by Julie Slack | Jan 9, 2026 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), First Literacy Grant Projects, Reading, Resources
First Literacy Grant Funded ProjectPartner Program: Jewish Vocational Service (JVS), Hyde Park Project Description: Develop and pilot a summer family literacy class. The remote class will cover English skill development, phonics, and literacy acquisition skills that...
by Julie Slack | Jul 31, 2025 | First Literacy Grant Projects, Reading, Resources
First Literacy Grant Funded ProjectPartner Program: Criminal Justice Organization of Hampden County, Inc. (CJOHC) Project Description: This mother/child reading program was developed by CJOHC for women incarcerated at the Western Mass Regional Women’s Correctional...
by Julie Slack | Feb 9, 2024 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), Phonics, Pronunciation, Reading, Resources
Presenter: Lisa M. Brooks, Ed.D. These materials provide an overview of the Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek layers of the language, focusing on how to teach skills from the Latin layer. The slides also introduce morphemes and ways to practice them in isolation and in...
by Julie Slack | Mar 1, 2023 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Reading, Resources
Presenter: Brooke Machado & Medhin Gebreslasse This workshop covers practical classroom routines that have successfully worked with adult emergent readers in the Adult Basic Education (ABE) classroom. The workshop materials include strategies that engage adult...
by Julie Slack | Nov 17, 2021 | First Literacy Grant Projects, Reading, Resources, Writing
First Literacy Grant Funded Project Established in 2003, the ESOL Program increases self-sufficiency of ATASK clients, all Asian women who are survivors of domestic violence. The program serves at least 30 women each year, 30% of whom are residents of ATASK’s shelter...
by Julie Slack | Nov 17, 2021 | First Literacy Grant Projects, Reading, Resources
First Literacy Grant Funded Project Original Goal: Students in intermediate to upper level ESOL classes, after choosing a topic of interest, will meet weekly to discuss works of fiction and non-fiction. They will benefit through improvement of subject content...
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