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Literacy For All
K-8 Literacy Conference with New Middle School Strand
Monday, November 17–Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Expand your learning and teaching skills by attending this two-day conference for literacy educators, K-8. Learn the best literacy practices from the finest trainers in the field. Rejuvenate your teaching and return to the classroom with a better understanding of current research-based practices in education. Each time block will have sessions devoted to adolescent literacy as part of the new Middle School Strand. We have also added advanced sessions to the program for more experienced teachers.
Keynote Sessions | A-D Sessions | Middle School Sessions | Registration
In addition, you'll be able to attend a variety of special events and visit the exhibit hall with the latest in children and professional books.
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Keynotes
Tony Stead (Monday Morning, 8:30 am–10:00 am)
Improving Competencies in Literacy through the Power of Nonfiction
In this dynamic and impacting presentation, Tony will share how students' competencies as readers and writers can be raised, when nonfiction is used as the basis for literacy instruction. Sponsored by Rosen Classroom Books/B. Lothrop Books
Gail Gibbons (Monday Afternoon, 1:30 pm–3:00 pm)
Information, Please!
Children’s author Gail Gibbons has been writing since she was a child and has written and illustrated over 100 nonfiction books. Using slides, she will share how she began writing and how she constructs a book from beginning to end.
Sara Holbrook (Tuesday Morning, 8:30 am–10:00 am)
Picture This! Poetry to Increase Literacy and Comprehension
Poetry is snapshot writing. Whether used to summarize a lesson, to activate and evaluate prior learning, or as an assessment tool, poetry writing and performance helps students improve communication skills. Author and Poet Sara Holbrook will talk about how to use poetry to increase students’ literacy and comprehension.
Click here for more information on all keynote and featured speakers.
A Sessions | B Sessions | C Sessions | D Sessions
Middle School A | Middle School B | Middle School C | Middle School D
A SESSIONS
Skip to Middle School Sessions A
Monday, November 17, 2008
10:30 am-12:00 pm
LCA-1 - Featured Speakers
When Readers Struggle: Teaching that Works (Grades K-5)
Irene Fountas, Professor and Author, Lesley University, MA
Gay Su Pinnell, Professor and Author, The Ohio State University
Learn about three of the key elements that are difficult for low-achieving readers as they process texts. This session will focus on how to teach for change in these areas. Topics will include fluency, comprehension, word analysis, and the role of teacher language in supporting children’s independent problem solving as readers. K-6 Literacy Conference
LCA-2 - Featured Speaker
The Threads of Learning, Comprehension, and Democracy in Classroom Talk (Grades K-6)
Peter Johnston, Professor, University at Albany, NY
This presentation describes how classroom talk affects the ways children interact with and value each other, the kinds of literacy they develop, and who they become as literate individuals. K-6 Literacy Conference
LCA-3 - Featured Speaker
The Affective Dimension of Coaching (Grades K-2)
Carol Lyons, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University
Research in the adult psychology, language use, and neuropsychology are integrated to explore the complexities of coaching. Through videotape analysis, participants will learn effective ways to coach adults. (Repeated LCB-4)
Literacy Coaching and K-2 Literacy Conference
LCA-4 - Featured and Keynote Speaker
Are They Really Reading? Helping Children Select Appropriate Reading Materials (Grades K-5)
Tony Stead, Author and Consultant, Rosen Classroom
This practical session will examine wonderful ways to assist children in making wise decisions when selecting materials for independent reading. Key strategies in providing whole class and individual support will be highlighted. Sponsored by Rosen Classroom. K-6 Literacy Conference
LCA-5
How Effective Is Your Literacy Program? (Grades K-8)
Mechelle Abney, Intermediate Literacy Collaborative Trainer, Lesley University, MA
Characteristics of effective literacy models will be examined. These characteristics will then be used to determine the effectiveness of your school’s literacy program. The presenter will provide a rubric to use as a tool for assessing literacy programs. This session is designed for literacy leaders of schools. Administrators' Institute and K-8 Literacy Conference
LCA-6
The Power of Literacy Strategies to Decode Mathematical Word Problems (Grades K-6)
Leah Barber, Kindergarten Teacher, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, NC
Loretta Hopper, Primary District Literacy Collaborative Trainer, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, NC
Mathematics is a “foreign” language for most students. When reading the language of mathematics, a complex system for decoding must go on during the entire process. Learn how to help students to draw upon different types of reasoning and thinking skills that are required when solving word problems. K-6 Literacy Conference
LCA-7
Preparing for Tests Authentically within Reading Workshop (Grades K-6)
Kerry Crosby, Literacy Consultant
In this era of high-stakes testing, it is important we understand as we teach reading authentically within our classrooms that we are indeed preparing students to take state-mandated tests. This session will focus on analyzing state reading exams to understand what they require of a reader’s processing abilities. We will spend time talking about how to look at tests as their own genre and how to incorporate test preparation authentically within the reading and writing workshop.
