Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h3GEZSU13957; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:35:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:35:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <B02E775A9428D7119B7900062938A5994B8693@blue.sos.state.il.us> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Colletti, Cyndy" <CColletti@ILSOS.NET> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1500] Re: Clips and Cross Posts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 2076 Lines: 69 Michelle, Here are some web sites with suggestions for working with books for Adult New Readers. Books for Adult New Readers http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/staff/mweibel/picturehistory.newsletter.html Looking More Closely at High-Interest, Low-Level Texts: Do They Support Comprehension? An article that talks about how to choose books well. http://www.resourceroom.net/Sharestrats/idacomprehension2.htm Cyndy Colletti Literacy Program Manager Illinois State Library Literacy Office 300 S. Second St. Springfield, IL., 62704 ccolletti@ilsos.net 217-524-3529 Jesse White, Secretary of State and State Librarian > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michelle Bowden [mailto:mbowden@nstc.library.ns.ca] >Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 7:57 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1494] Re: Clips and Cross Posts > > >Hi, > >I am a Project Coordinator doing research in family literacy in Canada. The >advisory group for the project would like to see some guidelines that would >assist programs in evaluating books/materials that are used in the programs. >We want to utilize books that match the level of reading of the participants >and their interest. As this varies from program to program (and student to >student) we would simply like to provide practitioners with guidelines to >use when reviewing their materials on a regular basis. > >Any thoughts? > >Yours, > >Michelle Bowden >Project Coordinator >Family Literacy Research for Nova Scotia >A Joint Project of the Colchester-East Hants Regional >Library and the Nova Scotia Department of Education, Adult Education >Division 754 Prince Street, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 1G9 >Phone: 902.895.4183 >Fax: 902.895.7149 >E-mail: mbowden@nstc.library.ns.ca > > > Michelle Bowden Project Coordinator Family Literacy Research for Nova Scotia A Joint Project of the Colchester-East Hants Regional Library and the Nova Scotia Department of Education, Adult Education Division 754 Prince Street, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 1G9 Phone: 902.895.4183 Fax: 902.895.7149 E-mail: mbowden@nstc.library.ns.ca
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