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"Authentic Literacy Events and Social Actions: Celebrating Relationships and Partnerships"
July 18-20, 2013 at Hofstra University, Long Island, NY
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The WLU Nominating Committee is seeking nominations for two board members for the 2013 WLU elections. The Executive Board is responsible for making all on-going operational decisions for WLU. Click here for additional information including the nomination form.
Nomination deadline is January 15, 2013.
Submit a Nomination for a WLU Award!
The Lifetime Membership Award honors a member who has, throughout his/her career, made an outstanding contribution to whole language in general and/or the Whole Language Umbrella in particular.
The Service Award is presented to a member who has made a particular contribution to the Whole Language Umbrella in terms of the work they have done for the organization.
Reclaiming the Joy in Teaching Award honors a teacher at any level that inspires authentic progressive literacy learning.
We invite all WLU members to consider nominating appropriate individuals for these awards.
Nomination deadline is January 15, 2013.
Presenters: Bess Altwerger, Joanne Yatvin, and Sarah Bentley
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English Language Learners in Literacy Workshops
Marsha Riddle Buly, a mainstream classroom teacher who became a reading specialist and then a specialist in bilingual/ELL education, shows how reading, writing, and language workshops can be used to help language learners in mainstream K–8 classrooms.
Becoming Writers in the Elementary Classroom: Visions and Decisions
WLU Past President and author, Katie Van Sluys, demonstrates how to (re)claim our professional practice to ensure that young people have the opportunity to become competent, constantly growing writers who use writing to think, communicate, and pose as well as solve problems.
In this article from The Council Chronicle, August 2011, Katie Van Sluys notes that what teachers believe about teaching writing influences how their students learn to write.
Teaching Phonics in Context
Through myriad classroom vignettes, experienced educators David Hornsby and Lorraine Wilson show just how phonics is taught and learned in literacy-rich classrooms.
Also, check out the On Demand Web seminar featuring David and Lorraine on Reading and Writing in the Elementary Classroom: Teaching Phonics in Context.
What Whole Language Is Not: Common Myths and Misunderstandings
12 common myths about whole language are dispelled in this Fact Sheet from the Center for Expansion of Language and Thinking (CELT).
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