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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

A New Balance: Crafting Space for Student Voice, Choice, and Sense of Cause Mirabella DJohn Mark Slagle Charting with the Chicks: Connecting Across the Contents Mirabella BErin Siegrist • Melissa McElveen "Too Many Letter Sounds...Too Many Phonics Rules...Too Many Sight Words" How to Use Brain Science as a Roadmap to Fast-Track Phonics for Reading! Broadlands A, Broadlands BKatie Garner

4:00pm CST

Building Vocabulary with the Chicks Mirabella BErin Siegrist • Melissa McElveen

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 "Too Many Letter Sounds…Too Many Phonics Rules…Too Many Sight Words..." How to Use Brain Science as a Roadmap to Fast-Track Phonics for Reading! Oakleigh CKatie Garner Charting with the Chicks: Connecting Across the Contents Mirabella BErin Siegrist • Melissa McElveen LAT Diversity Committee Book Showcase & Grant Cambridge BLAT Diversity Committee

11:00am CST

Scaffolding Literacy Instruction = Success for all! Broadlands ADr. Jessica Talada Vocabulary Enactments: A Key to Unlocking Meaning Broadlands BPamela Jukes • Dr. Judy Pierce • Beverly Joan Boulware "Too Many Letter Sounds…Too Many Phonics Rules…Too Many Sight Words..." How to Use Brain Science as a Roadmap to Fast-Track Phonics for Reading! Oakleigh CKatie Garner Low-Verbal and Non-Verbal Strategies to Maximize instruction for Newcomers and Struggling Readers Cambridge BSunita Watson

3:10pm CST

Enhancing Literacy Instruction with Arts Integration Mirabella GJennifer Wright Explicit and Systematic Phonics in Literacy Instruction: What It is and Isn’t and Why It’s Good for All Readers Mirabella BDr. Melinda Hirschmann 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 Heart of the Matter: Facilitating the Magic of Literacy among English Language Learners Mirabella IRuth Facun-Granadozo 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 Essential Assessments, Effective Instruction Broadlands BDr. Nora Vines • Alexa Basinger The Imagery-Language Foundation: Symptoms, Causes, and Solutions for Students with Weak Reading and Comprehension Mirabella JKeana Allert

9:30am CST

Bridging School and Community Literacy Strategies to Support Language Acquisition Mirabella BDr. Crystal Cook • Helen Perkins 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 Hands-on Multisensory Activities with Music, Movement, and More Mirabella HFaye Crow Presenting Age Appropriate Literature to Non-Readers and Low Readers Mirabella IRhonda Douglas

11:30am CST

Are picture books really for middle and high school students? Yes, they are! Mirabella BKelli Wisener