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Welcome to the 2019 Literacy Association of Tennessee Annual Conference in Murfreesboro, TN!
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Sunday, December 8
 

3:00pm CST

How To Use Modeled Writing to Help Your K-2 Writers Soar!
Writing “in front of” your students can make a huge impact on their writing growth! Learn how to model writing in a way that’s meaningful for K-2 students, and walk away with some examples you can use in your classroom. We’ll discuss how complex your modeled writing samples should be, whether you should use standard or invented spelling, and how to find time for modeled writing.

THIS SESSION WILL BE OFFERED AGAIN: SUNDAY, 4:00-4:50 
Speakers
AR

Sunday December 8, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm CST
Oakleigh C
  FEATURED SPEAKER

3:00pm CST

The Power of Words
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Come and gather ideas for boosting your readers' knowledge and understanding of how words work and build meaning within a text. Participants will engage in various activities that can be easily implemented to support word knowledge and increase vocabulary during small group instruction.

THIS SESSION WILL BE OFFERED AGAIN: SUNDAY, 4:00-4:50
Speakers
avatar for Debbie Rosenow

Debbie Rosenow

Rosenow Literacy Consulting
Read.Reason.Reflect and Respond.Repeat.

Sunday December 8, 2019 3:00pm - 3:50pm CST
Mirabella C
  FEATURED SPEAKER - BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

3:00pm CST

"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!
Did you know that the brain has a backdoor for accelerated learning that’s easily hacked into? Using brain science as a road map, discover how to target daily reading and writing instruction to “backdoor” social and emotional learning systems that transform hard phonics skills into child’s play! Take advantage of learning loopholes rooted in brain plasticity with powerful “backdoor” teaching tools that will leave you armed and ready for Monday morning!
Speakers
avatar for Katie Garner

Katie Garner

Author, Keynote Speaker, Marenem, Inc
Katie Garner, M.Ed. (author of Secret Stories® Cracking the Reading Code with the Brain in Mind) is an international keynote speaker and literacy consultant with thirty years of experience working in classrooms around the world, and a passion for infusing neuroscience into literacy... Read More →

Sunday December 8, 2019 3:00pm - 4:50pm CST
Broadlands A, Broadlands B
  FEATURED SPEAKER

4:00pm CST

Accelerating Access to Complex Texts: Close Reading for Diverse Learners
Students are expected to read closely and to comprehend deeply to meet the higher expectations of the standards. In this interactive session, participants will have an opportunity to become familiar with engaging activities that address close reading of authentic complex texts, critical thinking, collaborative conversations between students, and vocabulary-building. Participants will explore practices that address closer examination of texts through collaboration with the purpose of uncovering deeper meaning. Emphasis will be placed on developing students who will become confident, proficient readers.
Speakers
avatar for Barbara Andrews

Barbara Andrews

Senior National Literacy Consultant, Benchmark Education
Barbara Andrews has been a classroom teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, Literacy Facilitator, and district administrator for 27 years. Barbara worked extensively with English learners during her entire teaching career. As a retired educator, Barbara is now a national literacy consultant... Read More →

Sunday December 8, 2019 4:00pm - 4:50pm CST
Cambridge B
  FEATURED SPEAKER

4:00pm CST

How To Use Modeled Writing to Help Your K-2 Writers Soar!
Writing “in front of” your students can make a huge impact on their writing growth! Learn how to model writing in a way that’s meaningful for K-2 students, and walk away with some examples you can use in your classroom. We’ll discuss how complex your modeled writing samples should be, whether you should use standard or invented spelling, and how to find time for modeled writing.

THIS IS A REPEAT OF THE 3:00-3:50 SESSION
Speakers
AR

Sunday December 8, 2019 4:00pm - 4:50pm CST
Oakleigh C
  FEATURED SPEAKER

4:00pm CST

The Power of Words
Come and gather ideas for boosting your readers' knowledge and understanding of how words work and build meaning within a text. Participants will engage in various activities that can be easily implemented to support word knowledge and increase vocabulary during small group instruction.

THIS IS A REPEAT OF THE 3:00-3:50 SESSION
Speakers
avatar for Debbie Rosenow

Debbie Rosenow

Rosenow Literacy Consulting
Read.Reason.Reflect and Respond.Repeat.

