The
All About Adolescent Literacy (AdLit)
website http://www.adlit.org/
is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to parents
and educators of adolescents who struggle in literacy. Writing teacher,
researcher, and policy advocate for 20 years, Dr. Rafael Heller expresses his
concern for children who don’t learn and master literacy skills in the early
years of elementary. Research indicates that many children succeed in reading
during their kinder to 3rd grade years but often experience a “4th
grade slump”. AdLit focuses on bridging this gap by providing free resources,
strategies, video modules, newsletters, and much more for both parents and
educators to help foster literacy growth in their adolescents.
AdLit
provides a webpage on information regarding Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
On this page, called Common Core Classroom, parents and educators have access
to frequently asked questions regarding common core like what is common core
and who created the standards. Links to the actual standards are also on the
webpage for quick reference without having to go to the actual common core
website. Classroom video modules provide educators with virtual and self-paced
professional development for teachers individually or for the use in
professional learning communities. These videos provide lesson summaries,
alignment to CCSS, teaching materials, classroom strategies, teacher
reflection, what experts say, and comments from other teachers. A tab for effective teaching is also on the Common
Core page. This page provides educators with links with up to date information on
how to be an effective teacher using CCSS.
AdLit.org
offers many current articles on their Hot Topics tab. The articles provided are
research-based and best-practice information for parents and educators
fostering adolescents and their growth in reading and writing. The page offers over 30 links of “hot topics”
of literacy articles from About Teaching
Reading to Policy/Legislation/Initiatives,
and more. As an educator and mother of
three, one of my favorite tabs on AdLit is the Classroom Strategies tab. This
page offers a plethora of strategies for literacy instruction. Not only do they
provide a list of strategies, the strategies are categorized for instruction
according to when you should use them. For example, there is an organized list
of strategies you can use before
reading or writing to activate students’ prior knowledge. The other list
includes strategies you can use during
reading/writing that help students make connections, monitor their
understanding, generate questions, and help them stay focused. A list of after reading/writing strategies are also
provided to give students the opportunity to summarize, respond to their
questions, discuss, and reflect on the text. AdLit.org is an educational
initiative of WETA (a flagship public television and radio station in DC) and
is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L.
Friedman Family Foundation. Many
parents, educators, and struggling readers can benefit from the resources on
AdLit.
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