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<br /> INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS<br /> Overcoming<br /> the Impact<br /> of Poverty<br /> on Learning<br /> Volume 29, Number 4<br /> February/March 2012<br /> Inside:<br /> Using Technology that Stimulates<br /> Student Engagement<br /> Planning Curriculum to<br /> Meet Core Standards<br /> Bilingualism in the Cook Islands<br /> Mother-Daughter Team Celebrates<br /> IRA Membership<br /> :0637*1&91&3*&/$&*/$-6%&4<br /> t7*1UJDLFUTGPS$IJDBHP5SPMMFZ<br /> %PVCMF%FDLFS)PQPGG)PQPO<br /> 5PVS 7BMVFPGQFSUJDLFU<br /> t6QGSPOUTFBUJOHGPSUIFXJOOFSBU<br /> BMMLFZOPUFTFTTJPOT<br /> t'JSTUJOMJOFQPTJUJPOBUCPPL<br /> TJHOJOHTGPSLFZOPUFTQFBLFST<br /> t%JOOFSGPSo7*1$SVJTF%JOOFSPO<br /> .ZTUJD#MVF UPUBMWBMVFPG<br /> t1MVTPUIFSHSFBUQSJ[FT<br /> REGISTER AND BOOK AN IRA CONVENTION HOTEL BY MARCH 31, 2012 FOR A CHANCE TO WIN!<br /> Expand your <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=1"> INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS </a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=2"> :0637*1&91&3*&/$&*/$-6%&4 t7*1UJDLFUTGPS$IJDBHP5</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=3"> President's Message Teaching to Diversity and Dif</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=4"> P resident's Message IRA President Victoria J.</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=5"> formal education often feel confused and ove</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=6"> her students as competent (Gutierrez and Lee</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=7"> Trust Heinemann for deeper comprehension instruct</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=8"> L ITERACY LEADERSHIP Multiple Representations </a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=9"> communication. This type of reading and com</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=10"> all products created using new literacies can be </a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=11"> T EACHING LITERACY Classroom Word Walls: Is You</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=12"> Gaskins and colleagues (1991) have found tha</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=13"> Suggested Readings · Cunningham, P. M. (2000).</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=14"> T EACHING LITERACY Flattening Classroom Walls:</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=15"> Resource Links Explore these sights to learn</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=16"> </a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=17"> W RITING Free Verse Provides Freedom to Write b</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=18"> Sears Tower Wrigley Field The Magnificent </a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=19"> Funding Opportunities for Early Career Researcher</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=20"> a timeline. Be sure to draw on research a</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=21"> P UBLICATIONS New RRQ Editors Now Vetting Manus</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=22"> Neuman and Gambrell want to make clear that they </a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=23"> A NNUAL CONVENTION Come “Play” With ReadWriteTh</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=24"> A NNUAL CONVENTION T he IRA 57th </a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=25"> Literacy and Technology Monday, April 30, 11:00 </a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=26"> A NNUAL CONVENTION Common Core Offerings at IRA C</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=27"> C ORE STANDARDS Planning Curriculum to Meet the</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=28"> 3. Select and gather texts to be used. Include va</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=29"> L EGISLATION & POLICY Poverty and Educational </a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=30"> the emphasis is on all students, not studen</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=31"> L EGISLATION & POLICY What Children Living in P</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=32"> writer is the ability seamlessly utilize both for</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=33"> Educating Children of Poverty: School Action Alon</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=34"> current reality but there is no reason to accept </a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=35"> C OUNCILS & SIGs South Carolina State Council T</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=36"> tickets for the banquet alone. Saturday- only tic</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=37"> instead of Tuesday, saving SCIRA even more on hot</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=38"> monthly language arts program for grades 6 to 8 T</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=39"> I NTERNATIONAL From the Cook Islands: Reflecti</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=40"> or numerate. What is considered a literate a</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=41"> I NTERNATIONAL Barbados Literacy Conference Focu</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=42"> C HILDREN'S LITERATURE David Richardson is a f</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=43"> Cinder by Marissa Meyer [Feiwel & Friends, Januar</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=44"> MEMBERSHIP Mother-Daughter Duo Makes IRA Member</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=45"> first as a teacher. She realizes that she now has</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=46"> C ALENDAR OF EVENTS Events of Note February 2</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=47"> VISIT US AT BOOTH #2247 Come see what's new</a> <a title="Reading Today February/March 2012 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bacdeb?page=48"> Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System & </a>