Instructional Resource Collection

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Digital Text
  • Beginnings Books – Annually published books of outstanding writing by Ohio Aspire ABE and ESOL students.
  • Easy Readers for Adult Learners – A collection of 21 photo books as part of the Adult New Reader Collection at Santa Clara City Library.
  • English Literacy Content – Interactive resources including stories, activities, handwriting guide, phonics, assessments and other resources.
  • ESL eBooks – A collection of short stories with reading and writing material for adult beginning to learn English, includes teaching tips for implementation.
  • ESL Story Bank - A collection of short stories written specifically for adult ESL learners as part of the Minnesota Literacy Council’s Adult ESL Curriculum with Transitions Skills.
  • News for instruction
  • Pathway to Literacy Theme-based Stories – a compilation of literacy level readers at 4 foundational literacy levels that were created by the Pathway to Literacy team or adapted from stories produced by Literacy Minnesota, Bow Valley School of Global Access, We Speak NYC, and Calgary Immigrant Women's Association (CIWA).
  • Reading Skills for Today’s Adults – A collection of stories at 16 levels with activities for before, during and after reading.
  • ReadWorks – Online library of over 5,600 texts and resources organized by content, activity, genre, Lexile level, word count, topic and theme, including a special ELL collection.



Print Materials


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