<br />
VOLUME 28, NUMBER 3 DECEMBER 2010/JANUARY 2011<br />
What's Hot for 2011<br />
Survey reveals a focus beyond primary grades<br />
By Jack Cassidy, Evan Ortlieb,<br />
and Jennifer Shettel<br />
The older reader is definitely<br />
coming into greater focus in 2011, ac-<br />
cording to our annual survey of hot<br />
and not-so-hot topics in reading edu-<br />
cation. There is also a corresponding<br />
decrease in attention to topics often<br />
associated with early reading: phone-<br />
mic awareness, phonics, and fluency.<br />
The “What's Hot” column, which is<br />
marking its 15th anniversary, recog-<br />
nizes the hottest topics in the field<br />
and is published in the December/<br />
January issue of the International<br />
Reading Association's membership<br />
newspaper, Reading Today.<br />
Adolescent literacy, one of this<br />
year's “very hot” topics, first ap-<br />
peared on the survey in 2001 and<br />
in 2006 attained “very<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=1"> VOLUME 28, NUMBER 3 DECEMBER 2010/JANUARY 2011 </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=2"> 2 News IN THIS ISSUE News 10 NCATE, TEA</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=3"> 3 Scholastic launches Global Literacy Campaign </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=4"> 4 Working together, pooling expertise Cooperatio</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=5"> New from Sharon Taberski “ The point is that it's</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=6"> 6 What's Hot What's Hot and What's </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=7"> 7 What's Hot Continued from page 6 release marke</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=8"> 8 What's Hot: The making of the list By Jack Cas</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=9"> 9 IRA, NICHD panel focuses on measuring instruct</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=10"> 10 NCATE, TEAC plan to consolidate Newly created </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=11"> Council News News 11 Louisi</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=12"> 12 News Global Literacy Asian </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=13"> 13 Bangladesh Reading Association holds first nat</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=14"> 14 Meet the candidates The candidates for th</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=15"> 15 dates ng.org) or by letter. embers of the A</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=16"> 16 News Bulletin Board Board a</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=17"> 17 Mem We are pleased to present the second insta</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=18"> 18 Forum President's Message Ta</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=19"> 19 President's Message Continued from page 18 </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=20"> 20 Forum Commentary In reform de</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=21"> One-Day Workshop with Marie Carbo's National Co</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=22"> 22 Forum Washington Update Elect</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=23"> Special Convention Section 23 Feel the power I</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=24"> 24 SPOTLIGHT ON SPEAKERS IRA's 56th Annual C</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=25"> 25 New Teaching Edge Speaker Series brings togeth</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=26"> 26 Take advantage of the new IRA Annual Conventio</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=27"> 27 Spark your inspiration. This sharp, new speak</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=28"> 28 Features Giving through writing First-grade </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=29"> 29 Jumpstarting literacy with The Snowy Day More </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=30"> 30 Resources Children's Book Reviews </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=31"> 31 Is there an Exquisite Corpse in your classroo</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=32"> 32 New from IRA Marvelous Minilessons for Teachi</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=33"> 15 WAYS TO HELP STUDENTS </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=34"> 34 Research News to Use This column seeks to conn</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=35"> 35 Some reports of interest Preservice teachers r</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=36"> 36 Resources Ideas for Administrators</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=37"> With Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) Eddie m</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=38"> 38 Resources Parents and Reading Wha</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=39"> 39 NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=40"> 40 Resources Upcoming Events </a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=41"> 41 Penn State York Institute will spotlight Respo</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=42"> 42 Resources In the Classroom Readin</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=43"> 43 Age-appropriate strategies key to writing inst</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=44"> 44 Resources In the Classroom Disabi</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=45"> 45 Vocabulary words count in math, too A good gra</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=46"> 46 Write Margriet Ruurs is the author of man</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=47"> 47 Isn’t it refreshing when something called “new</a>
<a title="Reading Today December 2010/January 2011 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50fd72e?page=48"> 48 New videos debut on ReadWriteThink.org website</a>