Reading Research Conference and Annual Convention: Presenter Handouts

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53^rd Annual Convention
May 3—8, 2008

Almasi, Janice; Bronger, Tricia; Cantrell, Susan; Overturf, Brenda;Rubin, Catherine

Learning From Striving Readers: Structures, Processes And Early Results From Kentucky (PDF File).

Amendum, Steve; Ginsberg, Marnie; Mayer, Kelley

The Targeted Reading Intervention: Integrating Professional Development, Distance Learning, and Diagnostically-Driven Strategies for K-2 Struggling Readers (PDF File).

Armour, Lauren

Arnold, Jackie Marshall

Reader Response Across Multiple Contexts (Powerpoint File).

Baldwin, Carol

Barbour, Judy; Fero, Marie; Schroeder, Lucia

Poetry Reading and Writing—Segue to Writing in Content Areas (Powerpoint File).

Barker, Kenneth

Using Manipulatives to Help Struggling Readers Learn Essential Literacy Concepts and Skills (PDF file).

Bauserman, Justin; Bauserman, Kathryn; Edmunds, Kathryn; Izzard, Marilyn

Engaging All children in the Reading Process: Strategies the Motivate (Powerpoint file).

Beach, John D.

Engaging Readers Through Comedy: Children's Literature's Hidden Treasure (PDF file).

Beckmann, Claudia

Using Problem-Based Learning to Engage Struggling Adolescent Readers (Powerpoint File).

Beesley, Virginia; Finger-Maxwell, Emily; Zeigler, Linda

Visualization: The Missing Link Between Reading and Writing (PDF file).

Bernstein, Vivian

Closing Achievement Gaps Through Content Area Vocabulary Instruction (PDF file).

Bohman, Susan; Finnegan, Ellen; Garcia, Georgia Earnest; Richek, Margaret Ann; Stahl, Katherine

Engaging Learners in Vocabulary Learning: Practical, Research-based Approaches (Powerpoint file).

Briggs, Connie; Forbes, Salli

Engagement in Constructive Dialogue: An Important Part of Effective Professional Development (PDF file).

Broach, Laura

Behind the Scenes: Creating a Classroom Environment to Support Successful Researchers (PDF File).

Burkins, Jan Miller

Establishing and Growing Trusting Relationships (Powerpoint File).

Caplan, Jeannetta

Cappelli, Rose; Dorfman, Lynne

Creating Successful Writers with Mentor Texts (PDF file).

Carbo, Marie

High Rapid Reading Gains for Struggling Readers with Specially Recorded Books (PDF file).

Cicchetti, Robin; Magee, Barb; Matheus, Genoveva

Teaching Elementary Students Publishing and Podcasting Through a School-Wide Literary Magazine (PDF file).

Clark-Chiarelli, Nancy; Hirschler, Julie

The Many Faces of Vocabulary: Engaging Children Through Research-based Practices (PDF File).

Coiro, Julie

Cotton, Eileen G.

Net Nanny or Not: Censoring the Internet (PDF file).

Crouch, Debra; Nichols, Maria

Expanding Comprehension: Teaching Children to Read, Think and Talk Among Multiple Sources of Information (Word file).

Cummins, Sunday; McMahon, Susan I.; Quiroa, Ruth

Children of Mexican Heritage: Reading and Writing in Response to Latino-Themed Literature (Word File).

Daniels, Harvey

What’s New with Literature Circles? (Word file).

Dicembre, Elizabeth; Fewster, Darlene; Martinez, Gilda; Pitcher, Sharon

Engaging struggling readers often left behind in literacy (Powerpoint file).

Dierking, Connie

Reading and Writing in the Primary Classroom: Making the Connection Visible (Powerpoint file).

Diller, Debbie; Scott, JoAnn; Terry, Patty; Varsalona, Carol

Increasing Student and Teacher Engagement through Literacy Work Stations and Small Group Instruction (Word File).

Dreher, Jean

Setting the Stage: What Does the Evidence Tell Teachers About Engaging Children in Research Projects and How Do Projects Play Out in Grade 2-4 Classrooms? (PDF File).

Dreher, Jean; Gibson, Rebecca A.

Promoting Reading Engagement A Nonfiction "Book Club" for First-Graders: The Effects of Parent-Led Interactive Read-Alouds on Vocabulary Acquisition and Motivation to Read (Word file).

Essley, Roger; Rief, Linda; Rocci, Levy

Visual Literacy (PDF File).

Fast, Debbie; Henderson, Alesha; Lewandowski, Angee

Fast, Debbie; Henderson, Alesha; Lewandowski, Angee; Regur, Carey

Fawson, Parker; Read, Sylvia; Reutzel, D. Ray;
Smith, John; Sudweeks, Richard

The Primary Grade Reading and Writing Teacher Knowledge Project (Powerpoint file).

Field, Gara B.

Exploring reading fluency and comprehension among elementary and middle school students: An investigation of engagement using Renzulli Learning (Powerpoint File).

Fletcher, Theresa D.; Palatini, Margie

Forsten, Char

The Problem with Word Problems is the Words! (PDF file).

Gear, Adrienne

Gove, Mary K.

Teacher Voices and Practices from One Urban Reading First Program (Word file).

Grant, Jim

Differentiated Intervention: The More Ways We Teach, the More Students We Reach (PDF file).

Graves, Michael F.

