Mark Your Calendars
Digital Learning Day is March 13. If you’re looking for ideas, check
out the tools on ReadWriteThink.org—like student interactives and
mobile applications, such as our Timeline and Trading Cards apps.
Then tell us what you’re doing to celebrate by tweeting @ILAToday!
What’s New?
Look for these updates and more on literacyworldwide.org:
ILA E-ssentials
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“The SHOTS Strategy: Using Complex Narratives to Spark
Independent Thinking,” by A. Vincent Ciardiello, for the
21st-Century Literacy Skills series
ILA Bridges
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“Pilgrims and Wampanoag of the 1620s—A Unit to
Encourage Perspective for Grade 3,” by Kathleen
Monahan, Laurie Higgins, and Mark Galligan
New e-Book to be Released
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What’s New in Literacy Teaching? Weaving Together
Time-Honored Practices With New Research, a
compilation based on the E-ssentials series edited by
Karen Wood, Jeanne Paratore, Brian Kissel, and Rachel
McCormack
LIT BITS
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March/April 2015 | READING TODAY