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Great opportunity!
Our next tutor training is scheduled for
Saturday March 16th, 2019
8:30 am to 5:30 pm
Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church in
Severna Park, MD
and will include basic literacy, math, and English Language Learner (ELL) instruction.
We have a class size limit of 35. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in attending this training, please email Lisa Vernon at director@aaclc.org or call 410-269-4419 as soon as possible to reserve a seat.
Left to right: ELL tutor Joan Spring, student Marina, and ELL tutor Jane Felsentreger
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March 20th 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Woods Memorial Church
Severna Park
This workshop is designed for tutors who work with English Language Learners (ELL) and would like to help them improve their spoken American English pronunciation. This interactive workshop will improve their ability to understand the place, manner, and voicing of articulation for many of the speech sounds of spoken American English, both consonants and vowels.
An explanation will be given of the differences between a letter, and the sounds represented by that letter. Hand mirrors (provided) will be used to provide a visual of the appearance of parts of the mouth when producing speech sounds, and we will practice. Handouts of worksheets for some commonly mispronounced sounds will be provided, as well as a handout of useful websites to use with our students.
Tutor Joan Spring, a speech pathologist, will lead this valuable workshop. Please be sure to RSVP to Jane Seiss at janeseiss@gmail.com or call our office at 410-269-4419 to leave a detailed message.
Happy Valentines Day!
Please take a moment to read peruse our website to learn about extraordinary AACLC students and “meet” some of our new AACLC literacy and math students as well as some tutors.
You will also want to grab your calendar and make note of several upcoming events. Our Annual Appreciation dinner will be held on April 25th and County Executive Steuart Pittman will be our keynote speaker! We have a firm cap of 200 attendees this year so tutors, students, and assessors please RSVP as soon as possible to guarantee seating.
We also have an upcoming workshop for our English Language Learner (ELL) tutors on March 20th, and our spring 2019 AACLC tutor training date has been set for March 16th. If you know of anyone who would like to be a literacy or math tutor for us, please forward this newsletter and encourage them to contact me.
Kind regards,
Lisa Vernon, Executive Director
Lisa Vernon, Executive Director
Anne Arundel County Literacy Council
301-523-6750 (cell)
The following resources can be used to add a little variety and fun to your tutoring sessions with your students this month.
Level 1:
Create a sentence in print on three-line paper using your student’s name. Duplicate the sentence, so that you can cut one into separate words to use as puzzle pieces. Include generous amounts of space between the words, and keep them in an envelope of bag for use. “Jack likes to read books to his son.” “Carol writes a list of things she needs from the grocery store.” You can make the sentences shorter or longer, and you can also print other words to modify the sentences.
Show the complete sentence to your student then let them use the puzzle pieces to put the sentence in order.
Level 2:
Ask your student about the subject and nouns, and action words in a few sentences. Have your student copy the sentences in his notebook, or create a new sentence. You can also have your student discuss or write about a picture from a magazine or book.
Level 3:
Use the skillbook story links at http://www.
Sarah Gardner
You can turn any written material into a lesson to practice writing, grammar, punctuation, and gaining vocabulary… find the lyrics to songs that your student knows; use the words from a favorite book; use the proverbs/psalms from the Bible; use the articles that come in 3 levels from the newspaper website for adults and children, too .…www.newsinlevels.com
– both the audio and written story are provided. Great website!
If you have access to a computer, you can record your student reading aloud on www.vocaroo.com . It is not necessary to sign-up to use the free recorder on the website. Vocaroo is a great tool to practice reading phrases, passages, poetry, and song lyrics orally. In fact, find and share the written words to one of your student’s favorite poems or songs and have them “read” it on Vocaroo. The website allows you to record, retry, and erase as many times as you like.
Sarah Gardner
Thanks to your support, $11,073 was raised through GivingTuesday to improve adult literacy in Anne Arundel County! Out of 547 “small” nonprofits competing nationally through MightyCause, Anne Arundel County Literacy Council ranked #8 for most donations raised on November 27th.
You are providing free books, tutoring, and assessments for interested, low-income adults. Goals achieved include GEDs, jobs, better-paying jobs, and an improved quality of life for our students and their families. You are changing lives through literacy with your donations. Thank you!
Please take a moment to “meet” students elsewhere on this website to share in their joy at achieving their reading and math goals. Also, our spring 2019 literacy tutor training date has been set for March 16th. CLICK HERE for details. If you, or someone you know, would like to take this training, please call 410-269-4419 or emaildirector@aaclc.org as soon as possible to reserve a seat.
Kind regards,
Lisa Vernon, Executive Director
Lisa Vernon, Executive Director
Anne Arundel County Literacy Council
301-523-6750 (cell)
director@aaclc.org
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#GivingTuesday gives us a chance each year to compete for prizes. Starting November 15th through November 27th, a very generous AACLC donor will also DOUBLE your donations up to $2,500 with a matching gift!
So if you have not sent in your membership donation, you can do so online through our #GivingTuesday AACLC mightycause webpage, double your donation, and save a stamp.
PLEASE NOTE: You will have the choice to opt-out of covering a 5% platform fee during your check-out process. If you elect NOT to cover the platform fee for AACLC, Mightycause WILL cover the fee so that AACLC is guaranteed to receive every penny of each donation.
Thank you Mightycause!
From left to right: tutor coordinator Jane Seiss, student coordinator JoAnn Cook, assessor coordinator Emily Clement, database assistant Patti Durst, director Lisa Vernon, tutor training coordinator Jill Mischo, and GED/math coordinator Dr. Perinaaz Gandhi. Not pictured: Database managers Bruce Phillips and Dan Milleville, Treasurer Megan Jackson, TABE coordinator Barb Colacicco, student coordinator assistant Judy Smallwood, and GED math coordinator Susann Felton.
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The Literacy Council is fortunate to have a dedicated team working behind the scenes supporting our tutors and students! They generously share their time, talents, and abilities so we can fulfill our mission and provide free reading, writing, math, and English instruction to low-income, interested Anne Arundel County adults.
Left to right: ESL tutor and class leader Joan Spring, student Marina, and ESL tutor Jane Felsentreger
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We have great news to share! Thanks to Joan Spring, an experienced ESL conversation class tutor who has joined our team, as well as requests from our community of tutors, we are launching a free Drop-In ESL Conversation Group
The next class will be he on
Wednesday evening, November 7th
at 7 pm Wegman’s Cafeteria, Crofton
– no books required –
– the teacher will use “News for You” newspapers –
and other materials as needed
– tutors do not need to attend –
(although you may want to come the first time your student attends)
Please RSVP to Jane: jane.seiss@gmail.com.
