Session Grid

Wednesday

Preconference Speaker Topic
1:00pm-4:30pmJan RichardsonTeaching Phonics that Transfers

Thursday

Keynote Speaker Topic
8:30am-9:45amRachael GabrielThe Science and Reading Relationship

Please Note: 

All sessions are Reading Recovery unless denoted with an (*) for General Audience.

Location Kensington ABC Windsor Kensington DEF Somerset Hampton
Session #1, Thursday 10:15-11:45amJeff Williams - “Prompting: Responsive Teaching in Action”*Jan Richardson - "Inspiring Struggling Readers to Excel"Jim Schnug - "Responding to the Pause: Valuing What the Child is Noticing"*Wanda Magnum - "Guided Reading: Powerful Small Group Instruction to Accelerate Reading Growth"*Angie Bennett - "Now You're Talking: The Role of Oral Language & How to Enhance it with Our Students"
Session #2, Thursday 1:00-2:30pmJeff Williams - "Orthographic Mapping in Reading Recovery"Maryann McBride - "Getting Power in the First 20 Lessons"Tracee Farmer - "Book Introductions: One Size Doesn't Fit All"*Lisa Pinkerton - "The Power of Interactive Read Aloud”*Angie Bennett - “Are You Really Tuning In? Power Moves to Extend Oral Language in the Classroom”
Session #3, Thursday 3:00-4:30pmMaryann McBride - “What's Missing in Your Word Work?”*Lester Laminack - “It's in the Details”Jamie Lipp - “Lessons Learned from the Science of Reading Movement”*Lisa Aker - “Building Literacy Across the Day”*Sanjuana Rodriguez - “Using Diverse Read Alouds to Build Classroom Community"

Friday

Keynote Speaker Topic
8:30am-9:45amLester LaminackWhat if?

Please Note: 

All sessions are Reading Recovery unless denoted with an (*) for General Audience.

Location Kensington ABC Windsor Kensington DEF Somerset Hampton
Session #1, Friday 10:00-11:30am*Rachael Gabriel - "Metaphor and Meaning in Policy and Advocacy”Jeff Williams - "Orthographic Mapping in Reading Recovery"Jim Schnug - "Losing Your Way While Roaming Around the Known”Tracee Farmer - 'Contingent Word Work"*Lisa Pinkerton - “Building Genre Agency in Writers Workshop"
Session #2, Friday 12:00-1:30pmMaryann McBride - “Getting Power in the First 20 Lessons”Jamie Lipp - “The Foundations for Successful Lessons”*Wanda Mangum - “Interactive Read Aloud Comes Alive!”*Lisa Aker - “Executive Function & Small Group Instruction”*Sanjuana Rodriguez - “Exploring Children's Names and Cultural Identities in the Early Literacy Classroom”

Session Descriptions

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Reading Recovery Session Presenters:

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  • Tracee Farmer
  • Jamie Lipp
  • Maryann McBride
  • Jim Schnug
  • Jeff Williams

Classroom & Group Literacy Presenters:

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  • Lisa Aker
  • Angie Bennett
  • Rachael Gabriel
  • Lester Laminack
  • Wanda Mangum
  • Lisa Pinkerton
  • Jan Richardson
  • Sanjuana Rodriguez