K-6 Literacy Conference
LCA-8
Thinking Comprehensively About Phonics and Word Study in the Primary Classroom
(Grades K-2)
Kristine Haveles-Pelletier, District Literacy Coordinator, Manchester Public Schools, NH
How do we support children in their active involvement when working with letters and words? Where does phonics fit across reading and writing instruction? This session will focus on how to approach the teaching of phonics and spelling within the primary classroom. The plan for teaching will include well-designed, focused experiences within a broad framework of literacy learning that incorporates many different types of reading and writing, and includes a range of teaching methods from highly supportive instruction to encouraging the children’s independent actions and practice. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCA-9
Motivating Reluctant Intermediate Readers to Engage Actively With Text (Grades 3-6)
Connie L. Howard, English Teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
Ramona L. Howard-Turner, Literacy Coach, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
Dawn Little, Educational Consultant
The presenters will share an instructional framework designed to motivate reluctant readers to read more and engage with text, thereby improving literacy skill acquisition and increasing student achievement. The audience will participate in meaningful and authentic reading experiences including effective read aloud and interactive skill and strategy based book discussions that can be utilized in the classroom with these learners. The audience will draft an action plan for implementing explicit strategy-based instructional lessons that teach students how to become more skillful and successful readers. 3-6 Literacy Conference
LCA-10
Act it Out! Developing Literacy Skills through Performing Plays (PreK-2)
Maura Lally, Lead Teacher, Boston University Early Childhood Learning Lab, MA
Amanda Rackover, Lead Teacher, Boston University Early Childhood Learning Lab, MA
Early childhood educators will learn about the many literacy opportunities embedded within acting out stories. Among other skills, research has shown that performing plays can increase children’s comprehension, improve their oral language development, and teach them about concepts of print and story structure. One preschool’s efforts to incorporate plays in their curriculum will be described. Children's Literature & Authors and K-2 Literacy Conference
LCA-11
What Is Possible? The Journey of a Writer from Kindergarten through First Grade (Grades K-1)
Caitlin S. McArdle, Teacher and Literacy Coordinator, Boston Public Schools, MA
This session will look closely at one writer as the writer tells, draws, and writes stories. We will examine the role of the teacher in helping the writer make progress. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCA-12
Reinforcing Vocabulary with Differentiated (Leveled) Graphic Organizers (Grades 3-6)
Mary McMackin, Professor, Lesley University, MA
Nancy Witherell, Professor, Bridgewater State College, MA
The presenters will share differentiated (leveled) graphic organizers, minilessons, and activities teachers can use to reinforce vocabulary. 3-6 Literacy Conference
LCA-13
Interactive Writing: A Critical Component of a Balanced Early Literacy Framework (Grades K-2)
Kate Roth, Literacy Consultant, Harvard University, MA
Interactive Writing is a research-based approach to writing instruction that helps children develop strategies as independent writers. Participants will look at videos and student work to learn how to implement Interactive Writing in their primary grade classrooms. K-2 Literacy Conference
MIDDLE SCHOOL STRAND - A Sessions
MSA-1 - Featured Speaker
Get Real! Instructional Strategies to Support Reading and Writing Nonfiction (Grades 4-8)
Janet Allen, Author, Researcher, and Consultant, Literacy Leadership Collaborative, FL
This interactive workshop will highlight instructional strategies to support students’ comprehension and writing of nonfiction. Expository and information texts require knowledge of text features, text structures, specialized vocabulary, questioning, and note taking. Join us as we explore instructional strategies that help students develop these skills for reading and writing. Middle School Strand
MSA-2 - Featured Speaker
Tools to Use for Successful Middle School Coaching (Grades 5-8)
Cathy Toll, Founder and Lead Consultant, Toll & Associates, IN
The objective of this session is to provide middle school literacy coaches with practical tools for successful coaching. The session will begin with a brief overview of models of coaching, with an emphasis on models that support partnering with teachers to address concerns and interests. The coaching conversation and working with challenging people will be addressed. Literacy Coaching and Middle School Strand
MSA-3
Guided Reading (Grades 5-8)
Toni Czekanski, Literacy Collaborative Trainer, Lesley University, MA
