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 j8DKu9G16846; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:56:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:56:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <OF58AD0F44.95843097-ON8525707B.0072987D-8525707B.0072D67C@vcu.edu> 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: Nancy R Faux/AC/VCU <nfaux@vcu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:2148] Re: Request for PACT activities X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.3 September 14, 2004 Status: O Content-Length: 2467 Lines: 89 Diana, For lesson plans (with materails included) for integrating health topics in family literacy see the Fairfax Family Literacy Curriculum's Health Module at http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/famlitcurric/ The curriculum was written by Besty Lindeman Wong and published by the Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center in Richmond. Also, for a most wonderful resource on teaching health literacy please see Kate Singleton's the Virginia Adult Education Health Literacy Toolkit published by the VALRC. This can be seen online at http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/healthlit/ Both documents can be downloaded as PDF and printed. Nancy ********************************************************* Nancy R. Faux ESOL Specialist Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA nfaux@vcu.edu http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/ 1-800-237-0178 "Dianna Baycich" <dbaycich@literacy.kent.edu> Sent by: nifl-family@nifl.gov 09/13/2005 04:10 PM Please respond to nifl-family@nifl.gov To Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> cc Subject [NIFL-FAMILY:2147] Request for PACT activities To Family Literacy Teachers: Call for Health-Related PACT Activities We at World Education are developing a resource guide for integrating health into family literacy teaching. We are looking for any PACT activities that relate to health. These could include activities about healthy food, exercise, seeing the doctor, safety, healthy teeth, when you get sick, etc. If you have ever done an activity like this, please let us know. We would like to include your ideas and experience in our resource guide so that other teachers around the country can benefit. If you only have time to send us a short description, that's fine, but if possible, please include the following information: -Name of the activity: -Objectives for children and parents: -Skills practiced: -Materials needed/teacher preparation: -Procedure/what to do: -Literacy skills developed: -Follow-up activities: Please send information to: jmckinney@worlded.org Thank you! Julie McKinney World Education 44 Farnsworth Street Boston, MA 02210 617-482-9485 Dianna Baycich Ohio Literacy Resource Center Research I Bld. 1100 Summit St. PO Box 5190 Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 330.672.7841 330.672.4841 (fax) "I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks." -Daniel Boone (frontier explorer)
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