March 2008

Table of Contents

Articles

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Pearl and Ronda: Revaluing Mothers' Literate Lives to Imagine New Relationships Between Homes and Elementary Schools
Kathryn F. Whitmore, Lori A. Norton-Meier

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Local Knowledge and Digital Movie Composing in an After-School Literacy Program
Jory J. Brass

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Going Beyond the Fab Five: Helping Students Cope With the Unique Linguistic Challenges of Expository Reading in Intermediate Grades
Zhihui Fang

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Engaging Aliterate Students: A Literacy/Theatre Project Helps Students Comprehend, Visualize, and Enjoy Literature
Wayne Brinda

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The Full Circling Process: Leaping Into the Ethics of History Using Critical Visual Literacy and Arts-Based Activism
Trisha Wies Long

Departments

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First Person
Technology Lite: Advice and Reflections for the Technologically Unsavvy
Mary B. McVee, Nancy M. Bailey, Lynn E. Shanahan

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Literacy and Identity
Around the Block and Around the World: Teaching Literacy Across Cultures
Bronwyn T. Williams

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Reviews
Books for Adolescents
James Blasingame, Amanda Lindblom, Helen Wanamaker, Candis McGovern, Kat Corliss, Melissa Mapes, Alana Frick   FREE!

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Professional Materials
Stephanie Robinson   FREE!

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Classroom Materials
Erin Jurand   FREE!

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