Since the poster contest has been moved from the fall conference to the spring board meeting, this information will be too late for this year's contest, but it's not too early to start planning for next year.
Posters will be judged in four categories (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12) and will be judged on:
1. Freshness of theme
2. Original, eye-catching artwork
3. Inventive and bold design
4. Ability to encourage students of varying ages to read
Posters are first submitted and judged locally. Winners are then sent on to the state for judging. For more information, contact your local IRA council or State Chairperson Steve Baybo at [email protected]. Winners will receive recognition, prizes, and a spotlight in the Summer/Fall issue.
Ways to Connect
https://www.facebook.com/mscira - Look for information about upcoming events, new book releases, and links to interesting literacy information
Follow us on Twitter! @JenniferFox13
#themissourireader
Visit our website
http://www.missouri reading.org/
Upcoming Events
March 3 - Read Across America
March 3 - 7 - Missouri Literacy
Week
March 5 - World Read Aloud Day
April - National Poetry Month
April 2 - International
April 13-15 - Missouri Association
of School Librarians Spring Conference in St. Louis
May 10-12 - International Reading
Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA
Jun 2 or 3 - Literacy Day at the
Ballpark - St. Louis
Sept. 8 - International Literacy
Nov. 20-21 - MO Early Learning
Conference at TanTarA
Nov. 20-23 - NCTE Annual
Convention in Washington, D.C.
Literacy education is not for the timid.
----Paulo Freire
Somewhere along that process I realized that fiction-writing was like staging a play in my own head!
---J.B. Cheaney
Calling All Photographers!
Send Us Your Pictures!
In upcoming issues of The Missouri Reader, we would like to spotlight the students in your classrooms across the state who are engaged in literacy activities. Therefore, we need YOU!
If you are an amateur photographer (and, let's face it, every device we own has a built-in camera, so we are ALL photographers, right?) and you want to show off the activities going on in your classroom, send us your pictures.
You just might see your students spotlighted
on the cover of our next issue!
Wouldn't your students be excited to see themselves as the focus on the cover of a real journal as a role model for others? We would love to see all kinds of literacy activities----everything including reading on mobile devices, publishing writing online, working together in a literature discussion group, reading from song charts, partner reading, and so much more! We would also like to see pictures of student work.
Please fill out the Photo/Video Release form for all pictures with students' faces visible.
Email all pictures to Jennifer Fox at [email protected] with subject line TMR Cover Art.
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