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Wed, Apr 17, 2013

	Adolescent Literacy/YA Literature	Assessment	Children’s Literature	Common Core Standards	Early Childhood/Head Start	English Language Learners	International	IRA Council Activity	Literacy Leadership	RtI	Struggling Learners	Technology	Title I

Thu, Apr 18, 2013

	Adolescent Literacy/YA Literature	Assessment	Children’s Literature	Common Core Standards	Early Childhood/Head Start	English Language Learners	International	IRA Council Activity	Literacy Leadership	RtI	Struggling Learners	Technology	Title I

Fri, Apr 19, 2013

	Adolescent Literacy/YA Literature	Assessment	Children’s Literature	Common Core Standards	Early Childhood/Head Start	English Language Learners	International	IRA Council Activity	Literacy Leadership	RtI	Struggling Learners	Technology	Title I
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Institute: 1152 - Institute 13: Making a Difference Through Writing: The Other "R" in Literacy Institute: 185 - Institute 05: Vocabulary Instruction That Makes a Difference: Meeting Standards and Beyond with a Multifaceted Comprehensive Vocabulary Instruction Program-Grades 4-9 Institute: 549 - Institute 07: Adolescent Literacy in the 21st century: An Exploration of Current Research, Policy, Pedagogy, and Adolescent Engagement			Institute: 1639 - Institute 10: The Common Core Literacy Block: What Will It Look Like In My Classroom? Considering the elements of a complete literacy block and how they support the Common Core State Standards Institute: 1165 - Institute 15: Students Make the Difference in Word Study: Practical Applications to Differentiate your Instruction with Diverse Learners Institute: 1322 - Institute 16: Engaging Books, Engaging Talk, and Engaged Readers: Accelerating Academic, Personal, and Social Development and Exceeding the Common Core State Standards. Institute: 186 - Institute 01: Reading Research Institute 2013: Next Steps in the Implementation of Common Standards Institute: 1176 - Institute 04: Guiding ALL Learners, K to 12 to Comprehend Literature Using A Reader Response Model, and More: Comprehension BREAKTHROUGHS FOR ALL Learners Institute: 840 - Cancelled: Institute 06: Implications of the CCSS Reading/Literacy, Writing, & Speaking and Listening Standards and the PARCC Performance Assessments for Teaching & Learning Institute: 444 - Institute 11: The Role of Fluency in the Common Core: Viewing Fluency As a Developmental Continuum for Literacy Achievement Institute: 1433 - Institute 03: Common Core State Standards and English Language Learners: Persuasion Across Time and Space, Analyzing and Producing Persuasive Texts Institute: 1153 - Institute 19: Assessment in the Era of the Common Core State Standards	Institute: 281 - Institute 12: Meeting the Needs of Our Diverse Children in Early Literacy Using CCSS’s for Assessment and Instruction	Institute: 769 - Institute 17: Empowering All Teachers to Reach English Learners in Mainstream Classrooms			Institute: 1625 - Institute 02: Focus on Engagement: Celebrating An Active Stance with Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Institute: 1254 - Institute 08: IRA/CAEP: A Partnership for Reading Professional Quality and Performance Institute: 362 - Institute 09: Best Practices in Literacy Leadership: Nurturing Development through Sustainable Learning and Creative Change		Institute: 1145 - Institute 14: Listening to the Voices of Struggling Readers and Writers: What They Want Educators to Know	Institute: 609 - Institute 18: Using New Technologies to Engage Readers and Encourage Student Voices

