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<br /> Volume 31, Number 5<br /> April/May 2014<br /> INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS<br /> Children's<br /> Literature<br /> Issue<br /> Inside:<br /> Four-Article Suite on Children's Lit<br /> Introducing IRA Bridges—Common<br /> Core Curriculum Units<br /> Ruth Culham on Teaching Writing<br /> Authors Coming to IRA 2014<br /> in New Orleans<br /> <br /> CONTENTS<br /> President's Message<br /> What Are You Reading? ...................................................... 02<br /> From the Executive Director<br /> Interview with John Guthrie of IRA's Literacy<br /> Research Panel .................................................................... 04<br /> List of IRA Bridges Units Available for Members .................. 06<br /> Children's Literature<br /> Promoting a Love of Literacy ............................................... 09<br /> E-Readers and Motivation to Read ..............<a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=1"> Volume 31, Number 5 April/May 2014 </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=2"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=3"> CONTENTS President's Message What Are You Reading</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=4"> P resident's Message What Are You by Maureen McLa</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=5"> Reading? Carrice Cummins and Shelley Peterson at</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=6"> F ROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Student Motivation </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=7"> years, and therefore presents a professional </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=8"> New Member Benefit: Get IRA Bridges Today On</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=9"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=10"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=11"> C HILDREN'S LITERATURE Children's Literature P</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=12"> C HILDREN'S LITERATURE E-Reading and Children: </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=13"> in schools and at home, particularly wi</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=14"> C HILDREN'S LITERATURE Books for Keeps: A Grass</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=15"> that Hale spearheads throughout the year. She als</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=16"> C HILDREN'S LITERATURE Hearing the Music in Lan</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=17"> I read that you wrote Lovely, Dark and Deep after</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=18"> C HILDREN'S LITERATURE A Conversation with Pete</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=19"> illustrations. And I'm pretty sure my sketches an</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=20"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=21"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=22"> L ITERACY LEADERSHIP Teachers Lead the Way at Ed</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=23"> volunteers on the spot to act as a facilitator an</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=24"> C ORE STANDARDS Motivation and Achieving the C</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=25"> The teacher puts up a scene on the white board of</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=26"> unfinished journal writing or center work. The st</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=27"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=28"> T EACHING LITERACY Delivering Supportive Fluency </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=29"> Reading aloud </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=30"> get the opportunity to develop mastery over a tex</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=31"> W RITING Teaching Writing Is Hard Enough: Stop Do</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=32"> Things We Do to Teach Writing DUMB THINGS SEN</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=33"> R EADWRITETHINK Can You Haiku? ReadWriteThink.or</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=34"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=35"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=36"> A NNUAL CONFERENCE IRA 2014: Authors, Authors Ev</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=37"> Creating Teachable Moments That Increase Reading </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=38"> A NNUAL CONFERENCE BYOD Going Digital at IRA </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=39"> Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance Afterward, </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=40"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=41"> 2014 Council Leadership Academy Coming to Tampa: </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=42"> I NTERNATIONAL Interacting, Brainstorming, and N</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=43"> Flo chart fro the</a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=44"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=45"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=46"> C ALENDAR OF EVENTS Events of Note April 2014 </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=47"> </a> <a title="Reading Today April/May 2014 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1e0f66a?page=48"> </a>