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| 7:30 AM |
Registration, Continental Breakfast begins, exhibits open |
| 8:00 |
Welcome |
| 8:30 |
Morning Keynote: Kelly Gallagher (Reading Reasons, Deeper Reading) |
| 10:00 |
Morning Breakout Sessions |
| 11:00 |
“Making Connections” with Exhibitors |
| 11:30 |
Luncheon Keynote: Greg Tang (Grapes of Math, Math Potatoes) |
| 1:00 PM |
Afternoon Breakout Sessions |
| 2:00 |
Afternoon Breakout Sessions |
| 3:00 |
“Making Connections” Job-alike networking and collaboration, hors d'oeuvres in outdoor courtyard |
Questions? Contact Julie Scullen (
), 2009 MRA Conference Chair.
Preview of Breakout Sessions
Morning breakout sessions, 10:00 – 10:45 AM |
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Title / Level |
Description |
Presenter(s) |
Readicide: Book Study Follow-up and Discussion. Now What?
ALL LEVELS |
Kelly Gallagher, author of Readicide, answers our questions regarding his latest book and provides further insights into his thinking. We’ve read the book, where do we go from here? |
Kelly Gallagher
In addition to teaching English full-time at Magnolia High School in Anaheim, California, Kelly has an extensive background in secondary literacy education. Kelly is the author of several books, most recently Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It (Stenhouse 2009). |
Surrounding Struggling Readers Systematically & Strategically: A School-wide Collaborative Intervention Model
ALL LEVELS |
This session will address the following questions:
How can we best surround and support struggling readers? How can we implement a collaborative systematic school-wide intervention model? What is the difference between Guided Reading and small intervention group instruction? How can we be strategic in implementing small group intervention? |
Jill Maxe and Tina Haselius
Jill is a Literacy Coach and Reading Recovery Teacher-Content Coach with St. Paul Public School’s Center for Professional Development. With 25 years in education she has taught all grades from Pre-K to 6th grade.
Tina is an Elementary Literacy Coach with St. Paul Public Schools and is an Adjunct Professor at Concordia University. She partners as an Internal Coach with the MN Reading Corps and the Minnesota Response to Intervention Center. |
Fluency with C.A.R.E.
SECONDARY |
This workshop will highlight the properties of reading fluently with C .A. R. E. (Comprehension, Accuracy, Rate, and Expression) and the influences these components have on instruction, assessment, and intervention. |
Kari Ross and Cory Stai
Kari Ross is a Reading Specialist a the Minnesota Department of Education. Cory Stai is a middle school reading teacher in South St. Paul. |
“Some Things Teachers Were Never Meant to Know. For Everything Else, There is Google.”
ELEMENTARY |
This presentation will explore the various types of literacy and their relationship to the technologically advanced world that our students grow up in. It will be focused on technology integration at both the elementary and middle levels. |
Laura Thomson and Jill Gregory
Laura is a sixth grade language arts teacher at Centennial Middle School in Lino Lakes, MN.
Jill is an elementary art teacher at Sunset Hill in the Wayzata School District. Both have a passion for incorporating literacy and technology into the classroom and are obtaining their Masters in Education, along with their Reading Specialist license from Concordia University. |
A Story-Writing Recipe for Kids
ELEMENTARY |
Bullard’s story-writing recipe has been “kid-tested and teacher approved” over the course of her school visits with thousands of students. This easy-to-learn approach allows a wide range of young writers to experience creative success, and can be modified for different age levels. This workshop will allow educators to try out some of the activities firsthand, while giving them the basics they need to turn their classroom into places where students look forward to cooking up a story! |
Lisa Bullard
Lisa Bullard is award-winning author of over 40 children’s books, including You Can Write a Story. She regularly visits schools to talk with students about writing and also teaches at the Loft Literary Center. |
Books About Bullying in YA Fiction
SECONDARY |
Presenters will discuss the trend toward using trade books in dealing with contemporary issues facing young people. A critical analysis is provided of themes in books about bullying. Presenters will provide a comprehensive list of trade books (contemporary and classic) targeting adolescents. |
Dr. Joanne Larson and Dr. John Hoover
Joanne Larson is an Assistant Professor in Teacher Development at St. Cloud State University. John Hoover is the Associate Dean of the College of Education at St. Cloud State University. |
Engage Your Crew With Storm Codes
ELEMENTARY |
The author and illustrator behind a picture book rarely meet. But this duo worked together, sharing research materials and checking references, to create the award-winning book Storm Codes. This historically accurate book tells the story of a young girl waiting for her father to come home from a shipping trip during a fierce storm on Lake Superior. Hear from both the author and illustrator as they demonstrate engaging methods for connecting Storm Codes to cross-curriculum learning opportunities for early elementary students in language arts, social studies, geography, art, and math. Try toothbrush painting, make flag code streamers, count your lucky taconite and more! Storm Codes won the Tau State Jeanette Fair Children’s Book Award, the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award Honor for Children’s Literature, and it’s been named to the New York Reading Association Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List for Grades 3-6. |
Tracy Nelson Maurer and Christina Rodriguez
Tracy Nelson Maurer has written more than 70 nonfiction and fiction books for children. She is completing her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University, and lives north of the Twin Cities where she can easily escape to Lake Superior. Christina Rodriguez, an Air Force “brat” born to multicultural parents overseas, has illustrated several books, magazine articles, newsletters, CD covers, and other materials. She earned her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and moved to Stillwater, Minnesota just in time for Storm Codes. |