Gunter, Lynda

Stepping Stones to Literacy: Designing Centers that Create Meaningful Connections Between Reading and Writing (Powerpoint File).

Gurvitz, Debra; Shefren, Deborah

The Role of the Literacy Coach In a Primary School: A Collaborative Model (Powerpoint file).

Harris, Pauline

Engaging Children in Literacy Talk about Texts in Early Grade Classrooms (Powerpoint File).

Hernandez, Sera

Hernandez, Sera; Jimerson, Lanette; Stornaiuolo, Amy

Teacher Choice, Student Choice: How Freedom to Choose Engages Learners (PDF File).

Hulan, Nancy F.

What the Students Will Say While the Teacher is Away: Encouraging Student-led Discussions (Powerpoint File).

Iaquinto, Julie; Whiteis, Sandra

Learning to Reading Like a Writer – An Intervention Teaching Process (PDF file).

Jahn, Monica; Venn, Claire

Emergent Writing Instruction in Preschool and Kindergarten (Word file).

Johnson, Denise

Deepening Literature Response Through Engagement in Online Activities (Powerpoint File).

Jones, Stephanie

Creative Leadership Under the Thumb of NCLB (Word File).

Kletzien, Sharon B.

Directing the Actors: Teaching Comprehension Strategies in the Context of a Research Project (Powerpoint File).

Koopman, Michelle

On with the Show: Writing and Presenting (Powerpoint File).

Krohn, Kara

Boost Student Comprehension in Any Content Area: The Framing Routine (Powerpoint file).

Lee, Angel; Schreiber, Linda

An Evidence-Based Emergent Literacy Model for Students with Moderate to Severe Intellectual Disabilities (Powerpoint file).

Lilly, Dana H; Lilly, John O.

Using Multimedia Book Reviews to Build a Community of Readers and Writers (PDF File).

Linder, Roberta

It's Not All About Me? Helping Young Adolescents Examine Multiple Perspectives in Texts (Powerpoint File).

Malloy, Jackie

Monitored Self-Selected Reading: Teacher Support for the Practice of Reading (Word File).

McKeown, Margaret

REV Up Vocabulary Instruction in the Middle Grades! (Powerpoint file).

McNair, Jonda C.

Mershon, Cynthia; Rodgers, Yana; Walsh, Russ

The Application of Critical Literacy to Timely Issues in Economics: The Case of Microfinance, Poverty, and Entrepreneurs (Powerpoint File).

Moen, Christine Boardman

Book Blasts, Blogs, and Bowls (PDF file).

Morrow, Lesley M.

Mulcahy-Ernt, Patricia

Self-Regulated Learning, Comprehension, and Study Reading (Powerpoint file).

Nisbet, Deanna; Tindall, Evie

Owens, Thompson

Developing Readers in Middle Years Schools Using Assessment for Learning (Powerpoint file).

Porter, Susan G.

Effects of a Phonological Awareness Intervention on Literacy Progress and Literacy Efficacy for Two Native Spanish Speakers Who Are Also Struggling Readers (PDF File).

Porto, Melina

Quiroa, Ruth E.; Teale, William H; Yokota, Junko

Culturally Responsive Literature (Word File).

Rainville, Kristin N.

Resistance to Change (Powerpoint File).

Randall-Weeks, Maqueda

Leading and Supporting Elementary Coaches (Powerpoint File).

Reinking, David

What's Research Got to Do With It? Is the Research that Counts the Research Teachers Need? (Powerpoint File).

Reutzel, D. Ray

Rockett, Helen Garcia

A picture is worth a thousand academic content words for English learners. (Word file).

Rodriguez-Valls, Fernando

Aprendiendo a leer en ingles en los suburbios de Los Angeles: Alfabetizacion multicultural o sectarismo linguistico? (Powerpoint file).

Rowsell, Jennifer

What is New and Old in New Literacy/ies: An Overview (Powerpoint file).

Sableski, Mary-Kate

Schleicher, Andreas

Literacy Skills for Tomorrow’s World (Powerpoint File).

Schugar, Heather

Raising the Curtain: From Curiosity to Search Strategies (Powerpoint File).

Shanklin, Nancy L.

Self-Assessment for MS & HS Literacy/Instructional Coaches (Powerpoint File).

Sloan, Megan

Awakening the Writer in Every Student: Engaging Young Writers to Find Purpose, Elaborate on Ideas, and Use Interesting Language in their Writing (PDF file).

Smith, Belinda

Sketchbooks and Young Children: Explorations, Dialogue, Implications (Word File).

Snow, Catherine E.

Improving Literacy Outcomes: A Time to Act (PDF file).

Southall, Margo

Differentiated Literacy Centers in Action (Word File).

Strickland, Dorothy

When DAP Meets GAP: Strategies for Promoting Peaceful Coexistence Between Developmentally-Appropriate Practice and the Need to Address the Achievement Gap (Powerpoint file).

Sweeny, Sheelah

Taniguchi, Jay

Trainor, Denise

Fairy Tale Genres (PDF file).

Walker, Sharryn Larsen; Wissehr, Cathy

Wilson, Nance S.

Teaching Students to Become Metacognitive with Content Area Materials (PDF File).

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Reading Research Conference and Annual Convention: Presenter Handouts

53rd Annual Convention May 3—8, 2008

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53^rd Annual Convention
May 3—8, 2008