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INFORMED CONTENT FOR LITERACY PROFESSIONALS<br />
Back to School,<br />
Celebrating<br />
Teachers<br />
Volume 29, Number 1<br />
August/September 2011<br />
Inside:<br />
Reflections on Teachers and Teaching<br />
Finding Voice in Literacy Communities<br />
Core Standards and Assessment<br />
International Children's Books<br />
Get<br />
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Upcoming Exclusive<br />
Engage Events<br />
September:<br />
· Professional book club moderated<br />
by Douglas Fisher<br />
· Teaching Tip from The 2 Sisters<br />
October:<br />
· Professional book club moderated<br />
by Valerie Ellery and Jennifer<br />
L. Rosenboom<br />
· Promote Anti-Bullying Week<br />
Ongoing Features:<br />
· Kick-Start My Community<br />
· Ask the Librarians<br />
· Putting Books to Work<br />
11-04b RRQ rev 8/2011<br />
IRA's new teacher-to-teacher online connection tool<br />
On Engage members can:<br />
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