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Journal of the

Missouri Literacy Association

Co-Editor

Elizabeth WallingtonPhD

Co-Editor

Mindi Richardson

Contents

And Beyond!

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The Missouri Reader

Vol. 47, Issue 1

Editorial Board 2024-2025

Ann Powell-Brown, Ph.D.

University of Central Missouri

Carolyn I. Brown, Ph.D.

Webster University

Julie Bryant, Ed.D.

Southwest Baptist University

Julius Anthony

St, Louis Black Authors Assn.

Dawna Buchanan, Ph.D.

University of Central Missouri

Lauren Edmondson, Ed.D.

Drury University

Jennifer Fox, Ed.D.

Southwest Baptist University

Mary Jo Fresch, Ph.D.

Ohio State University

Diana Houlle. M. Ed.

Blue Valley School District

Annemarie Jay, Ph.D

Widener University

William Kerns, Ph.D.

University of Arkansas=Little Rock

Dianne Koehnecke, Ed. D. Webster University

Anita Lael, Ed.D

Lincoln University

Kayla Lewis, Ph. D.

Missouri State University

Denise Mounts Ed.D.

University of Arkansas

Molly Ness, M.Ed.

Fordham University

Katherine O'Daniels, Ph.D. University of MO-St. Louis

Lara Nugent, M.Ed.

University of Missouri

Cynthia Hail Wilson, Ph.D. Missouri State University

Thank you reviewers! We invite you to become a member of the Editorial Board by contacting Glenda Nugent.

The Missouri Reader is a peer-reviewed online journal that is published twice a year by the Missouri Literacy Association, an affiliate of the International Literacy Association, as a thoughtful forum for the consideration of issues, practices, research, and ideas in the field of literacy. Its contents do not reflect or imply endorsement by the Missouri Literacy Association or the International Literacy.

Association.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Promoting Literacy

Throughout the

State of Missouri

Journey to Co-journaling in a Pre-Service Literacy Course

by Tonya Heavin

This article is an explanation of why and how to use spelling inventories effectively in today’s classrooms, with strategies rooted in the Science of Reading.

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Supporting the Early Reader through Careful Text Selection, Book Introductions, and Prompting

by Melenda Miller & Jolene Reed

This article is an explanation of why and how to use spelling inventories effectively in today’s classrooms, with strategies rooted in the Science of Reading.

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CLASSROOM CLOSEUPS

A Poet’s Dozen: Novels in Verse

by

Michelle L. Amos & Lane E. Marcy

RESOURCEFUL RESEARCH

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