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A resource for English language learners published by @decodaliteracy with assistance from B.C. Ministry of Post-Secondary Education & Future Skills

 Vancouver, British Columbia
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🔎📅 Did you know that The Best of The Reader has articles and learning materials for special days and holidays? 🎄🦃🕎🕯🎃☪ 👉 Download the e-book and see page 5 and 6 for ❤Valentine's Day resources: thewestcoastreader.com/wp-co… #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy #Literacy #TeacherResource
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❤ Learn about the history of #ValentinesDay in a Book Level 3 in the February issue of The WCR. ✍️ Use the accompanying exercise from the February Teachers' Notes: thewestcoastreader.com/downl… 📰 Subscribe to The Westcoast Reader newspaper for learners at: thewestcoastreader.com/newsp…
drawing of Saint Valentine The WCR

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😃 February is Black History Month. 🎉We celebrate the contributions of Black Canadians. Here are some Black Canadians who lived in B.C. Their achievements made history. Subscribe to the WCR at: thewestcoastreader.com/newsp… #BHM2025 #BlackHistoryMonth #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy
Photos of 4 black Canadians Seraphim "Joe" Fortes Eleanor Collins Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Harry Jerome Black History MOnth The WCR Adapted from Wikipedia Commons 📸 Wikimedia Commons/J. White Studio, Wikimedia Commons/Jack Lindsay, 1910 Wikimedia Commons/Charles Milton Bell, Wikimedia Commons/Laurent Bélanger.

ALT Photos of 4 black Canadians Seraphim "Joe" Fortes Eleanor Collins Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Harry Jerome Black History MOnth The WCR Adapted from Wikipedia Commons 📸 Wikimedia Commons/J. White Studio, Wikimedia Commons/Jack Lindsay, 1910 Wikimedia Commons/Charles Milton Bell, Wikimedia Commons/Laurent Bélanger.

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📰✍ The free February Teachers' Notes has exercises, activity ideas and more resources to go with the February Westcoast REader. 👉 Download at: thewestcoastreader.com/downl… 👉 Subscribe to the monthly newspaper for learners at: thewestcoastreader.com/ #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy
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🐻🏒💟 ⚕💉Lots of great articles in the February issue of The WCR #newspaper for learners! 📰Articles include: #BlackHistoryMonth #ValentinesDay #Recipe #HockeyOnHighway #BearInCar #StickContest 👉Subscribe at: thewestcoastreader.com/subsc… #AdultLiteracy #ContinuingEducation
Front page of the February 2025 issue of The Westcoast Reader newspaper for learners.

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🍌🎨 What do you think of this art? Book Level 3 article from January issue of The Westcoast Reader. #Art #Banana #News #AdultLiteracy
A banana is duct-taped to wall The WCR Banana artwork sold for $6.2 million

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Read about Zeke the #Sooke #chameleon in the January issue of The WCR! 👉 Subscribe to The Westcoast Reader newspaper for learners at: thewestcoastreader.com/ #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy #Literacy
a bright green chameleon holding onto a branch. Lost lizard found The Westcoast Reader

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📣🎁You and your class can enter the #FamilyLiteracyWeek Colouring #Contest! Download the colouring page at: decoda.ca/get-involved/famil… 🎁Prizes • family literacy kit (individual winner). • $100 Indigo gift card (class winner). Enter by February 2, 2025. #ClassroomActivities
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📢Help save IPALS and support newcomer families.
Decoda Literacy Solutions (@decodaliteracy) profile pictureDecoda Literacy Solutions@decodaliteracy22 Jan 2025
IPALS has helped nearly 4,500 newcomer families in BC build skills to support their children’s success in school. 💔 Now hundreds of families will lose access to crucial resources that make a lasting difference in their lives. You can help #SaveIPALS > decoda.ca/saveipals
A family is doing crafts together. "Federal funding cuts are putting a vital literacy program for newcomer families at risk." Help save IPALS Decoda.ca

ALT A family is doing crafts together. "Federal funding cuts are putting a vital literacy program for newcomer families at risk." Help save IPALS Decoda.ca

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💙 #BlueMonday is January 20. Feeling blue means feeling sad. People may feel sad during winter because of the weather and the stress of spending too much money during the holiday season. 👉 Subscribe to The WCR at: thewestcoastreader.com/ #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy #Literacy
A person on a chair with their head down. 📸Pexels/Liza Summer

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Read the tribute to former premier of BC, John Horgan in the January issue of The WCR. #JohnHorgan #News #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy 👉 For more articles written at three reading levels, subscribe to The Westcoast Reader newspaper for learners at: thewestcoastreader.com
Former BC Premier John Horgan

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The Cambridge Dictionary says the 2024 Word of the Year is "manifest." Read the article in the January issue of The WCR newspaper for learners: thewestcoastreader.com/ #WordOfTheYear #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy
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🆕📰 New online free article with exercises, audio file and online quiz at: thewestcoastreader.com/tips-… #Resolutions #Tips #OnlineArticle #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy Learn more about The WCR newspaper for learners and subscribe at: thewestcoastreader.com/
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🐻 Read “The Boss” goes on an adventure (Book level 1)📕 in the January 2025 issue of The WCR. For more articles written at three reading levels, subscribe to The Westcoast Reader newspaper for learners at: thewestcoastreader.com #TheBoss #GrizzlyBears #Grizzly #News #Literacy
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📰🐻🦌🌿🦎 See what's in the January 2025 issue of The WCR! 👉 Subscribe to the monthly #newspaper for learners at: thewestcoastreader.com/ #News #JanuaryNews #AdultLiteracy #Literacy #AdultEducation #TeacherResource #Education #ClassroomActivities #OnlineLearning #DigitalNews
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💐 The January issue of The WCR has a the tribute to #Canadian #Indigenous leader #MurraySinclair. He was a lawyer, judge, senator and he led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). #TRC #IndigenousLeader #News #JanuaryNews #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy #AdultEducation
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The Westcoast Reader's Teachers' Notes has exercises, resources and discussion topics to support learning with the January 2025 issue. 📰 👉 Download the free Teachers' Notes at: thewestcoastreader.com/downl… #Exercises #TeacherResource #JanuaryNews #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy #Literacy
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📣 📰 The January 2025 issue of The Westcoast Reader newspaper for learners has recent news articles adapted to three reading levels Subscribe at: thewestcoastreader.com/ #JanuaryNews #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy #TeacherResource
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🎉Happy New Year! ⭐From The Westcoast Reader's calendar which explains special calendar days for people new to Canada. 👉 Subscribe to the monthly newspaper for learners at: thewestcoastreader.com #Newspaper #AdultLiteracy #AdultEducation #Literacy #TeacherResource
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⛄❄️✨Happy holidays from The WCR! Our office will be closed December 23 at noon until January 2. See you in the new year with the first issue of 2025! 🍁The WCR has been Canada’s leading #newspaper for learners for over 40 years! 👉Subscribe at: thewestcoastreader.com #Literacy
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