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The SGB Youth Literacy Letter Volume 5, Issue 1 Newsletter of the South Grey Bruce Youth Literacy Council March 2011 467 10th St, Suite 303 Hanover, ON N4N 1R3 The Jones Team In This Issue Hurray!!! Linette Jones has joined the Youth Literacy Welcome to the Letter H. In addition to news of Team as our Volunteer and Young Learner Coordinator. activities ongoing in our busy organization, we are She brings her positive presence and creativity to our happy to feature the contributions we received, from far office hub in supporting our volunteer tutor/learner and wide, nominating our Favourite Children`s Books. matches and intake. Linette works together with Dyan Read further for more exciting news! Jones in providing our Youth Literacy Program and Volunteer Network across our region, from Dundalk to We dedicate The Letter H to the Kincardine and up to Owen Sound. We are grateful for memory of the remarkable puppeteer, the generous support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets. His insight and gentle philosophy for their two year grant sponsoring this staff growth. The have had a huge impact on innovative Jones Team is building the momentum of the learning approaches to learning. “My hope is to power of Youth Literacy! leave the world a little bit better than Our Volunteers Are Golden when I got here.” His head was We are proud of our Volunteers, those trained as tutors Kermit & Henson definitely linked to his heart. paired one-to-one with young learners in need of learning support, plus our volunteers who assist in Opening Hours for Youth Literacy Office managing our unique learning resources and facilitate Tuesday through Friday: 9 AM to 5 PM our vital fundraising activities. Congratulations to our Other times by appointment volunteers nominated in the 5 and 10 year sectors for the Ontario Volunteer Awards Celebration in June. 519 364-0008 [email protected] Please join our team, enhancing life in our community!! Sustainable Growth – YLC Endowment Fund T H E L E T T E R Our Board of Directors is mindful of the sustainable growth of our organization. We are announcing the Editor Dyan Jones creation of the SGB Youth Literacy Endowment Fund We are grateful to Canon Canada and Excel Printed In House under the Community Foundation Grey Bruce. Tax Businessbook or Systemsgraphic fornovel assisting isn't dauntingus with an and educational leads to discount early deductible donations made specifically to this fund will tofeelings purchase of a success. new laser copierComics for are our excellentoffice. The at Hanover Rotary be matched by a 50% grant for the next two years, Clubencouraging has also provided comprehension special support as the for reader Youth hasLiteracy. to create We building sustainability for our future. Of course, we areconnections now capable between of producin theg dialogueour own printed bubbles educational and the continue to fundraise for our vital programming needs activitimagesies for being young portrayed learners, tokeeping get a ourfull programsense of vibrant the story. and individualized. Thanks to Reliance Printing for fine work in and are grateful for all donations. Ten years ago I wouldn't have recommended comics as printing our past newsletters! Family Literacy Day January 27 a literacy tool for a broad audience because there was very little diversity in the content and appeal of the The South Grey Bruce Youth Literacy Council is keeping Participate! We welcome newsletter submissions of news, Family Literacy on the map! The Municipal Councils of facts,comics links in o rgeneral. articles by Thankfully email to: [email protected] comics, now referred to as 'Graphic Novels,' have grown-up and represent a Brockton, Hanover and West Grey each declared the official proclamation regarding January 27 as Family Ourvery next broad issue selection will beof genresThe Letter and difficulty.I They are also becoming much more readily available in both Literacy Day. We hosted the Family Literacy display with Joinbooks our stores Email and List public : [email protected] libraries. the Hanover Library and distributed free children’s books donated by Frontier College. Thanks to Hanover Honda We will keep you updated with Youth Literacy Events and exciting learning tips and games. At the Youth Literacy Council, for great corporate support! we keep it fun while we take Lifelong Learning seriously! “Children learn from adults. If you don’t read for fun, then why would your kids read?” ROBERT MUNSCH View our website www.sgbyouthliteracy.org The Letter H www.sgbyouthliteracy.org 1 SGB Youth Literacy Council, 467 10th St, Suite 303 Hanover, ON N4N 1R3 Tutor’s Tool Bag Celebrating Our Favourite Children’s Books We are fortunate to have Darlene Lamb as one of our In our past newsletter, we invited everyone to share their amazing volunteer tutors. She shares her strategies for favourite children’s