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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
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Friday, October 20, 2006 |
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7:00 - 7:45 |
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Orientation to the FRA Conference for First-Timers |
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Debra Wellman |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Evidenced-based Teaching of Literacy: Learning from Research and Excellent
Teachers |
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Jeanne Paratore |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Connecting Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension |
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Mary McDonald |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Cool Beats to Help Your Children Read |
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Jack Hartmann |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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The Art of Making Text Explicit |
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FEATURED SPEAKER:
Carrice Cummins |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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2005-2006 Notable Books for a Global Society & More. . . |
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Ruth Lowery, Linda Lamme, Roseanne Russo, Nancy Shelton |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Secrets to Student Writing Success |
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FEATURED SPEAKER: Mark Diamond |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Weaving a Web of Understanding through Strategic Vocabulary Development |
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Ann Cerise |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Literature Circles for At-Risk Adolescents |
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Jody Fernandez, Keva Mitchell, Kimberly Schwartz |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Linking Literacy and the Arts: An Urban Success Story |
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Nile Stanley, Ann Edgecombe, Steffani Gilligan |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Questia Media Helps Teachers with Historical Viewpoints |
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Dennis Rowen |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Question Answer Relationships (QAR): A Framework for Improving Teaching and
Learning Across the Content Areas |
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Nance Wilson |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Addressing Students' Reading Needs: A District Response |
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Maria Schneider, Melinda Webster, Lawrence Tihen |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Phonemes, Phonics and Phonological Awareness! |
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Diane Fluty |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Cooperative Literacy: A Strategy for Secondary Reading Intervention |
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Ronald Klemp |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Word Study in Action |
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Halle Smith |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Motivating the Reluctant Reader |
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Jeanne Langford, Candy Waring |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
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Developing the Writer's Toolkit: Motivating and Promoting Self-Reflective
Student Writers |
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Francine Guastello |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Clap if You Like Picture Books |
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FEATURED AUTHORS: Henry Cole & Pamela Duncan Edwards |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Research-based Vocabulary Instruction: What Every Teacher Should Know --
What Every Teacher Can Do |
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FEATURED SPEAKER:
Camille Blachowicz |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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How to Make Non-fiction Books Come Alive |
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FEATURED AUTHOR: Steve Swinburne |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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FRA FEATURE "FAMILY LITERACY" Mysteries in the Middle: A Replicable Family
Literacy Workshop for Middle Schools. |
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Angela Martin |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Perspectives on Reading Comprehension & English Language Learners |
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Valerie Wright, Paula Stutzman |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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We're Going on a BEAR Camp: The Be Excited About Reading Summer Literacy
Project |
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Alexis Rapp, Lino Rodriguez, Sue Wilder, Donna Walker-Knight and other
faculty |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Exactly What is the Rest of the Class Doing During Small Group Instruction,
One on One Conferring or Individual Assessment? |
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FEATURED SPEAKERS:
The Sisters - Gail Boushey & Joan Moser |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Creating Joyful Readers with Supported Independent Reading |
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Nancy Allison |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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What Literacy Resources Can I Use to Support My Reading Instruction? |
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Vicky Zygouris-Coe, Catherine Glass |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Using an Interactive Singing Program with Struggling Readers in grades 4 -
12: What happens to fluency and comprehension? |
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Susan Homan, Marie Briggs, Susan Bennet, Roberta Dever, Debra Kozdras |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Running an Effective Morning Meeting and Closing Circle |
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Amy Pertl-Clark |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Get Your Heart Pumping with Science |
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Becky Peltonen, Tammy Jones, Daphne Graham, Kristal Adcock |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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The Write Toys: Using Toys to Teach State Writing Standards |
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Teri Mitchell |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Using Picture Books to Teach Reading and Writing and Mathematics and Science
in Elementary Classrooms |
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Alden Moe, Cathy Kim, Lynn Columba |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Get Their Pulses Racing with Creative Literature Responses |
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Jane Feber |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Descriptive Writing: Gateway to K-5 Writing Instruction |
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Rachel Chappell |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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Visually Focusing on Features of Fiction and Nonfiction texts |
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Julie Tarnell |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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The Content Literacy Connection: Linking Literacy & Content Learning |
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Kristine Calo |
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9:15 - 10:15 |
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JDL Technologies: Where Does the Water Go? |
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Susannah Moran |
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9:15-10:15 |
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I've Got an Idea! Dynamic Growth in Preschoolers' Language and Literacy:
Linking Oral Language and Inquiry-Based Learning with Content Literacy |
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Jan Parish |
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10:30 - 11:45 |
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FIRST GENERAL SESSION: Making a Difference Means Making It Different |
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Timothy Shanahan IRA President |
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12:00 - 1:30 |
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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
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Chris Crutcher Luncheon $27 |
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12:00 - 1:30 |
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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. |
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James Ransome & Lesa Cline-Ransome
Luncheon $27 |
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12:30 - 1:30 |
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FCAT: Demystifying the Test |
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