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Literacy Skills

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Build your literacy skills step by step. Each Literacy Skills module is made up of smaller parts called micro-modules. Improve language, reading, writing, and communication skills to help you in everyday life and learning.

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See below for Literacy Skills modules. Click the “Available Now!” button to access each module.

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Beginning Literacy

Areas of focus:

Language Foundations—read and understand short everyday texts.

  • Recognizing Letters

    • Understand how print works

    • Recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters

    • Tell the difference between letters

    • Understand that letters have names and sounds

  • ​Letter Sounds

    • Say the sound each letter makes

    • Hear individual sounds in words

    • Blend sounds together to make words

    • Break words apart into sounds

  • Building Words

    • Blend letter sounds to read simple words

    • Build words with consonants and vowels

    • Read word families

    • Recognize letter teams that make one sound

  • Sight Words and Reading Practice 

    • Recognize common sight words

    • Understand why some words don't follow sound and spelling rules

    • Read simple sentences with sight words and words you can sound out

    • Build your reading confidence

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Developing Literacy

Areas of focus:

Building Understanding—read short paragraphs, write simple notes, respond with understanding.

  • Expanding Vocabulary

    • Understand why vocabulary is important

    • Learn new words through pictures and labels

    • Recognize synonyms (words that mean the same thing)

    • Recognize antonyms (words that mean the opposite)

    • Sort words into categories

  • Words in Context

    • Use context clues to figure out word meanings

    • Look at words around an unknown word for help

    • Use pictures to understand words

    • Understand that some words have more than one meaning

    • Choose the right word for different situations

  • Writing Clear Sentences

    • Understand what makes a complete sentence

    • Start sentences with capital letters

    • End sentences with the correct punctuation

    • Recognize simple sentence patterns

    • Check your own writing

  • Reading Comprehension Level 1

    • Find the main idea of a text

    • Find key details (who, what, when, where)

    • Read for a purpose

    • Answer simple questions about what you read

    • Understand what you read, not just say the words

  • Reading Fluency​

    • Understand what fluency means

    • Read at a comfortable pace

    • Read with expression

    • Use re-reading to improve

    • Build reading stamina

    • Choose texts at the right level

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Advancing
Literacy

Areas of focus:

Deepening Understanding—read longer passages; explain ideas, viewpoints, and intent.

  • Improving Your Sentences

    • Understand why sentence variety is important

    • Combine short sentences with conjunctions (and, but, or, so)

    • Use commas in compound sentences

    • Read your writing out loud to check flow

    • Avoid choppy or repetitive sentences

  • Reading Comprehension Level 2

    • Understand what inference means (reading between the lines)

    • Use clues from the text plus what you already know

    • Make decisions based on evidence

    • Make predictions about what will happen next

    • Tell the difference between what the text says directly and what you figure out

  • Analyzing What You Read

    • Understand why an author wrote a text

    • Figure out who the text is written for

    • Tell the difference between fact and opinion

    • Recognize different purposes: inform, persuade, entertain, instruct

  • Reading Skills and Strategies

    • Skim a text to get the general idea quickly

    • Scan a text to find specific information

    • Summarize by retelling the main points briefly

    • Understand how texts are organized (headings, lists, paragraphs)

    • Read visual texts like charts, graphs, and tables

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Next Steps Litearcy

Areas of focus:

Written Communication—prepare for test-style reading/writing (such as CAEC or Accuplacer) and adult upgrading; functional and academic writing readiness.

  • Sentence to Paragraph

    • Understand what makes a good paragraph

    • Write clear topic sentences

    • Add supporting details

    • Keep all sentences on topic

    • Use basic transitions to connect ideas

  • Editing and Revising

    • Understand the difference between revising and editing

    • Find and fix sentence errors

    • Check subject-verb agreement

    • Use correct capitalization

    • Use an editing checklist

  • Functional and Academic Writing

    • Fill out forms accurately

    • Write short workplace messages

    • Understand basic formatting and tone

    • Read test prompts carefully

    • Plan and write test-style responses

Other online Literacy Skills learning opportunities through our partners:

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  • Online ELL (English Language Learning) with Willow Creek Community Adult Learning Society.​

    • Improve your English - speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

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