Executive Committee
Missouri Literacy Association 2019-2020
President...............Sam Bommarito
Secretary......................Mollie Bolton
Director of Membership
Development ..............Diana Houlle
Treasurer..............Tammy Rhomberg
The Missouri Reader Co-Editors........
Sam Bommarito
Glenda Nugent .
Social Media Coordinator.........Mary Jo Barkert
ILA Coordinator.....Glenda Nugent
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Book Reviews, E-book Reviews,Software Reviews, and Useful Links by Various Contributers
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Classroom Connections
Resourceful Research
Tech talk
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Jennifer L. Altieri
Help children harness their interest in images in order to understand the information they encounter in science, social studies, and math with these helpful ideas.
Practical Evidence-Based Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary
Mitzi Brammer
Explore evidence-based practices that address vocabulary acquisition and are appropriate for use with students who are English Language Learners.
Talk Moves for Student-Centered Conversations
Karen Loman, Nicole Nickens, Abbigail Frandsen
Use these talk moves to engage students in discussions by asking open-ended, higher-level thinking questions that create a dialogue with input from all students.
Enhancing the Listen-Read-Discuss Model
Rachel Turney Enhancing the Listen-Read-Discuss (L-R-D)
Model examines the work of four preservice teachers in a college-level course as they customize and present the Listen-Read-Discuss Model to their peers.
Themes That Stick
Maggie Beachner
See how identifying themes in texts brings relevance and meaning to content, which can motivate higher levels of student engagement.
The Process of Instructional Scaffolding: Practice Grounded in Research
WIlliam Kerns
This article focuses on teacher-student instructional moves aimed at helping the individual student to make gains in literacy skills.
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