Have a look at the Missouri Reader: You’ll be happy you did!
by Dr. Sam Bommarito
Today I’m going to talk to you about The Missouri Reader and some of the wonderful free literacy resources you will find in it. As you know, I am the Co-Editor along with Glenda Nugent. We’ve been around for over 40 years. It started out as a “paper journal,” now we publish digitally. We have three issues each year. We are peer-reviewed, and our editorial board has many highly qualified people (see the sidebar on the Table of Contents). We publish many well-known experts in the reading field. But we also encourage teachers to publish, especially action research, book reviews, and app reviews. The last page of each issue explains how to submit an article for review. We are an official publication of the Missouri Literacy Association. Missouri Literacy Association is an ILA affiliate.
I want to call attention to two issues for you to explore. The first is the poetry issue. It is our most-read issue of all time. It contains TONS of innovative ideas on how to use poetry. It was the brainchild of David Harrison, a famous author/poet in Missouri. He approached Glenda Nugent (my Co-Editor) and me about the idea of a special issue dedicated especially to poetry. We’re so glad he did. Here is the link to that issue. Feel free to share it with other interested educators. https://joom.ag/o1ta
The other issue I’d like for you to read is our current issue. It is dedicated to Dr. Linda Dorn. There are several touching tributes to her work in literacy, in the In Memoriam article. As always there are also articles on a variety of literacy topics. I’ve already had the elementary professional development director for one large district write to tell me she was planning to share a couple of articles with her staff because she thought they would help to improve their already great program. The issue hasn’t even been out for 24 hours. I think the issue is worth a look. Here is the link. https://joom.ag/BuLe
Next week Dr. Sam is taking a break for Thanksgiving. The week after, I hope to start talking about some fluency work I’m doing with 1st and 2nd graders with the help of a group of exceptionally talented teachers. Dr. Tim Rasinski came to see us last week because we are doing work based on his ideas on fluency. Tune in after Thanksgiving to hear all about it. Until then:
Happy Reading and Writing
Dr. Sam Bommarito (Co-Editor of an authentic teacher’s journal)
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Dr. Sam, many thanks for the gift of having an issue dedicated in large part to poetry. I loved having a bully pulpit and feel proud to have had a role in such a successful issue. I passed the link along to the teachers who attended our Notable Books of Poetry panel presentation at NCTE in Baltimore. Onward and upward!
THANK YOU for the original idea. We’ve picked up another 30 views this week. Each new view sets another record. We are so very close to 3000 views. Thanks for sharing!