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LITERACY TODAY
Volume 37, Issue 6
May/June 2020
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing Editor Colleen Patrice Clark
Editor Christina Lambert
ILA LEADERSHIP
Executive Director Marcie Craig Post
2019–2020 BOARD MEMBERS
Kathy N. Headley, Clemson University,
President; Stephen Peters, Laurens County
School District 55, Vice President; Bernadette
Dwyer, Dublin City University, Immediate Past
President; Juli-Anne Benjamin, Great Oaks
Legacy Charter School; Kia Brown-Dudley, The
Education Partners; Wendy Carss, University
of Waikato; Rachael Gabriel, University of
Connecticut, Storrs; Beverley E. Harris, Mico
University College, University of the West
Indies; Kenneth Kunz, Monmouth University;
Susan Paasch, Sauk Rapids Public School
District; Julia Reynolds, Allendale Public
Schools; Laurie Sharp, Tarleton State University
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LIT BITS
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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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ILA UPDATE
LITERACY LEADERSHIP
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Connected Communities: Keeping Students
From Feeling Isolated During a Time of Remote
Instruction
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Promoting Social-Emotional Learning, Equity,
and Literacy in Ohio
RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE
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Improving Word Study: Making Sense of the Spelling System for Students and
Their Teachers
FEATURES
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Meeting People Where They Are: Allister Chang and Karlos L. Marshall on How
It’s About More Than Physical Location
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Push Through It: A Day in the Life of Motivational Educator Jasmyn Wright
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Research in Reading and the Future of Literacy: A Q&A With Nell K. Duke
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
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Reading With Heart: Teaching Social-Emotional Skills Through Literature
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Rethinking Reading Comprehension: Are We Really Teaching Students to
Read?
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Defi ning Fluency: Finding the Missing Pieces for Reading Fluency
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Breaking Down Barriers Through Visuals in English Language Arts
THE ILA NETWORK
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How One Chapter Celebrates Right to Read Week
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
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