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Volume 29, Number 5
April/May 2012
INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS
Inside:
Special Report by the IRA President
Interviews with Convention Keynoters
Science Unit Using Language Arts CCSS
Rethinking “Struggling Readers”
BOOTH #2247
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✓ Practical, innovative resources on text complexity,
comprehension, content area learning, and writing—all critical
components of the U.S. Common Core State Standards
✓ New books—Text Complexity,
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Volume 29, Number 5 April/May 2012
BOOTH #2247 Come see what's new at the IRA Bookst
President's Message Multiple Literacies, Multiple
P resident's Message IRA President Victoria J.
William Yang, Karen Pelekis, and Carole Phillips
B OARD OF DIRECTORS A Special Report b
International Task Force Members: IRA Board mem
In the fall of 2011, President Risko conven
Common Core resources you can tr
NOVA
Y ou have an “Aha!” moment at a hands-on s
A NNUAL CONVENTION Dr. Steve Perry, Outspoken A
Concerning new teachers at your school, you writ
Our teachers take on and succeed at the ch
A NNUAL CONVENTION “Nobody Loves Like Teachers”
want to give others the things that fed me
competition. Steve ended up winning county and st
A NNUAL CONVENTION Ron Clark, “America's Educato
observe them. I once had a “teacher of the year”
A NNUAL CONVENTION Teaching Edge: Popular Speak
A NNUAL CONVENTION Meet the Authors O
A NNUAL CONVENTION In the Exhibit Hall world wi
A NNUAL CONVENTION Recognizing the Service of
L ITERACY LEADERSHIP Shared Responsibility for L
T EACHING LITERACY A Literacy Spring Cleaning: S
does not encourage active meaning- making. P
T EACHING LITERACY Beat the S
26 Reading Today April/May 2012
P UBLICATIONS IRA Releases Three New Titles
R ESEARCH UPDATE Virginia Goa
NCATE SPA reports, we are beginning to see exam
C ORE STANDARDS A Primary Grade Science Unit Us
Morning Message We are learning a
32 Reading Today April/May 2012
L EGISLATION & POLICY Has Our Lens on Struggl
School-Based Model For Struggling Readers by Sal
Needs of yield the same results. Why woul
C OUNCILS & SIGs
The Summit was co-chaired by Dr. Jack Cassidy a
P ARTNERSHIPS IRA-ChildFund Collaboration Helps
Colliam Chitaya (Lead Teacher) Ely Keita (C
C HILDREN'S LITERATURE Notable Books for a Globa
Better Than Weird by Anna Kerz (Orca) Twelve-yea
42 Reading Today April/May 2012
MEMBERSHIP Visit the Membership Booth in
C ALENDAR OF EVENTS Events of Note April 2012
Convention
ANNOUNCING Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy In