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Volume 29, Number 3<br />
December 2011/January 2012<br />
INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS<br />
P. David Pearson<br />
Chairs New<br />
IRA Literacy<br />
Research<br />
Panel<br />
Inside:<br />
Registration Opens for IRA Chicago<br />
RTI Collaboration Breaks Down Silos<br />
Common Core and Text Complexity<br />
Literacy in the Land of Lincoln<br />
Teachers Trust<br />
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<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=2"> Teachers Trust Thinkfinity </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=3"> President's Message Pathways of Realism in Teach</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=4"> P resident's Message IRA President Victoria J.</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=5"> teachers' practice and reflection while they </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=6"> Dr. Setumile Morapedi, Principal Co-ordina</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=7"> Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=8"> L ITERACY LEADERSHIP IRA Launches Majo</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=9"> P. David Pearson, Chair, Berkeley </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=10"> literacy issues.” The report goes on to explain t</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=11"> get little visibility. Student motivation </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=12"> L ITERACY LEADERSHIP RTI Collaborations: Breaki</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=13"> Demetra, a respected reading speciali</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=14"> L ITERACY LEADERSHIP Musings from a Mentor: It's</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=15"> Maurna Rome as “Madame Predictor” and students de</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=16"> Pseudonymous Bosch's saga of senses and secrets f</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=17"> T EACHING LITERACY Comprehension and Authentic </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=18"> Action Steps for Strengthening Your K-W-L Instruc</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=19"> IRA's new Recruit-A-Member Program… the definitio</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=20"> T EACHING LITERACY Using iPads to Promote Lite</a>
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<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=23"> A NNUAL CONVENTION Register Today for IRA's Chic</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=24"> R ESEARCH UPDATE Virginia Goatley, Ph.D. is Res</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=25"> reading development. Next, we move to a series of</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=26"> Research Sessions at the 2012 IRA Convention in C</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=27"> Research Poster Session – Outstanding Dissertatio</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=28"> C ORE STANDARDS The Common Core's Staircase of </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=29"> are likely to be successful in subsequent grades.</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=30"> Common Core State Standards Resources With 46 </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=31"> L EGISLATION & POLICY Professional Development a</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=32"> However, this increased emphasis on job-embe</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=33"> P ARTNERSHIPS D iversit</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=34"> C OUNCILS & SIGs Supporting Literacy in the Land</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=35"> The College Instructors of Reading Profes</a>
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<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=40"> C HILDREN'S LITERATURE Sharing the Complexiti</a>
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<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=42"> MEMBERSHIP 2012 BOARD ELECTION V </a>
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<a title="Reading Today December 2011/January 2012 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45a01b67?page=46"> C ALENDAR OF EVENTS Events of Note January 2012 </a>
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