Cover Record Winter 2010

Table of Contents
Kappa Delta Pi Record, Winter 2010

Vol. 46, No. 2

Features
Vol. 46, No. 2

For the Record    58
by Joyce Lynn Garrett

What Does the Research Say about Effective Practices for English Learners?
Part II: Academic Language Proficiency
  60
by Rhoda Coleman and Claude Goldenberg
Using strategies and techniques that make academic content more accessible, classroom teachers can help ELL students keep pace academically.

Dyslexia: What Teachers Need to Know  66
by Joan A. Williams and Sharon A. Lynch
By understanding the characteristics of dyslexia and implementing specific strategies, teachers can effectively address their students’ instructional needs.

10 School-Based Strategies for Student Success         71
by Angela Lumpkin
To enhance student learning, implement positive school-wide changes that effectively support teachers and principals.

Personalities in the Classroom: Making the Most of Them  76
by Rita Coombs Richardson and Emily Arker
Learn to recognize your students’ personality styles, in addition to their learning styles, so you can select the best instructional strategies for meeting individual needs.

The Three-Ring Circus of Differentiated Instruction  82
by Deborah Scigliano and Shellie Hipsky
Focus on practical ways to spotlight one area at a time so you can differentiate for students’ interests, learning profiles, or abilities.

Sustaining Students’ Reading Comprehension  87
by Arleen P. Mariotti
Feature these five techniques in your classroom to help students comprehend and learn.

Kappa Delta Pi sincerely appreciates the support from these sponsors of the Society’s 47th Biennial Convocation.
Watkins ProCrescent Rosen Plaza
Departments
Vol. 46, No. 2

Call for Manuscripts 50

Mailbox      52

Convo 2009 Hightlights

In My View
Missing: Students’ Global Outlook 54
by Daniel S. Alemu

Gateways to Experience
Instilling a Lifelong Love of Reading        90
by Sarah Parks Duncan

KDP Out Front
KDP, the National Guard, and Two Planes       94
by Andrew Brolsma

Book Review
Teaching the Brain to Read: Strategies for Improving Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension   96
Reviewed by Leah H. Kinniburgh

Telling Stories
Brian, Can’t You Read?        Inside back cover
Peter Leibman