What does guided reading look like in middle school classrooms? How can it fit into the daily middle school schedule? This session will look at schedules, texts, genres, and formats for guided reading in the middle school. We will discuss how to assess students, think about which students might participate in guided reading, and how guided reading might help as an intervention for struggling readers at the middle school level. Middle School Strand
B SESSIONS
Skip to Middle School Sessions B
Monday, November 17, 2008
3:30 pm-5:00 pm
LCB-1 - Featured Speakers
Key Elements of a Leveled Literacy Intervention (Grades K-2)
Irene Fountas, Professor and Author, Lesley University, MA
Gay Su Pinnell, Professor and Author, The Ohio State University
Learn about an intensive short-term intervention that brings low achieving children to grade level performance. View segments of a lesson and learn how to include a small group intervention in your Response to Intervention (RTI) plan. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCB-2 - Featured and Keynote Speaker
More Information, Please! (Grades K-6)
Gail Gibbons, Author
In this informal talk, children’s author Gail Gibbons will discuss the books she writes and the writing process she uses. This is your chance to ask an experienced author about the many ways to use nonfiction books and writing in the classroom. Children's Literature & Authors and K-6 Literacy Conference
LCB-3 - Featured Speaker
Developing Resilient Literacy Learners (Grades K-8)
Peter Johnston, Professor, University at Albany, NY
This presentation demonstrates how we unthinkingly undermine children’s resilience and will show educators how to build flexible and persistent problem-solvers by changing the ways we interact with children. (Repeated LCC-3) K-8 Literacy Conference
LCB-4 - Featured Speaker
The Affective Dimension of Coaching (Grades K-2)
Carol Lyons, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University
Research in the adult psychology, language use, and neuropsychology are integrated to explore the complexities of coaching. Through videotape analysis, participants will learn effective ways to coach adults. (Repeated LCA-3)
Literacy Coaching and K-2 Literacy Conference
LCB-5 - Featured and Keynote Speaker
But Do They Understand? Strategies for Teaching Comprehension (Grades K-6)
Tony Stead, Author and Consultant, Rosen Classroom
This session will explore proven methods to help all children become successful and proficient readers so they are able to access and comprehend information from a variety of sources. Sponsored by Rosen Classroom. K-6 Literacy Conference
LCB-6 - Featured Speaker
Surviving, but Not Yet Thriving: Tools for EXPERIENCED Literacy Coaches (Grades K-8)
Cathy Toll, Founder and Lead Consultant, Toll & Associates, IN
The objective of this session is to provide practical tools for literacy coaches who have two or more years of experience. Topics to be addressed may include: coach-principal relationships; working with challenging people; moving beyond strategies; what it means to coach in the “right” way and efforts to influence teachers in new ways. Participants will make the final topic selection so the speaker can address their needs most acutely. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. Literacy Coaching and K-8 Literacy Conference
LCB-7
Looking at Print with PreK and Kindergarten
Leah Barber, Kindergarten Teacher, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, NC
Loretta Hopper, Primary District Literacy Collaborative Trainer, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, NC
The way the brain attends to information affects the way children interpret and process text. Learn how to teach concepts about print to our youngest students using authentic, everyday literacy experiences. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCB-8
Teaching Writing to Elementary Students: A Genre-based Approach (Grades K-6)
Maria Estela Brisk, Professor, Boston College, MA
Elizabeth MacDonald, Elementary Teacher, Boston Public Schools, MA
Learn how to teach writing to elementary school students, including English language learners, using genre, context, and language as the focus. Recounts, procedures, fictional narratives, reports, and exposition will be presented through children’s writings and mentor texts. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. K-6 Literacy Conference
LCB-9
Reading Your Faculty and Getting Them to Read You: Ten Habits of Literacy Leadership
(Grades K-8)
Joseph Cambone, Associate Dean, Lesley University School of Education, MA
We will examine ten habits effective principals use with teachers to deepen their analyses of their students, focus them on the most important instructional tasks, and hold them accountable for improved outcomes, while reinforcing a psychological structure for school-wide instructional change. Administrators' Institute
LCB-10
Using Literacy Stations to Balance Instruction (Grade 1)
Andi Cammer, Literacy Coordinator and First Grade Teacher, Jefferson Central School District, NY
This session will explore the use of literacy stations and centers in a primary classroom. This session is appropriate for grades K-2, but will be most helpful to first grade teachers. Participants will view student work examples, photos and slides. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCB-11
