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LITERACY TODAY
May/June 2019
Volume 36, Issue 6
Expanding
the Canon
· Examining what
constitutes literary
and rigorous texts
· New titles guaranteed
to move you and your
students
· Building a reading
identity for our
students—and
ourselves
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8 Giving Students Functional Access to
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LITERACY TODAY May/June 2019 Volume 36, Issue 6
REGISTER TODAY! 2019 CONFERENCE October 10
ontents 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 ILA
EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Edi
A new way to assess oral reading fluency + Test
LIT BITS South Carolina Chapter Supports Local
Don't Forget to Vote Members with active, eligib
ILA UPDATE Advocate for ILA's Children's Righ
based briefs that will serve as the how to enact
LITERACY LEADERSHIP Catherine Saldutti (catherin
Speaking and listening are notably absent from Co
LITERACY LEADERSHIP Michelle Valerio (mvalerio@b
understand that in order to close achievement gap
LITERACY LEADERSHIP Tiffany A. Flowers (tflowers
Student Dominique Watkins, Assistant Professor Ti
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Stephanie Affinito (saffinito@a
seamlessly varied texts can be embedded into dail
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Sherry Harrington (harring
selected to be a part of this program. The desire
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
WINDOWS, MIRRORS, AND SLIDING GLASS DOORS The end
Notes Jessica Lifshitz created with her fifth-grad
middle class, Lifshitz says she's careful to caut
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE NUANCE VERSUS NOVELTY
“Since reading your book, I have learned to be
has agreed are rigorous, and that to replace them
to be more open to what constitutes literary and
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE PRONE TO FANTASY The impac
characterization, and themes. These clubs frequen
“I'm a sucker for a good romance, but a
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
BOOKS THAT WILL MOVE YOU If you're looking to
wolf was caught, and Corinna Luyken's The Book of
Learn More About Critical Issues in the Literacy
ILA INTENSIVE: NEVADA Lilliam Rivera (lilliamrive
away from the housing projects where I spent my c
ILA INTENSIVE: NEVADA Sharroky Hollie is the exe
Yet there are too many instances wher
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Minor, a lead staff developer for Tea
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Keith Garvert (kgarvert @
We read To learn something new To confirm or cha
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Students need to know that it is all right occasi
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read-aloud benefits, how and when to start readin
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