2010 CONFERENCE HAND-OUTS
FEATURED SPEAKERS
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
FEATURED AUTHORS
     

Dr. Susan Benner

Fostering Student Motivation

Using Dialogue and Instructional Conversation

Karen Arnett

Literature SHOTS: Stories that Elicit Higher Order Thinking Skills

Dr. Allan DeFina

“So Much Depends Upon…” Poetry in the Classroom

Dr. Allan De Fina

“You are the best teacher that I never had.”—Strategies for Teaching the English-Language Learner

Paula Assadi

Ride the Comprehension Wave- Maximize Students’ success on the Oral and Written  Retellings

 

Alice Faye Duncan

You Can Write a Book  (YES YOU CAN!)

Dr. Peggy Hickman

Read-Aloud for English Learners           

Strategies for Working with ELLs with Diverse Needs in Inclusive Classrooms

Dr. Marcia Bolton

Navigating Ocean Waters:  Preparing Candidates for the Deep Waters of Literacy Teaching

Laura Elliott

Surprise!   Boys really DO like history when laced with bugs, battles, and beatable bullies

Dr. Martha Larkin

Lessons From People With Learning Disabilities In Reading

Selecting Research-Based Instructional Strategies for K-7 StudentsWith Learning Difficulties

Nan Bryant

Apple Valley Reading Council's Annual Writing Contest

Charles Gigna (Father Goose)

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Father Goose Tales: The Stories Behind the Poems

Dr. Don Leu

My Ten Best Ideas on How to Integrate the New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension Into Your Classroom

Dr. Sharon Gaston

Podcasting As An Authentic Audience for Fluency Instruction

Sonia Hayes

Author Presentation

Dr. Michael Opitz

A Smart and Sensible Look at Fluency

Purposeful Oral Reading that Helps Children Comprehend Informational Texts

Mikie Jones

Step into a Good Book

Dr. Marcia Invernezzi

RTI: Who is the First Responder?

Dr. Kathleen Yancey

Creating and Exploring New Worlds: Web 2.0, Information Literacy, and the Uses of Knowledge

Patricia Phillips

Wearing Different Hats

Kim Norman

A Little on the Side: Squeezing creativity—even authorship—into an overbooked life

 

Dr. Tamie Pratt-Fartro

Catch the Coaching Wave

 

 

Connie Stewart

Five Keys to Unlocking the Alphabetic Code:    A Multi-Modal Approach to Beginning Reading