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Fri, Apr 27, 2012

	Assessment	IRA Council Activity	Literacy and Learning	Literacy and Technology	Struggling Readers	Teaching Adolescent Learners	Teaching Early Literacy and Beginning Readers	Teaching Elementary Learners	Teaching English Language Learners	Teaching the Relationship Between Reading and Writing	Other

Sat, Apr 28, 2012

	Assessment	IRA Council Activity	Literacy and Learning	Literacy and Technology	Struggling Readers	Teaching Adolescent Learners	Teaching Early Literacy and Beginning Readers	Teaching Elementary Learners	Teaching English Language Learners	Teaching the Relationship Between Reading and Writing	Other

Sun, Apr 29, 2012

	Assessment	IRA Council Activity	Literacy and Learning	Literacy and Technology	Struggling Readers	Teaching Adolescent Learners	Teaching Early Literacy and Beginning Readers	Teaching Elementary Learners	Teaching English Language Learners	Teaching the Relationship Between Reading and Writing	Other
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Institute: 741 - Institute 01: Unit Projects that Work: Create Amazing Comprehensive Keepsake Books Based on Common Core State Standards. A Project/Product-based Assessment.		Institute: 275 - Institute 17: Developing Literacy Leadership Capacity: Key to School Improvement Institute: 1529 - Institute 13: The Reading-Spelling-Meaning Connection Through Dynamic Word Study and Vocabulary Instruction Institute: 652 - Institute 10: Proven Methods to Convince Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Other Technical Teachers to Celebrate The Use of Common Core Literacy Standards in Their Classroom Instruction Institute: 925 - Institute 04: Teaching Literacy for Cognitive Engagement : Teachers, Texts, and Engaged Students Institute: IN14 - Institute 14: IRA/NCATE: A Partnership for Reading Professional Quality and Performance Institute: 1619 - Institute 11: It’s Not Magic! It’s Metacognition! Graduating Students to the Release of Student READsponsibility through the Structured Read Aloud Process: The “Common Core” of a Balanced Reading Program Institute: 357 - Institute 18: Reading Research Institute 2012: Research that Makes a Difference in the Age of Common Core Standards Institute: 566 - Institute 03: Promoting Vocabulary Development from Pre-K to Grade 12: Intersections of Research and Practice Institute: 946 - Institute 15: Reaching New Heights: Differentiating Literacy Instruction for Special Populations: Including Gifted and Creative Students and English Language Learners Institute: 1055 - Institute 02: Think Along Strategies for all Readers and the Common Core State Standards Institute: 516 - Institute 12: Rekindling the Reading Fire - Author Panel - Using the Story Strategies of Professional Authors to Inspire a Love of Reading and Writing	Institute: 550 - Institute 05: eBooks, Apps, Audio Books, and Other "Reading" Things Digital: What Are They, Why Are They, and What Are We To Do with Them? Institute: 699 - Institute 16: Fostering Literacy and Response with Research-Based Instructional Practices and Web 2.0 Technologies			Institute: 217 - Institute 06: Literacy and Language in the Early Years: Instruction and Assessment Guided by Research, Common Core Standards, and an Understanding of Children and Their Families	Institute: 109 - Institute 07: Fostering All K-8 Students' Independent Writing through Writing Strategy Mini-lessons	Institute: 1123 - Institute 08: Quality Literacy Instruction for Second Language Learners: Language Development and Content Area Literacy Institute Sponsored by the IRA Literacy and Language Learners Committee	Institute: 1531 - Institute 09: Exploring the Importance of Critiquing for Raising Self-Determining Readers and Writers Across the Grades
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM		Council Activities: 965 - Council Awards Ceremony and Reception

Mon, Apr 30, 2012

	Assessment	IRA Council Activity	Literacy and Learning	Literacy and Technology	Struggling Readers	Teaching Adolescent Learners	Teaching Early Literacy and Beginning Readers	Teaching Elementary Learners	Teaching English Language Learners	Teaching the Relationship Between Reading and Writing	Other
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM			General Session: GS01 - Opening General Session Speaker Dr. Steve Perry
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM			Featured Research Session: FR1 - The IRA Literacy Research Panel: Big Ideas, Literacy Needs, and National Priorities
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM			Research Poster Session: RP1 - Teacher Preparation and Professional Development Teaching Edge: TE01 - Exemplary Reading and Writing Practices: Raising Achievement and Sustaining Results							Research Poster Session: RP1 - Teacher Preparation and Professional Development
11:00 AM - 1:45 PM	Symposium: 138 - Making the Most of Writer’s Workshop: Conferencing with Students Keeping the Common Core in Mind Workshop: 320 - Using Descriptive Feedback to Improve Student Learning: Effective Strategies to Enhance Assessment 'For' and 'As' Learning Symposium: 674 - Understanding Comprehension through Miscue Analysis: Supporting Students to Read Proficiently		Symposium: 343 - Readin', Writin', and 'rithmetic Revisited Through the Common Core Standards Symposium: 1219 - New Neighbors: Using Children's Books to Build Bridges Between New Arrivals and Long-term Communities Symposium: 773 - Implementing Partner Reading and Content, Too (PRC2): Differentiating Instruction and building students' confidence and abilities in informational reading and learning Workshop: 1671 - Retreading Tired, Flat, and Worn Out Graphic Organizers: Integrating Poetry and Academic Art in the Content Areas Symposium: 1718 - Putting the Common Core in Context: Intentional uses of culturally relevant children’s literature in standards-based instruction Workshop: 288 - Literacy Coaching at the Secondary Level: Promising Practices for Success Symposium: 1404 - Genre with Purpose: Reading and Writing Narrative, Informational, Procedural, Persuasive, and Dramatic Genres K - 8 Symposium: 1402 - Literacy Coaching: Supporting Literacy Instruction for Diverse Student Populations, a Symposium of the Urban Diversity Committee	Symposium: 1253 - IRA TEACHERS' CHOICES COMMITTEE presents: Celebrate Teaching:Books come alive with Technology!	Workshop: 1101 - Using RTI to Promote Whole-School Change in Literacy Workshop: 936 - Catching Falling Readers: 20 Minutes Per Day ©2011 Workshop: 1455 - What Can Word Callers Teach Us So that We Can Teach Them? – Insights from Good Decoders Who Struggle with Comprehension and Interventions to Help Them Make the Shift to Meaning-Focused Reading	Workshop: 1192 - Reading, Writing, & Thinking through a Historian Lens: Integrating Disciplinary Literacy into Social Studies Instruction Symposium: 474 - Historical Fiction and the Common Core Standards: Unraveling Fact from Fiction Workshop: 1478 - Turning critical literacy skills into scientific literacy: helping science students in differentiated classrooms evaluate and use multiple sources.	Workshop: 1430 - Better Books for Guided Reading: Exploring the Ways Text Selection Relates to Comprehension, Word Recognition, and Student Independence Symposium: 822 - Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in Early Literacy Instruction: Designing Instruction, Preparing Teachers, and Recognizing Programs of Excellence	Symposium: 629 - "There are Many Ways to Learn to Be a Writer:" Celebrating Writing with a Lunch-Time Writers Club Symposium: 271 - Using Poetry for Word Study, Fluency, and Comprehension Instruction Workshop: 1099 - Engaging Every Child in Literacy: Using KEEN Differentiated Learning strategies to help students love learning and achieve higher in the classroom! Workshop: 874 - Constructing Meaning with a Focus on Generating Inferences: A Working Model, Research Evidence and Practical Classroom Applications to Support the Differentiation of Comprehension Instruction Symposium: 1550 - Nonfiction Books Bring to Light Those History Makers Who Might Have Been Left in the Dark: In a Fun Way	Workshop: 1487 - Promoting positive instruction for adolescent immigrant English Learners: Examining cultural discourses around immigration and scaffolding instruction through content literacy strategies Symposium: 1116 - Improving Instruction for Academic Language and Literacy Development: A Capacity Building Approach	Workshop: 1203 - The Art of Reading and Writing: Creative Strategies for Teaching the Recursive Nature of Reading and Writing for Supporting Standards-Driven Curriculum Symposium: 423 - “Involving the School Community and Strengthening Learner Outcomes in Literacy through Authentic Projects including Young Authors' Programs, Writing Fairs, Vocabulary Bee/Parade &Wax Museums”
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM			Co-sponsored Session: 323 - Children's Choices: Visual Literacy Through Graphic Novels & Picture Books Equals Winners
