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Literacy Association of Tennessee Annual Conference

Welcome to the 2019 Literacy Association of Tennessee Annual Conference in Murfreesboro, TN!

3:00pm CST

The Notice and Note Signposts: What Else You Need to Know Oakleigh A, BKylene Beers • Robert Probst

10:00am CST

How to Create Magic through Teaching Intensive Literacy: An Examination of How the Keys to Teaching Text/s Are Always Embedded Within the Original Text Mirabella GDr. Ingrid N. Mitchell Leveraging Technology to Accelerate Literacy Mirabella HBobbi Bear Plan, Prep, and Pump Up your family engagement! Broadlands AKim Harkreader Shift the Lift: The Magic of Empowering Student Ownership Mirabella DKim Bell • Yvonne Smith Support for Older Struggling Readers: Advanced Decoding & Word Reading Strategies Mirabella JDr. LaShanda Simmons Fason, Highly Specialized Advisor for Early Literacy, Shelby County Schools, TN. simmonsld@scsk12.o • Traci Steward, Memphis Early Literacy Advisor. Serving as an educator for 12+ years, providing reading instruction to mi

11:00am CST

Scaffolding Literacy Instruction = Success for all! Broadlands ADr. Jessica Talada Thinking on their own - the power of independent reading and readers’ notebooks Oakleigh BJennifer Walker Vocabulary Enactments: A Key to Unlocking Meaning Broadlands BPamela Jukes • Dr. Judy Pierce • Beverly Joan Boulware

3:10pm CST

Enhancing Literacy Instruction with Arts Integration Mirabella GJennifer Wright Room Transformation Magic: Creating New Worlds for Reading Mirabella CDebbie Higdon SESSION CANCELLED: Finding the Sweet Spot: Balancing Time, Rigor, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice with Specific Standards through Excerpts of Children’s Literature Broadlands AJill Henderson The Secret Recipe to Motivate Readers all Year Long Cambridge BKim Harkreader Seducing Kids to Read! Effective Summer Reading Programs Oakleigh ARichard L. Allington • Anne McGill-Franzen • Natalia Ward is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the East Tennessee State Unive

4:10pm CST

A Picture Paints A Thousand Words Oakleigh CSharron Hofer • Cathy Birchett • Missy Yarbrough Best Practices in Writing Instruction Broadlands ADr. Janet Cumbee CLOSE READING FOR INQUIRING MINDS Cambridge ADebbie Shoulders Essential Assessments, Effective Instruction Broadlands BDr. Nora Vines • Alexa Basinger The booklets that turn kids into history buffs Mirabella GBill Carey The Magic of Multimodal Meaning Making: Access, Motivation, Knowledge, and Critical Thinking for Adolescents through Multimodal Text Sets Oakleigh BKatie Schrodt

9:30am CST

Bridging School and Community Literacy Strategies to Support Language Acquisition Mirabella BDr. Crystal Cook • Helen Perkins Differentiating Your Whole-Group Instruction Broadlands BRandy Kincaid Get Lit Up! Integrating any literature into any subject. Mirabella ICarrie Clabo • Michele Bowman Good Book and Potato Chips Mirabella DDr. Theresa Stevenson How to Create Magic through Teaching Intensive Literacy: An Examination of How the Keys to Teaching Text/s Are Always Embedded Within the Original Text Broadlands ADr. Ingrid Mitchell Literacy Workstations: the Magic is in the Details Mirabella CAngela M. Shelton • Brandi Crass • Brittany Gray Using Notice & Note Strategies for Close Reading Mirabella HAngela Wolfe

10:30am CST

Building Community Engagement and Reducing Summer Slide Through Mobile Literacy Mirabella DCarla Whiles • Dr. Tammy Markland • Becky Wagner Presenting Age Appropriate Literature to Non-Readers and Low Readers Mirabella IRhonda Douglas Reading for Meaning with Read Live Mirabella GBarb Denbow More Patterns of Power Mirabella BJeff Anderson

11:30am CST

"Lit" Social Studies Cambridge ARenee Polson