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<br /> Volume 29, Number 5<br /> April/May 2012<br /> INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS<br /> Inside:<br /> Special Report by the IRA President<br /> Interviews with Convention Keynoters<br /> Science Unit Using Language Arts CCSS<br /> Rethinking “Struggling Readers”<br /> BOOTH #2247<br /> Come see<br /> what's new at the<br /> IRA Bookstore!<br /> Don'<br /> ✓ Practical, innovative resources on text complexity,<br /> comprehension, content area learning, and writing—all critical<br /> components of the U.S. Common Core State Standards<br /> ✓ New books—Text Complexity,<br /> Best Ever Literacy Survival Tips, and<br /> , ll<br /> Guided Comprehension for English l<br /> lli<br /> Learners<br /> l<br /> a<br /> As a ways<br /> regu ar y pr ced<br /> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=1"> Volume 29, Number 5 April/May 2012 </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=2"> BOOTH #2247 Come see what's new at the IRA Bookst</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=3"> President's Message Multiple Literacies, Multiple</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=4"> P resident's Message IRA President Victoria J. </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=5"> William Yang, Karen Pelekis, and Carole Phillips </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=6"> B OARD OF DIRECTORS A Special Report b</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=7"> International Task Force Members: IRA Board mem</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=8"> In the fall of 2011, President Risko conven</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=9"> Common Core resources you can tr</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=10">NOVA</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=11"> Y ou have an “Aha!” moment at a hands-on s</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=12"> A NNUAL CONVENTION Dr. Steve Perry, Outspoken A</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=13"> Concerning new teachers at your school, you writ</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=14"> Our teachers take on and succeed at the ch</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=15"> A NNUAL CONVENTION “Nobody Loves Like Teachers”</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=16"> want to give others the things that fed me</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=17"> competition. Steve ended up winning county and st</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=18"> A NNUAL CONVENTION Ron Clark, “America's Educato</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=19"> observe them. I once had a “teacher of the year” </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=20"> A NNUAL CONVENTION Teaching Edge: Popular Speak</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=21"> A NNUAL CONVENTION Meet the Authors O </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=22"> A NNUAL CONVENTION In the Exhibit Hall world wi</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=23"> A NNUAL CONVENTION Recognizing the Service of </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=24"> L ITERACY LEADERSHIP Shared Responsibility for L</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=25"> T EACHING LITERACY A Literacy Spring Cleaning: S</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=26"> does not encourage active meaning- making. P</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=27"> T EACHING LITERACY Beat the S</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=28"> 26 Reading Today April/May 2012 </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=29"> P UBLICATIONS IRA Releases Three New Titles </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=30"> R ESEARCH UPDATE Virginia Goa</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=31"> NCATE SPA reports, we are beginning to see exam</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=32"> C ORE STANDARDS A Primary Grade Science Unit Us</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=33"> Morning Message We are learning a</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=34"> 32 Reading Today April/May 2012 </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=35"> L EGISLATION & POLICY Has Our Lens on Struggl</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=36"> School-Based Model For Struggling Readers by Sal</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=37"> Needs of yield the same results. Why woul</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=38"> C OUNCILS & SIGs </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=39"> The Summit was co-chaired by Dr. Jack Cassidy a</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=40"> P ARTNERSHIPS IRA-ChildFund Collaboration Helps </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=41"> Colliam Chitaya (Lead Teacher) Ely Keita (C</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=42"> C HILDREN'S LITERATURE Notable Books for a Globa</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=43"> Better Than Weird by Anna Kerz (Orca) Twelve-yea</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=44"> 42 Reading Today April/May 2012 </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=45"> MEMBERSHIP Visit the Membership Booth in</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=46"> C ALENDAR OF EVENTS Events of Note April 2012 </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=47">Convention</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2012 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85b8bfee?page=48"> ANNOUNCING Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy In</a>