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LITERACY TODAY
July/August/September 2021
Volume 39, Issue 1
Return
to Joy
• Focusing on the
joy of returning
in person
• Helping students
develop a joyful
reading relationship
• Igniting a sense of
wonder and curiosity
in your classroom
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ontent 2 EDITOR’S NOTE 4 LIT BITS
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FROM THE GUEST EDITORS Rhonda
LIT BITS The Results Are In Congratulations to th
Digital Events Archive The following ILA Digital
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ILA UPDATE Joyfully Together Welcome to all of
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Placing an emphasis on increasing stud
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As educators, we must think of ways to
Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention
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RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE Kim Pe
books and especially those that will enhance read
of these questions, the books you are considering
READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY DON'T MISS IT: A seco
RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE Addie
media. Though community can cohere around other f
The feelings youth need for liberation Young peop
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talk moves aligned with four objectives of vocabu
students also need to be able to use words effect
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FEATURE 30liter
RETURN TO JOY Avoiding deficit mind-sets, embraci
Today, as you wind down your well- deserved schoo
on one another. We fought for our unified goal: t
FEATURE 34liter
SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS Examining our mind-sets this
themselves and their space in the world. That’s s
A safe space is created when the teacher and stud
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
generations. As an educator, I believe that if I
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Lissette Vergara
LGBTQ+ representation matters After reading The P
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
accessing information that is part of the curricu
that!” is what someone might hear me say to my st
DO YOU WANT TO... ▪ Get more involved in the lite
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
As I reflect on those moments and recall just
represented in a way that makes you stand taller,
NEW! ILA's Instructional Practices Collection
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
When delivered effectively and often, th
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Elizabeth Hagan
As we ref lect on what
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
It’s time to correct this oversight. L
THE ILA NETWORK Kristina Coll
Through the program revision, we were able to
ILA National Recognition process We submitted our
from Guilford Press NEW EDITION—A Major Revision
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