Reading in the Mountains

53rd WVRA Conference

November 13-15, 2008

Charleston, West Virginia

Program Overview

Date

Time

Speaker

Title

Audience

Thursday

November 13

1:00 – 2:00

Terri Collier

Beyond the Bake Sale – Creating a Partnership with Parents and the Community

All Levels

Title I Administrators
Parent Involvement

2:45 – 4:15

Jan Thorton

Managing the Tough Reading Class: Engaging the “Hard to Reach” as well as the “Easy to Teach”

All Grades

2:30 – 3:30

Featured Speaker

Kimberly Nix

Turning Passive Readers into Active Learners

All Grades

2:30 – 4:00

Featured Speaker

Shanan Mills

Implementing Response to Intervention: Practical Tips

Primary

4:30– 5:45

Keynote:

Sylvia Ford

Vocabulary Conscious Classrooms: The Key to Comprehension

All Levels

Friday

November 14 /

8:00 – 9:00

Dr. Frances Boyd

Dr. Oma Gail Simmons /

Boys and Brains: Engaging Boys in Reading

All Levels

Janice Shepherd

Textbooks – Trash or Treasure?

Middle/Junior High High School

Charline Barnes

Amanda Russell /

Reading & Writing Poetry to Improve Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension

Primary Intermediate

Title I

Dr. Jack Fletcher

Struggling Readers: From Identification to Intervention

All Levels

Jeffrey Wittman

Newspapers in Education

Intermediate

Emily Milleson

Vickie Milleson /

“Quackers” About Writing – Strategies to Get Students Writing

Primary

Intermediate

Dr. Paige Carney

Dr. Jo Blackwood /

Reading From the Eyes of the 21st Century Learner

Primary Intermediate, College, Title I Administrators Literacy Coaches

Vickie Baker

Accessing Released NAEP Items for Classroom Instruction

All Levels

Kathy Chapman

Making Use of Everyday Activities to Stimulate Literacy Skills: Ideas for Parents and Teachers

Pre-K-Kindergarten

Primary, Parents Title I
Literacy Coaches

Meagan Repass

Ashley Pettus /

Walk to Intervention: An Introduction That Works

Primary Intermediate

Title I Administrators Literacy Coaches

Maria Eshenaur

Janet Kincaid /

YOU CAN DO IT! Summer Reading Programs That Cross Multiple Content Areas

All Levels

Administrators Title I, Parents Literary Coaches

Denise White

What’s New on Teach 21?

All Levels

Author Brunch

Ticketed

8:30 – 9:45

Featured Speaker

Michael Shoulders

We Know What We Are – But NOT What We May Become

All Levels

8:45-10:15

Featured Speaker

Marc Drews

A Mathematical Montage: Strengthening the Sense of Wonder with Children’s Literature

Primary

Intermediate

Featured Speakers

Martin Wach

Delia Wach /

“An Adventure in Writing” Writing and Illustrating Children’s Books Collaboration Brook Program for your School

All Levels

Administrators Parents, Title I
Literary Coaches

Rebecca Derange

Supervising Co-Teaching Models for Improved Results

All Levels

Title I
Literacy Coaches

9:15-10:15

Sylvia Ford

Vocabulary: The Tool to Improve Student Achievement

Intermediate Middle/Junior High

Literary Coaches

Chad Spencer

Engage, Enlighten, Encourage, Empower: Strategies of a Freedom Writer Teacher

Middle/Junior High

High School Parents
Administrators

Featured Speaker

Barb McNeil

How Data Better Informs Instruction-A Successful RTI Model for School & District Based Instruction

All Levels

Administrtators
Title I
Literacy Coaches

Ben Borden

Dave Clohing /

JOB TALK – Let Teachers Be Teachers

Intermediate

Middle/Junior High
High School
Title I

Tammy Jones

Planning Tiered Interventions for Struggling Readers

Primary Intermediate

Title I Literary Coaches
Administrators

Helen Hedrick

The Books Alive Program

Pre-K- Kindergarten

Primary, Title I
Intermediate

Featured Speaker

Jeanette Russell

What Were You Thinking

Study Group Discussion using Improving Comprehension Through Thinking Aloud by Jeffrey Wilhelm, Teaching Reading in the Middle School by Laura Robb; Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science and Math by Laura Robb /

