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Greetings from Sue Sharma, 2011-2012 MRA President

If you are, as beloved children’s author Lewis Caroll would say, “curiouser and curiouser” about literacy practices in the 21st Century, then Michigan Reading Association’s 56th annual conference was the place to be. The sessions deepened participants’ understandings and renewed our passion to be Inspired, be knowledgeable, and be leaders for the mission of literacy because of the strategies and best practices shared by each presenter. 

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Common Core State Standards

Michigan Reading Association is now selling sets of Common Core State Standards for:

  • English Language Arts
  • Literacy in History/Social Studies
  • Science and Technical Subjects

Click STORE tab above to order online.

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2012 Summer Literature Conference

Keynote Speakers:

  • Richard Allington
  • W. Dorsey Hammond

Author/Illustrator Luncheon

Workshops...and much more!

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Programs and Outreach

News and Events

Why Teach Spelling

Why Teach Spelling?

This resource is a compilation of three documents that support the teaching of spelling in today’s schools: a discussion of “Why Spelling Instruction Matters”, a checklist for evaluating a spelling program, and tables of Common Core State Standards that are linked to spelling instruction.

This resource provides support in the alignment of instruction in schools that are implementing College and Career Ready Standards (including Common Core State Standards).

This document can be downloaded from the Center on Instruction website

 

New Book on Text Complexity and the Common Core State Standards

Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp have written a book titled Text Complexity: Raising Rigor in Reading on sale through IRA. Here is the link to buy the book - click here. 

Common Core State Standards

Need a copy of the new Common Core State Standards? MRA is now selling packaged sets of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects,

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Literacy Connections

Michigan Reading Associationinvites you to join the conversation and share the resources highlighted in "Literacy Connections." This new segment will be published once a month as a support for rich literacy instruction.

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