One School's Journey to Higher Student Achievement: Cohesiveness, Collaboration, Communication, and Common Language (Grades K-6)
Chris Dickens, Principal, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
Amy Greene, Literacy Collaborative Coordinator for Grades 3-5, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
Wendy McColley, Literacy Collaborative Coordinator for Primary, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
Jennifer Orr, Teacher, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
Catherine Weiss, Literacy Collaborative Coordinator for Primary, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
The presentation will follow one elementary school’s progress toward a school wide culture with common literacy beliefs, language, and practice resulting in higher student achievement, teacher commitment, and empowerment for all. K-6 Literacy Conference and Administrators’ Institute
LCB-12
Reader’s Workshop in the Intermediate Classroom (Grades 3-6)
Tracey Farquharson, Fifth Grade Teacher, Lyford Cay International School, Bahamas
This presentation will help teachers who are new to the literacy framework conceptualize a typical Reader’s Workshop. This presentation will highlight the components (read aloud, mini-lesson, independent reading, conferencing, and guided reading) through interactive and video demonstration. Teachers will see how students are engaged in reading throughout the workshop. 3-6 Literacy Conference
LCB-13
Interactive Writing: Linking Language and Literacy (Grades K-2)
Karla Klyng, Literacy Coordinator, Alvin Independent School District, TX
Interactive Writing enables children to transfer skills and strategies required for competent writing to their own individual writing. Learn how to work collaboratively with children as they compose and construct written language. Interactive Writing activities and implementation strategies will be shared and discussed. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCB-14
Integrating Art and Literacy: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Grades K-6)
Eva Kozun, Elementary Art Teacher, Oxford Hills School District, ME
In response to changing school environments and the interest in better student literacy, the SAD 17 elementary art department has developed a collection of art lessons and ideas for teachers to use to expand students’ writing and thinking skills through the visual arts. Picture books are used to promote and integrate art with literacy and instructional tools, assessment strategies, ideas, and activities that support literacy will be shared. Our goal is to deepen creative visual expression, oral responses, and to strengthen skills needed to communicate ideas. K-6 Literacy Conference
LCB-15
Expanding the Power of Literacy Teams (Grades K-6)
Keith MacMullin, Director of Reading and Language Arts, East Irondequoit Central School District, NY
Carol Millet, Reading Specialist, East Irondequoit Central School District, NY
Discover the potential of focused collegial discussions about literacy achievement. Explore the development and experiences of our well-established district teams at the primary level, as well as the newly formed intermediate level teams and Professional Learning Communities. Suggestions for creating, modifying, and sustaining your own literacy teams, including the use of an assessment wall, will be offered so participants gain a framework for implementation. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. K-6 Literacy Conference
MIDDLE SCHOOL STRAND - B Sessions
MSB-1 - Featured Speaker
Inside Words: Developing a Comprehensive Vocabulary Program (Grades 4-8)
Janet Allen, Author, Researcher, and Consultant, Literacy Leadership Collaborative, FL
Explore effective instructional strategies for helping students learn the “insider” vocabulary needed for reading, writing, and communication in all content areas. Four components of comprehensive vocabulary programs will be shared: developing word consciousness for content learning; teaching individual words; modeling strategies for independent word learning; and, increasing volume and diversity of students’ reading. Middle School Strand
MSB-2
Independent Reading and the Middle School Reading Workshop (Grades 5-8)
Joanna Lieberman, Literacy Specialist, Cambridge Public Schools, MA
This session will explore how middle school teachers can use the reading workshop, and independent reading in particular, to meet their students’ diverse needs. Middle School Strand
C SESSIONS
Skip to Middle School Sessions C
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
10:30 am-12:00 pm
LCC-1 - Featured Speaker
Literacy Coaching 101: Working Collaboratively with Teachers to Improve Classroom Instruction and Student Achievement (Grades K-6)
Rita Bean, Professor, University of Pittsburgh, PA