Sat, Apr 20, 2013

	Adolescent Literacy/YA Literature	Assessment	Children’s Literature	Common Core Standards	Early Childhood/Head Start	English Language Learners	International	Literacy Leadership	RtI	Struggling Learners	Technology	Title I
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM			General Session: 1757 - First General Session
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM								Teaching Edge: 1746 - ACT NOW: Accessing Complex Texts
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Session: 1084 - Thought-FULL engagement with primary documents: Making a difference with strategic learning Session: 771 - Building Background Knowledge (BBK) with Adolescent Students: An Engaging, Interactive and Easily Differentiated Protocol Session: 471 - Exploring Genre Within the Reading Workshop Session: 1191 - Texts as Talk: Methods on how to improve small group discussions of YA texts Session: 1061 - Fearless Voices: Engaging a New Generation of African American Adolescent Male Writers Session: 633 - A Shared Responsibility: Strengthening Adolescent Literacy Skills Across the Content Areas Through Multisyllabic Word Identification and Assessment	Session: 724 - Elementary Literacy and the Teaching Performance Assessment - Preparing Teacher Candidates for Literacy Instruction in the Real World IRA Board Session: 1764 - Formative Reading Assessments and Differentiated Writing Challenges Session: 1479 - Cancelled: Pre-Writing: Understanding Students’ Meaning Construction Before the First Complete Draft. Session: 496 - Comprehension and the Common Core State Standards: What Every Teacher Needs to Know About Assessment, Crafting Goals, and Getting Students to the Next Level	Session: 1313 - Examining the Middle Grades Canon Session: 1174 - Using Paired Texts as Way-in Texts in Social Studies Session: 381 - Books That Make a Positive Difference! - Turning Kids into Life-long Problem Solvers! Session: 1177 - Integrating Children’s Literature and Mathematics Using Universal Design for Learning Instruction Session: 443 - Supporting Disciplinary Literacy in Elementary Classrooms: Exemplary Science Trade Books Worth Celebrating	Session: 736 - Choice Makes a Difference EVEN in Guided Reading: The Impact of Self-Selection of Text on Literacy Behaviors Session: 270 - “Literacy Today~The Aesthetic Way” Ignite your literacy teaching with songs, strategies, and activities to promote greater learning and retention in reading, writing, and vocabulary. Session: 1618 - Designing Engaging, Common Core-Aligned, Integrated Units of Study: One School District Team’s Journey and Perspective IRA Past President: 1730 - Academic Vocabulary: Foundation for Learning Session: 891 - Now More Than Ever: Using Print and Digital Versions of Newspaper to Meet Common Core State Standards Session: 678 - Addressing the Common Core State Standards: Effective Vocabulary Instruction to Enhance the Comprehension of Complex Texts IRA Past President: 1685 - Close, Careful, and Thoughtful Reading: How to Make it Happen Session: 1339 - Teachers as Writers in the Classroom Workshop	Session: 1608 - Community Resources and Home Literacies at the Core of Early Literacy Teaching	Session: 1234 - Balancing Literacy through bookmaking: How three Spanish-speaking reluctant readers in a bilingual urban context entered the world of literacy Session: 191 - Why Do Adolescents Find Science Texts Challenging and What Can Teachers Do to Help Them? Session: 1470 - Enriching Vocabulary for Latino English Learners through English-Spanish Cognates from the ALA Notable Picture Books Session: 428 - Advancing Literacy in ESL Pull-out Classes: How one English as Second Language teacher uses the five essential ideas of a popular literacy framework in her pull-out resource room with grades 1-5.	Spanish Session: 1380 - El Uso de Libros Ilustrados - Strategies with Picture Books for Spanish and bilingual beginners IRA Staff Session: 1593 - Reading Research Quarterly: Perspectives from the Editors and Insights from a Recent Author Session: 973 - The necessity of culturally authentic introductions of international children’s literature: The analysis of pre-service teachers’ interpretations of children’s literature from Japan IRA Staff Session: 1688 - How Well Do Children Read? Insights from a New International Literacy Survey (PIRLS)	IRA Invited Speaker: 1744 - Literacy and Learning Lessons: Maximizing Achievement for ALL Learners Session: 1345 - Lesson Study: Pushing Coaching in a New Direction Co-sponsored Session: 1721 - Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) Co-sponsored Session: Celebrating Teachers Making a Difference Council Activities: 565 - Navigating the IRA Convention Session: 1110 - CANCELLED: “That Moment When You Realize That You’re a Good Literacy Teacher”: An Inquiry Into Early Career Teachers’ Perceptions of Themselves as Effective Literacy Educators	Cancelled: 1451 - Cancelled: The Lake Wobegon Effect in Reading - How a School Can Beat the Odds so That All Pupils are Above Average	Session: 721 - Leading the Way: Co-Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms Session: 327 - Are You Fiddling with Phonics while Rome is Burning? Fundamental Strategies for Reaching and Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Mainstream Elementary Classrooms IRA Invited