March 31 - April 2, 2008

Houston, TX

Sessions

Monday, March 31, 2008

8:00am WELCOME AND OPENING

8:15am KEYNOTE
The Mindset of the Effective Teacher: Nurturing Motivation and Resilience in Students Dr. Robert Brooks

9:30am DISTINGUISHED LECTURES
Using Scientific Research to Guide Educational Practices and Policies: Why Is It So Darn Hard? Reid Lyon
Putting Fluency In Perspective Jan Hasbrouck

11:00am ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
A Conversation on Fluency Jan Hasbrouck
So Where Do We Go From Here? A Conversation with Reid Lyon

11:00 am CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Improving Instruction to Enhance Teacher Effectiveness and Differentiate Teaching to Address Student Variance Vicki Gibson
Fifty Nifty Activities: 5 Components and 3 Tiers of Instruction for Reading Judi Dodson
Reading Comprehension: A Complex Multidimensional Construct Nancy Hennessy
Teaching Phonological and Phonemic Awareness to Struggling Readers of All Ages Michael Hunter
Vocabulary Instruction and Language Development for English Language Learners María Elena Argüelles
Automatic Handwriting is a Precursor to Composition Proficiency: Teach It Right Grades K–2 Jan Olsen
Using Data for Instructional Decision Making Gertrude Ivory
Assessing the Impact of Reading Programs: A Practical and Replicable Mixed-Methods Model Susan Teddlie, Gary Asmus, Eugene Kennedy

1:15pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Rooting Around the English Language: Improving Decoding, Fluency, and Vocabulary Through Word Roots and Affixes Susan Ebbers
Understanding Response to Intervention: What Is the Classroom Teacher’s Role? Stephanie Al Otaiba
Dyslexia: Myths and Realities Glenda Thorne
Children’s Language and Literacy Development: Complex Links Carol Connor
Teaching Correct Phoneme Articulation Michael Hunter
Providing Intensive Instruction to Students with Serious Reading Difficulties Carolyn Denton
Considerations of the Textbook Adoption Process Karen Romito
Increasing Reading Comprehension with Higher Order Thinking Alice Thomas
Bridges to Literacy for English Language Learners: Phonics and Vocabulary Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, Coleen Carlson
The Why Do’s and How To’s of a Comprehensive Literacy Lesson Pam Austin

2:45pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Fifty Nifty Activities: 5 Components and 3 Tiers of Instruction for Reading Judi Dodson
Implementing Response to Intervention Susan Hall
The Language of Math Shad Moarif
Improving Instruction to Enhance Teacher Effectiveness and Differentiate Teaching to Address Student Variance Vicki Gibson
When Cool Talk Meets School Talk Anne Whitney
Lights, Cameras, Action! – Maximizing Instruction Using Routines and Procedures Effectively Adrienne Dowden
Phonics Primer: How English Spelling is Systematic Linda Farrell
Reading Comprehension: A Complex Multidimensional Construct Nancy Hennessy
What’s New in Research on Writing Instruction? (Or, is there anything out there that actually works?) Marty Masters
Hey Mom, Where’s the Dictionary? Mary Dahlgren

4:15pm FIRST TIME ATTENDEE SESSION

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

8:00am WELCOME AND OPENING

8:15am KEYNOTE
Of Bones and Meat in Professional Development of Teachers of Reading Louisa Moats

9:30am DISTINGUISHED LECTURES
Reducing Reading Failure to Less Than 1% Patricia Mathes
Increasing Scaffolding to Intensify Intervention Instruction Susan Hall
From Theory to Practice: The Impact of Reading Instruction Aligned with the Dual Coding Theory of Cognition? Nanci Bell

11:00am ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
A Conversation with Nanci Bell
A Conversation with Louisa Moats
A Conversation with Patricia Mathes

11:00am CONCURRENT SESSIONS
The Real Deal: How One Urban School Moved from 81#% to 94% of All Students Reading on Grade Level in Just Three Years Kathy Riedlinger
Dyslexia: Myths and Realities Glenda Thorne
Individualizing Reading Instruction Carol Connor
Building Early Literacy and Language Skills: Critical First Steps Lucy Hart Paulson
Let's Talk About It: Oral Language, a Key Predictor to Reading Success Mary Dahlgren
Understanding Response to Intervention: What Is the Classroom Teacher’s Role? Stephanie Al Otaiba
Bridges to Literacy for English Language Learners: Phonics and Vocabulary Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan and Coleen Carlson

1:15pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Teaching English Language Learners to Read Patricia Mathes
Improving Reading Comprehension Through Written Response Marty Masters
Take Five!: Supporting the Five Components through Multisensory Activities Anne Whitney
Screening Assessments – What They Are, What They Are Not, and How to Administer an Oral Reading Fluency Assessment Linda Farrell
The Language of Math Shad Moarif
Developing Metacognitive Skills Suzanne Carreker
Providing Intensive Instruction to Students with Serious Reading Difficulties Carolyn Denton
Teaching Reading and Spelling of Multi-Syllable Words Tina Osenga
A Public School Division’s Implementation of Response to Intervention Gertrude Ivory
Whole Faculty Study Groups: Building Teacher Expertise Kelvin Adams

2:45pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Using Data in LaTex – Collecting and Using Data to Improve Literacy Instruction in Louisiana and Texas Billy Stokes, Gary Asmus, Nancy Manuel, Coleen Carlson, and Angie Durand
What’s the “PHuss:” Phonological Processing as a PHoundation for Literacy Lucy Hart Paulson
Individualizing Reading Instruction Carol Connor
Rooting Around the English Language: Improving Decoding, Fluency, and Vocabulary Through Word Roots and Affixes Susan Ebbers
Student-Focused Coaching: A Model for Effective Professional Development Carolyn Denton, Jan Hasbrouck
Persuading Reluctant Teachers: Two Sure-Fire Activities Linda Farrell
Take Five!: Supporting the Five Components through Multisensory Activities Anne Whitney
Discovering Mathematics through Children’s Literature Tammy Robicheaux
Teaching Thinking Through Effective Questioning – and Across All Content Areas! Jill Slack
Whole Faculty Study Groups: Building Teacher Expertise Kelvin Adams

4:00pm ATTENDEE RECEPTION IN EXHIBIT AREA

5:00pm EVENING SESSIONS WITH EXHIBITORS

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

8:00am WELCOME AND OPENING

8:15am KEYNOTE
Why RTI? Enhancing Outcomes for All Students Jack Fletcher

9:30am DISTINGUISHED LECTURES
How Do You Raise Reading Achievement? Timothy Shanahan
So How Do We Make It “Go”? Instructional Leadership for Reading Alice Thomas

11:00am ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
A Conversation with Timothy Shanahan

11:00am CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Automatic Handwriting Is a Precursor to Composition Proficiency: Teach it Right in Grades K–2 Jan Olsen
What’s the “PHuss:” Phonological Processing as a PHoundation for Literacy Lucy Hart Paulson
Neurobiological Research in Learning Disabilities Jack Fletcher
Writing: Old Challenges, New Research Louisa Moats
Grouping Students Using Appropriate Data Linda Farrell
Scientific Spelling: Learning How to Spell Suzanne Carreker
RTI: Make it Work; Make it Last Larry Berger
The Talking Classroom: Activities for Oral Language Development for the Classroom Teacher Judi Dodson

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