MN ABE Connect Archive
Recent Newsletter Articles
Solving the Case of the Missing Content Standards
Looking for ways to integrate all three sets of MN ABE Content Standards (CCRS, ACES/TIF, Northstar Digital Literacy Standards) into your instruction? Join us for an exciting new Cohort experience where you will adapt and create student tasks, lesson plans, and units aligned to the three sets of standards! Read More
CCRS Teacher Workouts – Feel the Burn!
New CCRS ELA and Math Teacher workouts are focused, fast, and designed to help teachers move forward with CCRS implementation. Use them in a staff meeting, with a colleague, or independently. Each workout takes just 20-45 minutes and focuses on a key CCRS shift, standard, or practice. Read More
Let’s Connect…on Schoology!
Are you missing opportunities to connect with ABE colleagues across the state to find out about important updates, ask questions, and share ideas or resources? Come join MN ABE on Schoology! Read More
Call for Journeys Submissions! New this year: “Letters About Literature”
This fall, we invite your learners to share their voices and submit their original stories and art for publication in the 2020 edition of Journeys, which includes special theme "Letters About Literature" for the first time. Friday, December 6 is the deadline for this year’s submissions. The submission webform is now open! Read More
Pronunciation Webinars for ESL Teachers
For many language learners, being understood by native English speakers is a daily battle. By integrating simple pronunciation instruction into regular lessons, teachers can make a difference with their learners’ speech production and confidence levels. Read More
New DL Platforms and SID Report Now Available
Several new Distance Learning platforms have been approved recently, and a new SID report showing DL attendance for DL classes is available. Read More
TABE 11&12 – New Maximum Testing Times and More!
Have you heard that DRC (Data Recognition Corporation) recently announced a reduction in the allowable time for students to complete each TABE® 11&12 subtest? These new, shorter testing times should be shared with all test administrators. Read More
Check Out the 2019 Literacy Volunteer Management Conference Sessions!
The Literacy Volunteer Management Conference will offer a variety of diversity, equity and inclusion sessions this year. Sessions include: A Conversation on Engaging Volunteers With Disabilities, Reppin' the Rainbow: LGBTQIA+ Topics in ABE, Engaging and Recruiting Volunteers from Communities of Color, Depression and Suicide Prevention and more. View the full session lineup! Read More
Specific Learning Disorders: The Symptoms, the Myths, the Facts
Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs), often called learning disabilities, are frequently misunderstood. Too often, people suffering from SLDs are wrongly believed to lack motivation or be lazy. Some common symptoms of SLDs include: short attention span; poor memory; difficulty following directions; inability to discriminate between/among letters, numerals, or sounds; poor reading, comprehension and slowed fluency; poor spelling and grammar. Read More
Teacher Training Toolkit: Free Resource for Teachers and Volunteers
Teachers love to learn! The Minnesota Literacy Council has developed the Teacher Training Toolkit, a series of professional development modules, to help you improve your teaching skills in four different areas: checking comprehension, giving directions, error correction and feedback, and teacher talking time. Read More