Sacramento Sacramento Public Library
Public Library
Literacy: Learning
in Action
May 12, 2011
Volume 1, Issue 2
The Latest from Adult Literacy Services
Just a quick note to update
Inside this issue: you on all the exciting
happenings here in Adult
Literacy!
Facebook— 2 are available for adult
it’s for you On 4/30 - 5/1 we held our
first ALLI Boot Camp at
Roseville 2
the Holiday Inn Capitol
Conference for
Tutors & Learners Plaza. This leadership in-
stitute for adult learners is
led entirely by other adult
Welcome New 3
Tutors learners throughout the
region. More information
Sac State Students 3 on the next ALLI institute
is on its way—watch for
Spring Reading Fun 4 details!
If you have not yet partici-
pated in our Literacy
Book Club, now is a great
Shoeless Joe Book Club is a Homerun!
On Thursday, April 28th
Special Points of the book club members
joined for the final discus-
Interest!
sion on Shoeless Joe.
 We want to hear
Stephanie Allen arranged a
from Tutors &
delightful baseball-themed
Learners about
hot dog dinner with all
your summer
the appropriate fixings
plans!
including popcorn, SF
 Want to get con-
Giants & Oakland A’s
nected with other
peanuts and crackerjacks.
Tutors & Learners?
After the discussion, our
Let SPL Literacy
Staff know if you
book club enjoyed watch-
ing the movie, Field of
want to share con-
Dreams. The film is based
tact information.
on WP Kinsella’s novel
time to join in. The book
club is for both tutors and
adult learners. Audio ver-
sions of the book selection
learners if needed.
To cap off our last base-
ball-themed book selec-
tion, we watched the
movie ‘Field of Dreams’
and will soon attend a
RiverCats game. If you
would like to attend,
please call Randi Kay at
264-5034.
Don’t miss our annual
literacy conference, com-
ing up on May 21 in Rose-
about Ray Kinsella, an
Iowa farmer who hears a
mysterious voice telling
him to “build it and he
will come.”
The book club members
had mixed reviews about
the style of book but en-
joyed the story overall and
the movie night.
Next up is Harper Lee’s
classic novel To Kill a
Mockingbird. We will be
meeting on the following
dates and reading the
ville. The day-long confer-
ence will be jam-packed
with great workshops for
both tutors and learners.
Monday Night Meeting
on May 23rd will be a fun
and informative gathering.
Tutors & Learners, please
plan to attend from 6-7:30
p.m. at Arcade Library.
Lastly, we are continuing
our efforts to get the word
out in the community
about the literacy service,
particularly to new adult
learners. If you would like
to help, please call Stepha-
nie at 264-5032.
associated pages:
May 25th, pages 1—113
June 22, pages 114—215
July 27, pages 216 to the
end
Our final book club will
include a special southern
themed event. Don’t feel
obligated to read all the
pages if your schedule
does not allow. We enjoy
the company of our fellow
Adult Literacy Tutors and
Participants just the same.
Happy Reading!
Page 2 Literacy: Learning in Action
What’s to Like about Literacy on Facebook?
Have something interest-
ing to share with fellow
tutors? Want to get in
touch with Literacy Staff
and think your question
would help fellow Learn-
ers or Tutors?
Check out our Facebook
page and be part of the
Adult Literacy team! We
write important facts, up-
dates about the program
Be part of the bunch…
and connect with literacy
on Literacy’s Face- programs from around
book page. California. We would like
Annual Literacy Conference for Tutors & Adult Learners
By Judith Alvi
Greetings Tutors & Adult
Learners! We’ve pulled
A few scholarships
out all the stops for the 4th
are available for
annual Central Valley
adult learners so
let us know right
Library Literacy Net-
away if you are work Conference coming
interested in up on Saturday, May 21st
attending. Please at 8:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
call our office at the Maidu Center in
916-264-5032. Roseville.
There is something for
everyone. Samples in-
We would like to hear about YOU!
Tutors & Learners are
welcome to submit con-
tent for our monthly
newsletter.
Please send in samples by
the end of the month to
be published in the next
Have a sweet summer… issue. Ideas could include:
and tell us about it too!  Sentence about your
summer plans
to provide the Facebook
page as an opportunity for
our Tutors & Learners to
network. New to the
Facebook world and want
to learn more? Let us
know and we can put to-
gether a training on how
to use Facebook. It’s an
important tool in commu-
nicating and will benefit
Tutors and Adult Learners
alike. It’s also a fun way
to connect with friends
and family. We also wel-
clude:“Finding Meaning
in Reading” for learners
will offer tips on compre-
hension skills. For the
tutor, a workshop high-
lighting dyslexia will pro-
vide how-to’s along with
practical tools that can be
used as soon as your next
tutoring session.
Contact us today about
registration at 264-5032.
 Cooking or Recipes
 Picture of Student or
Tutor with their fam-
ily describing who is
in the picture
 Statement about pro-
gress with the literacy
program
 Describe a goal that a
Volume 1, Issue 2
come our Tutors & Learn-
ers to submit photos.
Your students can put to-
gether captions as part of
their reading development
and see their work online.
How about that? They
can see their writing on
the internet! Share some-
thing today!
Visit us here:
http://tinyurl.com/
fbliteracy
Seating is limited so be
sure to register on or
before Friday, May 13th.
A catered, buffet-style
continental breakfast and
lunch is included in regis-
tration. A few scholar-
ships are available so
please let us know right
away if you are interested
in attending.
learner has for himself
or herself and how
they plan to achieve
that goal before the
end of the year.
Content would also be
eligible for posting on
Facebook if Tutors &
Learners approved.
Literacy: Learning in Action Volume 1, Issue 2 Page 3