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Exhibitor Session: 160 - Read Naturally's Reading Assessments: A Foundation for an RTI Model	Council Activities: 963 - Making Your First IRA Convention Productive and Enjoyable	Session: 216 - Using Children's Literature to Address Bullying, Foster Empathy & Create a Safer Learning Environment in the Classroom IRA Staff Session: SS06 - What Works for Literacy? Lessons from European Literacy Research and Projects IRA Board Session: PP01 - The Art of Making Text Explicit: Show and Tell Co-sponsored Session: 302 - Challenges in Preparing Teachers of Reading: A Look Back and a Look Forward Session: 1438 - Teaching Young Adult Literature Today: Current Issues, Concerns and Considerations for Classroom Instruction and Academic Research Session: 1663 - Reading Green Across the Curriculum: Environmental Literacies IRA Staff Session: SS03 - Literacy Initiatives of the International Development in Asia Committee (IDAC) Councils and Affiliates Session: 1048 - Selective Tradition and Availability of Multicultural & Health Literature in Schools: Implications for Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices Co-sponsored Session: 1731 - Exploring Relationships Between Research and Classroom Practice NCRLL Session: 920 - Using Leveled Text to Differentiate Instruction for Students in the Content Areas Session: 745 - Collaboration: The Key to Implementing and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities IRA Past President: PP05 - A Conversation with Kenneth Goodman	Session: 951 - eThemes, Newsy, and This Week in Newsy: FREE Online Resources for 21st Century Learners Session: 782 - The 21st Century Literacy Workshop -Using iPads to promote reading, writing and collaboration in the primary classroom. Session: 1609 - Making Ourselves Heard: Using Web 2.0 to Engage Adolescents in Literacy Learning	IRA Board Session: 1732 - The Next Step in Vocabulary Instruction Session: 715 - Mystery Passages and Manipulatives: Active Learning Techniques that Build Essential Comprehension Skills IRA Past President: 1091 - From Struggling Readers to Successful Readers: Purpose and Practice	Session: 1251 - Powerful, Playful Approaches to Poetry	Session: 1296 - Role-Taking in Small Book-Discussion Groups By First Grade Boys in a Single-Gender School: A Sociocultural Perspective. Session: 1114 - Early Literacy: Rethinking the Reading Development from PreK-3rd GradeIn this session, we explore the research, best practices, and lesson learned for developing PreK-3rd grade literacy success. Session: 619 - Reading Workshop Group Curricular Piloting Project: Workshop for ALL Learners K-3 in Public, Private, and Charter Schools, and in Urban and Non-Urban Settings	Session: 1559 - Making Language Visible in the Mathematics Classroom: Effective Use of Singapore Math Strategies Session: 201 - Vocabulary Instruction: From Research to Classroom Practice for Non-ELL and ELL Elementary Students IRA Past President: 500 - Reclaiming Comprehension Session: 1604 - For the Love of Words: Engaging Elementary Students in Active Word Study		Session: 941 - Reading Like a Writer & Writing Like a Reader: Facilitating Students to Interconnect Their Reading & Writing Spanish Session: 1643 - La comprensión y recepción de la lectura crítica literaria en estudiantes universitarios de la Licenciatura en Letras
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM			Featured Research Session: FR2 - Literacy Instruction for K-12 Students Living in Poverty Featured Research Session: FR3 - Computer Analyses of Texts and the Readers’ Cognitive and Emotional States as They Read	Featured Research Session: FR3 - Computer Analyses of Texts and the Readers’ Cognitive and Emotional States as They Read
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM			Featured Research Session: RIP1 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICETeacher as Researcher Grant: Research on Literature and Writing Instruction Luncheon: LL01 - Monday Primary Literature Luncheon featuring Peter Reynolds							Featured Research Session: RIP1 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICETeacher as Researcher Grant: Research on Literature and Writing Instruction
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM			Research Poster Session: RP2 - Literacy Instructional Practices					Research Poster Session: RP2 - Literacy Instructional Practices		Research Poster Session: RP2 - Literacy Instructional Practices
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Session: 1109 - When Texts Get Complex: Assessing Comprehension, Crafting Goals, and Getting Students to the Next Level.		Session: 945 - Disciplinary Literacy and the Common Core: Wisconsin's Vision for bringing Literacy to life in ALL subjects IRA Past President: 309 - Making Sense of the Common Core State Standards Session: 1095 - Poetry and Reciting: How Immersion in Poetry Enhances Reading, Writing and Learning in the Elementary Classroom Session: 1100 - Creating the “GRLS: Girls Reading Literature Society” Program: A University/Library Partnership Focused on Extracurricular Literacy for Underserved Girl Readers Session: 445 - Teaching and Celebrating Writing Across the Curriculum in the Context of Common Core State Standards Exhibitor Session: 923 - SAE International's A World In Motion K-3 Literacy Based STEM Education Program IRA Invited Speaker: IS01 - Talk About Understanding:Enhancing Students’ Understanding through Discourse	Session: 1451 - Using the SORAB To Discover and Explore the Online Reading Skills and Dispositions of Middle School Students	Session: 1009 - Unlocking the Alphabetic Code for Struggling Beginning Readers: Explicit Phonemic Alphabetic Connections Exhibitor Session: 1729 - Only Connect: Helping Your Students Make Connections Through Audiobooks	Session: 554 - Celebrating Schoolwide Adolescent Literacy Success: Literacy in Context (LinC) Generates Powerful Results for Comprehension of Expository Text IRA Board Session: 1459 - An Inquiry into the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy: How Connections with NSES Science Teaching Standards Energize Disciplinary Teaching and Learning, Grades 6-12	Session: 390 - Nurturing Emergent Literacy Skills in Young Learners (Early Childhood) Session: 626 - The Top 10 Reasons to Teach Babies and Toddlers to Read and Engage Literacy Learners from Birth to Age 4 Session: 449 - Comprehension in the Air: Using the Oral Story as a Mentor Text for Teaching Comprehension Strategies in the Primary Classroom	IRA Past President: 600 - Maximizing Reading Motivation in the Age of Common Core Standards Cancelled: 1143 - CANCELLED: Nurturing Voluminous Vocabularies: Engaging Students Who Live in Poverty in Active Word Learning Session: 878 - Think Outside the Book--Bringing Nonfiction Alive through Hands-On Projects and Activities that Engage Readers and Make Them Want to Learn More	Session: 326 - Implementing RTI With English Learners	Session: 664 - Untangling Embedded Ideas in Complex Sentences and Text Structures: Teaching Comprehension to Meet Today's Challenges Session: 459 - The REAL Heroes' Journey: Using Nonfiction Stories about Children in the Civil Rights Movement to Teach Social Justice and Narrative Arc
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM		Council Activities: 966 - Celebrating Leadership
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM			Featured Research Session: RIP2 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: Culturally Diverse Children's and Young Adult Literature in a 21st Century Classroom					Author Panel: AP2 - AP 2: Early Literature Author Panel		Featured Research Session: FR4 - What are the Recommendations for the Future of Research on the Reading and Writing Connection
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM					Teaching Edge: TE02 - When Readers Struggle in the Intermediate Grades: Teaching That Works				Featured Research Session: FR5 - English Learners Panel Discussion: Current Research and Impact of Common Core Standards
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM				Dissertation Research Poster Session: RDP1 - IRA Outstanding Dissertations							Dissertation Research Poster Session: RDP1 - IRA Outstanding Dissertations
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM										Special Interest Group (SIG): 477 - SIG: Language Experience Approach to Literacy
3:00 PM - 5:45 PM			Workshop: 509 - Developing Global Civic Responsibility and English Language Development Through International Literature and Social Action Special Interest Group (SIG): 1352 - SIG Writing to Meet the Language Arts Common Core State Standards Workshop: 1379 - The Daily5 and Cafe Menu: Making it work for you! Get ready to change the way you teach reading. Foster excitement, while still teaching the basics, using Gail Boushey and Joan Moser's model. Special Interest Group (SIG): 982 - SIG: Organization of Teacher Educators in Reading (OTER) Program and Annual Meeting Workshop: 1620 - Using Reading, Talk, and Writing to Support Scientific Understanding: Dynamic and Interactive Strategies for Helping Your Students Meet the Common Core Standards Symposium: 392 - Using Data to Accelerate Literacy Achievement: The Story of Two Schools Special Interest Group (SIG): 1247 - SIG: Nurturing Young Literacy Lives To Make a Difference in the World Symposium: 722 - Defending Contemporary Literacy Research to Tough Audiences Special Interest Group (SIG): 1634 - SIG Concerned Educators of Black Students: The Implementation of Innovative and Enriching Strategies to Facilitate the Process of Building of Life-Long Readers Symposium: 296 - Developing a State Literacy Plan: Pennsylvania's Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Plan Special Interest Group (SIG): 769 - SIG: Leaders of ALL Ages: Working Together - Learning from Each Other Special Interest Group (SIG): 1330 - SIG International Partnerships for Critical