Sunday December 8, 2019 4:00pm - 4:50pm CST
Mirabella C
  FEATURED SPEAKER - BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
 
Monday, December 9
 

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
This session will provide teachers with magical approaches of how to scrutinize pieces of reading, one would provide their class. Therefore, participants will learn how to draw out text syntax, which are the keys to teaching and extending word patterns, meaning, and even grammar, which should not be taught in isolation. With this approach, educators will be able to supply their students with a fully intensive literacy learning environment that naturally lends to the components of foundational, content, diversity, and engagement strategies for literary and informational texts.

THIS SESSION WILL BE OFFERED AGAIN: TUESDAY, 9:30-10:20
Speakers
DI

Monday December 9, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Mirabella G
  BREAKOUT SESSION, ES

10:00am CST

Leveraging Technology to Accelerate Literacy
Unlock potential and accelerate learning for every student, powering progress toward college and career readiness. Learn how Achieve3000 can bring literacy instruction into every classroom to build key reading skills while developing disciplinary knowledge and vocabulary.
Speakers
BB

Monday December 9, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Mirabella H
  BREAKOUT SESSION, ES

10:00am CST

Shift the Lift: The Magic of Empowering Student Ownership
Give students the keys to unlock the words in a text by exposing them to complex text worthy of their time and attention. Give students the power to think deeply in order to build knowledge and vocabulary.
This session will engage participants in why we should keep text at the center of instruction and how to shift the lift to allow the students to do the heavy lifting in reading and analyzing complex text. Get your students to “surrender to the text.”
Speakers
KB
YS

Yvonne Smith

Elementary Supervisor, Wilson County Schools
By the sea is for me.

Monday December 9, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Mirabella D
  BREAKOUT SESSION

10:00am CST

Support for Older Struggling Readers: Advanced Decoding & Word Reading Strategies
One of the strongest predictors of high school graduation is proficient reading by the end of third grade! Far too many students enter classrooms ill-prepared to meet the literacy demands of the texts in the upper grades. During this session, participants will strengthen their knowledge of basic early literacy skills and engage in four key strategies for decoding and reading multisyllabic words.
Speakers
DL

Dr. LaShanda Simmons Fason, Highly Specialized Advisor for Early Literacy, Shelby County Schools, TN. simmonsld@scsk12.o

Highly Specialized Literacy Advisor, Shelby County Schools
Lead with compassion. Work in Love.
TS

Monday December 9, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Mirabella J
  BREAKOUT SESSION

10:00am CST

"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!
Did you know that the brain has a backdoor for accelerated learning that’s easily hacked into? Using brain science as a road map, discover how to target daily reading and writing instruction to “backdoor” social and emotional learning systems that transform hard phonics skills into child’s play! Take advantage of learning loopholes rooted in brain plasticity with powerful “backdoor” teaching tools that will leave you armed and ready for Monday morning!
Speakers
avatar for Katie Garner

Katie Garner

Author, Keynote Speaker, Marenem, Inc
Katie Garner, M.Ed. (author of Secret Stories® Cracking the Reading Code with the Brain in Mind) is an international keynote speaker and literacy consultant with thirty years of experience working in classrooms around the world, and a passion for infusing neuroscience into literacy... Read More →

Monday December 9, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Oakleigh C
  FEATURED SPEAKER

11:00am CST

Thinking on their own - the power of independent reading and readers’ notebooks
Have you ever wondered, “How can I get my students to independently read and comprehend texts at the level I know they are capable of? How do I teach my students to independently read, think, and write about texts at the level demanded by our standards - even when I’m not there to support them?”

In this session educators will learn about the power of a Reader’s Notebook and how it supports students in comprehending independently read texts. The Reader’s Notebook is part of a carefully structured literacy block where even the youngest learners are independently reading and responding to self-selected texts. An overview of how to use Readers’ Notebooks as an instructional strategy will be provided, as well as authentic student examples and resources. This session is appropriate for K-5 educators who are looking for ways to develop student independence in reading, thinking and writing about texts in authentic and meaningful ways.
Speakers
JW

Jennifer Walker

Media Specialist, Read to be Ready Coach Consultant, Athens City Schools
Teach. Read. Love. Opportunity for all.

