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<br /> READING TODAY<br /> March/April 2015<br /> Volume 32, Number 5<br /> Transform<br /> Your Practice<br /> Shaquille O'Neal, Octavia Spencer,<br /> and 300+ other reasons to come to ILA 2015<br /> Becoming a culturally responsive educator<br /> Why schools need to be more teacher-centered<br /> READING TODAY<br /> March/April 2015<br /> Volume 32, Number 5<br /> Transform<br /> Your Practice<br /> · Octavia Spencer, Shaquille O'Neal,<br /> and 300+ other reasons to come to ILA 2015<br /> · Becoming a culturally responsive educator<br /> · Why schools need to be more teacher-centered<br /> <br /> ontents<br /> 14<br /> 2 EDITOR'S NOTE<br /> 4 LIT BITS<br /> LITERACY LEADERSHIP<br /> 6 Becoming a Culturally Responsive Educator<br /> 8 Why Elementary-Level Teachers Need<br /> More Freedom 16<br /> Facts<br /> About Shaq<br /> ANNUAL CONFERENCE<br /> 10 Our Author Luncheon<a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=1"> READING TODAY March/April 2015 Volume 32, Number</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=2"> READING TODAY March/April 2015 Volume 32, Number</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=3"> </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=4"> ontents 14 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=5"> EDITOR'S NOTE MAKE IT COUNT i </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=6"> </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=7"> LIT BITS What's New? Look</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=8"> ILA's Future Leaders Our newest Alpha Upsilon Al</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=9"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=10"> It is stressed now more than ever that teachers n</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=11"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=12"> They are “go-getters.” The end res</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=13"> ANNUAL CONFERENCE </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=14"> April Hall: Robots seem to be central to your aes</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=15"> AH: The portrait is a play on Norman Rockwell, ri</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=16"> AH: You are a formally trained artist. What made </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=17"> COVER STORY 10FACTS ABOUT SHAQ His connection to </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=18"> Along with appearing on screen and r</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=19"> COVER STORY INVESTIGATING OCTAVIA SPENCER By </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=20"> The Oscar-winning actress on the power of literac</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=21"> CASE FILE Photo by Helga Esteb/Shutterstock.com </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=22"> </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=23"> ANNUAL CONFERENCE </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=24"> seeing someone from my own school district…1,000 </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=25"> ANNUAL CONFERENCE </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=26"> Activity Guide Key Average price: $ $5–10 | $$ $1</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=27"> The Fountain on Locust Sweet treats Bailey's Ch</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=28"> Ted Drewes exhibits, such as the summer Lantern</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=29"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=30"> 1. Read aloud. A six-year study by the Melbourne </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=31"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=32"> Literacy researcher Patrick Shannon q</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=33"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM S</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=34"> To comprehend complex text, readers n</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=35"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=36"> In too many classrooms, “writin</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=37"> ■ Allow a “managed choice” of topics, in whic</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=38"> </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=39"> THE ILA NETWORK </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=40"> How we do it There is an abundance of support out</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=41"> GLOBAL IMPACT THE WORLD UNITES AT ILA 20 10 4</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=42"> f orty-five international presenters rep</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=43"> EVENTS MARCH 2015 12–14 Virginia State Reading A</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=44"> </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=45"> SPOTLIGHT MEMBER news & notes ILA MEMBER ACC</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=46"> in your words What is the BEST ADVICE you could </a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=47"> SPOTLIGHT MEMBER reflections ripple effect T</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=48"> ILA 2015 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITS St. Lo</a> <a title="Reading Today March/April 2015 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9cb1a33d?page=49"> </a>