Thinking/Active Learning	Symposium: 1616 - Literacy 2.0 Goes to Second Grade: How Teachers Engage Students in Designing and Collaborating with Digital Tools Workshop: 1121 - International, USA/New Zealand Collaboration Achieves Accelerated Progress in Middle Years Literacy Scores - join this workshop to see how and why. Special Interest Group (SIG): 557 - SIG: Middle School Reading: Critical Thinking, Literature, and Technology in the Middle School Classroom: Using technology to support literature circle conversations Symposium: 1212 - Beyond the Printed Word: Audiobooks and Digital Literacy, an interactive symposia highlighting the positive effects of integrating audiobooks into the classroom curriculum	Symposium: 1580 - Engaging Different Learners: Can’t We Foster Inclusive Literacy? Workshop: 478 - Setting Up and Managing an Effective RtI Lab for Early Reading Intervention Symposium: 1373 - Essentialities of Instruction: Struggling Readers, English Language Learners, Autistic, and Learning Disabled students, Finding Keys for Engagement	Workshop: 1025 - Accessing the Inaccessible: The Power of Multiple Approaches to Content Area Instruction Workshop: 960 - Sustaining Strategic Readers: Techniques for Supporting Content Literacy, Grades 6-12 Workshop: 1230 - Guided Reading in the Middle Grades: A Concise and Powerful Approach to Differentiated Reading Instruction for Grades 5-9	Workshop: 488 - So You're Planning To Adopt: Choosing and Using a Core Reading Program, K-2	Symposium: 330 - The Differentiated Difference: The Tale of Two Schools Workshop: 744 - Using Information Text in the Elementary Grades: Teaching Text Structures in Trade Books, Core Reading Programs, and Content Area Text Books to Improve Knowledge Acquisition and Comprehension Workshop: 938 - Meeting the Challenges of the Common Core: Teaching Text Features in the Elementary School Classroom
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Session: 1272 - The Literacy Coach's Game Plan: Utilizing formative assessments to improve teacher collaboration and student learning Session: 462 - The Dynamic Learning Maps Assessment: Supporting Access to Literacy for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities		Session: 1029 - Using multimodal texts to enrich disciplinary literacy: Elementary and secondary perspectives in science and history Session: 1140 - Why There’s No Such Thing as Teacher-Proofing: How Teachers Adapt Prescriptive Lessons for More Equitable Reading Instruction IRA Staff Session: 696 - Reading Research Quarterly: Future Directions Exhibitor Session: 1591 - Celebrating Teaching: Engaging Readers, Developing Content Knowledge, and Teaching Content Literacy Skills with Quality Nonfiction Books Session: 1181 - Creating a Balanced Literacy School: The dynamic duo of the Literacy Team and Grade Level Teams to support and enhance school wide success in literacy Session: 455 - Spelling – the last frontier? An exploration of the disconnect between theory and practice in spelling pedagogy. IRA Past President: 908 - Engaging the disengaged Teenager in Academic Literacy Co-sponsored Session: 454 - Celebrating Teaching: Influencing the Literacies of Children and Youth	Session: 1703 - You Want Me to Blog in PE? A Study of How Adolescents Skillfully Make Connections between In-School Learning and Out-of-School Living IRA Staff Session: 1319 - ReadWriteThink.org Presents: Engaging Learners With “Games” in the Elementary Classroom	Exhibitor Session: 1465 - Bringing Joy Back Into the Classroom with Extensive Read Alouds Session: 597 - Differentiating Reading Instruction for Success with RtI: Interactive Tools, Targeted Lessons and Tiered Activities Session: 139 - Motivating the Unmotivated Through Student Engagement Author Panel: AP3 - AP 3: Reluctant Readers Panel Session: 127 - Close the Reading Achievement Gap Through Summer Reading Session: 587 - Sharply Increasing Reading Motivation, Comprehension, and Fluency Using a Powerful Recording Technique	Session: 1244 - Three Big Questions in Vocabulary Instruction for Content-Area Adolescent Literacy: Which Words Should I Teach? How Should I Introduce Them? How Do I Design a Flexible Vocabulary Journal? Session: 540 - When Content Reading Makes No Sense: The Challenge Facing Adolescent Readers and their Teachers	Exhibitor Session: 495 - Improving Phonemic Awareness, Listening, Speaking and Literacy using the Interactive Response to Intervention (RTI) tool: FONEMZ®, with students of all ages, including at risk and disabled learners IRA Past President: PP02 - The Presentation of Early Literacy Activities which Enhance the Effectiveness of Reading and Writing Instruction for Preschoolers	Session: 1416 - Teaching With Laughter: Engaging with Humor Session: 1622 - Enhancing Visual Literacy: Reading the Visuals in Picture Books Session: 1644 - New Insights About Students with Comprehension Problems: Let's Focus on Connecting Ideas within a Text	Session: 1216 - Similarities and differences in the reading comprehension strategies of Chinese and English readers: Implications for Chinese/English bilingual children	Spanish Session: 1405 - La lectura y la composición escrita del género narrativo en estudiantes universitarios para el aprendizaje y desarrollo de la escritura. Una experiencia compartida en el aula
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM			Research Address & Awards: RA1 - The Role of Disciplinary Literacy Instruction: Delivering and Expanding on the Common Core State Standards
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM			Session: 1086 - Making Comprehension Count—in Reading Classrooms and on Tests Session: 1716 - Ideation as Transmediation: A Strategy Lesson of Technology-Enhanced Content Learning Spanish Session: 1429 - Lectura crítica de géneros académicos en la educación universitaria. Transformación de la posición de los estudiantes frente al saber Session: 1206 - Transformative Reading: Applying Mezirow's Transformation Theory to Reading Instruction Session: 627 - Fostering Engagement and Content Knowledge of Literacy Instruction at the University Level through Collaboration and Promotion of Accountability Session: 207 - Collaborating to Engage Readers: Learn How Librarian and Teacher Partnerships Can Increase Reading for Pleasure by Incorporating Book Clubs, Author Visits and Author Skypes in Your School IRA Invited Speaker: IS03 - Teaching Reading with Pizzazz!	Session: 1607 - Common Core Standards, Computers & Content Literacy: Strategies for Answering the Burning Questions of Disciplinary Teachers About Using the Digital Universe to Meet the New Standards Exhibitor Session: 1214 - Vocabulary on the Go: How Technology can Transform Word Learning Co-sponsored Session: 807 - Expanding Early Literacy Experiences Using Technology Session: 362 - Reading Workshop 2.0: New Texts, New Lessons, New Understandings	Session: 663 - Struggling Readers and the Common Core State Standards: How Can I get Them College and Career Ready? Session: 791 - "Handy" Strategies for All Readers: Basic core reading strategies are correlated to physical manipulatives enabling students to effectively transfer strategies independently using a Helping Hand.	Session: 1108 - Instructional renovations: Addressing the mismatch between readers' abilities and characteristics of content area texts Session: 865 - “What If Normal Isn’t the Only Way to Be?”: A Critical Analysis of (Dis)ability in Young Adult Literature Session: 970 - You don’t understand; I’m not a reading teacher—I teach math!	Exhibitor Session: 126 - Read Naturally's GATE: Direct Instruction for Phonics, Fluency, and More! Session: 331 - Simple Sane Solutions to Build Fluency and Vocabulary in Seconds by Implementing Research-Based Activities in Creative New Ways Cancelled: 1670 - CANCELLED: Evidence-based Approaches to Writing Instruction for Young Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children	Session: 659 - Traveling Around the World Through Children’s Literature Session: 694 - Vocabulary Framing: Supporting Student Vocabulary Learning and Language Use in a Multiphase Vocabulary Instruction Project (MCVIP) Session: 670 - Effects of Two Programs (Reading Only and Reading-Music) on the Development of Vocabulary and Morphosyntaxic Abilities of Second Graders Session: 1551 - Differentiation: An Avenue By Which All Learners Can Utilize Higher-Order Thinking Skills	Session: 1564 - Discovering Signal Words: Teaching Upper Grade English Learners to Comprehend "True" Chronological Orders of Events and Cause/Effect Relationships in Content Area Texts Session: 1491 - Choice, Conversation and Comprehension: Gains made when ELL's choose leveled, culturally relevant text; engage in daily, wide, independent reading; journal and discuss content in 4th - 7th grades.	Session: 1117 - Do You Really Need a Separate Writing Block? Cancelled: 340 - Cancelled: Writing About Reading: Using Response Journals to Support Reading Comprehension in an Urban Third Grade Classroom
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM			Session: 1657 - Poetry Olio

Tue, May 1, 2012

	Assessment	IRA Council Activity	Literacy and Learning	Literacy and Technology	Struggling Readers	Teaching Adolescent Learners	Teaching Early Literacy and Beginning Readers	Teaching Elementary Learners	Teaching English Language Learners	Teaching the Relationship Between Reading and Writing
6:45 AM - 8:00 AM					Cancelled: 630 - CANCELLED: Fluency Is More Than Rate: Know Your Focus!
