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Arkansas Reading Association
E-Newsletter
January 2010 - Vol 2, Issue 7 | |
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2009-10 ARA Board |
Linda Eilers, President-elect
Paula Findley, Vice President
Vanessa Hendrix, Secretary
Jeannine Shirley, Treasurer
Debbie Hardwick-Smith, Parliamentarian
Tina Montgomery, Past President
Tanna Clark, State Coordinator
Billie Ann Dishongh, Membership Director
Trudy Jackson, Technology Coordinator
Sarah Womble, Event Coordinator
Susan Peterson, Executive Secretary
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REMINDER - $750 available to further studies |
Jo Flanagan Scholarship Award applications are due March 1. This $ 750 scholarship is awarded to further higher education study in reading or related areas.
Applicants must be a member of a local council, ARA, and IRA for at least one year prior to submitting an application.
Click here for a copy of the form. Mail it to ARA President Julie Huskey, 430 E. Chestnut, Batesville, AR 72501. | |
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Nominations Sought for
2010-2011 ARA Board |
Tina Montgomery, ARA past-president and nominations chair, has announced that nominations are sought for key board positions at the state level.
Nomination forms are available at www.arareading.org - click on officers and committees. Forms have been mailed to local council presidents and currrent board members asking for nominees for vice president, treasurer, recording secretary, parliamentarian, and historian. Any ARA member may submit nominations for board positions.
Reminder: Local council elections will also be coming up soon! |
| NEWS FROM IRA |
 Response to Intervention (RTI) Commission of the International Reading Association
Just released: To further clarify issues related to RTI with respect to language and literacy, the Commission offers a set of guiding principles for IRA members and others concerned with developing and implementing an RTI approach to improving the language and literacy learning of all students. Single copies may be downloaded free for personal use.
Download RTI: Guiding Principles for Educators from the International Reading Associationng Association |
| Literacy Award Nominations Due |
Council presidents are reminded to send in their
Literacy Award Nominations to:
Susan Richmond
581 N. Tournament Dr.
Fayetteville, AR 72704
Fax: 479 267-7456
A link to the forms may be found at www.arareading.org
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READ ACROSS AMERICA |
 Get Ready for NEA's Read Across America Day, March 2, 2010 - NEA calls for every child to be reading in the company of a caring adult
Read Across America Day is just around the corner. Don't forget to plan fun events - invite celebrity readers, share your favorite stories - let the reading begin!
 To go to National Education Association's Read Across America site, click here. | |
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John Manders' Blog |
John Manders was a featured speaker at the 2008 ARA Conference. His work is featured in over 30 children's books and "gazillions of magazines." If you have students interested in drawing, they will love reading his blog. 
Hello, Friends-
I'd like you to know that I began a blog as a means of expanding on my school visits - there never seems to be enough time for Q&A after a presentation. Here's the link: http://johnmanders.wordpress.com
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ADMINISTRATOR AWARDS DUE MARCH 1 |
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The Arkansas Reading Association has presented the Administrator in Reading Award annually at the ARA annual conference since 1990. The purpose of this award is to recognize administrators in the state of Arkansas who have significantly contributed to the improvement of reading instruction and/or who have promoted lifetime reading habits.
To be eligible for this award, a person must be an administrator or supervisor in an Arkansas school district(s). An administrator or supervisor shall be defined as a school superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, Title I supervisor or other administrative position.
Click here to download a copy of the award application or go to www.arareading and click on awards. Entries must be postmarked or emailed by March 1, 2010.
Applications should be sent to ARA Vice President Paula Findley, 704 Part Terrace, White Hall, AR 71602, or faxed to 870-534-7162. |
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Top 10 Dr. Seuss Quotes |
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Here is a list of top 10 Dr. Seuss quotes according to the web site Famous-Quotes-and-Quotations.com. Which is your favorite? Your students' favorite?
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#1 - You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose.
- #2 - Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.
#3 - From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
#4 - Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
- #5 - Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way.
- #6 - If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.
- #7 - I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent.
- #8 - So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.
- #9 - And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed.
- #10 - Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
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| 21st National African American Read-In Chain
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In the spirit of celebration of February as Black History Month, the International Reading Association has endorsed the Twenty-First National African American Read-In Chain, sponsored by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English. This endorsement asks the state and/or local councils of IRA to join the NCTE in serving as hosts to create a chain of readers on Sunday, February 7, 2010, or Monday, February 8, 2010. The chain involves reading works authored by African American writers at community sites on Sunday and in school buildings on Monday.
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Coordinator's Corner
Remember to encourage students to read the books of the Arkansas Diamond Primary and Charlie May Simon lists. January and February are good months to read aloud one of the books from the lists to your students. Students will be voting in March and they must have read or listened to three or more books from the list to be eligible to vote. More information about the Arkansas Children's Book Awards may be found on ARA's website.
Happy Reading in 2010! | |
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