Executive Committee
Missouri State Council-IRA 2014-2015
President.................................Diana Houlle
Vice President..............Tamara Rhomberg
Secretary................................Mollie Bolton
Director of Membership
Development ......................................Open
Treasurer........................Betty Porter Walls
Legislative Chair......Mary Eileen Rufkahr
Historian.............................Glenda Nugent
Past President.........................Terry Sherer
The Missouri Reader Co-Editors..................
Julie Bryant
Jennifer Fox
Website Coordinator.........Mitzi Brammer
State Coordinator...............Mitzi Brammer
Zone Coordinators
Big Springs Zone............Winnie McKinley
Lake Ozarks Zone..........Carol Perry Davis
St. Louis Zone..........................Sarah Valter
Pony Express Zone..................Cindy Mires
& Pat New
Kansas City Zone......................Jessica Cox
Mark Twain Zone.................................Open
Ozark Mountain Zone............Sarah Logan
River Heritage Zone...........................Open
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Resourceful Research
Using KPALS as a Tier-1 Interviention with Diverse Kindergarten Learners
Research in Reading Award Winner Kristi Odell
Have you been wondering how to help your youngest students with high needs? Get some helpful suggestions from the winner of the 2014 MSC-IRA Research in Reading Award.
Producing Beautiful and Durable Books in the School Library
Deborah Parrott, Renee' C. Lyons, Gina Podvin,
and Edward J. Dwyer
In this photo-filled, step-by-step how-to article, learn
new ways to create keepsakes with your students.
Improving Writing Conventions of Pre-
Larry Bohannon and Cheryl Mader
Before teaching K-12 students how to write correctly, future teachers must know themselves. Read some surprising insights into how to build confidence in your pre-service teachers to be the writing teachers they need to be.
Special Selection
Dawn Licata and Stacie Smith
Look at these reviews of literacy resources to amp up your teaching!
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Classroom Close-Up
Choral Reading: A Way to Make Reading Fun
Iyshia Smith
One teacher shares how she got her primary-grade students excited about reading and ready for a performance.
The Power of Choice in a Classroom Library: 6 Tips for Creating a Successful Shopping System
Allison Nordby
Is book shopping chaotic in your classroom? Discover some tried and true ways to motivate your students to read while managing book shopping at the same time!
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Content Contribution
Incorporating Literacy Strategies in Mathematics
Jessica Yates
Find out how to increase math comprehension by utilizing literacy strategies. Yes, you DO read in math!
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