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM			General Session: GS02 - Second General Speaker Session Ron Clark
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM			Co-sponsored Session: CS02 - Young Adults' Choices: A Project of the International Reading Association
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Symposium: 1069 - Teaching and Assessing Close, Careful, and Critical Reading of Complex Informational Texts: The Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects Workshop: 1008 - Teacher as reader of student text: Using formative assessment to enhance the teaching and learning of writing		Special Interest Group (SIG): 1204 - Special Interest Group Children's Literature and Reading: Global Literature: Educating the Head While Touching the Heart Workshop: 997 - The Journey Toward Literacy Begins at Birth: Sending Children to School Better Prepared to Learn to Read Through Teacher and Pediatrician Partnerships Special Interest Group (SIG): 646 - ROUND TABLE SEATING SIG: College Literacy and Learning Workshop: 498 - Sure-fire Methods That Will Convince Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Other Technical Teachers to Celebrate The Use of Common Core Literacy Standards in Their Classroom Instruction	Special Interest Group (SIG): 533 - ROUND TABLE SEATING for SIG: Technology in Literacy Education Special Interest Group Program Symposium: 1398 - Interact with Fact: Strategies for Extending Nonfiction in the Classroom and Beyond Symposium: 734 - Transforming Literacy Instruction with iPads and Web 2.0 Technology in the Elementary and Middle Grade Classroom	Symposium: 1031 - Meeting the Demands of Poverty and High Need Students within the Federal Reform Agenda - IRA Govt. Relations Symposium Workshop: 497 - Getting Your Kiddos Reading: James Patterson's READKIDDOREAD and YOU Explore Ways to Tempt Every Kid into Books Symposium: 1194 - Reading and Writing Rollicking Rhymes: Using Humorous Poems to Introduce Students to An Often Intimidating Form of Literature--Poetry Workshop: 829 - Shazam! The POWer of Graphica with At-Risk Urban Learners (grades 1-5): Teaching Reading and Writing through Comics	Workshop: 573 - Teach Middle School Writers to Develop Arguments that Persuade and Defend Special Interest Group (SIG): 1481 - SIG Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Graphic Novels SIG: Perspectives from the Field	Workshop: 790 - Reading to Learn WHILE Learning to Read: Meeting the Common Core Standards for Nonfiction Literature, K-2 Workshop: 419 - Inferencing in K-1? Absolutely! Teaching Deep Comprehension Strategies with Comic Strips and Emoticons Symposium: 789 - Turning Dependent Readers into Independent Readers	Workshop: 1315 - Vocabulary Instruction in Upper-Elementary Classrooms: Practical, Concrete Strategies and Procedures Tested by Teachers in a Long-Term Vocabulary Research Study Workshop: 1051 - Building Independent Readers Using Interactive and Shared Reading Symposium: 1453 - Strengthening Academic Literacy Skills in Diverse Elementary Classrooms Workshop: 841 - Celebrate Science and Social Studies by Strengthening Reading: Utilizing Reading/Language Arts Strategies in the Content		Symposium: 1637 - A 2nd Grade Classroom Visits with Author and Poet, Janet Wong.
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM			Special Interest Group (SIG): 545 - SIG: Exploring the Common Core State Standards' Approach to Text Complexity, Part II Special Interest Group (SIG): 614 - SIG History of Reading Special Interest Group (SIG): 979 - SIG Strong Like Two People: How One Small School District has Embraced It's Cultural Diversity and Significantly Improved Student Achievement	Special Interest Group (SIG): 1085 - SIG: Using Accessible Digital Media to Promote Academic SuccessAmong Students with Hearing Loss
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM			Co-sponsored Session: RH01 - Reading Hall of Fame New Inductees Presentation
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Featured Research Session: RIP3 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: How and Why Formative Assessment Fosters Students’ Reading Development		Session: 168 - Words, Words Everywhere; But Which Ones Do We Teach? Insights from the Multi-faceted, Comprehensive Vocabulary Instructional Program and Beyond Session: 948 - Taking the Pain Out of the Revision Process: A New Model for Writing Revision Using a Deliberate, Systematic and Structured Approach Exhibitor Session: ES01 - Text Complexity: Its Critical Role in Reading Development Session: 193 - Promoting Student Success:Targeting Students' Literacy Needs in the High School Science and Math Content Areas Session: 1408 - Celebrating secondary literacy coaches’ roles as critically-oriented leaders: Urban literacy coaches push for change that matters Session: 570 - Using Multicultural Children’s Literature to Promote Cultural Sensitivity in Primary Classrooms Session: 1386 - Celebrating Teaching, Celebrating Reading: Celebrating the 2011-2012 IRA Children's and Young Adult Book Awards Co-sponsored Session: 1125 - Strategic Reading Instruction to Improve Comprehension of Developmental Readers	Session: 660 - Teachers teaching teachers: Building content literacy networks through technology to increase literacy capacity, develop relationships, and deepen instructional practice. Spanish Session: 1020 - CANCELED: Design a multimedia manual in collaboration with secondary teachers, to promote reading fluency and comprehension in the classroom. Session: 1036 - Lifting words off a page: Exploring the purpose of text-to-speech technology in the reading process	IRA Past President: 379 - Interactive Comprehension Strategies and Teachers' Behaviors for Struggling Readers and Writers Session: 981 - Using Informal Reading Inventories and Six Reader Clusters to Help Target Instructional Interventions Session: 1300 - Motivation is the Key to Unlocking the Door for the Reluctant Reader	Session: 737 - Adolescent Literacy Comprehension Builders: Addressing Multiple Levels of Readers in the Same Classroom Exhibitor Session: 952 - Project CRISS: Strategic and Self-Directed Learning Session: 1505 - Getting Them to See What You See: Using Guided Literacy Groups to Instruct Struggling Adolescent Readers in the Comprehension of Informational Texts	Session: 442 - Oral Language Instruction and Common Core Standards: Cementing in the Cornerstone of Literacy in the Early Grades Session: 198 - Word Walk: A New Instructional Sequence for Teaching Vocabulary in Preschool	IRA Staff Session: 1223 - Ideas Shared in The Reading Teacher: Research Guiding Practice Session: 261 - Comprehension Boosting Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary Words with Multiple Meanings Session: 575 - Let’s Talk: Building Vocabulary with Poetry, Direct Instruction, and Collaborative Discussion Session: 955 - Are You Fiddling with Phonics While Rome is Burning? An Introduction to Fundamental Strategies for Reaching and Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Mainstream Classroom Exhibitor Session: 1665 - Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading Books and Strategy Guides: Engaging Students with Authentic Informational Text in Elementary Classrooms	Session: 1628 - Using Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) to Support English Language Learners in Middle School Content Area Classrooms	Session: 1127 - PICTURE BOOKS, CONVERSATIONS, MINI-LESSONS, AND CELEBRATIONS: CREATING A CYCLE OF SUCCESS FOR YOUNG READERS AND WRITERS Session: 1293 - Mapping Comprehensive Reading and Writing Units: The Critical Pathway to Link ELA Common Core Standards with Quality Curriculum, Grades 3-9
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM			Symposium: 863 - Teacher Advisory Panel (TAP) - Tapping into the Voice of Classroom Teachers
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM			IRA Staff Session: 1723 - IRA Global Literacy Project Session 1
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM			Research Poster Session: RP3 - Meet the Researchers					Research Poster Session: RP3 - Meet the Researchers		Research Poster Session: RP3 - Meet the Researchers
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM			Teaching Edge: TE03 - Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives: Evidence, Justification, and Discussion
