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INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS
Overcoming
the Impact
of Poverty
on Learning
Volume 29, Number 4
February/March 2012
Inside:
Using Technology that Stimulates
Student Engagement
Planning Curriculum to
Meet Core Standards
Bilingualism in the Cook Islands
Mother-Daughter Team Celebrates
IRA Membership
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INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS
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President's Message Teaching to Diversity and Dif
P resident's Message IRA President Victoria J.
formal education often feel confused and ove
her students as competent (Gutierrez and Lee
Trust Heinemann for deeper comprehension instruct
L ITERACY LEADERSHIP Multiple Representations
communication. This type of reading and com
all products created using new literacies can be
T EACHING LITERACY Classroom Word Walls: Is You
Gaskins and colleagues (1991) have found tha
Suggested Readings · Cunningham, P. M. (2000).
T EACHING LITERACY Flattening Classroom Walls:
Resource Links Explore these sights to learn
W RITING Free Verse Provides Freedom to Write b
Sears Tower Wrigley Field The Magnificent
Funding Opportunities for Early Career Researcher
a timeline. Be sure to draw on research a
P UBLICATIONS New RRQ Editors Now Vetting Manus
Neuman and Gambrell want to make clear that they
A NNUAL CONVENTION Come “Play” With ReadWriteTh
A NNUAL CONVENTION T he IRA 57th
Literacy and Technology Monday, April 30, 11:00
A NNUAL CONVENTION Common Core Offerings at IRA C
C ORE STANDARDS Planning Curriculum to Meet the
3. Select and gather texts to be used. Include va
L EGISLATION & POLICY Poverty and Educational
the emphasis is on all students, not studen
L EGISLATION & POLICY What Children Living in P
writer is the ability seamlessly utilize both for
Educating Children of Poverty: School Action Alon
current reality but there is no reason to accept
C OUNCILS & SIGs South Carolina State Council T
tickets for the banquet alone. Saturday- only tic
instead of Tuesday, saving SCIRA even more on hot
monthly language arts program for grades 6 to 8 T
I NTERNATIONAL From the Cook Islands: Reflecti
or numerate. What is considered a literate a
I NTERNATIONAL Barbados Literacy Conference Focu
C HILDREN'S LITERATURE David Richardson is a f
Cinder by Marissa Meyer [Feiwel & Friends, Januar
MEMBERSHIP Mother-Daughter Duo Makes IRA Member
first as a teacher. She realizes that she now has
C ALENDAR OF EVENTS Events of Note February 2
VISIT US AT BOOTH #2247 Come see what's new
Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System &