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A-C-E: Three Things I Learned While Teaching Literacy

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by Joanne Hingley Joanne Hingley has been teaching for over 20 years.  She loves following and applying research that represents best practices in the teaching and acquisition of reading, writing and numeration skills.  She is currently teaching a Literacy and Basic English class at TIES. I have three ideas that...

Printable Alphabet Flashcards and Activities

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by Donna ClarkeLiteracy Centre of Expertise LeadThe Reading Room at TIES needed new alphabet flashcards for one-on-one tutoring, and our literacy teachers needed adult-focused flashcards for their classes. So, I started my search. I wanted:One-sided cardsUpper- and lower-case letters on separate cardsA photo image that literacy students could easily interpretA...

5 Tools for Media Creation for Literacy Learners in Online Delivery and Beyond

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by Jeremy Wilson Literacy Centre of Expertise Assistant As we are now months into the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, some of us have realized that many of the resources and materials we were accustomed to using in a physical classroom have had to be replaced by those we can use online....

Lessons from Teaching Literacy Students Online during a Pandemic

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by Donna Clarke Literacy Centre of Expertise Lead We are not simply teaching distance LINC or making the choice to transition to online language instruction: we are using an online platform to best support our students, because we cannot access the classroom. This uncharted territory creates yet another barrier for...