Contents
LITERACY TODAY
Volume 35, Issue 1
July/August 2017
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing Editor Colleen Patrice Clark
Editors Christina Lambert & Alina O’Donnell
ILA LEADERSHIP
Executive Director Marcie Craig Post
Associate Executive Director Stephen Sye
2016–2017 BOARD MEMBERS
William Teale, University of Illinois at Chicago,
President; Douglas Fisher, San Diego State
University, Vice President; Diane Barone,
University of Nevada, Reno, Immediate Past
President; Gwynne Ash, Texas State University;
Donald Bear, Iowa State University; Julie
Coiro, University of Rhode Island; Catherine
Collier, Chesapeake Public Schools, Virginia;
Lori DiGisi, Framingham Public Schools,
Massachusetts; Rachel Karchmer-Klein,
University of Delaware; Stephanie Laird,
Southeast Polk Community School District,
Iowa; Stephen Peters, Laurens County School
District 55, South Carolina; Jennifer Williams,
Calliope Global Education Initiatives, Florida
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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LIT BITS
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ILA UPDATE
ILA 2017
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Engaging Immigrant Communities
Through Literacy
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Literacy’s Role in Educational Equity
LITERACY LEADERSHIP
12
Reading Activities as a Mechanism to
Strengthen School–Home Collaboration
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Powerful Partnerships: Literacy,
Your Librarian, and You
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Turning Around Districtwide Performance Through a
Literacy-Rich Environment
COVER STORY
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Building a Culture of Literacy
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
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How Morphological Awareness Can Help With Elementary
Vocabulary Comprehension
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Inspiring Positive Student Conduct With Children’s Picture Books
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Side-by-Side Learning: A Summer Program Focused on Science Literacy
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Developing Disciplinary Literacy in History Among Middle School
Struggling Readers
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Teacher Talk as an Instructional Tool
THE ILA NETWORK
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Empowering Students by Encouraging Them to Write Their Own Stories
GLOBAL IMPACT
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Affi liates at Work
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
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EVENTS
Building a Culture
of Literacy