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Session: 940 - CVC Spelling Assessment: Tracking Growth of Phonemic Awareness from First Consonant to Last Consonant to Middle Vowel	Council Activities: CO03 - Exemplary Reading Program Award Poster Session	IRA Invited Speaker: IS02 - Creating Strategic, Motivated, and Engaged Readers Session: 796 - The Forgotten Literacy: Importance of Talk in the Primary Grades Session: 1182 - "How Do I Know It's Working?": Using Effective Feedback to See Immediate Results Featured Research Session: FR7 - Producing Quality Teachers - Certificate of Distinction Programs Session: 1477 - Discovering the Pleasure and Wonder of Reading Nonfiction Session: 1189 - Top 10 Countdown for Motivating Reluctant Writers in a Writing Classroom: Strategies and Suggestions Author Panel: AP4 - AP 4: Multicultural Author Panel	Session: 934 - Celebrating New Literacies Texts: Technology Based Formats for Motivating Tech Savvy Students Session: 1624 - Using the Writing Process to Teach Digital Literacy to Middle School Students	Co-sponsored Session: 1211 - Reading Recovery as a Response to Intervention Method Session: 922 - Facilitating Change By Empowering Teachers - How Two High Poverty Schools, In Two Different States, Moved From Low Performing To "Schools of Distinction" IRA Past President: 352 - RTI's Influence on Literacy Instruction	Session: 268 - Teaching to the Core: Common Core State Standards-Based ELA Lessons Session: 977 - Juxtaposing the Adolescent and Immigrant Girl Experiences in Literature IRA Staff Session: 1240 - Writing for the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy Session: 1448 - Supporting Scientific Inquiry through Reading, Writing, and Critical Literacy Instruction	Session: 987 - What Did You Say? :The Relationship of Oral Language to Early Literacy Learning Exhibitor Session: 1291 - Talk Matters: Proven Effective Read Aloud Strategies to Increase Vocabulary, Oral Language, and Comprehension for All Students in Grades PreK-3 Session: 856 - Professional Development for Teachers of Adult ESL Emergent Readers: Reflection, Innovation and Implementation Session: 1535 - Dramatic Play + Children’s Literature = Positive Opportunities for Early Childhood Language and Literacy Learning	Session: 1255 - Student talk during literature circle discussions: How teachers can facilitate more accountable and focused interactions Session: 530 - Instruction Accelerators! Five Key Guidelines and Practical Ideas for Differentiating Instruction to Accelerate the Growth of ALL Readers Session: 243 - The Power of Read-Alouds to Enhance Motivation, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension Session: 755 - Boosting Content Area Comprehension for All Students with Interactive Questioning Strategies Exhibitor Session: 199 - From Phonics to Fluency: Effective And Engaging Instruction for Two Critical Areas of the Reading Curriculum Session: 1355 - Engineering With Children's Literature Session: 111 - Writing for Change with Early Elementary Students - Discovering how and why authors write in hopes of creating change in the world	Session: 1327 - Enhancing Adolescent English Language Learners' Literacy and Identity Development through the Approach of Writers' Workshop Session: 1425 - Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Acting!:Strengthening Literacy with Multiliteracy Projects, Grades 3-6.	Session: 781 - Picturing Writing: Engaging Diverse Learners by Treating Pictures and Words as Equal Languages for Learning
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM			Luncheon: LL02 - Tuesday Young Adult Literature Luncheon featuring Jacqueline Woodson
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM			IRA Staff Session: 1725 - IRA Global Literacy Project Session II
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Exhibitor Session: 1277 - The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Tools on the Web: Taking NAEP into the Classroom—and Beyond! How to Make NAEP Work for You.	Council Activities: COS01 - Alpha Upsilon Alpha: Cultivating Scholars and Developing Leaders	Session: 1432 - The Appeal and Use of Graphic Novels Session: 1631 - Building Better Elementary Teachers of Science: Linking Science Content, Disciplinary Literacy, & Science Methods IRA Invited Speaker: IS04 - Why Summers Matter: Closing the Achievement Gap Session: 615 - "Talking Walls": Presenting an instructional model for reading and writing social justice poetry in literacy education. IRA Board Session: 473 - The importance of magazines in the classroom---and a chance to see the best ones including Highlights for Children, Kiki, Cobblestone, Cricket, Ranger Rick and many more. Session: 563 - Understanding Families, Building Partnerships Author Panel: AP5 - AP 5: International Author Panel Session: 1176 - Introduction to the What Works Clearinghouse Writing Practice Guide (Title Forthcoming) IRA Internal Session: INT01 - How to Increase Your Association Membership and Get College Credit Too!	Session: 1369 - Young Adult Literature and Technology: Celebrating the 21st Century Building Blocks of Literacy Session: 898 - Free, Open, and Digital Reading Resources: Share, Remix, Learn Session: 1650 - Engaging Students With Digital Literacies: What Works in the Classroom to Motivate Students and Improve Critical Literacy	Session: 1582 - Authenticity in Reading Class: Research on How Images in Anthology are Altered and the Effects Altered Images have on Comprehension and the Aesthetics of a Story Session: 286 - Lessons in Logic: Helping Struggling Readers Take Command of Informational Texts. Session: 1005 - Setting Growth Goals That Lead to Reading Proficiency with Lexile Measures: Making Informed Decisions	IRA Staff Session: 872 - Learning from PISA 2009: Practice and Policy Implications for Adolescent Literacy Session: 956 - Daybooks: Mapping Your Way Through Comprehension Strategy Instruction Session: 992 - Using Research-Based Vocabulary Instruction to Address the CommonCore State Standards for Vocabulary in the Middle School Grades Session: 1510 - Cutting the Cord: Fostering Independence in Writing Effective Essays Session: 1267 - “A Good Teacher in the Class I Don’t Like”: Examining The Role of Teachers in the Transformation of Struggling Adolescent Readers’ Identities and Abilities	Session: 504 - The Efficacy of Fountas & Pinnell's Leveled Literacy Intervention System: Results in Two School Districts Session: 120 - Designing a Parent Involvement Program to Increase Prekindergarten and Early Primary Student Achievement Session: 1184 - A First 100 Books for Preschoolers: Leveraging Technology to Ensure Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Books for (Nearly) EVERY Home. Session: 728 - Writing, the Cornerstone of an Effective Early Literacy Program in Preschool-Kindergarten: Thousands of young learners learn to read through writing and love it!	Session: 1431 - CANCELED: Working With Word Problems:Power Tools for Problem SolvingTeaching and Learning the New National Common Core Session: 792 - Reading Between the Lines: Music Experiences through Children's Literature Cancelled: 1554 - CANCELLED:Supporting Literacy: Exemplary Science Trade Books Worth Celebrating IRA Staff Session: SS05 - New Zealand Literacy Education : Preservice teacher education, classroom practice & professional development Session: 532 - One School, One Book: the most effective Family Literacy Program you can do. Learn how to implement it in your school and district. Session: 430 - Dare to Differentiate: Vocabulary Strategies for All Students	Session: 830 - Invitations into Text: Engaging English Language Learners in Academic Literacy Events through Strategic Interactions and Positioning Co-sponsored Session: 1483 - Developing the Reading Skills of English Language Learners in the Content Areas (TESOL)	Session: 464 - Character, Not Plot: Guiding Your Students to Develop an Expert Writing Model Exhibitor Session: 1724 - TRAITS WRITING – The Writing Revolution is Here
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM			Teaching Edge: TE04 - Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling & Mentor Texts			Research Poster Session: RP4 - Adolescent Literacies		Co-sponsored Session: CS01 - IRA's Teachers' Choices Committee: Come See the 2012 Winning Books for this IRA Reading Progam!
