A PUBLICATION OF THE FLORIDA READING ASSOCIATION

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Volume 41, No. 3, March 2005

Table of Contents

 Articles

Extending Literature Discussions to Include Mathematical Inquiries In the Middle School .....................8
...Sally Mayberry and Carolyn Spilman
Middle school students sharpen their literature and math skills with discussion groups. Content reading is integrated with content math through a compelling, action novel.

Integrating the Study of Other Cultures into Content Area Instruction .....................12
...Peggy D. Cuevas
Teachers will find a unique resource for integrating language arts into the content areas in the writings of Linda Sue Park. Stories that are at once enchanting and instructive are a rare jewel in the mine of literature for young children.

Teaching Content Literacy in the Intermediate Grades: A Glimpse of Classroom Practice in Jamaica .....................24
...Jennie Lee Ricketts
60 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade teachers in Jamaica were asked to respond to a questionnaire of content area Strategies they know and use often, know and use sometimes, know but don’t use, and don’t know at all, and also to state any other strategies they used and found to be successful.

Anie’s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and for Making a Better Teacher Out of Yourself .....................28
...Sharon M. De Beck and Stephanie Williams
A second year teacher and her former professor share a litany of helpful hints for new (and perhaps experienced) teachers. By focusing on literacy as the connecting thread, this second grade teacher and her students created a Community of learners.

 Features and Information

Editor of The Florida Reading Quarterly...................................................................... 4

President’s Message..................................................................................................... 5

Feature: Poetry Willa Wolcott ..................................................................................... 16

Feature: Book Review Kathleen Jongsma ................................................................ 22

Directory of Publishers............................................................................................... 35

IRA Application Form................................................................................................ 37

FRA Board of Directors, Staff, and Local Council Presidents.................................. 38

List of Honor Councils................................................................................................ 39

FRA Application Form................................................................................................ 40

 

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