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Missouri Literacy Association 2024-2025

Chair.......................... Sara Valer

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Special STEM Section: Content Contribution

p. 34

BOOK REVIEWS

p. 19

Research

p. 5

RESEARCH

The Teachers Corner

Professopma; Bppl Review

p. 24

p. 16

CONTENT CONNECTIONS

David Harrison, Georgia Hurd Podcast Inteview conducted by Sam Bommarito

MORE CLASSROOM IDEAS

Strengthing Literacy Development and Content Area Growth through Student-Created Formula Poetry

by Jennifer L. Altier

Why KIds Need Poetry...

by Alicia Kershaw and Beth Gregory

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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Spring Sprung

by Alysen Bayles

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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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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