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e-bulletin May 2009 |
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Manitoba Hydro tees it up for Peter Gzowski Golf Invitational Great News! Manitoba Hydro is back as a main sponsor of the PGI Tournament. This year's tournament will be held at the Elmhurst Golf and Country Club on June 22, 2009. The PGI golf tournament was Peter Gzowski's dream to ensure that there was enough support in place so that everyone has an opportunity to learn to read no matter what age they are. Our goal this year is to have fun, network and raise a lot of money for literacy. The proceeds from this program will support literacy learners in Manitoba. Register by May 22 to be entered into the early bird draw. The early bird winners – four golfers - will receive an hour of instruction from Elmhurst’s golf pro before the PGI on June 22. To read the entire letter of invitation visit www.mb.literacy.ca, to register click HERE, or to get sponsorship information click HERE. |
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LPM Members are invited to our May Practitioner's Lunch Place: Literacy Partners of Manitoba, 401-321 McDermot Ave. Time: Friday, May 22nd. 1-3 p.m. It's a "brown bag" your lunch event. A beverage and cookies will be provided by us. Click HERE to view the poster. |
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Learner Speakers’ Bureau - Training 2009 Fourteen literacy learners; fourteen stunning speeches. This year fourteen adult learners from nine different programs wrote and shared their literacy stories. The speeches were powerful. We had our biggest graduation ceremony yet, with dozens of teachers, family members, and friends attending. Click HERE to read a summary of the program. If you would like to book a speaker, contact Jan Graham at 947-5757 or 1-866-947-5757. |
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SEED Winnipeg introduces YOUR BUSINESS TOOLKIT Plain Language Tools Available for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs On April 30, SEED Winnipeg launched the “Your Business Toolkit” at the Manitoba Métis Federation complex in downtown Winnipeg. This plain language resource helps potential business owners to acquire the skills needed to run small businesses in Manitoba. Eight workbooks and instructors guides cover topics from basic math to general accounting and legal issues. Literacy Partners of Manitoba acted as a resource for this project to make sure that student materials were at the grade 6 - 8. For more information about YOUR BUSINESS TOOLKIT or about SEED Winnipeg, click HERE. SEED Winnipeg is a non-profit agency that helps people make positive, sustainable change in their lives and communities. |
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Canwest Raise-a-Reader Program Grants Canwest Raise-a-Reader Program Canwest Raise-a-Reader is supported by the Canwest Global Foundation, the Winnipeg Free Press and Literacy Partners of Manitoba. This year the program is pleased to offer up to $2,500 in funding for existing family literacy programs and up to $5,000 for new programs developed by organizations not previously funded by Raise-a-Reader grants. Application Process and Eligibility Local community organizations, with federal registered charity numbers, are invited to apply to the Canwest Raise-a-Reader program. Priority is given to members of Literacy Partners of Manitoba and community-based programs with limited outside sources of support. For the application form and more information, click HERE. Family Literacy refers to the ways families use literacy skills to perform tasks and meet their needs within the home and community. Family literacy programs support the literacy development of all family members, through intergenerational literacy activities. |
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Literacy Partners' Library News Here are a few items from our collection that may be of interest. Reading, writing, and rummy by Margie Golick Why can’t a page of arithmetic be as compelling as a hand of Black Jack? Find out how this child psychologist uses a simple deck of cards as an effective educational tool. This book includes more than 100 card games to develop language, social skills, number concepts, and problem solving strategies. Learn how to use card games as part of the assessment process. With all the skills that can be developed through educating with card games, “perhaps more important than the skills learned are the values learned –- sharing, waiting, taking turns, and learning to lose.” Real numbers by Allan D. Suter All aspects of arithmetic continue to be important in daily life. Basic calculations have not changed over the decades. This is one of our resources that teach learners how to figure out the cost of groceries, quantities of building materials, and distances to travel. More specific types of math included in this series are algebra and geometry. The instruction is only the basics of these more technical math skills. This publication by Contemporary Books helps students learn to reason and to solve problems they encounter in school and daily life. English at work by Deborah Barndt, Project Coordinator This resource is designed to be part of your preparation for classes in various workplaces. The focus is on basic communication and problem-solving skills as well as on reading and writing. Learn how the workers you will teach may become your teachers as you identify the needs, problems, and solutions in their workplaces. The ultimate objective of this tool is to encourage you to make your own tools with creative adaptations of this material and the ideas suggested. Many of the activities in this resource are also appropriate for literacy and adult basic education classes. Our entire collection can be found in our Online Catalogue. |