SPRING ISSUE OF THE MISSOURI READER Vol. 44, Issue 2 | Page 3

Executive Committee

Missouri Literacy Association 2020-2021

President...............Sam Bommarito

Secretary......................Kathleen Howe

Director of Membership

Development ..............Diana Houlle

Treasurer..............Carla Rosene

The Missouri Reader Co-Editors........

Sam Bommarito

Glenda Nugent .

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ILA Coordinator.....Glenda Nugent

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Trusting Readers Sam Bommarito

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INVITED AUTHOR - Carla McClafferty

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BOOK REVIEWS

Classroom Connections

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CLASSROOM CLOSE UP

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The Multisensory Experiences Improve Writing Proficiency

Emily Ward and Denise Mounts

See how an action research project resulted in intervention using multisensory experiences beneficial for first-grade students.

Implementing Co-Teaching with a Reading Specialist

Nichole Dickinson

Explore how co-teaching allows teachers to adequately meet the diverse needs of the students in the classroom and provides methods of effectively implementing co-teaching.

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Becoming an “Indigenous Insider”: Preparing Teachers for Working with English Learners and Their Families

HeeGyoung Song and Dawna Butterfield  

 

This study examined how Teacher Education Candidates dispositions might evolve to better meet the needs of English Learners.

 Writer’s Workshop for English Language Learners

Matthew Freeman

Explore interactive, stimulating, and personal writing activities within the scope of a larger literacy strategy to promoteboth reading and writing.

Four Things I Wish I Had Known as a Reading Teacher

Amy Earls Thompson

This article stresses using all our resources, our specialists, and our shared knowledge to help struggling readers.

Five Ways to Use Google Jamboard During Literacy Instruction

Angela Danley

Learn how Google Jamboard can support your literacy instruction during online instruction.

Say What?  Using Language Domains to Deliver the Best Math Instruction

 Amanda Cruz

See how incorporating the different language domains will assist all students in achieving, but particularly English Language Learners.

The Teacher's Corner

RESEARCH

More Teacher Ideas

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