Laubach Literacy Council of San Diego

Laubach Literacy Council
of San Diego County, Inc.

Joan Grover's resources for tutors

All holiday readings available here: CLICK HERE for the entire list

PERMANENT FILES:

General Discussions and Presentations
Using Pictures
- General Introduction to Using Pictures
- Specifics for Using Pictures: About Finding, Mounting & Using Teaching Pictures
- Categories: pictures for practicing
  1. "Snake & Bee" Visual for plurals -s pronunciation: s = /s/, s = /z/
  2. -es plurals pronunciation
  3. pictures for -es plural pronunciation practice: page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 labels for all 4 pages
  4. verbs--pictures for practicing in any tense
    How to use these pictures: instructions (1) instructions (2)
    1. verbs with regular past tense (pronunciation practice): page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 labels for all 6 pages
    2. verbs with irregular past tense: page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 labels for all 6 pages
    3. verbs used with prepositions ***COMING SOON***
  5. adjectives
    - pictures for adjectives: page 1 page 2 page 3 labels
  6. prepositions
    - pictures for prepositions: page 1 page 2 labels
    - "in" vs. "on": page 1 page 2 page 3
Sundry explanatory handouts and exercise worksheets
- Numbers
- Calendar & Time
  - Beginning Calendar Teaching
  - Time expressions (w/ Spanish)
  - Calendar Words & phrases (w/ Spanish): page 1 page 2
  - 'Morning, afternoon, night' visual
- Verbs
  - Sample verb conjugations: comparison with Spanish conjugations (part1)
  - Sample verb conjugations: comparison with Spanish conjugations (part2)
- Beginnings Dialogs ***COMING SOON***
- Phonics Help
  - Word Lists for Reading
  - Minimal Pairs
    - Using the Minimal Pair Lists
    - short vowels, page 1: student's copy tutor's copy
    - short vowels, page 2: student's copy tutor's copy
    - short vowels, page 3: student's copy tutor's copy
Spelling Helps & Exercises -- Note: all but the first are adapted, or will be adapted from an old SRA (Science Research Associates) series.
1. General Summary of Spelling Rules
2. Adding Suffixes
  - Introduction to Adding Suffixes
  - Adding suffixes to words ending in silent 'e'
  - Doubling the Final Consonant
  - Self-test for Adding Suffixes
3. Spelling the Initial K Sound
4. Spelling the Final K Sound
5. Twin Final Consonants
6. Final Y-to-I Changes
7. Spelling the Final L Sound ***COMING SOON***
8. Spelling the Z Sound ***COMING SOON***
9. Silent Letters: B, H, K, L ***COMING SOON***
10. More Silent Letters: U, T, W, G ***COMING SOON***
11. Special Plurals ***COMING SOON***
12. Contractions ***COMING SOON***
13. Abbreviations ***COMING SOON***
14. Homonyms (4 pages) ***COMING SOON***
15. Tricky Words (5 pages) ***COMING SOON***
Special Helps for ESL Learners
1. Exercises for learning and using Prepositions
2. Exercises for using/reinforcing Irregular Past Tense Verbs (29 exercises) ***COMING SOON***
3. Exercises for learning and using Verbs Used with Prepositions (18 exercises) ***COMING SOON***
Student Assessment Helps
***COMING SOON***

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