The Missouri Reader Vol. 37, Issue 1 | Page 6

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Reading and Writing to Support Literacy
Letter from the Editor ................................................................................... 7
Keisha Panagos, Ph.D.
Letter from the Assistant Editor ........................................................................ 8
Beth Hurst, Ph.D.
Middle School Students‘ Perceptions of Writing Strategies
in helping them learn Pre-Algebra .................................................................... 9
Stephanie Reid
Becoming a Middle School Reader: Appreciating Young
Adult Literature as an Adult........................................................................... 15
Julie Morris
Critical Listening: Sensible Ways to Teach a Neglected Skill ................................... 20
Randall Wallace
Why We Can‘t Stop Reading Aloud ................................................................ 25
Amber K. Howard, Deanne Camp, Cindy Hail, and Beth Hurst
Using Trade Books in all Content Areas ............................................................ 31
Dianne Swenson Koehnecke
Making Parents Partners to Increase Young Children‘s Expressive
Language Skills........................................................................................... 34
Diana Brannon and Linda Dauksas
My Experience with the ―Sign Up for Reading‖ Strategy ........................................ 42
Kate Tupper
If You Can Write a Lesson Plan, You Can Write an Article .................................... 44
Beth Hurst and Deanne Camp

Original Poetry
A Rhyme Through Time ............................................................................... 47
Cheri Harrington

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