Executive Committee
Missouri Literacy Association 2020-2021
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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.
Amy Earls Thompson
This article stresses using all our resources, our specialists, and our shared knowledge to help struggling readers.
Angela Danley
Learn how Google Jamboard can support your literacy instruction during online 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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