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January/February 2017<br />
Volume 34, Issue 4<br />
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<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=2"> BECAUSE ALL TEACHERS ARE LEADERS </a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=3"> Do you have a minute? Of course not. That's why a</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=4"> ontents 3 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 ILA </a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=5"> WHAT'S HOT a </a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=6"> LIT BITS My Five… Culturally Relevant Reading</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=7"> Did You Hear? A new reading law was approved</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=8"> ILA UPDATE Get Involved With ILA Members c</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=9"> 3. Participate in a committee or task force Comm</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=10"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Joseph Sanacore (jsanac@opto</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=11"> receptive to a teacher's comments for improvement</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=12"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Lori Helman (lhelman@umn.edu</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=13"> A focus on language See Sing is a Hmong-speaking </a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=14"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Nanci Cremen (cremenn@greenv</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=15"> The resulting mind-set: I can do this after all. </a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=16"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Ryan B. Jackson (rjackson@ma</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=17"> expected to step over this seemingly superfluous </a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=18"> OUR VIEW Jennifer Williams (@JenWilliamsEdu), a</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=19"> PLAN FOR SUCCESS WITH ILA BRIDGES UNITS How do IL</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=20"> COVER STORY WHAT'S HOT IN LITERACY Global perspe</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=21"> LITERACY TODAY | January/February 2017 | lite</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=22"> (26% had 30+), we view our data pool to be an aut</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=23"> In the Community ASSESSMENT/ EARLY STAND</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=24"> TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND </a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=25"> involve “reaching out beyond the school to includ</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=26"> “We...need to do more to address the issue of how</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=27"> Learn with Debbie Diller! Growing Independent L</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=28"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Beryl Irene Bailey (bbaile</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=29"> It's found in the children's informational text W</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=30"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM 28 DIGITAL COLLABORATORS </a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=31"> justification, and critiques of readings through </a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=32"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Sarah Lupo (sarahlupo@virg</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=33"> What does the research say? I turned to the resea</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=34"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Jacqueline Stallworth (j</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=35"> If schools want to stay relevant, the</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=36"> THE ILA NETWORK Erika Center (erika.center@spart1</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=37"> An Exemplary Reading Program isn't ma</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=38"> GLOBAL IMPACT Leandra Elion (leandra .elio</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=39"> Forming partnerships Since 2009, MRA has made fin</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=40"> It takes money to buy books. It takes money to de</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=41"> BUILD UP YOUR PRACTICE WITH ILA E-SSENTIALS How d</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=42"> EVENTS FEBRUARY 2017 9–11 Wisconsin State Read</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=43"> NEW ILA MEMBER BENEFIT ILA Me</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=44"> MEMBER news & notes SPOTLIGHT Former IRA Presiden</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=45"> in your words in your words MEMBER SP</a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=46"> MEMBER reflections SPOTLIGHT CHANGING attitudes </a>
<a title="Literacy Today Jan/Feb 2017 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/dd9ad62f?page=47"> ILA 2017 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITS Orlando, FL | July</a>
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