If You Are Helping Someone Learn How to Read
These books will help you to help someone who is learning to read.
ISBN: 1604021489
This book takes into consideration learning differences between adults and children. The author offers assistance in determining the learner's current reading level, then offers word lists and activities to help the student learn to read.
ISBN: 0967098459
Jokes, suggestions for activities and cartoons make up this phonics-based guide.
Dr. Christman's Learn to Read Book for All Ages - Ernest Christman
ISBN: 0933025173
A student's manual, with lessons that will take the student from learning the alphabet to reading essays and short stories.
Ready for Adult Phonics Level 1 - Quality Time Education
A DVD to teach reading. Also available in VHS.
Read English Today - NUVO Ltd.
A VHS tape to teach phonics.
ISBN: 1564200396
The book includes sections on identifying types of learners, setting goals, planning lessons and evaluating achievements.
ISBN: 0872071413
Focuses on adult learners. Based on the whole language theory.
ISBN: 0131722409
Offers strategies for teaching reading through diagnostic tools, games and other activities.
Books on CD
A good way to practice your reading is to listen to a book on CD while you read along.
Inspiration
ISBN: 037550396X
The true story of a Texan who learned how to read--at the age of 98.
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Fun Books
Adults who are to read will find that these books will help to improve their skills--and they are enjoyable!
The books are rated according to their level of difficulty. Starter books are the easiest to read. Level 6 books are the hardest to read.
Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL HARDY-GOULD
ISBN: 0194234142
Starter. Read of the great king's battles.
Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL HINES
ISBN: 0194234118
Starter. A man from the 1800's finds himself suddenly put back in time, to the days of knights.
ISBN: 0194789195
Level 1. The famous detective is called in to solve a kidnapping.
Call Number: MYSTERY BASSETT
ISBN: 0194789209
Level 1. The great detective investigates a crime in horse racing.
ISBN: 0194229440
Level 1. When her father, who is an officer in the British army, goes off to war, a little girl is sent to live in a boarding school.
ISBN: 0194237427
Level 1. A boy growing up in Missouri before the Civil War gets into all kinds of mischief.
Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION BASSETT
ISBN: 0194789136
Level 1. Two men from the Department of Intelligence conduct secret investigations.
ISBN: 0194237451
Level 1. A tornado sweeps up a girl and takes her to a magical place.
ISBN: 0194237443
Level 1. In Paris, a young opera singer meets a mysterious masked man who lives underground.
Call Number: FICTION BASSETT
ISBN: 0194789276
Level 1. A collection of four Turkish stories.
ISBN: 0194235351
Level 1. A collection of six plays.Each play gives an amusing view of life today, and there is often an unexpected ending.
Call Number: 996.18 VICARY
ISBN: 019478911X
Level 1. This is the true story of Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian, and the ship that never came home to England.
ISBN: 0194235211
Level 2. Two teenagers from feuding families fall in love.
ISBN: 0194237478
Level 2. A boy, growing up in Missouri before the Civil War, journeys down the Mississippi River on a raft. Along the way, he encounters a runaway slave and must decide whether to help the slave or turn him in to the law.
ISBN: 0194235181
Level 2. A comedy about a man who pretends his name is Ernest so that a woman will fall in love with him.
ISBN: 0194237494
Level 2. A young businessman discovers a horrifying secret about his client.
Call Number: 822.33 MUCH
ISBN: 019423519X
Level 2. In this famous comedy, a smart young woman who thinks love is silly meets a young man who thinks the same way--and they fall in love.
ISBN: 0194235173
Level 2. A young man must decide whether to take revenge upon his own uncle, who killed the young man's father.
Two for the Road - Rosanne Keller
ISBN: 0883363194
Level 2. Two short stories: "Ms. Trucker" and "The Ups and Downs of a Pikes Peak Peanut Pusher."
Five Dog Night and Other Tales - Vera Isaacs-La Louche
Level 3. Five short stories.
Selected from the Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
ISBN: 092963151X
Level 3. The story of four mothers and daughters, who struggle to overcome cultural and generational differences in order to connect with each other.
ISBN: 0194237559
Level 3. A selfish and greedy old man is visited by three ghosts at Christmas.