The goal of this session is to provide ideas that will enable potential literacy coaches or administrators interested in literacy coaching to initiate and implement such job-embedded professional development in their schools. The focus is on coaching in the elementary schools; however, novice coaches at all levels would find useful ideas as they think about their work with teachers. Literacy Coaching and K-6 Literacy Conference
LCC-2 - Featured Speaker
Building Literacy Through Characters We Love (Grades K-2)
Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Author
The author of the Biscuit series will discuss the impetus for creating a library for emergent readers and how familiarity and comfort in characters inspires our youngest readers and writers. Children's Literature & Authors and K-2 Literacy Conference
LCC-3 - Featured Speaker
Developing Resilient Literacy Learners (Grades K-8)
Peter Johnston, Professor, University at Albany, NY
This presentation demonstrates how we unthinkingly undermine children’s resilience and will show educators how to build flexible and persistent problem-solvers by changing the ways we interact with children. (Repeated LCB-3) K-8 Literacy Conference
LCC-4 - Featured Speaker
Mirrors and Windows: Multicultural Criticism of Children’s Literature (Grades K-6)
Megan Lambert, Instructor of Children’s Literature Programs, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, MA
Working with Rudine Simms Bishop’s multicultural critical framework from Shadow and Substance: The Afro-American Experience of Children’s Literature (1982), we will survey contemporary children’s books to explore their implied audiences, contents, and creators. This framework will be applied to books about different cultures to support the creation of classroom and library book collections that reflect society’s diversity. Megan will repeat this session for a middle school audience in the next time block (MSD-2). Children's Literature & Authors and K-6 Literacy Conference
LCC-5
Using Research and Data to Drive Writing Instruction (Grades K-8)
Dea Auray, Co-author and Founder, Empowering Writers, CT
Barbara Mariconda, Co-author and Founder, Empowering Writers, CT
See how research supports a proven methodology for powerful writing instruction and how data can drive writing instruction for all genres and grade levels. Use data to drive instruction, empower your student writers, and watch test scores soar! This session includes powerful exemplars for classroom use. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. K-8 Literacy Conference
LCC-6
Putting Life into the Study of Biography (Grades 3-8)
Jodi Burroughs, Literacy Collaborative District Trainer, Atlantic City, NJ
Jill Eurich, Assistant Director for Intermediate Literacy Collaborative, Lesley University, MA
What are the characteristics of biography? How can we evoke curiosity in the lives and circumstances of others through genuine questions and conversation? What decisions has a writer made to envision a life? What were the turning points in that person’s life, the forks in the road? What if…how might different decisions, different circumstances lead to different outcomes? How are the people we study in history inextricably linked to the times in which they lived? How can our in-depth study of how authors have chosen to craft their biographies inform us as writers? Come discuss how to explore these questions within the reading workshop. 3-6 Literacy Conference
LCC-7
Expanding the Parent Network to Support Literacy Learning (Grades K-6)
Donna Carey, Primary District Trainer, Atlantic City Public Schools, NJ
This session will expose participants to a variety of ways the schools in one district encourage and support parents to be active participants in their children’s literacy learning. K-6 Literacy Conference
LCC-8
Bring Letter-Sounds and Words to Life with Imagery and Mnemonics (Grades K-2)
Penny Castagnozzi, Co-director, Reading with TLC, MA
Nancy Telian, Co-director, Reading with TLC, MA
This dynamic seminar presents research-based, clinically proven methods for using mnemonics and imagery to train letter sounds, phonemic awareness, and irregular sight words. These powerful techniques compliment any reading program. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCC-9
Guided Reading for Principals (Grades 3-6)
Toni Czekanski, Literacy Collaborative Trainer, Lesley University, MA
What does a successful guided reading lesson look like at the intermediate level? How does small group instruction help students make gains in reading over time? This session will focus on presenting the elements of guided reading and discussing how each part of the lesson provides opportunities for focused teaching and learning at the students’ instructional level. We will talk about what principals and other administrators might expect to see when they observe guided reading lessons, and how they can work with teachers to make guided reading lessons effective. Administrators' Institute
LCC-10
Using Palm Technology to Support a 3-Tiered Model for Literacy (Grades K-2)
Ann Deveney, Senior Program Director for English Language Arts, Boston Public Schools, MA
Barbara McLaughlin, Director, Reading First, Boston Public Schools, MA
