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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> May/June 2017<br /> Volume 34, Issue 6<br /> Literature in a<br /> New Light<br />  Reexamining the classics<br /> through a culturally<br /> sensitive lens<br />  Curating an anti-biased<br /> collection<br />  Connecting with<br /> others through<br /> the power of<br /> children's<br /> literature<br /> BECAUSE ALL TEACHERS<br /> ARE LEADERS<br /> The Common Core<br /> Companions<br /> Your Literacy Standards<br /> Companions<br /> TX—Neither series<br /> addresses TX standards<br /> Each book $35.95 (reg.)<br /> Your everyday price $28.95!<br /> The Common Core Companions:<br /> The Standards Decoded<br /> Sharon Taberski, Leslie Blauman, and Jim Burke<br /> What makes the Common Core Companions your<br /> go-to guides for implementation of the standards?<br /> It's the way they translate each and every standard for<br /> reading, writing, speaking and listening, language,<br /> and foundational skills i<a title="Literacy Today May/June 2017 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b16c1a8?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY May/June 2017 Volume 34, Issue 6 </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2017 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b16c1a8?page=2"> BECAUSE ALL TEACHERS ARE LEADERS The Commo</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2017 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b16c1a8?page=3"> ontents 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 ILA </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2017 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b16c1a8?page=4"> Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Editor cclark@read</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2017 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b16c1a8?page=5"> ILA 2017 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITS Orlando, FL | July</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2017 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/2b16c1a8?page=6"> LIT BITS Choices Are Here! 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