Session Grid

Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 5 to 7pm

Registration from 4:30-6:00 pm
Vendors Open 4:30-7:15 pm

Time Opening Session
5:30-7 pmLester Laminack
“Why Story Matters”

Friday, January 16, 2026 - 8am to 3pm

Registration from 7:30-8 am
Breakfast 8-8:45 am
Vendors Open 7:30 am - 3:30 pm

Time Interventionists Interventionists General General
8:45-10 amKeynote: Heidi Anne Mesmer
“Research in K-5 Literacy Instruction: Advances, Refinements, and Reversals”
10:45-11:30 amJeff Williams
““Critical to Acceleration: Composing Messages”
Lester Laminack
“Digging Into Details”
Katie Hilden
“Leveraging Content Area Trade Books to Build Students’ Comprehension of Informational Texts and Academic Vocabulary”
11:30-11:45 amBreak
11:45-1 pmMaryann McBride
“Why and When to Use Decodable Text in Intervention”
Katie Kelly
“Engaging and Empowering Critical Readers and Change Makers”
Jeff Williams
“Notice and Note: Enhancing Comprehension for K-4 Students”
1-1:45 pmLunch
1:45-3 pmMaryann McBride
“Teaching Children to Monitor, Search for, and Use Visual Information in Text”
Katie Hilden
“Research-based Recommendations for language-comprehension related Teacher Questions”
Katie Kelly
“Purposeful Read Alouds to Build Language Comprehension”
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