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ATTENTION
POTENTIAL
TUTORS!

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer literacy tutor, take a look at the “How to Volunteer” section to find the schedule of Tutor Orientation and Tutor Training sessions. Then fill out a Tutor Application and send it in to us. We will be in touch with you!

If you have questions about becoming a literacy tutor, please email us at info@lvagnh.org or call 776-5899 (New Haven) or 235-1714 (Meriden).

We are always looking for new tutors to work with the many adult students who need help, so please tell your friends about us.

THANK YOU FOR
YOUR INTEREST!

 

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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford
Children's First Initiative
Gateway Community Technical College
New Haven Public Library
New Haven Reads Community Book Bank
Greater New Haven Literacy Coalition

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

ProLiteracy Worldwide
America Reads
National Center for Family Literacy
National Institute for Literacy
Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Literacy Link
United States Department of Education

DICTIONARIES

Cambridge International Dictionary
Newbury House On-Line Dictionary
Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus
Picture Dictionary
Vietnamese Dictionary

ENGLISH AS A 2ND LANGUAGE

1-language.com - The ESL Site
Business English Quizzes
ELLLO
ESL Resource Center
ESL Blues
Free English Lessons
Interlink: ESL Practice
Breaking News English
English Exercises Online
Five Minute English
Activities for ESL Students
ESL Home Page
English Daily
Dave's ESL Cafe
English For All
John’s ESL Site
English Club
The Internet TESL Journal
Karin's ESL PartyLand
Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students
Matching games
Medical Literacy Learning Actvities

LEARNING DISABILITIES

Hello Friend / Ennis William Cosby Foundation
International Dyslexia Association
Learning Disabilities Online
Learning Disability Resources
Learning Disabilities Association of America
National Center for Learning Disabilities
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Schwab Foundation for Learning

BASIC LITERACY FOR TUTORS

AllWords
FunBrain
Internet4Classrooms
FactMonster
CDLPOnline
BBC Skillwise
First Find Health Tutorials
Health Literacy Curriculum
Using Web Sites for Literacy
Teach Prefixes and Suffixes
Beenleigh State School American Folklore Reading Practice Tests
100 Most Frequent Words
Puzzle Maker
Language Guide
Learner's Dictionary
Thinkfinity
Adult Literacy Learners Discussion
Adult Basic Education Web Links
Perfect Your English
English the Easy way
Holidays

BASIC SKILLS Word Sorting
Basic Skills
Sandcastle Quiz
Write a Postcard
Word Confusion
Spell Check
Spellaro
English Language Center
Grammar Gorillas
The Plural Girls
To Be or Not To Be
Rooting Out Words
Homonyms
Learning Activities
Homonym Skills
Interactive Quizzes
Write a Basic Essay
Fact Monster
Learning Edge
Skillwise
Dictionary
Phonics
Reading Machine
Dipthongs
Beginning Consonants
Sound Match
Short Sounds
Learn to Read
Long Vowels
Consonant Blends
Look, Cover, Write
Vowel Digraphs
Contraction Page
High Frequency Words
Reading Activities
Reading Exercises
Critical Reading Exercises
GED Practice
GED Presentations
HEALTH What is Diabetes?
Monthly Breast Exam
Lower Blood Pressure
Losing Weight Safely
Eating for a Healthy Heart
Understanding Heart Attack
About HIV/AIDS
About Prostate Cancer
Eating Well as We Age
About High Blood Pressure
About Mammograms
Breast Cancer Tutorial
About Asthma
About Hypoglycemia
About Fibromyalga
Protect Your Heart
All About Lupus
Stop Smoking
MATH Math Baseball
Change Maker
Tic Tac Toe
Number Cracker
Math Flash Cards
Cookie Dough
Power Football
Measure It
Penguin Waiter
Skillwise
Flash Cards
Fresh Baked Fractions
Fractions & Whole Numbers
A Plus Math
FAMIILY Parenting Again
Grandparenting
Family Work
Tips for Dads
Tips for Grandparents
Parenting Again
21 Parenting Skills
For the Love of Reading
CIVICS The Key (news stories)
Black History Month
Women’s Hall of Fame
Folklore Figures & Legends
3 Branches of Government
U.S. Cities
Laws and Rights
CNN Headlines
Hartford Courant
Christian Science Monitor
Hispanic Heritage Month
Biographies of Presidents
Women of Influence
Women’s History Month
Countries of the World
Major Religions of the World
Bible and Theology
World Religions
Story Archives
Find States on the U. S. Map
Apartment Hunt
MONEY Cutting Costs
Prepare for Emergencies
Where the Money Goes
Renters Rights
Make Money Go Further
Where to Begin
How Income Taxes Work
Building Financial Freedom
Managing Money Wisely
SOCIAL STUDIES U.S.History
Why Vote
Black History Month
Women of Influence
U.S. Presidents
World Atlas and Map
Countries Around the World
Religion
Science
Culture Shock
CITIZENSHIP USCIS.gov cards
USCIS.gov Self-Test
Univision Citizen
WORK How To Find a Job
Creating Your Resume
Cover Letters
Ace the Interview
Finding the Right Job
COMPUTER SKILLS Mouse Beginner
Literacy Center
Mousing
TYPING Small Typing Tutorial
Nimble Fingers
DRIVING 15 Steps to Get Driver's License
Your State Driving Manual
Study Driving Test Questions
Practice Driving Tests
Road Test Tips
Guide for Student Drivers

SAMPLE LESSONS

These lesson links offer tutors new ideas for their tutoring sessions. The techniques can be used with Basic Literacy students or ESOL students.

