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Volume 30, Number 4
February/March 2013
INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS
Inside:
Interviews with Convention
Keynoters
Common Core and
STAAR Offerings
Details of the Research Program
Institutes and Author Sessions
CONTENTS
Special Message from IRA's Leaders
Come to San Antonio .......................................................... 02
General Session Keynoters
Rick Reardon and Mo Willems Talk Writing......................... 04
LeVar Burton Goes Over the Rainbow ................................ 08
Debbie Silver on Supporting Student Self-Efficacy ............. 11
Common Core State Standards
Invited Speakers Address Implementation Issues..............18
Institute Program Has Multiple CCSS Sessions ................... 20
IRA Literacy Research Panel Take
Volume 30, Number 4 February/March 2013
CONTENTS Special Message from IRA's Leaders Come
PECIAL MESSAGE Celebrating Teachers Making a D
From Lucy Calkins and Colleagues Resources for te
ENERAL SESSIONS Riordan and Willems Go One-on-O
liked the best—six, seventh, and eighth grade. I
Children's Literature Sessions from Special Inter
thinking about mythology? How did you come back t
ENERAL SESSIONS Somewhere Over the Reading Rain
What was it like growing up the son of an English
Sessions on Integrating Technology into Classroom
ENERAL SESSIONS What's Wrong with Common Teachi
Success through Counterintuitive Measures Teachin
PECIAL EVENTS Swanky Clothes and Stylish Words J
In Adversity, Resilience: Hope Was Here Author Jo
Bauer's own resilience was tested after a sev
NVITED SPEAKERS Hear What the Experts Have to Sa
in a building to be teachers of reading. I also t
NSTITUTES Institutes Offer Immersive PD
· Text complexity · Engagement with information
Robert T. Ackland Pam Allyn Sarah Armstrong Kathr
Teaching
ESEARCH IRA Literacy Research Panel (LRP) to Ad
IRA Literacy Research Panel Chair
ESEARCH Using Literacy Research to Make a Differ
Spanish/English bilinguals. Nutta
EATURED IRA AUTHORS Today's Hot Topics, A Tradit
Stop by the Bookstore for Discounts, Free Gifts,
EADWRITETHINK Using Digital Tools in the Classro
OST STATE CONNECTIONS The Tale of TALE: New Te
200. The next state conference, Building Momentum
· Teachers, Writing Notebooks,
OUNCIL EVENTS Council-Focused Session
NTERNATIONAL EVENTS International Perspectives
UNDING & REGISTRATION Save While You Enhance Yo
world. In order to make air travel simpler, we've
AXIMIZING YOUR CONVENTION EXPERIENCE
Nightlife: Professional Development in an In
Don't Drop It, Ship It When it comes to large con
EMBERSHIP Join or Renew at the San
IRA membership provides more than $600 of res
44 Reading Today February/March 2013