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM			Author Panel: AP6 - AP 6: Series Favorites: Heroes, Scamps, & Sidekicks
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM			Featured Research Session: RIP4 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: (ROUNDTABLE) How Can Research in Language Arts Change Your Instruction: Discussing Key Ideas Presented in the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, Vol. 3
2:00 PM - 4:45 PM			Symposium: 470 - Jane Addams Children's Book Award: Threading the History, Critical Literacy Strategies, & Student Responses Symposium: 404 - Reading Researchers in Search of Common Ground: The Expert Study Revisited Workshop: 1221 - Text Complexity and the Common Core Standards: What's a Practitioner to Do? Workshop: 1027 - Getting to the Heart of the Common Core State Standards: Designing and Implementing Powerful Comprehension Instruction Symposium: 1513 - Using Non-Fiction Child and Adolescent Literature to Teach Comprehension of Text Across the Curriculum Symposium: 446 - Bringing Coretta Scott King Award-Winning Books into the Classroom: Teaching Theme, Character, and Setting with the Best African-American Children's Literature. Workshop: 1175 - The Remarkable Transformation of a School and Community Via a School-wide Vocabulary Initiative Symposium: 1623 - Celebrating Teaching: Helping Teachers Utilize the Powerful Synergy Created by Text, Illustration, and Archival Documents in Books that Create Portals for Increased Comprehension and Engagement	Workshop: 971 - Revel in New Literacies: Tech Tips to Complement and Enhance Literacy Instruction	Symposium: 1209 - Are the Children Learning? Transforming Two High-Poverty Urban Schools Workshop: 784 - Our Kids Can't Read: Raising the Reading Achievement of Black and Brown Adolescents With and Without Learning Disabilities Workshop: 1381 - Reaching Tier II Struggling Readers Through KUDos: What I Want My Students to Know, Understand, and Be Able to Do		Workshop: 461 - Effective Multisensory Reading and Writing Instruction with Music/Movement/Centers to Raise Achievement of Diverse Populations	Symposium: 1243 - Powerful Strategies for Improving Literacy with Diverse Students Workshop: 526 - Celebrate Teaching! Celebrate Diversity! Multicultural Literature Across the Curriculum and Throughout the Year Workshop: 716 - Teaching to Reach Them All: From Sound Makers to Sense Makers with the Comprehension Kids	Workshop: 1710 - El Desarollo de Lectores y Autores! Author's Workshop, Latino and Social Justice Literature, and Reader's Theater	Workshop: 503 - Simple, effective, and engaging writing strategies that meet the Common Core Standards and support students as they read-to-learn before, during and after instruction.
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM			Author Panel: AP7 - AP 7: Non-Fiction Author Panel
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM			IRA Staff Session: SS10 - IDCC Symposium and Reception
3:00 PM - 5:45 PM			Special Interest Group (SIG): 806 - SIG Celebrating Teachers: Dynamic Ways to Meet the Needs of Learners and Teachers in Inclusive Classrooms. Co-teaching and coaching are powerdul models that improve both teaching and learning. Special Interest Group (SIG): 531 - ROUND TABLE SEATING for SIG: Literacy & Social Responsibility: Discovering and Exploring the Past, Present & Future Through a Socially Responsible Literacy Kaleidoscope Special Interest Group (SIG): 1548 - SIG Bibliotherapy and Reading-Text-to-World Connections: Focusing on Literature to Help Children and Youth Understand Their World and Others Special Interest Group (SIG): 310 - ROUND TABLE SEATING SIG: Professors of Reading Teacher Educators (PRTE) ─ Celebrating Teaching Special Interest Group (SIG): 1358 - ROUND TABLE SEATING: SIG International Reading Association and Rotary International: Collaborative Projects that Celebrate Teaching and Learning at Home and Around the World				Special Interest Group (SIG): 1126 - SIG: Phonics for Beginning and Struggling Readers
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM			Research Poster Session: RP5 - Challenges and Complexities of Literacy Learning		Research Poster Session: RP5 - Challenges and Complexities of Literacy Learning
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Session: 397 - Evaluating Writing Miscues to Target Literacy Instruction: Using Tests of Writing In Context (TWIC) and Comprehension Evaluations to Uncover Instructional Needs and Match with Appropriate Strategies		Session: 877 - RBQ2: Reading Buddies- A Quantitative & Qualitative Analysis Session: 1356 - Confronting Social Injustice Through Critical Literacy Invitations IRA Invited Speaker: IS06 - The Literacy Jigsaw: Addressing the Common Core Standards Session: 1199 - Literacy Learning and Teaching: Using Inquiry and Text Sets with the aid of Literacy Coaching Session: 468 - The Secret Language of Stories: Beyond Story Grammar - Discovering How to Use the Tools of Professional Authors to Analyze Stories Session: 1423 - Developing analytical reflective practitioners in literacy field experiences IRA Past President: 1735 - The Common Core State ELA Standards and English Learners: Making It Happen Session: 501 - Comprehension Intervention: Targeted Small Group Instruction for Active Reading and Thinking Co-sponsored Session: 1587 - Get Involved with the National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE)	IRA Staff Session: SS01 - A Day with ReadWriteThink.org: Incorporating Tools Across the Curriculum Session: 1575 - Waubesa Intermediate School successfully executed a new web-based reading tool, and in doing so, met their school improvement goals and saw significant increases in 5th grade reading scores. Session: 783 - Blogging in First Grade: Multilayers of Scaffolding Support Students' Use of Reading Comprehension Strategies.	Session: 844 - It can be done: Moving struggling readers to grade level through class size, parental involvement, and high expectations Session: 1138 - Getting to the healthy heart of math word problems: core chambers in comprehending the structural reading features of math problems	Session: 136 - Supporting Disciplinary Literacy Development Through a Functional Focus on Language Session: 1563 - The Importance of Collaboration in Developing Secondary Literacy Coaching Programs: Lessons Learned in Two Secondary Coaching Experiences	Session: 1092 - The Big 5 Connection: Integrating Language and Literacy Strategies Throughout the Curriculum Session: 1367 - Teacher knowledge and children's literacy outcomes: findings of two intervention studies in early childhood settings Session: 413 - Successful implementation of an early literacy community program with workshops for children/parents by the professional triad of university faculty, school district teachers, and foundation members	Session: 409 - Getting to “Got It!” Increasing Comprehension and Engagement with Informational Text Exhibitor Session: 1726 - Word Detective Resources: Developing Motivated and Strategic Readers and Writers Session: 1349 - Culture, Mathematics, and Children’s Literature: Using Text Pairs and Text Sets as Contexts for Understanding and Appreciating Mathematics as a Human Endeavor Session: 655 - Good Grief! It's Grammar! Active learning strategies to make grammar fun and exciting Session: 528 - The 7 Keys to Common Core Writing Success Exhibitor Session: 654 - “I Don’t Just Want to Read, I Want to Learn Something:” Using Information Books to Motivate Children to Read Session: 647 - Once Upon a Time Called Now – Traditional Literature in Today’s World	Session: 1180 - Translation, Guided Reading, and Deaf Students: The Good and Sometimes the Bad Session: 1329 - Using Culturally Relevant Literature with Latino Students to Teach Comprehension, Vocabulary and Writing Strategies
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM			Special Interest Group (SIG): 1238 - SIG: "Everything I Need to Know About Literacy I Learned in Infancy"Special Guest Educator/Professional Storyteller Greg Weiss--Storytelling SIG moderator and discussant Dr. Kevin Cordi )		Special Interest Group (SIG): 881 - SIG:Celebrating the Arts in the Reading Classroom: Lights, Camera,ActionThis interactive session reflects the mission of RETA, Reading Excellence Through the Arts, to teach reading through the arts.	Special Interest Group (SIG): 1083 - SIG-Special Interest Group Network of Adolescent Literature: I Will Save You: The Power of Young Adult Literature In Our Diverse Lives with Matt de la Peña				Special Interest Group (SIG): 1285 - SIG: Strategies that Support Readers and Writers in a Balanced Literacy Program
