{"id":4,"date":"2015-01-28T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/blog\/front-matter\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T19:46:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:46:38","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"raw":"Notes to the Instructor","rendered":"Notes to the Instructor"},"content":{"raw":"As a basic education instructor, I find that my students crave reading materials that lead to deeper understandings of, and connections to, the world that we live in. My students tend to have plenty of knowledge of human rights issues from lived experience. These issues are often closely linked to the reasons they find themselves in\u00a0my classroom.\r\n\r\nThis reader contains nine original stories written specifically for adults, and is designed to accompany the <a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealf4\/\">BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English \u2013 Course Pack 4<\/a>. This level 4 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 4.5 to 6\u00a0in the K-12 system.\r\n\r\nNew vocabulary is highlighted throughout each story, and then summarized and defined in a Glossary placed in the appendix at the end of the book. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. In addition, an <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/back-matter\/audio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">audio book<\/a> is available to allow students to listen as they read. This reader has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities.\r\n\r\nI hope\u00a0these pages\u00a0help learners to reach their individual literacy goals, while building capacity to create positive social change in our communities.\r\n\r\n-Shantel Ivits","rendered":"<p>As a basic education instructor, I find that my students crave reading materials that lead to deeper understandings of, and connections to, the world that we live in. My students tend to have plenty of knowledge of human rights issues from lived experience. These issues are often closely linked to the reasons they find themselves in\u00a0my classroom.<\/p>\n<p>This reader contains nine original stories written specifically for adults, and is designed to accompany the <a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealf4\/\">BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English \u2013 Course Pack 4<\/a>. This level 4 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 4.5 to 6\u00a0in the K-12 system.<\/p>\n<p>New vocabulary is highlighted throughout each story, and then summarized and defined in a Glossary placed in the appendix at the end of the book. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. In addition, an <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader1\/back-matter\/audio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">audio book<\/a> is available to allow students to listen as they read. This reader has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p>I hope\u00a0these pages\u00a0help learners to reach their individual literacy goals, while building capacity to create positive social change in our communities.<\/p>\n<p>-Shantel Ivits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[12],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-4","front-matter","type-front-matter","status-publish","hentry","front-matter-type-introduction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4\/revisions\/492"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}