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Annual Conference

FRA’s 44th
Annual Conference

Wyndham Orlando Resort
October 19 – 22, 2006

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
   

Friday, October 20, 2006

   
       
7:00 - 7:45   Orientation to the FRA Conference for First-Timers   Debra Wellman
       
8:00 - 9:00   Evidenced-based Teaching of Literacy: Learning from Research and Excellent Teachers   Jeanne Paratore
       
8:00 - 9:00   Connecting Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension   Mary McDonald
       
8:00 - 9:00   Cool Beats to Help Your Children Read   Jack Hartmann
       
8:00 - 9:00   The Art of Making Text Explicit   FEATURED SPEAKER:            
Carrice Cummins
       
8:00 - 9:00   2005-2006 Notable Books for a Global Society & More. . .   Ruth Lowery, Linda Lamme, Roseanne Russo, Nancy Shelton
       
8:00 - 9:00   Secrets to Student Writing Success   FEATURED SPEAKER:             Mark Diamond
       
8:00 - 9:00   Weaving a Web of Understanding through Strategic Vocabulary Development   Ann Cerise
       
8:00 - 9:00   Literature Circles for At-Risk Adolescents   Jody Fernandez, Keva Mitchell, Kimberly Schwartz
       
8:00 - 9:00   Linking Literacy and the Arts: An Urban Success Story   Nile Stanley, Ann Edgecombe, Steffani Gilligan
       
8:00 - 9:00   Questia Media Helps Teachers with Historical Viewpoints   Dennis Rowen
       
8:00 - 9:00   Question Answer Relationships (QAR): A Framework for Improving Teaching and Learning Across the Content Areas   Nance Wilson
       
8:00 - 9:00   Addressing Students' Reading Needs: A District Response   Maria Schneider, Melinda Webster, Lawrence Tihen
       
8:00 - 9:00   Phonemes, Phonics and Phonological Awareness!   Diane Fluty
       
8:00 - 9:00   Cooperative Literacy: A Strategy for Secondary Reading Intervention   Ronald Klemp
       
8:00 - 9:00   Word Study in Action   Halle Smith
         
8:00 - 9:00   Motivating the Reluctant Reader   Jeanne Langford, Candy Waring
       
8:00 - 9:00   Developing the Writer's Toolkit: Motivating and Promoting Self-Reflective Student Writers   Francine Guastello
       
9:15 - 10:15   Clap if You Like Picture Books   FEATURED AUTHORS:               Henry Cole & Pamela Duncan Edwards
       
9:15 - 10:15   Research-based Vocabulary Instruction: What Every Teacher Should Know -- What Every Teacher Can Do   FEATURED SPEAKER:               
Camille Blachowicz
       
9:15 - 10:15   How to Make Non-fiction Books Come Alive   FEATURED AUTHOR:                Steve Swinburne
       
9:15 - 10:15   FRA FEATURE "FAMILY LITERACY" Mysteries in the Middle: A Replicable Family Literacy Workshop for Middle Schools.    Angela Martin
       
9:15 - 10:15   Perspectives on Reading Comprehension & English Language Learners   Valerie Wright, Paula Stutzman
       
9:15 - 10:15   We're Going on a BEAR Camp: The Be Excited About Reading Summer Literacy Project   Alexis Rapp, Lino Rodriguez, Sue Wilder, Donna Walker-Knight and other faculty
       
9:15 - 10:15   Exactly What is the Rest of the Class Doing During Small Group Instruction, One on One Conferring or Individual Assessment?   FEATURED SPEAKERS:                 
The Sisters - Gail Boushey & Joan Moser
       
9:15 - 10:15   Creating Joyful Readers with Supported Independent Reading   Nancy Allison
       
9:15 - 10:15   What Literacy Resources Can I Use to Support My Reading Instruction?   Vicky Zygouris-Coe, Catherine Glass
       
9:15 - 10:15   Using an Interactive Singing Program with Struggling Readers in grades 4 - 12: What happens to fluency and comprehension?   Susan Homan, Marie Briggs, Susan Bennet, Roberta Dever, Debra Kozdras
       
9:15 - 10:15   Running an Effective Morning Meeting and Closing Circle   Amy Pertl-Clark
       
9:15 - 10:15   Get Your Heart Pumping with Science   Becky Peltonen, Tammy Jones, Daphne Graham, Kristal Adcock
       
9:15 - 10:15   The Write Toys: Using Toys to Teach State Writing Standards   Teri Mitchell
       
9:15 - 10:15   Using Picture Books to Teach Reading and Writing and Mathematics and Science in Elementary Classrooms   Alden Moe, Cathy Kim, Lynn Columba
       
9:15 - 10:15   Get Their Pulses Racing with Creative Literature Responses   Jane Feber
       
9:15 - 10:15   Descriptive Writing: Gateway to K-5 Writing Instruction   Rachel Chappell
       
9:15 - 10:15   Visually Focusing on Features of Fiction and Nonfiction texts   Julie Tarnell
       
9:15 - 10:15   The Content Literacy Connection: Linking Literacy & Content Learning   Kristine Calo
       
9:15 - 10:15   JDL Technologies: Where Does the Water Go?   Susannah Moran
       
9:15-10:15   I've Got an Idea!  Dynamic Growth in Preschoolers' Language and Literacy: Linking Oral Language and Inquiry-Based Learning with Content Literacy   Jan Parish
       