Welcome Aboard New Literacy Tutors Congratulations to our new

Adult Literacy Tutors,
Spring Class of 2011!
 Introduction to being a Literacy tutor
 Information on the curriculum (Voyager, Andrew Metrogen
Endeavour, Challenge) and Anwuli Okeke
April Osborne
 Foundations of the Laubauch Way to Barbara Rumzek
Reading. Colleen Rice
The class was inquisitive and motivated. Danella Mauguin
Gerald Trump
Several of our new adult tutors have been Ian Turner
paired with a student as they were available in Jennifer Durkin
On April 9th, a new group of vol- Kaitlyn Ruppert
locations and convenient times for our learn-
unteers graduated from Adult Lit- Kathylyn Pierce
ers in need.
eracy Tutor Training. 17 people Liz Moya
participated in the all day train- The Tutors demonstrated the knowledge they Peggy Dalton
learned through interactive group problem Sue Fry
ing. Teresa Slattery
solving scenarios. They are eager to get
The class and orientation to Adult Tom Sebo
started in working with our Adult Learners. Elizabeth Ohlondorf
Literacy Tutoring includes:

Sharing information with fellow Tutors and Learners

At the March 28th Mon-
day Night Meeting the
group of Tutors and
Learners that attended
agreed that they would
like to connect with fel-
low Tutors & Learners. If
you would like to be part
of this shared contact list,
please provide your per-
mission to Literacy Staff.
We will be providing a list so please respond to our
to the Tutors and a sepa- emails or phone calls with
rate list for the Learners in permission or let us know Let us know if
hopes that the conversa- if you prefer to not be on you want to
tions and dialogue will the list. share your
help build skills and foster You can email contact
networking and camarade- information with
rie among our partici- rstephens@saclibrary.org
fellow Tutors &
pants. Your contact infor- if you want to approve or
Learners today!
mation will not be pro- deny your contact infor-
vided without permission mation.

Sac State Students successful with outreach project

Literacy Services has been
partnering with Sacra-
mento State University
Public Relations spring
class to provide students
with a learning opportu-
nity. The students have
been working with Adult
Literacy to review our
current public relations
program (flyers, bro-
chures, outreach methods,
and presence on social me-
dia).
A few students attended
the March 28 Monday
Night Meeting and en-
joyed the opportunity of
speaking one on one with
current Tutors & Learn-
ers. The students have
relayed that they are im-
pressed by our program’s
impact in the community
and want to help tell our
story! Listening to the
personal tutor and learner
experience helped them
with their understanding
of what our Adult Liter- Fresh ideas come from within!
Share your ideas about new
acy program at Sacra-
mento Public Library is all and fun learning activities
for fellow Tutors & Learners.
about.
 Sacramento Public Library:
Adult Literacy Services
828 I Street
Fifth Floor / Adult Literacy
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-264-5032
Fax: 916-264-2970
E-mail: sallen@saclibrary.org
www.saclibrary.org
We’re on Facebook!
http://tinyurl.com/fbliteracy
Have a delicious story to
share about your favorite
food? Tell us at Monday
Night Meeting, May 23rd!
Established in 1984 with a grant from the
California State Library, the Literacy Service
strives to make Sacramento County a more
literate community.
Free one-on-one tutoring using the Laubach
Way to Reading and other adult reading
series is provided to English speaking adults
who want to improve their basic reading and
writing skills.
Our literacy services staff and volunteers
are ready to help—call us today!
Spring—A fun time for Reading & Fresh Food
Welcome to Spring! We hope you have enjoyed the beginning of this beautiful season.
The warmer weather also brings fresh produce and the opening of our local farmer’s
markets. At these markets, you can select the finest of local, fresh produce. For in-
formation on when a market is open near your work or home, please visit:
http://www.california-grown.com/Market-times.html
Learning about recipes and foods is a creative way to work on literacy development
between Tutors & Adult Learners. For the next Monday Night Meeting, please ask
your adult learner to share his or her favorite fruit or vegetable and write a sentence
about it to share with the group. If Tutors and Learners feel comfortable you may
share a recipe or story with the group as well!
Staff from Literacy Services will bring a selection of fruits and vegetables from the
market to share at MNM. Please confirm your attendance by May 19th so we can
have enough time to shop for delicious treats.
To help your adult learner take advantage of their improving reading skills, you may
want to suggest a fun cook book that they can try out at home. They can use their
developing reading skills to make delicious meals for their family and friends utilizing
the training you help them with every week! We wish all of our adult learners and
tutors a fun, safe and reading-filled Spring!