In this presentation, the speaker will describe how Palm Technology and the “mclass” Web site have allowed teachers and school teams to make data-driven decisions to support a 3-tiered model of instruction. K-2 Literacy Conference and Administrators' Institute
LCC-11
Implementing a Comprehensive Assessment System K-8 and Connecting Results to Instruction
Patricia Donahue, District Literacy Coach 3-5, Cambridge Public Schools, MA
Janice Tingle, District Literacy Coach K-2, Cambridge Public Schools, MA
Learn how an urban district systematically planned and implemented a comprehensive system for using specific assessment data to document and improve results. Administrators' Institute and K-8 Literacy Conference
LCC-12
Using Nonfiction With Beginning Readers (Grades K-2)
Michele Dufresne, Title 1 Director, Amherst Public Schools, MA
Nonfiction texts can provide many challenges to beginning readers. We will consider the text features of nonfiction and explore how the book introduction and teacher interactions can help support children reading nonfiction. Transcripts and video clips will be used to illustrate teaching and learning. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCC-13
Reading Response Journals: Second Grade - Where it all Begins (Grade 2)
Denise Fabrizio, Literacy Coordinator, Owego-Apalachin Central School District, NY
Heather Rodman, Literacy Coordinator, Middletown Public Schools, CT
The two presenters will share their journey and experiences with second graders as the students respond to literature across the literacy framework in their Reading Response Journals. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCC-14
Using Performance Reading in the Primary Classroom (Grades K-2)
Kathy Finley, K-2 Literacy Coordinator, Carthage Central School District, NY
Laura Lynch, K-2 Literacy Coordinator, Carthage Central School District, NY
The goal of this session is to help teachers use readers' theater as a tool to support the development of fluent readers in kindergarten through grade two classrooms. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCC-15
Interactive Writing: Bridging Reading and Writing in the Primary Grades (Grades K-2)
Kelly Flannery, First Grade Teacher, Livingston Public Schools, NJ
Karen Kautz, Reading Specialist, Livingston Public Schools, NJ
Participants will learn practical ways to implement interactive writing in grades K-2 when supporting the reciprocal relationship between reading and writing. Work samples will demonstrate how goals change over time. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCC-16
Reading Conferences: Influencing Instructional Decision Making (Grades 3-6)
Jeanne Fruge Rodriguez, Third Grade Teacher, ACS Cobham International School, England
Tara Nattrass, District Literacy Facilitator, Ritenour School District, MO
How does conferencing during Reading Workshop transform literacy instruction to meet curricular demands while focusing on individual student needs? Learn the process and components of reading conferencing while discovering how this individualization influences subsequent literacy experiences of students. Specific instructional strategies and transcriptions of conferences will be analyzed. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. 3-6 Literacy Conference
LCC-17
Comprehension and Fluency Intervention Strategies for Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
(Grades K-6)
Nancy Harris, Educational Consultant
Explicitly modeling comprehension and fluency intervention strategies used within different genres is explored. Language, comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary development is discussed. Conferring and assessing student progress to plan individualized instruction is covered. K-6 Literacy Conference
LCC-18
Learning About Expository Text Through Interactive Writing (Grades K-2)
Kristine Haveles-Pelletier, District Literacy Coordinator, Manchester Public Schools, NH
This session will explore how to utilize interactive writing to support students as they learn to compose and construct a variety of informational texts. Video footage, classroom examples, and discussion will be used to investigate expository writing as a tool for inquiry. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCC-19
Environmental Empathy: Critical Discussions Through Children’s Books (Grades 3-6)
Daniel Holm, Associate Professor, Indiana University, South Bend
The purpose of this session will be to explore a variety of children’s books that are useful in discussing, debating, and researching issues related to environmental empathy. Children's Literature & Authors and 3-6 Literacy Conference
LCC-20
Writing and the Healing Power of the Arts (Grades K-8)
Barbara McGrath, Writer and Children’s Author
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, students from the Gulf Coast had something to say. The book, The Storm, Students of Biloxi Mississippi Remember Hurricane Katrina, is a powerful account of one of the most defining moments in our country’s history. See how getting lost resulted in this wonderful example of the healing power of the arts.
