Adolescent Literacy Glossary
Adequate Yearly Progress, Small Learning Communities, Explicit Instruction — do you know what these phrases mean? Find these and other commonly used terms related to reading, literacy, and reading instruction in our glossary.
WebQuests
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. A critical aspect of WebQuest design is finding good resources on the Web.
Word Attack
An aspect of reading instruction that includes intentional strategies for learning to decode, sight read, and recognize written words.
Word Recognition
The ability to automatically recognize a previously-learned word.
Word Study
Instruction that helps a student focus on the parts of a word. This approach helps him break apart words and identify parts such as root words, prefixes, and suffixes to discover the meaning of the word.