Speaker: 1748 - Building Student Independence through Meaningful Literacy Work Stations IRA Past President: 787 - Summers and the Rich/Poor Reading Achievement Gap Session: 868 - Reviving Instruction using Interactive Notebooks Cancelled: 673 - Cancelled; Engaging Comprehension: Active Reading Strategies for Mathematics Students Author Panel: AP05 - Author Panel - The Serious Business of Writing Humor: The Importance of Funny Fiction in the Classroom Session: 297 - The Write to Read: Teaching Before-Reading, During-Reading, and After-Reading Reader Response Strategies to Increase Comprehension Session: 1129 - Effective Instruction for Students with Reading and Behavioral Difficulties	Session: 720 - Multimodal E-Books Can Lead Children to Positive Learning Outcomes in Reading Session: 1130 - Home and Family Literacy in the 21st Century: Virtual World Gaming
11:00 AM - 1:45 PM			Symposium: 853 - Promoting Family Involvement "One Book" at a Time Workshop: 1357 - Everyone Loves a Skinny Book: Using picture book biographies across the grade levels to integrate content, promote critical thinking, and include all learners Workshop: 1439 - Partnering with Nonfiction Mentor Authors to Teach Writing Strategies and Tools of Craft	Symposium: 1103 - Literacy Implementation Guidance for the Common Core ELA Standards Workshop: 782 - Infusing Close Reading into Small Group Instruction: Helping Students to Think Critically Workshop: 954 - Literacy Coaching in the Disciplines at the Secondary Level: Putting the Common Core Standards into Practice		Workshop: 1347 - Aligning Instruction for English Learners to the Secondary English Language Arts Common Core State Standards and WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards: An Interactive Workshop	Symposium: 1043 - Reading Literacy from an International Perspective: Findings from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) over the Last Decade	Symposium: 1112 - Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program: Improving School Readiness and Success for All Children Beginning at Birth Workshop: 1661 - Cancelled: Providing Collaborative, Job-Embedded, and Inquiry-based Professional Development: Supporting Leaders as They Walk the Talk Symposium: 1596 - Diversity in Action: Moving from Rhetoric to Practice	Symposium: 827 - Scaffolding Students’ Independence and Teachers’ Professional Development through Authentic Reading Communities Workshop: 958 - Analysis to Action: Exploring Data and Moving Towards Appropriate Intervention Symposium: 434 - Schools Making a Difference with RtI: An Instructional Focus	Workshop: 811 - What Struggling Readers Really Need: Rich Comprehension Experiences Symposium: 1427 - CANCELLED: Leveraging Parental Support to Prepare Children for the Demands of the Common Core State Standards	Cancelled: 1349 - CANCELLED: Dovetailing CCSS Anchor Standards and Online Reading Comprehension: How to Help Students Take First Steps As Effective Global-Digital Age Readers and Researchers Symposium: 1185 - Technology and Literacy: The Microsoft Teacher Education Initiative's New Open-Access Tools for Teacher Educators
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM			Featured Research Session: RW01 - RESEARCH WORKSHOP Becoming a Teacher Researcher: Exploring IRA's Teacher as Researcher Grant			Featured Research Session: RW01 - RESEARCH WORKSHOP Becoming a Teacher Researcher: Exploring IRA's Teacher as Researcher Grant		Featured Research Session: RW01 - RESEARCH WORKSHOP Becoming a Teacher Researcher: Exploring IRA's Teacher as Researcher Grant
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM			Featured Research Session: FR3 - Dynamic Literacies: Extending and Enhancing our Understanding of Reading in a Transmedia World					Featured Research Session: FR2 - The IRA Literacy Research Panel: Policy Issues and Impact
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM			IRA Invited Speaker: 1758 - Primary Literature Luncheon
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Session: 1556 - Back and Forth: The Effect of Dialogic Writing Engagement on Learning Outcomes among Adolescent Students Session: 1057 - Getting Graphic with American History: Implementing Common Core Content Literacy Standards through Graphic Novels Session: 1367 - Reading and Writing WORDshop: Academic Vocabulary and Word Choice		Session: 716 - Celebrating Nonfiction!: Common Core State Standards in the Elementary Classroom Co-sponsored Session: 1717 - 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 2012 Session: 1243 - Need High Quality Informational Picture Books? Look No More! Session: 681 - Making a Difference for New Authors: The 2012-13 IRA Children’s and Young Adult Book Awards	Session: 1021 - Reading Comprehension and the Common Core Standards at the Secondary Level IRA Invited Speaker: 1749 - Harnessing Literacy Instruction to Meet the Demands of the CCSS Session: 731 - Close Reading and Common Core in the Classroom: Finding, Diagramming, Questioning and Analyzing Evidence in a Text Session: 1303 - Common Core Focus: Build Text Dependent Questions and Use Them to Engage All Learners in Close Reading to Comprehend Complex Text IRA Board Session: 1709 - Writing as Historical Lens: Seeing Students’ Writing Connections With History/Social Studies Through