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Volume 17, Winter 2017
Reading
Matters
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Make It Matter
Letter from the President by Cathy Delaney............................................................................................................................. VI Letter from the Editors by Sarah Hunt-Barron & Jacquelynn Malloy.............................................................................. VIIJustice Matters
Planting Seeds for New Perspectives by Grace Farley & Rachael Ross..............................................................................8 Unintentional Silencing of Minority Students by Leslie Roberts...................................................................................... 12Research Matters
More Than a Literacy Lesson by Bethanie Pletcher & Christine Warren......................................................................... 17 Multimodal Storytelling by by Elizabeth Hughes & Lea Calvert Evering....................................................................... 22 Pen Pal Book Study Project by Shawnna Helf, Bettie Parsons Barger, Hannah Brandon, Haley Nash, & KimWhite............................................................................................................................. 30Teaching Matters
Bringing Read-Alouds Back Alive by Tricia Huff...................................................................................................................... 38 Trade Books for Math by Elizabeth Johnson & Elizabeth Brinkerhoff............................................................................. 41 Learning to Practice What I Preach by Robin Jocius.............................................................................................................. 45 Closing the Comprehension Gap in the Elementary Grades by Nicole Martin & Joy Myers.................................. 50Technology Matters
Media Multitasking by Laurie Sharp........................................................................................................................................... 55 Multimodal Arguments by Emily Howell.................................................................................................................................. 60 Children’s Lit and Google Hits by Leslie Salley, Rachael Ross, & Koti Hubbard............................................................ 65Literature Matters
A Review of Children’s Literature for Teachers by Jonda McNair...................................................................................... 69