Intermediate

Middle/Junior High
High School Literary Coaches

Barbara Ornstein

William Bingman /

What’s New in Children’s Books – 2008

Pre-K-Kindergarten

Primary Intermediate
Parents Literacy Coaches

Robert Harrison

Beginning the Mountain Climb to Become Reading Teacher

Primary

Middle/Junior High

Karen Davies

Melissa Godfrey /

21st Century Learning for Tomorrow

Primary

Rebecca Wood

Oral Language Development

Pre K-Kindergarten

First Grade

10:30-12:00

Keynote

Dr. Jack Fletcher

Reading and Response to Intervention: Enhancing Outcomes for all Students

All Levels

Author Luncheon

Ticketed

12:15-1:30

Rhonda Gowler Greene

From Idea . . . to Book (and all the In-between)

All Levels

Administrators Parents, Title I
Literary Coaches

Cheryl Ware

Onomato-What-a?

Intermediate

Middle/Junior High, Title I Literary Coaches

1:00 – 2:00

Featured Speaker

Cathy Teets

Give a Ticket on the “A” Ride – Learning Techniques That Really Work

All Levels

Administrators
Parents, Title I Literary Coaches

Beth Musser

Dr. Gail Smith
Christine Nardelli /

Reading Mountain Books – Old Classics Using New Technology

Primary

Intermediate
College
Literary Coaches
/

Edie Cooper

Jessica Pritchett /

Anchors Away With the Fantastic Four and the Post-Its

Intermediate

Featured Speaker

Marisa Russo /

“Me Spel Bettr Won Day!” Develop Strategic Spellers

All Levels

Administrators
Parents, Title I
Literary Coaches

Featured Speaker

Diann Doucette /

The Solution For the Busy Elementary Teacher

Primary, Title I Intermediate

1:00 – 2:30

Jan McNeel

Vickie Wallace-Nesler /

Breathing Life into Writer’s Workshop with Writer’s Notebook Know-How: A Guide for Success

Primary

Intermediate
Middle/Junior High

Sarah Sullivan

Making the Most of an Author Visit

Grades 1-4

Linda Hull

A Prescription for Reading Success!

Primary, Title I

Administrators

Dr. Emily Waugh

Daton Dean /

Addressing Diversity through West Virginia Quilting

All Levels

1:45 – 3:15

Karen Ashbrook

FUNdamental Early Learning

Pre-K-Kindergarten

Primary, Title I
Administrators

2:15 – 3:15

Featured Speaker

Anne Cobb

Striking the Balance: A Best-practice, Comprehensive Literary Approach

Intermediate

Middle/Junior High
High School

Michael Shoulders

Using Picture Books as Springboards for Writing Activities

Pre-K-Kindergarten

Primary Intermediate

Rhonda Gowler Greene

Sparkle Writing: Getting Students to Read/Think/Write Like a Real Author – Tips from an Author

Primary

Intermediate
Middle/Junior High Literary Coaches
Title I

Judi Nolan

Jo Pennington /

Multicultural Literature in the West Virginia Mountains

Pre-K Kindergarten

Primary
Intermediate

Rhonda Ritchie

What Teachers Need More Of . . .Time To Teach!

Pre-K Kindergarten

Primary
Intermediate
Middle/Junior High
Administrators Parents Title I

Judy Abbott

Amanda Cook /

Bridging the Gap: Beliefs About Summer and Academic Learning

All Levels

Karen Ashbrook

FUNdamental Early Learning

Pre-K-Kindergarten

Primary
Administrators Parents, Title I
/

3:30 – 5:00

Keynote

Beverly Ray

How The Brain Learns Language

All Levels

Saturday

November 15 /

8:00 – 9:00

Casey O’Donnell

A Multicultural Experience From a College Student’s Study Abroad and Ireland

All Levels

Martha McGovern

Teaching All the Strands with Comprehension in Mind

All Levels

Title I
Literacy Coaches Teacher Education

Marci Waleff

SMART Goals for Reading: How Goal Orientation May Impact Self-efficacy for Reading Achievement

Intermediate

Middle/Junior High Administrators Parents, Title I Literacy Coaches

9:15-10:15

Aimee Morewood

Julie Ankrum /

Differentiated Conversation: One Teacher’s Effective Scaffolding of Readers

Primary

Title I
Literary Coaches

Jana Crosby

Connecting with Families: Parent Workshops & Family Literacy Toolkits on a Budget

Pre K-Kindergarten

Title I

Barbara Godwin

Shelley Starkey /

Take Your School To The Top of The Mountain!

Primary

Intermediate
Administrators
Title I

10:30-12:00

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All Levels