Talking Points, Vol. 23, No. 2, May 2012

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Issue Theme: Supporting Teachers, Students, and Families

• From the Editors: Supporting Teachers, Students, and Families [FREE ACCESS]

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  Abstract: The editors preview the current issue, themed “Supporting Teachers, Students, and Families.”

• Remembering Jennifer Wilson

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  Abstract: Friends, colleagues, and students remember Jennifer Wilson and provide information about scholarships established in her honor.

• Empowering Children as Critics and Composers of Multimodal Texts [FREE ACCESS]

  Phyllis Whitin and David Whitin

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  Abstract: Phyllis and David Whitin’s work with fifth graders demonstrates what can happen when teachers support students as they investigate the texts that surround them every day.

• Teaching Andrew: My Journey of Discovery into the World of Autism

  Eileen Baland

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  Abstract: Eileen Baland puts the person before the label, as she recounts meeting and interacting with Andrew, a student with autism.

• How to Kill a Chicken: Valuing Local Knowledge in a Second-Grade ESL/Sheltered Classroom

  Jessica Kerley Gaeckle

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  Abstract: Gaeckle reminds us that support may be as simple as valuing our students’ life experiences.

• Nurturing the Writer Within: Meaning-Making and Self-Reflexivity through Found Poetry

  Heather Statz

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  Abstract: Heather Statz shows how creating found poetry can help high school students think more deeply about their world.

• Talking TAWL

  David P. Schultz, editor

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  Abstract: Members of the various TAWL groups update us on their activities and support for teachers.

• Professional Book Talks: Supporting Students, Teachers, and Families

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  Abstract: Books discussed this issue encourage us to collaborate with our students to help them build literate lives.

• WLU on the Move!

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  Abstract: WLU President Rick Meyer invites us to participate in the upcoming Summer Institute. There is also WLU news of interest to members.

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