Children's Literature & Authors and K-8 Literacy Conference
LCC-21
Strategies for Making the Work Board a More Effective Tool (Grades K-2)
Sanford Roth, Literacy Consultant, Hampshire Educational Collaborative, MA
Participants will learn how to use the mini-lesson format as an effective tool to improve the quality of student work done during the Work Board block of time. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCC-22
Nurture Successful Readers: Overcome Social and Behavioral Obstacles to Learning
(Grades K-2)
Dr. Jeanne Shub, Educational Psychologist
Help students who struggle to focus, follow directions, control their impulses, and problem solve. Get hands-on experience with research-based, field-tested strategies that have helped struggling readers achieve success. K-2 Literacy Conference
MIDDLE SCHOOL STRAND - C Sessions
MSC-1 - Featured and Keynote Speaker
Becoming Outspoken: Helping Middle School Students Improve Communication Skills Through Poetry (Grades 5-8)
Sara Holbrook, Poet and Educator
The presenter will show how poetry can help middle school students with vocabulary, reading, visual language, point of view, speaking, and listening skills. Teachers will learn how to build bridges into other content areas in this session. Middle School Strand
MSC-2
Picturing Writing: Fostering Literacy Through Art (Grades 5-8)
Priscilla Drouin, Reading Specialist, Manchester Public Schools, NH
Patricia A. Giguere, Title I Reading Supervisor, Manchester Public Schools, NH
Charlotte Gillespie, Reading Specialist, Manchester Public Schools, NH
The Picturing Writing Process is an art- and literature-based approach to writing that was developed to meet the needs of students with diverse learning styles. Three schools in Manchester, NH partnered with The Center for Advancement of Art-Based Literacy and RCM Research to conduct research on the Picturing Writing Process. The presenters will give a hands-on demonstration of the Picturing Writing Process and how it can be used for supporting at-risk learners in the upper grades. Middle School Strand
D SESSIONS
Skip to Middle School Sessions D
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
1:00 pm-2:30 pm
LCD-1 - Featured Speaker
Creating Imaginary Worlds: One Writer’s Beginnings (Grades K-3)
Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Author
Using a variety of texts, the author of the Biscuit series and numerous other books will discuss how characters and stories are born and ways to incorporate these texts into the classroom. Children's Literature & Authors and K-2 Literacy Conference
LCD-2
Growing Conversations About Books Through Literature Circles (Grades 3-6)
Sheila Assad, Elementary Literacy Curriculum and Instructional Leader, Needham Public Schools, MA
Jennifer Collings, Fifth Grade Teacher, Needham Public Schools, MA
Raylene Roberts, Fifth Grade Teacher, Needham Public Schools, MA
Participants will learn how to help readers deepen and expand their thinking and talk about books through Literature Circles. Management, student responsibility, minilessons, and assessments will be discussed. Video clips will be used to promote discussion among participants. 3-6 Literacy Conference
LCD-3
Discovery Boxes: An Approach for Fostering Nonfiction Research Readiness Skills (Grades K-2)
Liz Bailey, Library Media Specialist, Shenendehowa Central School District, NY
Jo Lynn Williams, First Grade Teacher, Shenendehowa Central School District, NY
Primary readers are expected to read, interpret, and analyze nonfiction text and its visual features. Learn how to create manipulative-based Discovery Boxes, using common materials and resources, to help students in this learning process. This conveniently contained project provides developmentally appropriate scaffolding as children connect objects linked to nonfiction feature clues and then record their findings. Presenters will demonstrate how primary source documents and simple objects can engage children in a learning experience that supports educational goals. Discovery Boxes are adaptable for differentiated learning and the model presented can be modified to support any curriculum area topic. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCD-4
Supporting English Language Learners: Exploring the Power of Persuasive Writing
(Grades 3-6)
Angela Burgos, Fifth Grade Teacher, Boston Public Schools, MA
Margarita Zisselsberger, Doctoral Candidate, Lynch School of Education, Boston College
Participants will examine how to motivate and scaffold writing instruction for elementary bilingual learners. Using a persuasive writing unit, participants will collaboratively examine students’ writing samples to learn about English language learners' writing development and ways to expand students’ understanding of language to raise the quality of students’ writing. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. 3-6 Literacy Conference
LCD-5
Making Books: Kindergartners Become Authors
Kimberly Crawford, Kindergarten Teacher, Lake Forest Country Day School, IL
This session is based on the work of Katie Wood Ray’s book, About the Authors: Writing Workshop with Our Youngest Writers, and describes for teachers how to launch a writing workshop where children are making books every day. We will discuss what this teaching looks like, what needs to be in place for this teaching to happen, and how this daily writing is developmentally appropriate for all of our youngest writers. Through children’s work samples and digital video clips, we will discuss several units of study, show examples of minilessons, and explain how to confer with the children and assess their progress. You’ll be amazed as you watch your students blossom into young writers! K-2 Literacy Conference
LCD-6
From Control Without to Control Within: Developing a School Wide Plan to Teach Self Control (Grades K-8)
Margaret Crosby, Intermediate Literacy Collaborative Trainer, Lesley University, MA