Monday December 9, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Oakleigh B
  BREAKOUT SESSION

11:00am CST

"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!
Did you know that the brain has a backdoor for accelerated learning that’s easily hacked into? Using brain science as a road map, discover how to target daily reading and writing instruction to “backdoor” social and emotional learning systems that transform hard phonics skills into child’s play! Take advantage of learning loopholes rooted in brain plasticity with powerful “backdoor” teaching tools that will leave you armed and ready for Monday morning!
Speakers
avatar for Katie Garner

Katie Garner

Author, Keynote Speaker, Marenem, Inc
Katie Garner, M.Ed. (author of Secret Stories® Cracking the Reading Code with the Brain in Mind) is an international keynote speaker and literacy consultant with thirty years of experience working in classrooms around the world, and a passion for infusing neuroscience into literacy... Read More →

Monday December 9, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Oakleigh C
  FEATURED SPEAKER

11:00am CST

The Power of Words
Come and gather ideas for boosting your readers' knowledge and understanding of how words work and build meaning within a text. Participants will engage in various activities that can be easily implemented to support word knowledge and increase vocabulary during small group instruction.
Speakers
avatar for Debbie Rosenow

Debbie Rosenow

Rosenow Literacy Consulting
Read.Reason.Reflect and Respond.Repeat.

Monday December 9, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Oakleigh A
  FEATURED SPEAKER

3:10pm CST

Sometimes your Dreams Will Die: Changing the Creative Course of Your Life
In this session, author Jeff Zentner will talk about how he went from a failed musician to an award-winning author!
Speakers
avatar for Jeff Zentner

Monday December 9, 2019 3:10pm - 4:00pm CST
Oakleigh C
  FEATURED SPEAKER

4:10pm CST

A Picture Paints A Thousand Words
Just as an artist paints a picture with a brush, a writer paints a picture with words. In order for students to be literate today, they must be able to manage texts in many forms. In this session you will encounter new and inventive techniques to inspire your students to use images to help them to reveal layers of meaning in all types of reading including picture and chapter books, content area literature, images, poetry, and even informational text. Discover how to engage all of your students, no matter what their reading levels may be, in practicing authentic meaning-making. High-quality literature can provide an access point into engaging instruction that exemplifies how to use comprehension strategies, develop core knowledge and expand your students’ vision of the world. All students deserve rich literacy experiences that embody excellence and equity. In this session will use Trevor Bryan’s The Art of Comprehension ‘Access Lenses’ to help unlock your students’ full potential and Dr. Jan Richardson’s Seven Steps for Selecting High-Quality Picture Books to help all students connect and expand their knowledge of different cultures, experiences and concepts found in other content areas.
Speakers
SH

Sharron Hofer

District Literacy Coach K-5, Wilson County Schools
Reading comprehension, joyful unraveling of meaning.
CB

Cathy Birchett

District Literacy Coach K-5, Wilson County Schools
Passionate lifelong leaner, educating our future.
M

Missy

District Literacy Coach K-5, Wilson County Schools
Love it. Learn it. Live it.

Monday December 9, 2019 4:10pm - 5:00pm CST
Oakleigh C
  BREAKOUT SESSION

4:10pm CST

Best Practices in Writing Instruction
In this session participants will experience effective instructional practices for teaching writing and for creating a classroom community in which students develop independence and engage in inquiry and collaboration.
Speakers
DJ

Monday December 9, 2019 4:10pm - 5:00pm CST
Broadlands A
  BREAKOUT SESSION, ES

4:10pm CST

Essential Assessments, Effective Instruction
Presenters from various backgrounds (early childhood, early elementary, intermediate) will highlight key assessments utilized in their own practice to identify literacy learners’ strengths. Experiences working with learners in a clinical one-on-one setting will be shared, as will how assessment and instructional practices from those clinical experiences are implemented in Pre-K/K, 1st grade, and intermediate classrooms.
Speakers
DN
AB

