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LITERACY TODAY
Volume 36, Issue 2
September/October 2018
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing Editor Colleen Patrice Clark
Editors Christina Lambert & Alina O’Donnell
ILA LEADERSHIP
Executive Director Marcie Craig Post
2018–2019 BOARD MEMBERS
Bernadette Dwyer, Dublin City University,
President; Kathy N. Headley, Clemson
University, Vice President; Douglas Fisher,
San Diego State University, Immediate Past
President; Juli-Anne Benjamin, Marion P.
Thomas Charter School; Wendy Carss,
University of Waikato; Beverley E. Harris,
Mico University College, University of the
West Indies; Kenneth Kunz, Middlesex Public
Schools; Stephanie Laird, Southeast Polk
Community School District; Susan Paasch,
Sauk Rapids Public School District; Stephen
Peters, Laurens County School District 55; Julia
Reynolds, Allendale Public Schools; Jennifer
Williams, Calliope Global Education Initiatives
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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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Children’s Rights to Read—And Our
Responsibilities to Protect Them
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Connecting New Teachers With Classroom
Libraries
ILA 2018
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The ILA18 Rewind
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ILA 2018’s Literacy Leaders
FEATURES
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Literacy and the Whole Child
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Finding Balance: Keeping Instruction Personal
in an Assessment-Heavy Climate
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
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Focusing on the Person in Personalization
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Storytelling and Story Acting: An Assets-Based Literacy Practice
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How to Make Oral Feedback More Personal
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Diff erentiated Literacy for Gift ed and Creative Students
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Using Text Structures to Improve Reading Comprehension
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Leveraging Shared Message Boards to Make Vocabulary Stick
THE ILA NETWORK
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How One ILA Chapter Used Community Partnerships to Create Powerful
STEAM Events
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The Japan Reading Association Celebrates 60 Years
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EVENTS
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
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