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What's New
- High Interest Low Vocabulary Books for Youth and Adults (PDF - 6.6 MB)
- NWT Literacy Week September 27 – October 1, 2010
Ideas Celebrating Numeracy on Monday (PDF - 82k)
Ideas Celebrating Writing on Tuesday (PDF - 81k)
Read for 20! On Wednesday (PDF - 153k)
TV Free Night Ideas for Thursday (PDF - 97k)
Ideas for Getting Active with Literacy on Friday (PDF - 81k)
Active Literacy How-to-Kit (PDF - 1.0 MB)
20 Fun Nutrition and Literacy Activities How-to-Kit (PDF - 2.1 MB)
How did you celebrate Literacy Week form (PDF - 136k)
- Love Grows Brains - a new parent resource
- New! Youth Homework/Tutoring/Literacy Program funded by the Department of Education, Culture & Employment.
- Facilitation Skills Workshop Description and Registration Form - Deadline to register December 3, 2010 !
- Literacy Matters - June 2010 (PDF - 3.5 MB)
- NWT Literacy Council Training Calendar for 2010-11
The NWT Literacy Council will be hosting several training workshops in the fall and winter of 2010/11. There are no fees for the workshops. For more information on these workshops or to sign-up please call us at 873-9262 or 1-866-599-6758. You can also email us at nwtliteracy@nwtliteracy.ca. - New Family Literacy Resource: 1-2-3 Rhyme With Me Rhyme and Song Booklet (PDF - 1.8 MB)
- Aboriginal Literacy Analysis Points to Needed GNWT Policy Innovations (PDF - 58 KB)
- Assistive Technology Information: Guide for Literacy Practitioners (PDF - 611 KB)
This guide is intended to help literacy practitioners explore possible assistive technology devices, intervention, and solutions for their learners. It was adapted from an NWT Literacy Council publication. - Regional Literacy Funding Application
- Path of the Warrior Comic Book Study (PDF - 12 MB)
- Darkness Calls Comic Book Study (PDF - 11.4 MB)
- Journey of the Healer Film Study 120-130 (PDF - 1.2 MB)
- Violence and Learning Information Sheets
- I'm doing everything I can but I'm not seeing the success I hoped for. (PDF - 516 KB)
- I can't teach the learners who aren't really there. (PDF - 489 KB)
- I find it hard to teach when some learners are disruptive. (PDF - 504 KB)
- If I find out about violence, what should I do? (PDF - 497 KB)
- I'm too tired. I'm not good at taking care of myself. (PDF - 493 KB)
- I despair. What's the point of teaching adults when nothing changes and their kids are going to have the same problems? (PDF - 495 KB)
- A new Program Resource link has been added on the NWT Literacy Council website to the 1-2-3 Rhyme With Me Facilitator's Manual (PDF 2.3 MB)
- A new Parent Resource link has been added on the NWT Literacy Council website to the Love Grows Brains booklet (PDF 535k)
- A link has been added on the NWT Literacy Council website to Together at a Distance: Pan-Arctic E-Learning Project
- Family Literacy Funding for 2010-2011
You can now apply for family literacy funding for 2010-2011. The application and criteria for funding are below.
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