Call Number: FICTION MOWAT
ISBN: 0194791270
Level 3. Two brave knights attempt to rescue their king, who is being held prisoner in another country.
ISBN: 0194237524
Level 3. The tale of a sled-dog during the gold mine days of Alaska.
Call Number: FICTION NAUDI
ISBN: 0194791327
Level 3. A collection of scary stories.
ISBN: 1568530005
What is the universe made of? How were the planets and stars born? What is the life cycle of a star? Astronomer Carl Sagan tackles these questions.
ISBN: 0194237532
Level 3. A scientist creates a machine that enables him to bring the dead back to life.
Call Number: FICTION WEST
ISBN: 0194791416
Level 3. Stories in this volume are from China, Singapore, and India, and are by writers Ha Jin, Minfong Ho, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
Call Number: FICTION MOWAT
ISBN: 0194791270
Level 3. Who will win the heart of the beautiful Princess Flavia? A story with thrills and adventures.
Call Number: FICTION BASSETT
ISBN: 0194791408
Level 3. A collection of five Scottish stories.
ISBN: 0194233960
Level 4. A biography of the President of South Africa.
ISBN: 0194237591
Level 4. A story of love, friendship and loyalty set against the background of the French Revolution.
Walkabout - James Marshall
ISBN: 0435272470
Level 4-5. A plane crash leaves two American children stranded in the outback of Australia.
ISBN: 0194237575
Level 4. When their father goes off to fight in the Civil War, four girls and their mother struggle to make ends meet.
ISBN: 0194791734
Level 4. A traveler visits strange places, including Lilliput, a land of little people.
ISBN: 0194237567
Level 4. A lawyer discovers the shocking truth about a mysterious man.
ISBN: 0194791831
Level 4. In 18th cenury New England, a young woman bears a child out of wedlock. Her community shuns her.
Call Number: 954.03509 GANDHI BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 019423780X
Level 4. This is the story of a man who became the Father of the Nation in his own country of India, and a great leader for the whole world.
Call Number: FICTION STEVENSON
ISBN: 0194237583
Level 4. While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
ISBN: 0826210635
Level 5. The true story of the exile of Cherokees from their homeland to Oklahoma in 1837.
Call Number: FICTION WEST
ISBN: 0194237605
Level 5. A mysterious benefactor gives money to a poor boy to support his education.
ISBN: 0194792234
Level 5. A young woman must choose between maintaining her independence or marrying the man she loves.
ISBN: 0194226867
Level 5. A wealthy man adopts a mysterious orphan boy. As they grow up, the boy and the man's daughter fall in love.
Call Number: FICTION WEST
ISBN: 0194792161
Level 5. In nineteenth-century New York, a countess becomes involved with a man who is engaged to another woman.
ISBN: 0194792625
Level 6. A young woman is hired to take care of the daughter of a mysterious man.
ISBN: 019423763X
Level 6. In England in the 1800s, a young orphan boy joins a gang of thieves.
Call Number: FICTION MOWAT
ISBN: 0194792692
Level 6. In the early 1800s, a young woman finds a way to make her fortune.
ISBN: 0194237621
Level 6. A young woman finds herself both loving and despising a wealthy young man.
Where to Find Help
These organizations can assist adults in learning how to read.
- Community Family Resource and LearningRun by the City of San Antonio's Department of Community Initiatives, these centers offer reading classes for adults.
- Project Learn to ReadThis organization offers classes for adults who read at a fifth-grade level or below. There are both one-on-one classes and small-group classes.
- Even StartFor parents who live in the Northside Independent School District and who have children under the age of eight. This program provides classes for both the parents and the children.
- Southwest Independent School DistrictFree tutoring in reading, for parents and children.
- Northeast Independent School DistrictClasses to help adults improve their reading skills.
- San Antonio Independent School DistrictOffers free classes in reading and writing.
- Northside Independent School DistrictOffers one-on-one and group classes.
- Avance-San Antonio Harlandale ProgramFor parents of children ages 0-3 who live in the Harlandale district, this organization provides literacy training through home visits.
Book Clubs
A book club is a great way to meet people while you practice your reading. These clubs meet at our libraries.
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