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The Learning Edge
www.thewclc.ca/edge
The Learning Edge is a newspaper for adult learners. This site has stories and activities with sound and video. It also has tests on subjects like math and reading. Subjects include health, safety, work, newspaper ads, household bills, and more. Learners can hear articles read to them and read along with the text. Adult new readers can use this site on their own. Some may need tutor support.
The Northern Edge
www.nwt.literacy.ca/northernedge
The Northern Edge is an online newspaper for adult learners. This site has activities with sound and video. It also has tests on subjects like math and language. Learners can hear the articles read to them and they can read along following the text. Topics include math, learning styles, reading, animals, nature, culture, student writing, maps, paying a telephone bill, and many more.
Vocabulary
www.vocabulary.co.il
Play a match game, hangman, do a word search, or a quiz to learn new words. Subjects include animals, food, kitchen, transportation, vegetables, and musical instruments. There are easy, medium and hard levels.
Literacy Activities
www.mcedservices.com/litex.htm
Content: In these lessons, you will learn how to write a check, use a timesheet, fill out a form, and read a map. The lessons have sound and movies. The learning activities have sound and are multiple choice questions. There is an answer key.
Handwriting Lessons
www.studioarts.net/calligraphy/italic/hwlesson.html
Print out letters of the alphabet to practice writing. The menu is on the left side of the page. You can also print practice pages and letter family practice.
Writing Den
www2.actden.com/writ_den/index.htm
This site offers help for writing skills for many skill levels and topic areas. Topics include tips (sentences, paragraphs, and essays), a word of the day e-mail you can sign up to receive, and more. Learners will find the Tip-o-matic section the most helpful.

Recommendation: Advanced and intermediate learners can use this site on their own. Beginning learners may need tutor support.

How to Make Complete Sentences
www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/complete.html
This site shows how to write a complete sentence. It has practice worksheets. The site uses a large font that is easy to read. The directions are easy to understand.
How to Write a Sentence and a Paragraph
www.tustin.k12.ca.us/cyberseminar/paragraph.htm
This site will show you how to write a good sentence and a paragraph. You many need tutor support.
AAA Math
www.aaamath.com
This site has math activities by grade level and topic. These are mostly drill and kill math problems. Some problems have explanations and help. You can practice basic math, money, measurement, fractions, and more.
A+ Math
www.aplusmath.com/
A+ Math is good for drill and practice in basic math. You can also use the website to make your own flashcards and worksheets or you can play some interesting math games. Try playing math bingo, concentration or hidden picture to work on your adding, subtracting, multiplying or division skills. Worksheets can be printed out for basic math, algebra, fractions, money, and decimals.
GCF Global Learning
www.gcflearnfree.org/en/main/students.asp
This site has free online classes in many subjects including money basics, math, e-mail, and software programs like Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
TV 411
www.tv411.org/index.shtml
Reading, writing, jobs, vocabulary, math, rulers, credit cards, learning, health, and much more.
Internet Picture Dictionary
www.pdictionary.com
This is a basic picture dictionary with spelling activities and word games. Browse by category (Animals, tools, clothing, colors, etc.) or search by key word. Browse by letter or category. Activities include: Flashcards, Fill-in- the-blanks, Word scrambles, Stinky spelling, and straight recall. French, Italian, Spanish and German versions are also available.
Word Families
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/mag/spelling.html
Use this site to practice word families. Click on the magnets and drag them to make words. Say the words after you make them. Some learners may need tutor support.
Literacy Tools
www.literacytools.ie/welcome.cfm
This site has learning activities you can do online or print. It also has games and tutor helps. To work on spelling, click on print Exercises, then on Skills, and then on Spelling Sounds. Print out the pages to work on your spelling.
www.puzzlemaker.com
www.puzzlemaker.com
Use puzzlemaker.com to create word puzzles using the vocabulary you are working on with your learner. Simply provide the website with the words you wish to use, and out comes a puzzle!
ADDITIONAL TUTOR TRAINING
www.proliteracy.org/go_vlc.asp
Verizon Literacy Campus (VLC) connects literacy organizations, volunteers and people who want to learn more about supporting literacy - and to provide online information to these audiences. VLC's free online courses aid in learning additional information and skills for anyone interested in learning more about literacy challenges today. VLC is funded through a generous grant from Verizon Communications.