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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> September/October 2015<br /> Volume 33, Issue 2<br /> The Future<br /> of Literacy<br />  Meet the rising leaders who<br /> UNDER<br /> are transforming literacy<br /> education<br /> 30<br />  Find out the results of our<br /> 20th annual What's Hot survey<br />  Learn six easy ways to create<br /> a literacy strong classroom<br /> “Rev up” your daily<br /> COMMON CORE<br /> LESSONS New for<br /> 2015!<br /> You can find hundreds of literacy lessons in<br /> hundreds of places—but none of them will do<br /> for students what the ones in these books do.<br /> What's the magic bullet? Potent integration.<br /> In these much-anticipated companion books to the popular<br /> Common Core Companion series, Leslie Blauman and<br /> Janiel Wagstaff each provide 50+ connected lessons that<br /> bring a Monday-through-Friday clarity to integrated reading<br /> and writing instruction.<br /> Grades K–2: List Price: $34.95,<br<a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY September/October 2015 Volume 33,</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=2"> “Rev up” your daily COMMON CORE LESSONS New </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=3"> ontents 20 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=4"> EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Edit</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=5"> P e h T t r w o i L r of r a e P e o </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=6"> LIT BITS Conference Wrap-Up Couldn't meet us i</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=7"> Seen at ILA 2015 Shaquille O'Neal along with thre</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=8"> OUR VIEW Yesly Contreras (ycontreras@reading.org)</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=9"> On average, 42,000 people per </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=10"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Stephen G. Peters (Petersgrou</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=11"> Plan for Success With ILA Bridges How do ILA Bri</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=12"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Peter Freebody (peter.freebod</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=13"> Gray's work emphasized the applica</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=14"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Jack Cassidy (dr.jackcassidy@</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=15"> What's Hot in Literacy Survey Topics What's H</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=16"> THIS YEAR'S PARTICIPANTS Richard Allington </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=17"> closely connected to the elephant in the classroo</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=18"> “To develop college and career readiness, I sugge</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=19"> Inspire Creativity and Literacy Brilliantl</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=20"> TWO TAKES Mary Cotillo (marymoo@gmail.com), an</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=21"> A look at how to approach introducing controversi</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=22"> COVER STORY THE NEW GENERATION Celebratin</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=23"> Oluwaseun “Seun” Aina, 27 Founder/CEO, Magical Bo</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=24"> Nic Borg, 27 Cofounder, Edmodo | CALIFORNIA  Edmo</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=25"> Program, and two years later, founded the Five St</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=26"> Jennifer Estrada, 28 Director of the HerStory Ini</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=27"> Inés Guillorme, 25  English Teacher, Decroly Scho</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=28"> Emma and Julia Mogus, 16 and 18 Cofounders, Books</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=29"> during rehearsal. Two years later, that student h</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=30"> Bhawana Shrestha, 25 English Teacher, Jyotidaya C</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=31"> has enabled them to interact through learning opp</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=32"> “As a first-generation college studen</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=33"> ILA THANKS YOU! It's because of your nominations </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=34"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Lori Oczkus is a literacy </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=35"> her eyes as she “hunts” around the cover to find </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=36"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Amy Spiker (aspiker@uwyo.e</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=37"> with writing. We wanted to find ways to address s</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=38"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Roberta Linder (rlinder@wi</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=39"> You might remember picture books that</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=40"> A framework for analysis One framework for guidin</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=41"> Motivate Learners with Resources by Laura Robb </a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=42"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Laura Robb (laurarobb@comc</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=43"> Let us discuss books in small groups. Use podcast</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=44"> ILA NETWORK Olivia Duke (oduke@reading.org) is an</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=45"> Holy Family University The Beta Epsilon chapter a</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=46"> FROM EXCEPTIONAL University of Northern Iowa In</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=47"> © 2015 ISBN 978-0-87207-392-0 Nonmembers: $29.95</a> <a title="Literacy Today Sept/Oct 15 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cd43c2b8?page=48"> IMPACT GLOBAL Jennifer L. 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