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AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers. AdLit.org is an educational initiative of WETA, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation's capital, and is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation.

Student Motivation and Engagement in Literacy Learning

Help students build confidence in their ability to comprehend content-area texts by providing a supportive environment and information on using reading strategies to fit various tasks. More »

Five Areas of Instructional Improvement to Increase Academic Literacy

How can content-area, non-reading-specialist teachers contribute to academic literacy? They can incorporate these five techniques throughout their lessons. More »

Goal Setting for Children with Learning Disabilities: Your Role is Important

Learn how to help children set goals, persevere toward those goals, and succeed in making their dreams come true. More »

Walter Dean Myers and the Second Chance Initiative

Inspired by the ideas of hope and redemption, Walter Dean Myers and AdLit.org joined forces to create The Second Chance Initiative to motivate teens to overcome life's challenges. More »

Featured Author: Walter Dean Myers

Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers discusses his childhood, his approach to writing, and the representations of minorities in young adult literature.
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Featured Site

Teaching Kids News

Teaching Kids News (TKN) provides timely, relevant news articles for kids, educators in the classroom, and parents at home. Teaching Kids News was created by educators Jonathan Tilly and Kathleen Tilly and freelance journalist Joyce Grant. Free to use, the website offers news articles with lower readability levels than traditional newspapers. There are articles within News, Entertainment, Science, Arts, Sports, and Politics.

Featured Partner

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is a national association of librarians, library workers, and advocates whose mission is to expand and strengthen library services for teens, aged 12-18. Through its member-driven advocacy, research, and professional development initiatives, YALSA builds the capacity of libraries and librarians to engage, serve, and empower teens.

Featured Strategy

Think Alouds

Think Alouds are practical and relatively easy for teachers to use within the classroom. Teachers are able to model the Think Aloud technique and discuss how good readers often re-read a sentence, read ahead to clarify, and/or look for context clues to make sense of what they read. Think alouds slow down the reading process and enable students to develop their metacognitive skills while monitoring their understanding of a text.

Browse AdLit.org's Classroom Strategies Library for more techniques to improve students' vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing.

Featured Glossary Term

Metacognition

Metacognition is the process of thinking about thinking. For example, good readers use metacognition before reading when they clarify their purpose for reading and preview the text.

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