Contents
LITERACY TODAY
Volume 37, Issue 5
March/April 2020
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing Editor Colleen Patrice Clark
Editors Christina Lambert & Charmaine Riley
Intern Annie Lee
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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EDITOR’S NOTE
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LIT BITS
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ILA UPDATE
LITERACY LEADERSHIP
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Using the ILA 2020 What’s Hot in Literacy Report
to Frame Our Study of Current Issues in Reading
Research
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Finding Time for Literacy
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The Speed, Source, and Scale of Science in the Science of Reading Debate
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Examining Third-Grade Reading Laws and Their Potential Impacts
RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE
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The Four Resources Model: Comprehending the Word and the World
FEATURES
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A Tale of Two Cities: Mobilizing ILA’s Children’s Rights to Read
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Ending Book Deserts: The Role We Can All Play in Putt ing More Books in More
Hands
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
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Asking Higher Level Questions in Book Reading
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Helping Students Build Meaningful Connections to and Disconnections
From Texts
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What Counts as Reading Today?: Playing, Listening, and Curating as Relevant
and Engaging Alternative Reading
Online Exclusive: Gett ing to the Bott om of Reading Behaviors: Is it Fluency or
an Underlying Accuracy Issue?, by Christopher Conolly
THE ILA NETWORK
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A Look at Recent Activities From the Australian Literacy Educators’
Association
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Giving Students Ownership of ILA’s Children’s Rights Campaign
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EVENTS
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
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