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Story by Story
Story by Story is a contextual phonics model and curriculum for low-literacy adults, both native English speakers and English Language Learners. This resource consists of 115 stories at approximately 0.5-2.5 Grade Equivalent with "adult-authentic" text that adults want to read concerning everyday activities such as working, community, shopping, and parenting. Story by Story combines phonics with fluency/comprehension activities for balanced literacy instruction. It provides a prescriptive model where sound/letter knowledge is assessed before placement in the curriculum and during/after instruction to measure progress.
Here’s what ABE instructors say about Story by Story:
"The stories in the Story by Story curriculum have been very popular with the students in my reading class. The real-life stories appeal to students because they are reading about situations they have encountered."
"Students love the dictation of words, phrases, and sentences from the stories. I have found these stories a great addition to our resources."
View selections from Story by Story.
Cost
Level I – 63 lessons; each story 50-60 words – $56.00
Level II – 52 lessons; each story 100-120 words – $56.00
Both Level I and Level II – $96.00
Prices include shipping and handling within the continental U.S. Others please contact info@ldaminnesota.org or 952-582-6000 for information on shipping and handling cost.
How to Order
Order up to three copies of Story by Story online, or download the order form.
For more than three copies, email info@ldaminnesota.org for special pricing.
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The Adult Reading Toolkit
The Adult Reading Toolkit (The ART) provides both the background as well as the tools for the "art" of adult reading instruction. This resource provides a background in current reading research findings, application to adult learners from diverse backgrounds, vocabulary terms, assessment and instructional ideas, curriculum suggestions, and hands-on materials for helping adults "learn to read" and "read to learn." This quality resource was selected by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) as a resource for adult literacy nationwide.
The ART includes six chapters covering the crucial components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Each chapter includes:
- A case study
- Key vocabulary
- Research findings
- Assessment ideas
- Instructional activities
- Suggestions for authentic materials
- Recommended curricula and software
- References
Comprehensive appendix materials include reproducible tools for informal assessments and instructional activities; materials for sound study, word study, and sight word learning; and lesson plan organizers.
Cost
The ART is $56.00
Prices include shipping and handling within the continental U.S. Others please contact info@ldaminnesota.org or 952-582-6000 for information on shipping and handling cost.
How to Order
Order up to three copies of The Adult Reading Toolkit online, or download the order form.
For more than three copies, email info@ldaminnesota.org for special pricing.
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Taking Action
Taking Action, a 100+ page resource guide for instructors serving ESL adults with learning difficulties or learning disabilities, covers ESL trends, learning disability (LD) definitions and applications, language acquisition, other factors that impact learning, best practice strategies for ESL learners, and the influence of pre-literacy. It also includes a screening tool for ESL adults, a reading assessment for preliterate adults, and a model for LD assessment of ESL learners.
The guide provides an opportunity for instructors of all backgrounds to::
- Increase their awareness of the ESL and LD populations
- Improve their knowledge of language acquisition principles
- Understand the impact of external and internal factors on learning and performance
- Apply best practice recommendations for ESL instruction and sample lesson plans
- Review pre-referral, referral, and assessment tools and models for the determination of a significant learning difficulty or learning disability
Cost
Taking Action is $21.00
Prices include shipping and handling within the continental U.S. Others please contact info@ldaminnesota.org or 952-582-6000 for information on shipping and handling cost.
How to Order
Order up to three copies of Taking Action online, or download the order form.
For more than three copies, email info@ldaminnesota.org for special pricing.
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Now What? Discovering Your Potential in Work and Life
For Parents and Professionals
Now What? is a transition planning tool designed for youth and adults with learning disabilities or low level reading skills who are searching for educational and career guidance. Professional sand parents will find this tool particularly useful.
The Now What? workbook is designed not only to assist students and adults in realizing their goals, but also to help case managers develop transition plans to include in Individualized Education Plans (IEP’s) for their students. This resource is an excellent tool to help meet IDEA and state or district transition standards, while saving valuable time.
The workbook contains five sections:
- Career interests
- Needs awareness
- Learning styles
- Work skills/styles
- Next steps/plans
Each section includes worksheets and discussion pages and concludes with a student portfolio page that can easily be used to general a report for inclusion in an IEP and to provide information for due process.
Cost
1 student workbook/1 instructor guide – $36.00
10 students workbooks/1 instructor guide – $105.00
10 student workbooks – $90.00
Prices include shipping and handling within the continental U.S. Others please contact info@ldaminnesota.org or 952-582-6000 for information on shipping and handling cost.
Student workbooks are available in English or in Spanish/English.
How to Order
Order Now What? in the quantities specified online, or download the order form.
For other quantities or large quantity orders, email info@ldaminnesota.org for special pricing.
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