Linn Benton Community Literacy Partnership

Children of less-educated parents are much more likely to become low-skilled adults. Literacy practice at a young age is crucial!

(Image description: The picture on the right is of a child reading. They have a green beanie on and a yellow shirt with their face in their hands. The text reads: U.S. adults with low levels of education who have parents with low levels of education are 10 times more likely to have low skills than are those who have higher-educated parents.)

Check out this literacy definition by the National Literacy Directory. Often, our new incoming volunteer tutors have said that they never thought about somebody not being able to read a medicine bottle!

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We wanted to highlight a great website: ReadTheory.org. Check out this website for cool reading comprehension worksheets. Not only do they offer different grade level sheets, but also ones for adults and English-learners!

https://readtheory.org/

(Image description: Background is a pale yellow. There is a computer with a background that has the ReadTheory website up, which is blue. The text says: Great website alert! The text on the computer says "ReadTheory" and "Reading Exercises" and "Worksheets" on the top. The bottom says "Improve your student's Reading Comprehension. It's free.")

The Corvallis and Albany libraries both have study spaces to reserve! You can meet a literacy tutor here, find resources all around you, and have librarians around if you have any other questions.

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We keep getting people set up with tutors! Right now, we are making sure the availabilities match up between the last student, and then we'll be waiting on that 10th student so we can hit double digits!

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If you have been hesitant to reach out for tutoring help because you don't have a laptop, say no more. We have laptops you can check out to access online training and resources! Depending on your area, we'll connect you with the right place.

We took a bit of a break for social media while our Tutoring Coordinator took a break for the school term, but we are back and ready to help answer all your questions!

Want to reach out about getting a tutor? How about being a tutor? Please let us know!

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[email protected]
541-917-4703
https://www.literacy.linnlibraries.org/)

We only have a week of fall left! While we can still enjoy all the goodness of fall as long as we want, winter is coming... so what will you be reading to keep that fall spirit for one more week?

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Do you think we could make it to 10 before the year is over? We are so grateful for all the work our volunteers do to make this possible!

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We have shared Monica's story about tutoring, now hear what her tutee has to say about how great of a tutor Monica is!

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What does your tutor do to make you look forward to your next session?

"She searches for new material which she feels is suitable for my needs. Sometimes it is material
about writing, reading, or understanding. However, all that material is focused on my growth.
She also feels free to ask me if there is any material I would like to address or see in my next
session." A, Monica's tutee)

The Bow Valley College ESL Literacy Readers are great beginner stories to practice literary skills! You can print them out, or read them from the computer. Take your literacy practice with you on the go, even without internet access.

(Image description: The background has blue on the top and bottom. The image is a screenshot of the Bow Valley College page for their ESL Literacy Readers. There is their logo in the top left corner, and it says ESL Literacy Readers over the gradient of green to blue. Below it there are links to different books. Some text says Filter: All, Level A, Level B, Level C, Level D, Level E, Level F, Level G. Below it are three books; Lien Buys Food and has a grocery bag, Inge Cuts Hair and a person is cutting a child's hair, and Mo Stays Warm and a person is on the cover wearing a hat, scarf and jacket)

Enjoy something nice to sip on while you sit back and practice your own literacy skills today. Or, maybe today is the day to fill out a volunteer application with us!

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Today is International Students Day! We currently have 7 students getting literacy tutoring right now, and we can't wait to see more and more students coming in to get 1-on-1 tutoring from our community volunteers.

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(Image description: Pictures of different books from the library's literacy kits. The text reads: Our literacy kits help with literacy success!)

If you are interested in becoming a tutor, but don't know where to start, these literacy kits are for you and your tutee! There are lots of books in each one to keep you two busy for weeks. You can check out a literacy kit at either the Albany library or Corvallis library.

IXL is a great website with a wide array of class subjects to learn! Based on someone's literacy levels, you can select the grade that has the equivalent work and do practice work. It's free to do 10 problems a day, which can be done quickly, and it makes it easy to just sneak in some practice daily.

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As school is starting up again, keep in mind that literacy tutoring is one-on-one help with volunteer tutors! No need to wait for any classes to start- get literacy help on your schedule.

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Here's another literacy fact for you! Just another important reason why we work so hard to help improve folk's literacy levels.

(Image description: The background is someone sitting at a black desk. The desk has a keyboard that has a wood pattern and an open notebook with a pen on top. The person is counting 20 dollar bills in their hands. The text says: Improving adult literacy would have enormous economic benefits. Bringing all adults to the equivalent of a sixth grade reading level would generate an additional $2.2 trillion - or 10% of GDP - in annual income for the country.)

The time change is upon us today! Luckily, this is the day when we get an extra hour at least. If you didn't use the extra hour today for reading, what did you use it for?

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Have questions about the program? Want to find out how to get a tutor, or possibly tutor with us? Call or email us for more information!

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[email protected]
541-917-4703
https://www.literacy.linnlibraries.org/)

Happy Halloween! Nobody likes to do work normally on holidays, but if you happen to be practicing any literacy skills today or need a story, check out AmericanLiterature.com! They have a great collection of some festive stories to practice from, that change on the holidays!

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Here's a literacy fact for you. Why do you think this is?

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The text reads: It is estimated between $106-$238 billion in health care costs a year are linked to low adult literacy skills. Adults with limited health literacy are hospitalized and use emergency services at significant higher rates than those with higher skills.)

We wanted to give our volunteers a shout out!

Volunteers give so much. They dedicate their time for free to help others. When people need help in the community, volunteers are there, whether it comes in the form of helping providing food, supplies, shelter, and more.

For us, our volunteers help keep our program running. We wouldn't be able to provide free literacy support for those who need it if we didn't have volunteer tutors. We wouldn't have people making the calls and getting people trained without them.

So, from us to you... THANK YOU for what you do!

(Image description: THANK YOU to all our volunteers. You are what keeps us going and helps us with our community.)

Here's a bit more from Monica's tutee! We are so grateful for the work Monica has done for her tutee.

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How do you feel about your progress since starting with your tutor?

"I have seen an advance in my progress because now I can read and understand English better
than before. In the area of writing, I'm still not very good but we are working together on that.
She has a lot of patience and is always aware of what I need. I feel very comfortable with her and
I really appreciate the time she spends with me to improve my academic skills." A, Monica's tutee)