10:30 - 11:45   FIRST GENERAL SESSION: Making a Difference Means Making It Different   Timothy Shanahan                IRA President
       
12:00 - 1:30   SECONDARY LUNCHEON: Turning Real Life into Fiction - As a working family therapist and child protection advocate, novelist Chris Crutcher is witness to compelling real life stories of pain, recovery and survival. Turning those gritty tales into works of fiction has helped make the Spokane-based author one of the most popular and critically acclaimed young adult writers of our time -- and one of the most frequently banned. How does he do it? Why does he do it? He'll explain in this powerful presentation.    Chris Crutcher                  Luncheon $27
       
12:00 - 1:30   ELEMENTARY LUNCHEON - Husband and Wife Team: Creating Children's Books.   This illustrator and author/husband and wife team have created many memorable and wonderful picture books. Although James has illustrated books from other authors, the collaboration between husband and wife have given teachers quality texts to share with their students. Satchel Paige is an example of one of their collaborative efforts.   James Ransome &                      Lesa Cline-Ransome                    Luncheon $27
       
12:30 - 1:30   FCAT: Demystifying the Test   Lyla Springfield
       
12:30 - 1:30   Secret Stories - Cracking the Reading Code with the "Brain in Mind!"   Katie Garner
       
12:30 - 1:30   Cool Beats to Help Your Children Read   Jack Hartmann
       
12:30 - 1:30   From A-Z the Bag Ladies Make-n-Takes are "Lifesavers"   The Bag Ladies - Ann Steck & Vicki Sellers
       
12:30 - 1:30   Crossing the Fluency Bridge to Reading Comprehension   Leah Kinniburgh
       
12:30 - 1:30   Strategies for ESL/ELL Content Area Reading   Pamela Houze
       
12:30 - 1:30   Robust Vocabulary Instruction Through Read-Alouds   Becky Bone
       
12:30 - 1:30   How to Motivate Students to Read   "Mr. Rick" Pinette
       
12:30 - 1:30   Helping Secondary Students to Take Content Vocabulary to Heart!    Vicky Zygouris-Coe, Catherine Glass
       
12:30 - 1:30   Create a "Zest" for Reading with Kagan Structures   Lisa Troutman
       
12:30 - 1:30   Bring the Power of Reading to Your Students   Stephanie Garcia
       
12:30 - 1:30   Readers' Theatre and Fluency in the Classroom   Katherine Symons
       
12:30 - 1:30   S.M.I.L.E. - Bridge the Gap Using SMILE Techniques   Gina Navarro
       
12:30 - 1:30   Media Center At the Heart of Reading   Mary Bryan
       
12:30 - 1:30   Stimulating Students' Hearts and Minds Through Simulation   Cher Gauweiler
       
12:30 - 1:30   Reading Rescue: An effective intervention model for struggling bilingual first graders   Lois Dreyer
       
12:30 - 1:30   The Right Words Are at the Heart of Reading   Annie Balance
12:30 - 1:30   FCAT Reading Success   Howard Berrent
       
1:45 - 2:45   Creating Video Booktalks with Photostory   Terence Cavanaugh
       
1:45 - 2:45   Teaching Writing Skills to Middle School Students through Children's Books   Marianne Berkes, Hellen Harvey
       
1:45 - 2:45   Graphic Novels in my Classroom?   Larry Bedenbaugh
       
1:45 - 2:45   Writing Superstars: How to Score More Than Ever Before   FEATURED SPEAKER:                        Melissa Forney
       
1:45 - 2:45   Literacy for the Next Generation: Motivating Students to Read   Steve Williams
       
1:45 - 2:45   The Effects of Communications with Bilingual Families   Lisa Crayton
       
1:45 - 2:45   The Power of Poems: Encouraging Students to Become Powerful Writers   FEATURED AUTHOR: Margriet Ruurs
       
1:45 - 2:45   Using Picture Books to Stimulate Writing in the Classroom   Tim Toops
       
1:45 - 2:45   Light Up the Brain and Read   Steve Hawes
       
1:45 - 2:45   Rocked by Romance: Teen Romance Fiction   Carolyn Carpan
       
1:45 - 2:45   Poetry with a Purpose   Jeanne Wright, Catherine Twyman, Patt Lapinsky
       
1:45 - 2:45   When Students "Just" Read   Barbara O'Brien
       
1:45 - 2:45   Beyond Comprehension: Developing Critical Literacies for a Lifetime of Learning   TBA
       
1:45 - 2:45   Making the Reading/Writing Connection   Susan Law
       
1:45 - 2:45   TWIRL: Teaching Writing in Real Life   Kathleen Conner, Erin Conner
       
1:45 - 2:45   Building Literacy Skills through Science, Math, and Social Studies   Danielle Amyotte
         
1:45 - 2:45   The Role of Choice in the Motivation of Adult Readers   Jody Fernandez
       
1:45 - 2:45   Assessment Solutions:  Making Meaningful Connections to Instruction   Ann Cerise
       
3:00 - 4:15   SECOND GENERAL SESSION: Teaching Middle and Upper Grade Students How to Take Responsibility for Their Own Strategic Learning: A Framework for Teaching and Learning   Carol Santa
       
7:30 - 10:00   PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION    
    Dancing to Boogie Man George