VSRA is a professional organization of educators and interested individuals actively engaged in the development of literacy throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
VIRGINIA READER'S CHOICE WINNERS 2011-2012
Primary-- We Are In a Book by Mo Willems (Hyperion)
Elementary-- All The Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn (Harcourt)
Middle School--Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper (Atheneum)
High School--The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Candlewick)
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2012 CONFERENCE FEATURED AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER HANDOUTS:
Bailey, Heather and Collier, Cathy * Selecting,Supervising,Surviving Centers
Bowen, Fred * Due to technical problems we could not upload handouts for this session but they are available directly from Peggy Jackson. Her e-mail is peggy@fredbowen.com
Floyd, Jennifer * Concept Of Word: An Important Piece of the Literacy Puzzle
Mesmer, Heidi * Leading in Reading and Surefire Strategies
Mumaw, Michele *A Community of Writers Booklist
Walpole, Sharon and McKenna, Michael * Reconsidering Differentiation
The mission of the Virginia State Reading Association is to lead in the promotion of literacy through collaboration, advocacy and professional development and to further the mission and goals of the International Reading Association.