tale

Redlands Adult Literacy Program
An Honest Tale



Welcome to the Redlands Adult Literacy Program, whose mission is to provide free, professional, and confidential tutoring in reading and writing to help learners in the Redlands community reach their literacy goals.  One-on-one tutoring services, adult literacy computer classes, and other literacy services are available to adults 18 years and older and youths 16 and 17 years old, who are not currently enrolled in high school.  Tutoring services are provided at no cost.  Lessons are individualized, confidential, and goal-oriented.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

California Value of Volunteer Time 2015 :: $27.59 per hour

National Value of Volunteer Time: 2015

Estimated Value of Volunteer Time for 2015: $23.56 per hour
California: $27.59

The estimate helps acknowledge the millions of individuals who dedicate their time, talents, and energy to making a difference. Charitable organizations can use this estimate to quantify the enormous value volunteers provide.

According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, about 62.8 million Americans, or 25.3 percent of the adult population, gave 7.9 billion hours of volunteer service worth $184 billion in 2014.2 For the latest information, please see www.volunteeringinamerica.gov.

For more information on the economic impact of nonprofits by state, please visit our state profiles portal.


Saturday, August 13, 2016

CLOZE Activities :: ESL | Comprehension | Songs | Jokes | Vocabulary

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Superlatives from SCLLN

10 Clever Cloze Activities for Any English Classroom




Suzanne by Leonard Cohen
– a gap-fill listening comprehension exercise








Quick Cloze Passages for Boosting Comprehension 2



FREE Cloze Reading Worksheet:
http://ow.ly/pzk0303c9tr



5 ESL Cloze Activities to Make Vocabulary Stick All Year Long






This app constructs open cloze tests
and vocabulary lists from Wikipedia articles.
My students really like doing...