Session Grid
Wednesday
Preconference | Speaker | Topic |
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1:00pm-4:30pm | Jan Richardson | Teaching Phonics that Transfers |
Thursday
Keynote | Speaker | Topic |
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8:30am-9:45am | Rachael Gabriel | The 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 |
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Session #1, Thursday 10:15-11:45am | Jeff 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 1:00-2:30pm | Jeff 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 3:00-4:30pm | Maryann 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 |
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8:30am-9:45am | Lester Laminack | What if? |
Please Note:
All sessions are Reading Recovery unless denoted with an (*) for General Audience.
Location | Kensington ABC | Windsor | Kensington DEF | Somerset | Hampton |
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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 12:00-1:30pm | Maryann 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:

- Tracee Farmer
- Jamie Lipp
- Maryann McBride
- Jim Schnug
- Jeff Williams
Classroom & Group Literacy Presenters:

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