Easy to read materials about the COVID-19 vaccine are essential for English Language Learners (ELLs) and basic education students. To help students keep up-to-date and well-informed on this topic, here are some resources from reliable sources to adapt for teaching or to share with students.
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It is as important as ever that members of all communities in the United States stand up and be counted. This has been a particularly important message for communities that have historically been undercounted in the past.
CensusGirl and Count Me In provide just the tool you need to educate your adult literacy students about the critical need to be counted. Each of these wonderful short and engaging public service announcements provides essential information about the importance of filling out the census.
Quick tip: Find quick messages and resources to share with your students in Census Messages and Resources for Language and Literacy (doc). Copy/paste messages and links that can be shared through Twitter, Instagram, Google Classroom, Whatsapp, etc.Continue reading CensusGirl & Count Me In: Videos for #Census2020
One of the easiest messages to get across to students is how to manage their own healthy habits. The Times in Plain English has some articles on the topic, and also a great visual with three images: Wash Your Hands, Use a Tissue, Avoid Touching Your Face.
Census forms are in the mail! It’s time to start talking to our students about the Census.
Census 2020 wants to make it clear that you “count” and you need “to be counted”. This is no small claim, and it is one of the central messages that is repeated in the resources and materials published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, and by many adult literacy educational, advocacy and social justice organizations. There have been many resources collected by the National Coalition for Literacy and the New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC) .
Quick tip: Find quick messages and resources to share with your students in Census Messages and Resources for Language and Literacy (doc). Copy/paste messages and links that can be shared through Twitter, Instagram, Google Classroom, Whatsapp, etc.Continue reading Teaching the 2020 Census? Start with Messaging Basics
Bow Valley College has produced wonderful free literacy readers at seven different levels of increasing difficulty, A – G. There are 40 themed readers in all, covering a range of relevant topics and themes of high interest to immigrant learners. These readers are available in two formats: written and audio at https://globalaccess.bowvalleycollege.ca/esl-literacy-readers.
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