New section on literacy development stages to support instruction and assessment!
With the guidance of a working group of educators from Ontario adult literacy programs, we've curated a collection of always free and reproducible and mostly open, quality instructional materials that tutors and instructors can use. This is not another list of links leading you to sites and collections that you have to search. We've done the searching, reviewing, vetting and organization for you. All resources are ready-to-use and most have teaching tips and guidance.
Resources that can be modified are also available in a Google Drive collection. If you like this set-up, you can continue building your personal collection. If resources can't be stored in our folders, due to copyright restrictions or the use of online formats, we provide direct links to the resources.
All items in the collection contain details about allowable uses (i.e. copyright or Creative Commons licensing information) and level of instruction. Read more about the development of the collection, allowable uses and how this collection fills a gap in the field of foundational adult education.
Are you looking for meaningful and concise insights to provide a big picture understanding of literacy development?
Are you able to quickly recognize learners' strengths and weaknesses and how to support their literacy growth?
Literacy development stages to support instruction and assessment is a comprehensive and concise description of literacy development from emergent literacy to highly advanced literacy. There are five stages in the framework. Adult learners in foundational learning programs are likely working in the middle three stages (i.e. Stages 1, 2 and 3). Descriptions of emergent literacy (Stage 0) and advanced disciplinary literacy (Stage 4) provide additional information to help you gain a comprehensive understanding of literacy development.
Aligned with each stage are several OER assessments that you can use during intake and learning sessions or courses. Explore the additional web pages or our Google Drive folders.
We have colour coded copyright and Creative Commons (CC) licensing information for each resource. Read more on the About page.