Webs and Links

Useful Websites and Links

 

General

 

http://www.literacybc.ca/Training/hub.php

The main hub of activity for what is going on in the world of Literacy in BC.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/

From the UK, lots of worksheets

 

http://www.eastsideliteracy.org/tutorsupport/General/GeneralLessonList.htm

Adult Education – tutor support – lots of lessons.

 

http://www.az-aall.org/AALL/Pages/Links/Studentlinks.htm

Lots and lots of lessons from Arizona

 

http://www.abc-canada.org/en/adult_literacy

ABC Canada – lots of information and resources here

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/sc.cgi

wonderful games, good for math and reading both

 

http://www.nald.ca/info/events/annual/fld/fld.htm

National Adult Literacy Database

 

http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/R/reading/index.html

Great UK series, poignant and telling. Google and choose video with Can’t Read, Can’t Write

 

http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/downloadfull.html

Create your own crosswords.

 

 

 

 

Reading and Writing

 

http://www.thewclc.ca/edge/

online newspaper

 

http://crayon.net/index.html

Create your own newspaper

 

http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/jacobson.pdf

Using everyday materials

 

 

http://www.literacytools.ie/viewGameCategory.cfm?id=6

Games to play with learners

 

http://members.tripod.com/~ozpk/0000vocab

Vocabulary and spelling games

 

 

http://www.literacynet.org/vtd/Poems.html

Create a healthcare poem

 

http://www.nald.ca/literacybasics/initial/progress/01.htm

A nice little progress chart

 

 

Numbers

 

http://www.math-drills.com/fractions.shtml

Every worksheet you can dream of for math

 

http://library.nald.ca/learning/item/6562

If you only download one book on teaching math, make it this one.

 

 

 

http://www.softschools.com/math/worksheets/

Every other worksheet in the math world you could generate.

 

http://www.aaastudy.com/add.htm#topic1

Lots of math stuff.

 

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/math/

Online math free to join and interactive lessons

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/

Worth writing again, just to focus on the math stuff.

 

http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money

Money flashcards – US money, but it could work

 

http://www.mathleague.com/help/wholenumbers/wholenumbers.htm

Whole numbers

 

http://drill.edu4kids.com/index.php?TB=2&page=12

Online do it yourself flash cards

 

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dailymath/cooking.html

Math in daily life. Some interesting problems you can use.

 

http://alri.org/harness.html#lesson plans

Some good ideas in the Math Lessons section

 

http://library.nald.ca/learning/browse/author?name=Kate+Nonesuch

Changing the Way We Do Math – must have download

 

http://www.funbrain.com/fractop/index.html

Excellent for fractions multiplying and dividing. .Shows the work

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

http://www.skillsworkshop.org/l2lit.htm#Rt/L2.1   

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/journal-prompts.html            

Writi

http://www.mysterynet.com/see/                                                        Reading

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/                                                        MATH/grammar/spelling activities …Excellent printable

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/printables.htm  Elementary School…but still very well done

http://www.aaastudy.com/mny45ax2.htm#section2Math

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/tutor.html#numeracy           Many links

http://www.nwlincs.org/NWLINCSWEB/Teltv2/Introd.doc.  tutor outline

http://www.lcnv.org/links/index.cfm   links to usa sites

 

http://www2.literacy.bc.ca/resourcs/documents/Adult%20Literacy%20Resources%20-%20SLI2007.doc

http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/teacher_tutor.htm#math_teach_prep Math Learning Disabilities Links

http;//www.abc-canada.org/math literacy/