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AdLit Beat: All About Adolescent Literacy
 
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." — William Butler Yeats

Hi AdLit Readers,
When Albert Camus became the youngest person to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, he wrote to his childhood teacher to express his gratitude.

"Without you, without the affectionate hand you extended the small poor child that I was, without your teaching and example, none of all this would have happened."

It's a reminder of the powerful impact teachers make in students' lives and the importance of saying thank you. So, thank you for sharing your passion for learning with your students. Thank you for having faith in your students' abilities to dream and the guidance and patience to help them grow. Thank you for being a teacher!

Speak Soon,

Carrie Simkin, PhD
Director, AdLit

New Podcast/Video Series: Trauma
and Resilience with Ricky Robertson

 
The Trauma and Resilience series explores topics related to trauma-informed teaching in schools. In this video/podcast series, host Ricky Robertson interviews guests who offer unique personal and professional insights on ways to support educators, students, and communities impacted by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma.
Check out our recent repisodes!
 

 
New episodes are released every Wednesday on AdLit.org, Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

   An Eye on History and Literacy
The recently released NAEP scores for 8th grade U.S. history and civics didn't give us a lot to rejoice about. The dips in scores parallel decreased NAEP scores in 8th grade reading and math reported earlier this year.

Are the scores a reflection of the impact of pandemic years on student performance? Perhaps, but given that less than a quarter of students tested in US history and civics were proficient in 2018, much less 2022, the scores also reveal a longer standing need to support students' literacy skills across disciplines and to engage adolescents' curiosity about the past. We can help you with that!


Resources to support your instruction!

1. Making History: Our new AdLit blog!

2. Unlocking the Past: Resources to develop students' enjoyment and appreciation of history.

3. Video: Integrating Knowledge and Ideas Across Multiple Sources of Information

4. Text Set: Immigration

AdLit 101: The Big Picture of

Adolescent Literacy
It is both daunting and exciting to consider the breadth of adolescent readers’ strengths and areas of support as their literacy skills continue to develop through out their adolescent years.
 
Yet, one thing is clear. Literacy instruction remains every bit as important in middle school and high school as it is in the elementary grades. 


Learn more about key aspects of adolescent literacy in AdLit 101: The Big Picture of Adolescent Literacy
Strategy Highlight: Concept Sorts
Revamped Reading and Writing Strategies

We've reworked our strategy pages, adding new videos, classroom examples, fillable pdfs, and teaching tips!

Concept Sorts
What’s a fun way to engage students of all ages (yes, even high schoolers) in critically thinking about vocabulary and new concepts? Concept sorts ask students to think about what they know as they compare and contrast it to new information.


They are a fun and interactive way to introduce and review vocabulary and concepts across disciplines.

Submit a book for the 2023 Grateful American Book Prize!

Have you read a thought provoking middle grade or YA historical non-fiction, fiction, or biography? If so, consider submitting it for the Grateful American Book Prize. The book should have been published between August 1, 2022 and July, 2023.  

The Prize comes with $13,000 in commemoration of the 13 original Colonies, a lifetime membership at the New-York Historical Society, and a medallion created by the renowned artist, Clarice Smith. Honorable Mention recipients receive $500 each, and the medallion.

 
 
Submit a book via the online submission form.
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