Monday December 9, 2019 4:10pm - 5:00pm CST
Broadlands B
  BREAKOUT SESSION

4:10pm CST

Writing Reboot: A Fresh Look at Strategies to Prepare Students for TAS and CCR
Writing plays a fundamental role in the workforce that starts with writing requirements in the application process—from college entrance exams to writing as a part of a job application process. Knowing that, teaching students to be strong communicators through writing is essential to college and career readiness. This session will cover critical shifts in the TN academic standards for writing, strategies including mentor texts, writing for real-world purposes, and reading text sets on a topic to help with writing.
Speakers
AT

Monday December 9, 2019 4:10pm - 5:00pm CST
Mirabella H
  BREAKOUT SESSION, ES

4:10pm CST

The Magic of Multimodal Meaning Making: Access, Motivation, Knowledge, and Critical Thinking for Adolescents through Multimodal Text Sets
This session will help support adolescent learners in motivating and accessible content literacy knowledge. Participants will engage as students in a multimodal text set on animal conservation that includes podcasts, picture books, YouTube videos, documentaries, blogs, and music. Participants will engage in adolescent literacy strategies that help provide students with access to meaning making, including (but not limited to) a GIST strategy for listening to podcasts, using hashtags for summarizing, and a debate protocol for opinion writing. This session will provide tools that teachers can take back to their classrooms tomorrow to help students access critical world knowledge and guide inquiry using 21st century literacy methods.
Speakers
KS

Katie Schrodt

Assistant Professor MTSU , Middle Tennessee State University
Drs. Katie Schrodt, Bonnie Barksdale, and Stacy Fields are Assistant Professors of literacy instruction at Middle Tennessee State University. With a combined 54 years in education, they have presented locally, nationally, and internationally on effective literacy practices for elementary... Read More →

Monday December 9, 2019 4:10pm - 5:00pm CST
Oakleigh B
  FEATURED SPEAKER - BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
 
Tuesday, December 10
 

9:30am 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
This session will provide teachers with magical approaches of how to scrutinize pieces of reading one would provide their class. Therefore, participants will learn how to draw out text syntax, which are the keys to teaching and extending word patterns, meaning, and even grammar, which should not be taught in isolation. With this approach, educators will be able to supply their students with a fully intensive literacy learning environment that naturally lends to the components of foundational, content, diversity, and engagement strategies for literary and informational texts.

THIS IS A REPEAT OF MONDAY'S SESSION
Speakers
DI

Tuesday December 10, 2019 9:30am - 10:20am CST
Broadlands A
  BREAKOUT SESSION, ES

9:30am CST

Literacy Workstations: the Magic is in the Details
Students in our classrooms vary greatly in their literacy needs and ability levels. As a result, it is necessary to provide multiple opportunities for students to read, write, participate in meaningful experiences, and collaborate with others so that they can develop their ability to read and comprehend text(s). One structure that can support these varied needs is the use of effective literacy workstations.

This can sometimes be an overwhelming task for educators with everything else we are expected to do in our daily teaching lives. This session will share tried and true practices from three educators who love literacy workstations and the opportunities they provide for students. Participants will leave this session with a set of online resources to use right away. Our secret? The magic of workstations is in the details- organization, management, and authentic tasks that do not require hours of prep time or empty your wallet.
Speakers
avatar for Angela M. Shelton

Angela M. Shelton

Clinical Instructor, Field Supervisor, PhD Candidate, East Tennessee State University, Early Childhood Education Department
As a former K/1 classroom teacher and PK-4 literacy coordinator for a large district, I have experienced a variety of classroom environments. I currently serve as a clinical instructor and field supervisor in a university setting, working closely with teacher candidates and mentor... Read More →
BC

Brandi Crass

2nd grade teacher, Washington County Schools
Cultivating the ground for future bookworms.
avatar for Brittany Gray

Brittany Gray

1st grade teacher, Washington County Schools
1st grade teacher. Site director for Project-On-Track. Gilbreath literacy board memeber. Niswonger Curriculum team.

Tuesday December 10, 2019 9:30am - 10:20am CST
Mirabella C
  BREAKOUT SESSION

9:30am CST

Phonological Awareness: The Foundation to Building Readers!
Participants will understand the importance of explicit, systematic foundational skills instruction for students learning to read and comprehend texts, and learn how to engage students in strategies and activities that foster a strong foundation for early literacy and reading development. Participants will engage in high-quality foundational skills’ activities that will enhance classroom instruction.
Speakers
MT

Ms. Toyree Jones

Early Literacy Advisor, Shelby County Schools
Learning, growing, teaching, and inspiring everyday!
SJ

Stephanye Jimerson

Early Literacy Advisor, Shelby County Schools
Literacy illuminates the darkness of ignorance.

