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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> March/April 2018<br /> Volume 35, Issue 5<br /> Be a<br /> Changemaker<br />  Our ILA 2018 speakers on your<br /> power—and responsibility—<br /> to transform lives<br />  Creating inclusive<br /> classrooms through<br /> literacy<br />  The changing<br /> face of professional<br /> development<br /> <br /> ontents<br /> 2 EDITOR'S NOTE<br /> 4 LIT BITS<br /> 6 ILA UPDATE<br /> LITERACY LEADERSHIP<br /> 8 Reflecting on ILA's Immediate Past President<br /> Dr. William H. Teale<br /> 12 Encouraging New Educators to Seek a<br /> Lifeline of Literacy Support<br /> 18<br /> ILA2018<br /> ConferencePreview<br /> 14 The Benefits of Invented Spelling With Our Youngest Learners<br /> ILA 2018<br /> 18 Our ILA 2018 Conference Preview<br /> 22 Adan Gonzalez's Reflection on Responsibility and What It Means to Truly<br /> Serve<br <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY March/April 2018 Volume 35, Issue</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=2"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=3"> ontents 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 ILA </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=4"> EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Edi</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=5"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=6"> LIT BITS The Literacy Scene ILA member Katie </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=7"> Opening Our Hearts In the wake of the unspeakabl</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=8"> ILA UPDATE The Changing Face of Professional </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=9"> enthusiasts an opportunity to get up close and pe</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=10"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=11"> A SCHOLAR AND A GENTLEMAN </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=12"> “Bill Teale was smart, quiet, kind, and</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=13"> Clockwise from top left: Teale in Frankfurt, Germ</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=14"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Kristine Still (k.l.still@c</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=15"> Why professional organizations? With insufficient</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=16"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Chelsea Grassmeyer (clgrassm</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=17"> These attempts show how that child is beginning t</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=18"> containing vocabulary from books, sight words, an</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=19"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=20"> ILA 2018 CO Join us</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=21"> NFERENCE Austin, TX </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=22"> ILA 2018 CO GENERAL SESSION SPEAKERS NADIA LOPEZ </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=23"> NFERENCE Austin, TX </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=24"> ILA 2018 LEADING FROM WITHIN Reflecting on resp</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=25"> Photo courtesy of Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=26"> “It's so important for every one of my kids to fe</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=27"> Gonzalez and his Puede Network scholars after a</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=28"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=29"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=30"> ILA 2018 WE CAN DO BETTER Spreading the message </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=31"> “I would have spoken up for that disa</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=32"> Be honest with yourself, and give your fear a nam</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=33"> violations so that they don't add kindling to the</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=34"> ILA 2018 </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=35"> GREAT EXPECTATIONS This influential educator will</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=36"> The post that started it all: Lopez's student cre</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=37"> WHAT'S HOT IN LITERACY The </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=38"> ILA 2018 AlinaO'Donnell (aodonnell@reading.org)</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=39"> Knowing this, how can educators spark</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=40"> ILA 2018 Colleen Patrice Clark (cclark@rea</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=41"> Photo by Andrea Cipriani Mecchi The kickoff Our </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=42"> Wrapping it up New York Times best-selling author</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=43"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=44"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Matthew Kay (mkay@sc</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=45"> It's just as difficult for our students</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=46"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Penny Kittle (pennykittl</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=47"> opportunities, and the study of a few </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=48"> THE ILA NETWORK AlinaO'Donnell (aodonnell@readin</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=49"> The group returned inspired, hit the </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=50"> THE ILA NETWORK Mavis Small Abednego (msmallabe</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=51"> After Kirima shared her ILA 2014 Conf</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=52"> MEMBER SPOTLIGHT news & notes Shannon Anderson na</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=53"> ininyoyuorurwworodrsds CHANGEMAKERS IN THE CLASSR</a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=54"> MEMBER reflections </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=55"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today March/April 2018 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7a1a8229?page=56"> </a>