This session will focus on looking beyond the obvious for some behaviors, examining behaviors in light of knowledge of child development, and creating a consistent school wide plan to help those children who need to develop control within. Administrators' Institute
LCD-7
Center Workboards - How to Set Them Up, Make and Take Center Ideas (Grades K-2)
JoEllen DeGraw, Second Grade Inclusion Teacher, Port Jervis City School District, NY
Lori Kuroski, Second Grade Teacher, Port Jervis City School District, NY
Donna Sayre, K-2 Reading Specialist, Port Jervis City School District, NY
This session is for teachers in K-2 classrooms. It will provide an overview of how to set up and follow a center workboard. Participants will also create several centers that can be brought back and used in their classrooms. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCD-8
A Sense of Wonder: Strategies and Resources for Supporting Nonfiction (Grades 1-6)
Cathie Desjardins, Literacy Specialist, Peabody Public Schools, MA
This session provides tools to encourage children’s natural curiosity and to enable them to make sense of complex information, providing strategies and resources for whole class instruction, Guided Reading groups, and individual practice. K-6 Literacy Conference
LCD-9
Integrating Reading and Writing With Content Area Study (Grades 3-6)
Rachel Ehudin, Fourth Grade Teacher, Livingston Public Schools, NJ
Karen Kautz, Reading Specialist, Livingston Public Schools, NJ
Participants will learn how to integrate literacy instruction with content area study. Discussion will demonstrate the reciprocal relationship: literacy supports content goals while content specific materials support literacy. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. 3-6 Literacy Conference
LCD-10
Weaving Reading Workshop Minilessons Throughout the Literacy Block (Grades K-2)
Marilyn Holland, Primary Literacy Coordinator and Second Grade Teacher, Mineola School District, NY
We will explore the cycle of choosing, planning, and implementing minilessons for Reading Workshop. We will discuss how to support students’ understanding by integrating the focus throughout other literacy components, such as Writing Workshop and interactive read aloud. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCD-11
Supporting Writing Workshop through Write Aloud, Interactive Writing, Language Experience, and Guided Writing (Grades K-2)
Leah Mermelstein, Author and Literacy Consultant
The presenter will show you how Write Aloud, Interactive Writing, Language Experience, and Guided Writing can be used both in and outside of Writing Workshop to assist students in writing pieces that are meaningful, well structured, and rich in vocabulary. This session is more advanced to meet the needs of experienced and veteran teachers. K-2 Literacy Conference
LCD-12
How Beliefs and Practices of Literacy Coaches Influence Teacher Change (Grades K-5)
Barbara Steckel, Assistant Professor, Lesley University, MA
This presentation describes the beliefs and practices of three coaches, the setting in which each of the coaches worked, and the influence that each of them had on teacher change. The most effective literacy coaches empowered teachers to improve instruction on behalf of students. This presentation is based upon research completed for Dr. Steckel’s dissertation on literacy coaches in urban elementary school settings. Literacy Coaching and K-2 Literacy Conference
LCD-13
Linking Reading and Writing (Grades K-6)
Geri G. Williams, Learning Network Coordinator, Battle Creek Public Schools, IL & Washington D.C. Public Schools
Participants will explore the explicit links between the reading and writing process and will learn to ask questions in the reading process to support the development of writers. Sponsored by Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc. K-6 Literacy Conference
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MIDDLE SCHOOL STRAND - D Sessions
MSD-1 - Featured Speaker
Literacy Coaching at the Middle School and High School Levels: Means to Improving Student Learning Across Content Areas (Grades 6 and up)
Rita Bean, Professor, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Middle and high schools have begun to use coaching to support teachers’ efforts in using literacy strategies to improve student knowledge and understanding in the content areas. The goal of this session is to describe important roles of the middle and secondary literacy coach and provide examples of how such coaching can be implemented in schools. Such examples come from coaches who have been successful in collaborating with teachers. Literacy Coaching and Middle School Strand
MSD-2 - Featured Speaker
Mirrors and Windows: Multicultural Criticism of Children’s Literature (Grades 5-8)
Megan Lambert, Instructor of Children’s Literature Programs, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, MA
Working with Rudine Simms Bishop’s multicultural critical framework from Shadow and Substance: The Afro-American Experience of Children’s Literature (1982), we will survey contemporary children’s books to explore their implied audiences, contents, and creators. This framework will be applied to books about different cultures to support the creation of classroom and library book collections that reflect society’s diversity. This session, geared for an elementary audience, is also offered in the previous time block (LCC-4). Children's Literature & Authors and Middle School Strand
MSD-3
Classroom Discourse: Putting Students at the Center of Student-Centered Instruction
(Grades 6-8)
Elizabeth Baker, English Teacher, Acton-Boxborough High School, MA
Lisa Messina, Grades 6-8 District Instructional Coach for Literacy, Cambridge Public Schools, MA
Explore the nature of authentic classroom discussion that allows student to articulate, examine, elaborate, and revise their understandings through collaborative knowledge building. This session will address the impact of discourse on learning as well as practical instructional techniques. Middle School Strand
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