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM			IRA Internal Session: INT02 - Informal Storytelling Gathering

Wed, May 2, 2012

	Assessment	Literacy and Learning	Literacy and Technology	Struggling Readers	Teaching Adolescent Learners	Teaching Early Literacy and Beginning Readers	Teaching Elementary Learners	Teaching English Language Learners	Teaching the Relationship Between Reading and Writing
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Workshop: 1064 - How to take, analyze, and use student Running Records to guide formative assessment in your classroom	Special Interest Group (SIG): 1324 - SIG: Specialized Literacy Professionals: What's Hot in Literacy: Best Practices in the Age of the Common Core Symposium: 556 - Strategies for Success in Reading and Writing Nonfiction: Modeling, Mentoring and Guiding Learners to Higher Levels of Achievement. K-5. Workshop: 176 - Using 21st Century Skills in Student-led Book Clubs Symposium: 428 - Short, real-world nonfiction articles combined with collaborative writing strategies strengthen students’ “test taking skills,” as well as evoke student curiosity, engagement, and college skills. Symposium: 119 - Professional learning and leadership: An international resource for the art, craft, and science of disciplinary literacy acquisition and instruction Symposium: 1283 - Celebrating Reader Engagement as a Critical Component of RTI: How to Make It Happen Special Interest Group (SIG): 344 - SIG: Promoting Reading Engagement for Creative and Gifted Students	Workshop: 980 - Using Media Literacy Skills to Teach the Power of Persuasion: Focusing on Mobile Technologies in Education Symposium: 1263 - Nuancing New Literacies: book clubs, videogames, digital stories, and their implications for literacy teaching	Special Interest Group (SIG): 825 - SIG: Helping Struggling Readers Succeed: A Presentation of the Disabled Reader Special Interest Group Workshop: 1088 - Preparing Struggling Readers for the Demands of the Common Core Standards: Accelerating Learning Gains for Struggling Readers in Elementary and Middle School Symposium: 817 - Differentiated, Evidence-Based, Across-the-Curriculum Interventions for Struggling Readers: Guiding Students to Meet Text Demands During Reading-Group and Content-Area Instruction	Workshop: 1401 - Guided Highlighted Reading: A Reading Strategy to Scaffold Students to Independent Reading of Difficult and Complex Texts from Common Core Appendix B Workshop: 757 - Contagious Inspiration: Four teachers learn about the recursive nature of writing through collaboration, imitation, and celebration Symposium: 1073 - Bullies, Brats, and Bystanders: Combating Negative Peer Pressure with Young Adult Literature Special Interest Group (SIG): 347 - SIG: Beyond the Common Core: Pathways to Lifelong Literacy Workshop: 1610 - Infusing Informational Text in English/Language Arts and Reading Classrooms	Workshop: 519 - Happy Birthday, Dear Author: Creating and Implementing an Author Study Program in the Primary Grades Special Interest Group (SIG): 1146 - SIG: Literacy Development in Young Children Special Interest Group Symposium:Supporting the Development of Comprehension in the Early Years	Workshop: 968 - Connecting Literacy and Science Through Talk, Writing and Reading. Participants will see how literacy strategies can be used to deepen science thinking and reasoning. Symposium: 818 - Capacity for Change: Multi-Year, Embedded, Whole School Professional Development in Literacy Symposium: 1691 - School wide reform across states and contexts: Using technology and collaboration to develop instructional leaders and impact student achievement	Workshop: 679 - Connecting Content and Language for English Learners- Combine, Ignite, Fuse: The synergy of language, literacy and science	Workshop: 1363 - Refreshing Literature Circles and Making Text Connections with Foldables Workshop: 162 - Show Me How! Teach Students to Apply Strategies and Skills
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Session: 669 - Text Complexity and the Common Core State Standards: Using Lexile Measures to Gauge College and Career Readiness	IRA Board Session: 1734 - Common Core Sense: Literacy Practices to Support the Standards Session: 713 - Windows to the Past: Using Historical Fiction and Nonfiction Picture Books to Bring Black History to Life Session: 1269 - Helping Students Comprehend Increasingly Complex Texts: Using "Stepped-up" Small Group Lessons to Increase Agency and Ability Session: 986 - More in Common Than You Think: Using Close Reading and Analytic Writing to Address the Needs of the Common Core IRA Past President: 1720 - Common Core State Standards: Seizing the Moment to Strengthen Your School's Literacy Instruction Session: 1334 - Honoring the Voices of All Students: Multicultural Literature and Social Development Exhibitor Session: 931 - "Tiered" Reader Response Activities for the Common Core Session: 950 - Family Literacy Nights: The Who, What, When, Where and Why to Effectively Plan and Host Family Literacy Nights in Your School Library	IRA Past President: 771 - Keys to Successfully Implementing the ELA Common Core State Standards	Exhibitor Session: ES02 - A Roadmap to Improve Literacy with Secondary Students: Helping Struggling Readers Make Dramatic Gains with System 44 and READ 180 Session: 1482 - Independent Reading, Student and Text Leveling, Formative Assessment, Conferencing, and Home Reading Routines Lead Urban Kindergartners to Read on Grade Level: Testimony from the Field Session: 1139 - Going Multimodal with Reader’s Theater: An Innovative New Approach Combining Effective Differentiated Reading and Writing Strategies to Develop Diverse Learners’ Fluency for Comprehension IRA Board Session: 621 - Igniting a Passion for Reading: Successful Strategies for Building Lifetime Readers Session: 537 - Responding to Struggling Readers with a Critical Literacy Intervention: Using Philosophy for Children to Leverage Accountable Talk and Critical Thinking.	Exhibitor Session: 266 - Effective Vocabulary Instruction for Middle and Secondary Students: The Word Roots Connection Session: 611 - Roping in Runaway Readers: Engaging Adolescent Learners in Reading and Writing Activities Exhibitor Session: 708 - Strategies for Comprehending Short Complex Informational Texts: Preparing Adolescents to Meet the Demands of the Real World	IRA Past President: 319 - Using Core Curriculum State Standards in Content Area Thematic Instruction and the Language Arts Block: Motivating and Differentiating Instruction (preK to grade 4) Session: 788 - Learning to Read and Reading to Learn: Non-Fiction Literature and the Common Core, K-2 Session: 525 - PALS in Immigrant Communities: A Bilingual Family Literacy Project with New Canadians	Session: 1149 - The Power of Visual Learning and Storytelling: Helping young children develop social, emotional, health and safety, and cognitive skills through visual models and within recognizable contexts Session: 868 - Make Every Minute Count: Classroom Management Strategies for All Teachers: A Mentor Teacher's Practical Strategies and Tools that Increase Student Engagement and Enrich Learning	IRA Board Session: 814 - Matching Books and Readers: Helping English Learners in K-6 Classrooms
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM		Special Interest Group (SIG): 1389 - SIG Literacy Challenges in Latin America: Studies of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Peru Special Interest Group (SIG): 513 - SIG: Teachers as Researchers: Transforming Teaching Practices Through Inquiry Special Interest Group (SIG): 665 - SIG: Diversifying Instruction at the Primary, Elementary, and Middle Schools Levels					Special Interest Group (SIG): 374 - ROUND TABLE SEATING for SIG: Concern for Affect in Reading Education (C.A.R.E.)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM		Featured Research Session: RIP5 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: Engaging Books, Engaging Talk, and Engaged Readers: The How and the Why Teaching Edge: TE06 - Powerful English Language Arts Teaching in 21st Century Classrooms	Research Poster Session: RPS6 - Technology in Literacy Education
