Letter from the Editors Hello ISLA, We want to welcome you to the Fall 2019 edition. We extend a special thank you to all the authors who contributed to this edition. We are hopeful you will find their articles helpful in your daily literacy instruction. Our authors address issues and ideas that you could put into practice right away in your own classrooms. Diane Maletta and her graduate students have created an interesting guide to formative assessment. Their article details many different strategies that will help you understand your students’ learning and decide how to move forward in their instruction. Jamie Price led a group of her colleagues in creating a guide to combining your mathematics instruction with literacy through bookmaking. They, too, have included specific ideas and steps (complete with pictures) so you can begin bookmaking in your own math class right away. Jill Raisor, Gina Berridge, and Stacy Kewon have written an informative article on unique ways to engage families of kindergarten students in Car Talks to encourage “rich and meaningful [conversations] in the car going home or during any time where there is an opportunity to engage in dialogue”. Finally, we welcome back Jeff Thomas, Joyce Gulley, Kristen Rearden, and Amy Broemmel with another wonderful list of books we can use in our classrooms that highlight interesting and exciting science concepts. Like these professionals, we encourage you to submit a manuscript for consideration in the journal. You can submit teaching ideas for literacy development based on sound theory and research. Other types of submissions including teaching tips, strategy suggestions, and technology tools are encouraged. Multimedia is welcomed since this journal is published as an e-text. Your Editors, Sharon Daley & Breanya Hogue
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