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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> May/June 2019<br /> Volume 36, Issue 6<br /> Expanding<br /> the Canon<br /> · Examining what<br /> constitutes literary<br /> and rigorous texts<br /> · New titles guaranteed<br /> to move you and your<br /> students<br /> · Building a reading<br /> identity for our<br /> students—and<br /> ourselves<br /> REGISTER TODAY!<br /> 2019<br /> CONFERENCE<br /> October 10–13, New Orleans, LA<br /> Four incredible speakers. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.<br /> Learn, celebrate, and connect with literacy leaders at the ILA 2019<br /> Conference! Practice the skills you need to create a culture of literacy<br /> that will empower your students and set them up for success.<br /> ilaconference.org<br /> ontents<br /> 2 EDITOR'S NOTE<br /> 4 LIT BITS<br /> 6 ILA UPDATE<br /> LITERACY LEADERSHIP<br /> 8 Giving Students Functional Access to<br /> 21st-Century STEM<a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY May/June 2019 Volume 36, Issue 6 </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=2"> REGISTER TODAY! 2019 CONFERENCE October 10</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=3"> ontents 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 ILA </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=4"> EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Edi</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=5"> A new way to assess oral reading fluency + Test </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=6"> LIT BITS South Carolina Chapter Supports Local</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=7"> Don't Forget to Vote Members with active, eligib</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=8"> ILA UPDATE Advocate for ILA's Children's Righ</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=9"> based briefs that will serve as the how to enact </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=10"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Catherine Saldutti (catherin</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=11"> Speaking and listening are notably absent from Co</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=12"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Michelle Valerio (mvalerio@b</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=13"> understand that in order to close achievement gap</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=14"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Tiffany A. 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These clubs frequen</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=30"> “I'm a sucker for a good romance, but a</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=31"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=32"> ONLINE EXCLUSIVE </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=33"> BOOKS THAT WILL MOVE YOU If you're looking to </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=34"> wolf was caught, and Corinna Luyken's The Book of</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=35"> Learn More About Critical Issues in the Literacy </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=36"> ILA INTENSIVE: NEVADA Lilliam Rivera (lilliamrive</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=37"> away from the housing projects where I spent my c</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=38"> ILA INTENSIVE: NEVADA Sharroky Hollie is the exe</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=39"> Yet there are too many instances wher</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=40"> ILA INTENSIVE: NEVADA Bailee Formon (bformon@read</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=41"> Minor, a lead staff developer for Tea</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=42"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Keith Garvert (kgarvert @</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=43"> We read To learn something new To confirm or cha</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=44"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM JennyNordman (jnordman @r</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=45"> Students need to know that it is all right occasi</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=46"> THE ILA NETWORK Marina Meić (meic.marina@gmail.c</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=47"> read-aloud benefits, how and when to start readin</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=48"> EVENTS JUNE 2019 21–22 ILA Intensive: Nevada</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=49"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=50"> MEMBER SPOTLIGHT news & notes New Theoretical Mod</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=51"> © 2018 ISBN 978-0-87207-379-1 Nonmembers: $28.15</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=52"> MEMBER reflections </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=53"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2019 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/017d30e7?page=54"> </a>