Literacy Today May/June 2016

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Valdosta State University (VSU) in

Georgia hosted its 10th annual Read Fest

celebration in April to recognize National

Library Week. The event brought some

240 prekindergarten students together

for a day of literacy-rich activities

including puppet shows, crafts, read-

alouds, and more—and each child was

sent home with a goodie bag packed

with a new book donated by the ILA

student council chapter at VSU.

LIT BITS

A Reading

Celebration

■ Registration for our Steps to Advance Literacy 5K on July 10 is now open! Join us in Boston

as we take to the streets to support local nonprofit Reach Out and Read and raise funds

for ILA’s literacy initiatives. This is a fun run/walk, so all fitness levels are encouraged to join.

(ilaconference.org/5k)

■ Tickets are now on sale for Literacy Night at the Ballpark on July 8. Join us and the

Boston Red Sox as we celebrate teachers and the work they’re doing to advance literacy.

(ilaconference.org/literacynight)

■ A free cross-journal virtual issue on multiliteracies—pulling some of the most popular articles

from The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Reading Research

Quarterly—is now available. This comprehensive (and complimentary) resource can be

viewed through September. (literacyworldwide.org/multiliteracies)

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