books, either recalled from childhood honing Fluent Reading with young learners. She combines or one from the current contemporary realm. It was no lots of great teaching expertise and fun into her learning surprise that we received such enthusiastic responses – sessions. Utilizing a simple tape recorder, her young learner the world of children’s books is a tapestry of beautiful tapes himself reading a passage and upon rewinding and illustrations, rich story lines and open doors to our listening, learns firsthand how to heighten the enthusiasm and add spark to his reading aloud. Truth be told, he has burgeoning imaginations. Readers of all ages embrace also been known to read in the voice of Elvis Presley! children’s books passionately. We have compiled a random sampling of suggestions from the avalanche of Wow, what is that I hear? Why, it's fluent reading! It replies received. We welcome further contributions - the sounds like someone having a conversation with a door remains open for the love of great books! friend. The more that you read, the more you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Here are a few strategies that have helped my young DR.SEUSS reader make gains in his reading level and comprehension too. Our goal is to have the reading Annika Dyck – It was a Dark and Stormy Night by Janet & sound like natural speech. Where text is being read Alan Ahlberg silently or aloud, much of its meaning comes from the Lydia Dyck – Child of Faery, Child of Earth by Jane Yolen way it sounds. Students who read with expression Zach Mac Arthur – Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl are able to segment text into meaningful units, marking Oliver Keating - Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi phrase and sentence boundaries with pauses, vowel Sage Walters – Up, Up, Down by Robert Munsch lengthening and changes in pitch and emphasis. The Gabriel Sugarman – All Books by Roald Dahl result is improved comprehension. Jamie Sugarman – The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Each session we increase our sight words by reading Joe Macartney – The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly words on small cards. We read small phrases of Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka words on small strips to develop fluency. The goal is Nola Collins, Principal, Holy Family School – The Big to always keep it sounding smooth. Hungry Bear by Audrey & Don Wood Misha Radojkovic – Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques Auditory modeling may be the most Anne Duke Judd, Brucedale Press – Anne of Green powerful technique for developing the rhythms and Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery tones of spoken language while reading. This leads to Stuart McLean, CBC – To Think That I Saw It On improved understanding. Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss Echo reading: reading aloud phrase by phrase, Kathi Maskell, Mayor of Hanover – The Paper Bag slightly after a live (that's the tutor) or a taped model. Princess by Robert Munsch Choral (group), shared and partner reading are also Kevin Eccles, Mayor of West Grey – Bialosky’s Christmas examples of auditory modeling. by Leslie McGuire Re-reading familiar material allows the student to David Inglis, Mayor of Brockton –I Spy Books by Jean learn to be a reader putting his/her very complex recall Marzollo and sequencing behaviour into practice. Susan Lindsay – The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Recording the selection on a tape recorder allows the Burnett student to be a performer and hear him/herself when Liz Barningham – The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth the selection is played back. With greater fluency, Graeme readers can concentrate on comprehending what they Jenny & Bruce Iserman – The Wizard of Earthsea series read, develop greater self-confidence, and enjoy by Ursula K. LeGuin reading more. Increasing the chances for a successful Murray Howard – The Mouse and his Child by Russell reading experience is the goal. Hoban Brenda Hsueh – A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Let’s close with this interesting contribution from our Honourary Patron, the poet Elizabeth Zetlin: American Sign Language for the Letter H “One of my favourite reads as a child was Macbeth (yes, Shakespeare's). My mom and a couple of her friends gathered in the living room to read the different The Letter H in Braille parts. I was allowed to stay up late and read the part of the three witches. I must have been around 6 years old. I Great Learning Link www.wonderopolis.org loved the feel of these words in my mouth: The Letter H www.sgbyouthliteracy.org 2 SGB Youth Literacy Council, 467 10th St, Suite 303 Hanover, ON N4N 1R3 Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Friends of Youth Literacy Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Contributors in Kind Eye of newt, and toe of frog .