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<br /> Volume 31, Number 1<br /> August/September 2013<br /> INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS<br /> Back to<br /> School<br /> Inside:<br /> IRA Council Initiative Launched<br /> in Minneapolis<br /> 2014 What's Hot in Literacy Survey<br /> Collaboration Yields Free Online<br /> CCSS Resources<br /> IRA Councils Helping<br /> Global Literacy Projects<br /> Registration opens early December 2013<br /> www.iraconference.org<br /> CONTENTS<br /> President's Message<br /> Round Robin Reading Never! .............................................. 02<br /> From the Executive Director<br /> Realizing the Promise of Our Councils ................................ 04<br /> Special Report<br /> Groundbreaking Councils Initiative Launched.................. 06<br /> Council Self-Assessment Checklist ...................................... 07<br /> Critical Issues<br /> CCSS Top 2014 What's Hot<a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=1"> Volume 31, Number 1 August/September 2013 </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=2"> Registration opens early December 2013 www.iraco</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=3"> CONTENTS President's Message Round Robin Reading </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=4"> P resident's Message Read-Alouds and Recreationa</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=5"> Partner Reading (McLaughlin & Allen, 2009), a </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=6"> F rom the Executive Director Realizing the Pro</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=7"> </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=8"> S PECIAL REPORT Minneapolis Leadership Academ</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=9"> Checkl</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=10"> Success Story Nobody Else Can Write.” Layne also</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=11"> IRA Council Leadership Academy Minneapolis </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=12"> Abounding Enthusiasm If there was one major </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=13"> Organized around Steph and Anne's active literacy</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=14"> C RITICAL ISSUES Common Core State Standards To</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=15"> www.reading.org </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=16"> The CCSS have helped bring welcome attention to t</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=17"> The Common Core State Standards have made text co</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=18"> more detailed description of the how the items an</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=19"> L ITERACY IN THE COMMUNITY Parents and Caregiv</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=20"> perceptions, and expectations. Ask what funds </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=21"> Addressing Parental Needs: Th</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=22"> L ITERACY LEADERSHIP Assessing RTI Strategies: </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=23"> those programs had been explicitly tested thr</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=24"> Harvey “Smokey” Daniels & Elaine Daniels On that</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=25"> BECAUSE ALL TEACHERS ARE LEADERS </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=26"> C ORE STANDARDS Collaboration by State Educatio</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=27"> Working with Diverse Learners Understanding Langu</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=28"> continued from page 24 #engchat) are making co</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=29"> R ESEARCH NCTQ Responds to Critique from IRA Lit</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=30"> Meet the Standardwith Penguin Young Readers Grou</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=31"> P UBLICATIONS New Edition of Comprehension Book</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=32"> Michelle J. Kelley and Nicki Clausen-Grace on Com</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=33"> More Comprehension and Common Core Resources Th</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=34"> A NNUAL CONFERENCE The Domino Effect: IRA Confer</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=35"> hard to build relationships with the parents</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=36"> L EGISLATION & POLICY The Stark Challenge of To</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=37"> What the Coming Scenario-Based Assessments Will M</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=38"> Readiness to Change: The Indispensab</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=39"> I NTERNATIONAL Literacy beyond Borders: Council</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=40"> South Africa Members of the Colorado Council of </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=41"> Kenya One of the international pro</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=42"> MEMBERSHIP New Teaching Strategies from Top Exp</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=43"> Better yet, the articles are easy to download</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=44"> </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=45"> C ALENDAR OF EVENTS Events of Note September 20</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=46"> Events of Note ...continued 21 to 22 We</a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=47"> </a> <a title="Reading Today August/September 2013 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b16dd23d?page=48"> </a>