Tuesday December 10, 2019 9:30am - 10:20am CST
Mirabella J
  BREAKOUT SESSION

10:30am CST

Building Community Engagement and Reducing Summer Slide Through Mobile Literacy
Summer mobile literacy programs are growing across Tennessee. This session shares the creation and growth of a book bus program in a Title I district. It highlights data supporting the program's effect on summer reading regression after two seasons of operation.
Speakers
CW

Carla Whiles

Betsy Book Bus Director, Elizabethton City Schools
Mobile Literacy Community Excitement Summer Slide
avatar for Dr. Tammy Markland

Dr. Tammy Markland

Betsy Book Bus Teacher, Elizabethton City Schools
Mobile Literacy Community Excitement Summer Slide
BW

Becky Wagner

Betsy Book Bus Teacher, Elizabethton City Schools
Mobile Literacy Community Excitement Summer Slide

Tuesday December 10, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am CST
Mirabella D
  BREAKOUT SESSION

10:30am CST

Hands-on Multisensory Activities with Music, Movement, and More
Participants will learn about differentiated instruction with examples of effective multi-sensory strategies utilizing music, movement, and centers to raise literacy achievement of all students who might have learning difficulties, including those with ELL, articulation, or autistic problems, and high poverty populations.
Ready Reading also provides for those students who are ready for acceleration beyond the regular classroom instructional materials.
Examples of actual lessons and of student work in core areas help you implement ideas from this session for successful teaching, whether as a stand-alone phonics/beginning reading program, as a replacement for inadequate phonics instruction in your basal reading program, or as a supplement to materials mandated for use in your school.
Speakers
FC

Tuesday December 10, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am CST
Mirabella H
  BREAKOUT SESSION, ES

10:30am CST

Project Lit will change the way your students feel about reading
We will focus on what Project Lit is and how it got started. We will dive into what it looks like and how you can adapt it for your classroom or library.
Speakers
KR

kimberly rein

Teacher Librarian , Riverdale High School
I can't, I'm busy reading.
DH

Dianne Hall

Youth & Family Literacy, Read to Succeed
Wife, Mom, MIL, Grammy, Reader and Runner
ES

Tuesday December 10, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am CST
Broadlands A
  BREAKOUT SESSION

10:30am CST

Reading for Meaning with Read Live
Learn how to develop fluency, support vocabulary, and promote comprehension by combining three powerful, research-based strategies: teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring. Learn how to meet standards and accelerate the achievement of developing and struggling readers. These effective strategies are demonstrated using Read Naturally’s web-based software program, Read Live.
Speakers
BD

Tuesday December 10, 2019 10:30am - 11:20am CST
Mirabella G
  BREAKOUT SESSION, ES

11:30am CST

Early literacy and language skills
This session will focus on the importance of language development in young children and how it relates to reading. Phonological awareness will be discussed along with activities to help support and build it. Reading disabilities (specifically dyslexia) will be defined and warning signs identified.
Speakers
avatar for Gay Landaiche

Gay Landaiche

Director, The Erika Center at Bodine School
I do community outreach for a school for dyslexics in Memphis, TN. Since 10-20% of the population has a reading disability it is important for educators, parents, and the general community to understand the techniques that work best for teaching these students to read.

Tuesday December 10, 2019 11:30am - 12:20pm CST
Mirabella I
  BREAKOUT SESSION

11:30am CST

Planning and Implementing a Schoolwide Read
Participants in this session will walk through the process of planning, organizing and implementing a schoolwide read at the secondary level. Resources, ideas, successes and pitfalls will be discussed. Additionally, participants will collaborate and brainstorm with colleagues in order to begin the process of planning and implementing a schoolwide read at their school.
Speakers
KL

Kathryn Latacha

Metro Nashville Public Schools

Tuesday December 10, 2019 11:30am - 12:20pm CST
Mirabella D
  FEATURED SPEAKER
 
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