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM		IRA Staff Session: SS07 - IDCC Workshop
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM		Teaching Edge: TE07 - Interactive Think Aloud Lessons: Surefire Ways to Engage Students and Improve Comprehension
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM		IRA Board Session: 649 - Reacquainting Learning with Understanding: Making a Difference in Reading Comprehension Session: 851 - Reading and Writing AS Content Area Curriculum! More than Adding Activities;Literacy must be the Curriculum. Author Panel: AP8 - AP 8: Graphic Novel Author Panel Session: 990 - Putting the Person Back in Personalized Instruction: Using Professional Development to Deliver On-Demand Differentiation Session: 181 - Using PIRLS 2006 to Explore the Emphasis on Teaching Reading Skills and Strategies Internationally Session: 1642 - EngageALL: An Engagement Model of Academic Literacy for Learning in Content-Area Classrooms Cancelled: 1476 - CANCELLED: Confronting the "Full" Page: Guided Writing of Non-Fiction without Plagiarism Co-sponsored Session: 1595 - With Rigor for All: Helping Students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 Meet Common Core Standards for Reading Literature	Session: 153 - “Ask An Expert:” How to Use Web Tools to Collaborate With Content Specialists Session: 904 - An intervention using speech recognition software: Effects on oral reading fluency for high school LEPs	Session: 1687 - Enhancing Pre-service Teacher Candidates’ Confidence Levels in Teaching Reading Employing a One-on-one Tutoring Practicum Experience IRA Past President: 389 - We could teach everyone to read, but will we?	Session: 1292 - Reading IS Cool...Creating a Literacy Rich Environment in Middle Schools! Session: 410 - Awakens with Tears on Her Cheeks: Teaching Global Young Adult Literature Through a Cosmopolitan Lens IRA Board Session: 866 - The Common Core Standards: Teaching Middle School and High School Students to Comprehend Informational Text	Session: 353 - Can We Fix It? Yes We Can: Building Content Literacy through Content Area Instruction Using Project-based Learning in the Early Elementary Classroom Session: 122 - Harnessing the power of music to boost kindergarteners and struggling first graders in recognizing and writing high-frequency words, using directionality and one-to-one match, and writing messages.	Session: 341 - Using Basal Readers Effectively: From Dutiful Fidelity to Intelligent Decision Making Exhibitor Session: 797 - Standard 10-Dive deeper in to the important issues emerging out of the Common Core Standards movement: text complexity and range of writing. We will define these issues, and overview examples. Session: 204 - Probable Passages: Using Story Structure to Write and Revise a Predictive Passage and Enhance Comprehension Session: 1097 - Teaching With Humor: We Remember What We Laugh At Exhibitor Session: 249 - Teaching vocabulary from word roots: An Instructional routine for the elementary grades	Session: 860 - Understanding the effect of vocabulary on English language learners when building knowledge systematically within and across grades
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM						Featured Research Session: RIP6 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: Promising Practices for Emergent Writers: Collaborative Writing, Digital Composing, Concept Mapping, and Science Journals
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM		Luncheon: LL03 - Wednesday Book and Author Luncheon with Christopher Paul Curtis
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM		Teaching Edge: TE08 - The Daily 5: Fostering Independent and Enthusiastic Readers
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Session: 1470 - Using IRA/NCTE Standards for Assessment and the Common Core Standards to Assess Secondary Readers for Learning and Growth	Session: 1681 - Bringing “real” books back into reading: Using trade books to extend the strategies and skills from core reading program IRA Invited Speaker: IS09 - What Should Be Common in the Common Core State Standards? Session: 837 - The Graphic Novel Classroom: Teaching & Learning with Images Co-sponsored Session: 1598 - NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award: A description of the criteria for this award and a discussion of the thirty books honored in 2011 Session: 547 - Transforming the Summer Literacy Program Into a Literacy Camp: Implications for Enriching Classroom Instruction for Struggling Readers and Writers Session: 910 - Helping Students Understand Why Characters Do What They Do: Using the Action Cycle Approach in Literature Discussion Groups Session: 724 - Navigating the Terrain of Academic Writing: Supporting and Empowering Graduate Student Writers Co-sponsored Session: 1730 - Reclaiming Reading: Teachers, Students, and Researchers Regaining Spaces for Thinking and Action (CELT) Session: 1526 - Racial literacy as Deliberate Pedagogy: Helping teachers learn to facilitate discussions of "race” Session: 452 - Celebrate Picture Books as Mentor Text: A Rich Resource to Develop Deep Comprehension and Powerful Writing	Session: 1433 - Giving Students A Global Voice And Connecting One Student To Another With Web 2.0 Tools: Creative and Collaborative Choices For Publishing Student Writing and Creating Authentic Online Reading Sources Session: 363 - Can We Talk? A Model for Active Reading Comprehension Using Technology.Many Students Enter Secondary schools Lacking the Comprehension Skills to Understand Literature and Content-Area Reading Session: 591 - WikiMedia: Strategies and Resources for Teaching Media Literacy with Web 2.0 Session: 1502 - A Case for Digital Storytelling: How One Teacher’s Literacy Instruction Resulted In “Blood on the River”	IRA Board Session: 1569 - Early Intervention for Struggling K-2 Readers and Writers: What Seems to Be Working, and What's Not Session: 143 - Reciprocal Teaching and Partner Read working together for your struggling reader. These user friendly strategies can be taken back to your classroom and used right away. Exhibitor Session: 148 - Word Warm-ups: Quick Exercises for Word Mastery Session: 738 - Serious Comics: Creating and Using Graphic Books (Novels and Nonfiction) that Empower Visual Learners Session: 1016 - Transforming Literacy Practices, Transforming Lives: How a focus on literacy in 9th grade led to dramatic success in 5 large, urban high schools	Session: 534 - Comics in the Classroom: Using Graphic Novels Across the Secondary Curriculum Session: 1076 - Questioning the Author, the World and Ourselves: Reading America's Stories Beyond the Lines		Session: 1599 - Enhancing Vocabulary Instruction: Six Guidelines from the Wyoming-Colorado MCVIP Research Team Exhibitor Session: 692 - Differentiated Small-Group Reading Lessons: Strategy-Based Groups in Action Session: 1150 - The Daily5 and You- Are you wondering how to keep your students actively engaged while you are teaching small group lessons or conferencing? Discover how to do this with the Daily5. Session: 144 - Comprehension That Works! Taking Students Beyond Ordinary Understanding to Deep Comprehension	Cancelled: 1335 - CANCELLED: The Effects of Dual-Language Reading Curricula on Achievement Outcomes of English and Spanish Learners in a K-5 Title I Two-Way Immersion School: A Case Study Session: 779 - Picture This: Engaging English Language Learners in Creating Picture Books to Strengthen Essential Literacy Skills Session: 1464 - 10 Authentic and Scaffolded Writing Lessons for an ELL Writing Workshop to Improve Not Only Writing but Reading, Listening and Speaking	Session: 1721 - An Integrated Approach to Teaching Reading, Spelling, Phonics, Writing, Proofreading and Editing Cancelled: 586 - CANCELLED: Think Like an Author: Creative Writing Strategies From A Professional Novelist Session: 1659 - Integrating Reading and Writing: Using Children's Literature as Model Texts to Study Author's Craft to Develop Critical Writing Skills

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