INDEX

A

A/an
rules of, Dec 03
and noncount nouns, Jun 04
Abbreviations
identifying meanings of, Mar 05
About, Nov 04
Adjectives
and adjectival clauses, Mar 04
adverbial forms of, Feb 05
changing a. to nouns, Nov 04
Adverbs
and adjectives, Feb 05
frequency a., Aug 05
of time, Oct 04
Alphabetizing
exercise in, Aug 05
Always, Aug 05
Antonyms
exercise in, Jan 05, Sep 03, Sep 05
Apostrophe
and possessive noun form, Apr 05
and plural possessive nouns, Sep 05
and possession, Dec 04
versatility of, Jan 04

B

Be, expressing past time with, Jul 05
Books, literacy-related, Sep 04

C

Calendar, instructional use of, Oct 04
Can, Nov 04
Classification
matching words with, Feb 05
of words, Jan 04, Sep 05
Colloqualisms, See also Idioms
with animal names, Nov 04
examples, Dec 03, Dec 04
Comma, use of, Feb 05
Common nouns, Aug 05
Comparisons
with as ... as, Dec 04
word endings and, Jan 04
exercise in, Sep 03
Comprehension, exercise in, Sep 03
Conjunctions, Dec 04
and, but, or, Nov 03
Contractions, Mar 05

D

Dictionary skills, Mar 04

E

ESOL,
problem-solving exercise, Dec 03

F

Fixed expressions,
See Colloquialisms

H

Homonyms, Sep 05

I

Idioms, See also Colloquialisms
game with, Jul 05
examples, Dec 03, Feb 04, Nov 04
recognizing, Oct 03

M

Map exercise, Apr 04, Dec 04
Mathematics, fractions, May 04
Measurement
comparatives, Mar 04
with a couple and a few, Mar 05
with noncount nouns, May 05
with some and any, May 04

N

Names
capitalization of, Oct 04
within names, Apr 04
Never, Aug 05
Nouns, See also Vocabulary, Words
capitalizing, Aug 05
count nouns, Feb 04
changing adjectives to, Nov 04
noncount nouns, Feb 04, Jun 04, May 05
plural forms of, Mar 04
rules for, Oct 04
possessive forms of, Sep 05
types of, Aug 05

O

Often, Aug 05
Only, placement in sentence, Apr 05

P

Prepositions, Dec 04
and nouns, Sep 05
prepositional phrases, Sep 05
of time, Sep 04, Jan 05
Proper nouns, Aug 05
Punctuation
apostrophe, Jan 04, May 04, Apr 05
capitalization rules, Oct 04
comma, Feb 05
exercise, Dec 03
Puzzles, See also Word games
letter insertions, Sep 05
letter sequence, Aug 05
word "families," May 05

Q

Quantity, See also Measurement
expressions of, Jan 05
Questions
about time, Jun 04
open/closed, Oct 04

R

Railroad schedule,
instructional use of, Nov 03
Rarely, Aug 05
Research sources, Feb 04
dictionary, Mar 04
Rhyming, Sep 04

S

Schwa (?), Nov 03, Aug 05
Seldom, Aug 05
Sometimes, Aug 05
Spelling exercise, Sep 04
Student research exercise,
Feb 04
Suffixes
comparative/superlative, Jan 04
-ed
in simple past tense, Aug 05
pronunciation rules, Aug 05
functions of, May 05
-ing, Apr 04, Jul 05
-ful, May 05
-less, May 05
-ness, Nov 04, Mar 05
Survival skills
compaing advertisements, Dec 03
reading timetables, Nov 03
using calendar, Oct 03
Symbols, Jan 05
Synonyms, exercise in, Sep 03, Jan 05, Sep 05

T

Tense, See under Verbs
That, Mar 04, Nov 04
Time
Be and, Oct 04, Jul 05
expressing future time, Jan 05, Mar 05
expressing past time, Jul 05
expressing present time, Oct 04
measures of, Mar 05
prepositions of, Sep 04, Dec 04, Jan 05
questions of, Jun 04

U

Usually, Aug 05

V

Verbs
be, Jul 05
can/could, Nov 04
endings, Sep 03 See also Suffixes
expressing future time, Jan 04
with in, Mar 05
with will, Mar 05
expressing past time, Aug 05
with ago, Mar 05
irregular verbs, Jun 04
past tense, Aug 05
present tense, Oct 04
subject agreement with, Jan 05
transitive/intransitive verbs, Apr 05
Vocabulary, See also Nouns, Words
antonyms/synonyms, Sep 03, May 04, Jan 05, Sep 05
word classification, Feb 05, Sep 05
definitions, Sep 04
expansion of, Jan 04, May 04, Sep 04
gourmet words, Feb 04
matching meanings, Apr 05
scrambled words, Sep 03, Jun 04
Vowel sounds
exercise in, Nov 04
schwa, Nov 03

W

Which, Mar 04
Who/Whom, Mar 04
Whose/Who's, Dec 04
Word endings, See Suffixes
Word games, See also Puzzles
hidden words, Oct 03, Nov 04
with idioms, Jul 05
names within names, Apr 04
Scrabble variation, Apr 04
word "families," May 05
Words, See also Nouns, Vocabulary
compound, Sep 03, Oct 03, Jul 05
double duty, Jan 04, May 05
fill in missing words, Sep 04
gourmet words, Feb 04
groupings of, Jun 04, May 05
matching words exercise, Feb 05
placement of only, Apr 05
plural forms of, Oct 04
pronunciation and meaning of, May 05
Word usage, Nov 04


 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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