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Find just what you're looking for in Thinkfinity Literacy Network's virtual stacks. Select a topic and access rich resources for literacy development and lifelong learning.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| How can I help adults and adolescents better understand what they read? | Read a short article, listen to a podcast, try out an interactive teaching tool, or take an online course. Explore this collection of activities and learn how to use proven comprehension techniques and strategies. Resource: Link |
| How can I help immigrants prepare to take the U.S. Naturalization test? | Applicants for U.S. citizenship must take a citizenship test which includes an interview and tests on literacy (reading and writing) and civics. Find out what the new test (2008) includes, how it is administered, and how you can help people prepare to pass it. You can choose to learn from courses, podcasts, print pieces, or interactive. This collection also includes materials designed for use directly by adults with limited English reading skills. Resource: Link |
| How can I help my preschool child learn to read? | Looking at picture books together, reading aloud, and talking about what you read help your child build skills that lead to reading. The resources listed here offer a variety of ways to support your child's early literacy--quick tips you can read or print, short podcasts you can listen to, and free courses that share more useful information about selecting books and reading aloud. Resource: Link |
| How can I help students improve their fluency of reading? | This collection focuses on ideas for improving fluency, one of the four components of reading instruction. Resource: Link |
| How can I help students increase their vocabulary? | This collection focuses on ideas for teaching or reinforcing vocabulary, one of the four components of reading instruction. Resource: Link |
| How can I help students learn alphabetics? | This collection focuses on ideas for helping students learn alphabetics, one of the four components of reading instruction. Alphabetics consists of phonemic awareness (the ability to hear and manipulate the basic sounds of spoken language) and word analysis (the ability to connect letters to the sounds they stand for). Resource: Link |
| How can I use technology to make my instruction more effective and interesting? | The resources in this collection provide ideas for how to use technology to enhance your instruction. They also provide basic information about technologies you might want to try yourself or help students learn to use. Resource: Link |
| What can you do, as a volunteer, to assist adult literacy and English-language programs? | You can help adults improve their literacy and English-language skills. You can help them achieve their goals and better meet their daily needs. This collection will introduce you to the world of literacy volunteers. Find out about the range of programs that serve adults and families. Learn what it’s like to be a tutor or to serve in one of the many other volunteer roles that are available. Read about the extent of the literacy challenge in the U.S. and then search for programs in your area. Resource: Link |
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