Elizabeth Cottrell 
This article is from Proliteracy’s Winter 2017 Notebook Have students look up new words using an online dictionary, such as www.learnersdictionary.com or www.dictionary.com. Many dictionary sites also have an audio button … Read more
MedlinePlus is a website from the National institutes of Health that provides health information in English and Spanish. The site also features hundreds of health topics, easy-to-read materials, drug information, and … Read more
Oneword is a free online tool that provides users with a single vocabulary word as a prompt and gives them 60 seconds to write a journal entry for their daily word. … Read more
Happy 2017! Please take a moment to read about students Carlton Ricketts and Robert Smith, and check out valuable tutor resources listed below. Registration information is also available on our … Read more
Robert Smith and his tutor, Barb Farrell Having reading difficulties is hard enough; dealing with the unfair, accompanying sense of shame is an even more devastating blow. Like so many … Read more
Mark Your Calendar Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 9 a.m. Occasionally, tutors will tell us something like this: My student can learn a word on one page, then forgets it … Read more
Student Carlton Ricketts and tutor Merlene Clarke When a tutor’s passion to teach is matched by a student’s hunger for learning, amazing progress can be made. Literacy Council tutor Merlene … Read more
Jolene and Bob Caspar Bob Caspar, our passionate and enthusiastic Literacy Council Board President for the past 5 years, passed away on November 14, 2016. Bob is greatly missed! He … Read more
Great opportunity! Our next 2-day tutor training is scheduled for February 25th & March 4th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church in Severna Park, and … Read more
A Syracuse icon who taught the world to read turns 100 Ruth Colvin, who turned 100 on Dec. 16, is the mother of the adult literacy movement in the U.S. … Read more
