Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling: An Adult Reading Course of Study was published by the National Institute for Literacy by researchers MacArthur, Alamprese, and Knight in 2010. The complete student workbook as well as the teacher lesson plans are all free and online! This series may seem challenging for tutors, but there’s an excellent teacher’s guide, and many non-teachers have used the series successfully.
This site offers evidence-based resources to enhance the impact of adult English Language Learner (ELL) instruction nationwide and in your community. Each topic-driven suite of resources includes an issue brief, online learning module, and a companion learning resource for educators.
Students can time themselves on these reading passages. Encourage them to focus on improving their speed, accuracy, and expression when they read aloud.
This site provides a problem solving calculator that shows students the math steps leading to their problem’s solution.
Advanced Calculator options for typing in more complicated problems are provided.
Reference information to help students in understanding problems and rules are also provided.
This site provides an extensive online resource database for higher level math topics. This site is best suited for high school and college level math students.
Essays on this website were created by students in the Write to Read Adult Literacy Program at the Alameda County Library with guidance from their teachers and volunteer reading tutors.
Learning a second language is a challenging process. This Guide will help you to find resources available for learning English faster and easier. On this page you can find links to all available resources at the library and a selected few on the web.
Alameda County Library is happy to announce the launch of our FREE online educational classes from Universal Class. With over 500 different courses available, there is something for everyone!
The lessons are rated by 1-beginner, 2-intermediate, 3- advanced with audio, written and visual learning styles with follow-up quizzes. Students and tutors can progress at their own pace.
This infographic covers some of the most common English prepositions of time. Examples are provided for: in, on, at, since, for, ago, before, to, past, from, till/until, by,
