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Reach
Literacy Is Providing Books & Masks To Young Readers
Keloland: 4.16.2020 by Whitney Fowkes
Reach Literacy is used to providing books to people of
all ages. Now, the organization is providing masks too.
The bookstore has bundles of books for
kids and adults. When you purchase a kids bundle, a Reach Literacy employee
will give you a mask for a child between the ages 2-10.
She said since the organization’s unable
to perform its main focus to help adults learn how to read, its main focus is
on the bookstore.
“Our main mission is adult literacy, so
we really work with adults and we teach adults how to read. The bookstore is a
supplement for that programming. We are really dead in the water right now for
tutoring,” Carda said.
Adult tutoring has stopped due to social
distancing for COVID-19. Another step the nonprofit has taken amid the COVID-19
pandemic is limiting their hours to 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. They began offering
curbside pickup and an online bookstore. Then they began offering masks donated
by one of their volunteers. READ MORE ➤➤
Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 6
Reading Level: fairly easy to read.
Reader's Age: 10-11 yrs. Olds
(Fifth and Sixth graders)
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Local
Literacy Efforts Continue Amidst Pandemic
Our
Midland:
4.18.2020 by Jennifer Majorana and Kristi Kline (Dir LCCS; Dir student reading)
It is safe to say our world has been
turned upside down in the past month. COVID-19 has completely changed the
landscape of our community. At the Legacy
Center for Community Success, all in-person tutoring and outreach
has been suspended and staff are working from home. That does not mean we have
stopped providing services to those who need it, though.
Literacy tutors who usually meet with
their students face-to-face are trying video conferencing platforms instead.
Our weekly conversation class has gained new students who were not able to
attend before but can now join remotely. Our resourceful tutors are using
old-fashioned phone calls, paper-based workbooks, and scrabble tiles to
continue literacy tutoring.
They are also trying out different video
conferencing platforms, screen-sharing software, and internet-based curriculums
to keep learners focused on their goals. About 30% of our 120 tutoring pairs
have transitioned to online learning in the past few weeks. Tutors and learners
alike say they want to stay connected during this unprecedented time, not only
for the sake of developing literacy skills, but also to maintain a sense of
normalcy and rhythm. READ
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Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 11
Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. Old
(Tenth to Eleventh graders)
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Volunteer Appreciation Week: Celebrating
Our Superheroes
Literacy Council
Frederick County Blog: 4.23.2020
The Literacy
Council is
celebrating Volunteer Appreciation Week April 19-25 by paying tribute to our
150+ wonderful long-time and new volunteers!
You know what it takes to serve our community seven days a week.
Today, the adult learners we support
through our adult literacy programs are facing even greater obstacles than ever
before during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 public health emergency
– including unemployment, loss of income, health risks, challenges accessing
food and other basic essentials, supporting their children’s education from
home.
Our volunteers are rising to meet the
challenge! Great things are happening at the Literacy Council as you continue
to serve our students using any and all means to provide support as our
tutoring and class instruction programs transition to using multiple online
platforms that support distance learning!
Thank you for embracing change. Thank
you for being a trusted and devoted source of information for your students.
Thank you for your willingness to learn, serve, and engage in new ways.
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In honor of our Literacy Council
volunteers, we invite you to watch this special Literacy Council Volunteer
Appreciation video we created for YOU, Our Superheroes!! WATCH
Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 13
Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 18-19 yrs. Old
(college level entry)
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