June is designated Audiobook month by the Audio Publishers Association. Each June, this organization give out Audie Awards(opens in a new window).  Â
The National Women’s Law Center, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
National Women’s Law Center and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. (2009). Listening to Latinas: barriers to high school graduation. Washington, DC.
List-Group-Label is an interactive strategy that engages students in developing their vocabulary and connections between words and ideas. It helps students learn to better categorize and organize information by activating their critical thinking skills while working together as a group.
Every school should do an initial screening to check on student reading skills at the beginning of each semester or school year. And every teacher should continue to check on students’ progress throughout the year, in order to see whether those kids need more ongoing support.
From time constraints to a de-emphasis on literacy to a limited research base, coaches in middle schools face challenges that do not exist in the elementary grades.
Our newest AdLit blogger, Jamie Marsh, shares how to easily create thoughtful content-rich material with a literacy focus within the first few weeks of school.
Heller, R. and Greenleaf, C.L. (2007, June). Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas: Getting to the Core of Middle and High School Improvement. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.
Every content area, from chemistry to history, has unique literacy demands: texts, knowledge, skills. But how are these critical literacies learned, let alone taught?