Let’s Talk About Writing Mini-Grants
ALL LEVELS |
Ever wonder how you might get some money for a special project in your classroom or for your school? Join us to talk about writing mini-grants. What makes a proposal successful? Where do I find grants? What should a budget look like? |
Ilene Rutten
Ilene Rutten is the President of MN Reading Association. She teaches undergraduate and graduate literacy courses at St. Cloud State University. (Note: 45 min session will be run in conjunction with P.I.E.) |
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| Afternoon breakout sessions, 1:00 – 2:45pm |
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Title / Level |
Description |
Presenter(s) |
Even Deeper Reading
ELEMENTARY |
Join Mr. Gallagher as he continues sharing his insights into teaching adolescents. He will continue with the themes he discussed during the morning keynote. |
Kelly Gallagher |
Making Math Meaningful
ELEMENTARY |
Multiplication without memorization? Subtraction made simple? Math without misery? All things are possible once you free your inner smarts. There's no math gene, and if you think you're bad in math - you are! Come see how easy math - and everything else for that matter - can be! |
Greg Tang
Greg Tang has developed an intuitive approach to teaching math, one that combines problem-solving and arithmetic and integrates math with language and art. His first book, The Grapes of Math was published in 2001, and since then he has written Math For All Seasons, The Best of Times, Math Appeal, Math-terpieces, Math Fables, Math Potatoes, and most recently, MathFables Too." |
The Daily Routine: Using Phonemic Awareness, Dictation and Handwriting to Support Early Literacy Instruction
ELEMENTARY |
Welcome to the Daily Routine! This quick, systematic routine supports pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade reading instruction with sequentially organized practice in three key areas: phonemic awareness, dictation and critical skills and provides the teacher with instant daily assessment. |
Linda Pils
Linda retired after teaching children for 33 years in the primary grades and was the co-director of the Wisconsin Writing Project at UW Madison for two years. She has written many articles for The Reading Teacher, Educational Leadership and Instructor magazine. She has also co-authored two books for primary teachers using children’s literature in the classroom. |
The K-12 Reading Teacher’s Toolbox for Differentiated Instruction
SECONDARY |
The focus of this session is to provide practical, applicable, and down-to-earth ideas on vocabulary motivators, fluency motivators, and comprehension motivators that can create an immediate connection with your students the first day of school!! It is guaranteed that your “toolbox” for differentiated instruction will be filled! |
Lisa Maurer, Stacey Wollschlager Linda Lindeman
Lisa is a resource reading teacher at North Branch Middle School. She also taught Elementary/ELL students on the island of Guam for 7 years. Stacey is a Reading teacher at Rush City High School. Linda is a K-12 Special Education teacher at Jacobson Elementary School/Rush City High School. |
Just Try and Make Me Read: Content Area Reading Strategies for Reluctant Readers
SECONDARY |
In this session, participants will learn engaging strategies for before, during and after reading as well as effective vocabulary techniques. An excellent web resource will also be shared so that teachers can access all of the materials for each strategy. |
Heather Willman
Heather is the secondary reading coordinator in Rochester Public Schools. She also teaches a wonderful group of eighth graders. Heather specializes in reading in the content areas, young adult literature, and vocabulary instruction. She also teaches children’s literature at Augsburg. |
The Facts, Function, and Process of Secondary Reading Intervention Planning: Keeping Kids at the Core
SECONDARY |
Presenters will share a helpful process in making informed decisions about secondary instruction and intervention using a data as the core. Participants will discuss the tools and resources and walk away with tools for planning and implementing their own process in their own practice. |
Eva Boehm, Bonnie Houck, Kari Ross and
Laura Ludvigson
Eva, Bonnie, Laura, and Kari are members of a Metro area Secondary Literacy Leaders group that work collaboratively to network and support adolescent literacy initiatives in practice. |
From Frustration to Freedom: Implementing a Systematic Intervention Program for Adolescent Readers
SECONDARY |
From original vision to implementation to student growth – see how one suburban school faced seemingly impossible challenges in order to intervene for students who are often misunderstood, overlooked or underserved. Student perspectives will be shared through survey results and interview excerpts. Opportunities for questions and dialogue will be provided. |
Jennifer McCarty
Jennifer works as a Literacy Coordinator and Reading Teacher at Eastview High School. She is also an adjunct professor at Augsburg College. Jennifer has 13 years of high school teaching experience. |
Textbook Feature Analysis: Beyond the Bold Words
SECONDARY |
Through the eyes of a student, reading a textbook can be an ominous task. Unfortunately, for those students willing to attempt the reading, it only takes a few frustrating attempts until they abandon the textbook altogether. This session will explore the reasons students struggle with nonfiction texts, in particular, textbook reading. It will also focus on two ways to make reading textbooks and nonfiction texts more accessible for students. |
Jessica Crooker
Jessica is a Reading and English teacher at Eastview High School in Apple Valley, MN. She teaches a 9th grade reading intervention class and works on a 10th grade English/Social Studies team. |
Let’s Talk About Writing Mini-Grants
ALL LEVELS |
Ever wonder how you might get some money for a special project in your classroom or for your school? Join us to talk about writing mini-grants. What makes a proposal successful? Where do I find grants? What should a budget look like? |
Ilene Rutten
Ilene Rutten is the President of MN Reading Association. She teaches undergraduate and graduate literacy courses at St. Cloud State University. (Note: 45 min session will be run in conjunction with P.I.E.) |
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