Read All About Lit

Read All About Lit is the Decoda Literacy Library blog. Look here for the latest news on what’s new in the library, useful links from around the web, and fun facts and contests.

Posts featuring books or resources are intended to highlight items we have recently acquired or accessed, and which we would like to share with our readership. They do not represent an endorsement.

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New book: Reading and Parents Program, multicultural collection

2012.05.17

New in the library! RAPP: Reading and Parents Program: the multicultural collection developed by the Family Literacy Centre of Kingston Literacy & Skills; Anne Jackson, Jenna Willoughby, eds. (2011) The Reading and Parents Program (RAPP) pack was developed to encourage family reading and help parents support their children’s emergent literacy skills development. This resource, the [...]

Workplace Wednesday – May 16, 2012

2012.05.16

Welcome to Workplace Wednesday, where we highlight resources linking literacy with business, industry, and the workplace. Today’s featured resource is: Workbase. This New Zealand-based organization has a wealth of information available on adult literacy, numeracy, and its effects in a workplace context. They specialize in providing training within the workplace to help adults with literacy [...]

New book on teaching reading

2012.05.15

New in the library! A short course in teaching reading: practical techniques for building reading power. 2nd ed. Beatrice S. Mikulecky. White Plains, NY: Pearson Longman, 2011. This book begins with an overview of the theory and practice of teaching reading, with special emphasis on meeting the needs of students with limited English proficiency. The [...]

New book: Assessing student learning

2012.05.14

New in the library! Assessing student learning: a common sense guide. 2nd ed. by Linda Suskie (2009). This resource is “designed to summarize current thinking on the practice of assessment in a comprehensive, accessible, and useful fashion for those without formal experience in assessing student learning. Short on background and theory and long on practical [...]

Interesting resources for Occupational Health & Safety Week (May 6 – 12, 2012)

2012.05.10

It’s National Occupational Health & Safety Week! We’re here to help connect you with resources on this always important topic. To finish off our suggestions for this week, take a look at this resource from Simon Fraser University: Wash With Care. Pesticide sprays are in common use on farms, and workers’ clothes can end up [...]