the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy (Grades 6-12) Session: 1081 - Visual Literacy: Using images as a gateway to expanding students’ critical thinking and comprehension of multimodal texts Exhibitor Session: EX11 - When Giants Unite: the 4Ws of Writing Meet the Common Core State Standards Session: 822 - Celebrate 21st Century Reading:Inquiring Minds Improve Deep Comprehension Featured Research Session: RIP1 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: The Common Core’s Three Sources for Text Complexity: What We Know, What We Need to Know Session: 719 - Scaffolding Readers: Increasing the Enjoyment and Understanding of Poetry Session: 1157 - Implementing Effective Questioning Strategies that Support Reading Complex Text	Session: 216 - Word Walk: An Effective Vocabulary Strategy for Young Children Exhibitor Session: EX12 - Use Poetry to Connect Language Learning With Early Childhood Content Areas	Session: 829 - The visual representation: Investigating and teaching the cultural dimension of foreign language reading IRA Past President: 1673 - Helping English Learners Access Complex Texts Session: 1370 - Using Paired Text to Teach Equations in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom Session: 196 - The Portrayal of English Learners in Children's Picture Books	Spanish Session: 1445 - 7 pasos para crear un aula interactiva y rica en lenguaje Session: 1550 - Making university students want to read: Assessing the influence of an extensive reading programme on students' reading attitudes and literacy skills	Session: 1332 - Leadership through Instructional Coaching: The Experiences and Success of a Reading Coach IRA Past President: 789 - Whose knowledge counts in Government LIteracy Policies? Session: 1321 - Essential Leadership Elements in Implementing the Common Core State Standards Initiative		Session: 696 - Practical, Powerful, and Proven Classroom Management Strategies to Increase Student Achievement: Effective Tools Schools can Implement Tomorrow to Engage Students and Increase Scores Session: 435 - Write Fix: Research-Based Intervention for Struggling Writers Session: 1281 - Putting Reading and Writing on the Map in the Primary Grades: Combining Social Studies & Literacy and Differentiating Instruction to Improve Achievement for all Learners IRA Past President: 405 - Comprehension and Composition Strategies for Struggling Readers and Writers: K thru 12. Session: 804 - Powerful Prompting During Guided Reading: Making a difference with small group instruction by scaffolding the students who need support. Session: 612 - Will We Ever Make it Work for All?: Addressing Literacy Needs in the Culturally Diverse Elementary Classroom Session: 410 - Lessons in Logic Empower Struggling Readers Challenged by Text Complexity, the Tenth Common Core State Standard. Session: 1280 - The Power of Parents: Building Home and School Reading Connections	IRA Staff Session: 1674 - Increasing Literacy Across the Curriculum Through Mobile Learning and ReadWriteThink.org Session: 1632 - Digital Literacy and Technology Lessons and Projects that Make a Difference: Improving Teaching and Learning Session: 1660 - Literacy Through Technology: The Power of Digital Storytelling (K-12)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM								Council Activities: 1249 - Strategic Leadership for IRA Coordinators: Building a Bridge between Councils and IRA
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM											IRA Staff Session: 1716 - Global Literacy Professional Development Network
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM				Research Poster Session: RP2 - The IRA Literacy Research Panel: Evidence-Based Practices for Literacy Education
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM			Author Panel: AP03 - Author Panel - Celebrating 75 Years of the Caldecott Medal
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Featured Research Session: FR4 - Project READI: Teaching adolescents to read and write arguments in science, English, and History					Featured Research Session: RIP2 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: Meeting the Challenges of the Changing Demographics: Assessment and instruction that makes a positive difference in ELs’ Success				IRA Invited Speaker: 1745 - Comprehension Instruction Through Text-Based Discussion Teaching Edge: 1747 - Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books (k-8)
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM			Co-sponsored Session: 540 - Children's Choice Award Winners: Informational Books Take Center Stage					IRA Staff Session: 1591 - The Reading Teacher: Literacy Research that Informs Practice
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM								Special Interest Group (SIG): 766 - Research, Reflection, and Renewal- Engaging in Teacher Research to Improve Literacy Practice
3:00 PM - 5:45 PM	Symposium: 714 - Read It, Talk About It, Make a Difference with Young Adult Literature: Young Adults' Choices - A Project of the International Reading Association Special Interest Group (SIG): 1670 - Secondary Reading: Teaching the Reading and Composing of Texts to Meet and Exceed the CCSS Workshop: 1502 - Mystery reading and writing Symposium: 1187 - Toward the Inclusive Curriculum: Exploring LGBTQ-Inclusive Young Adult Literature Workshop: 677 - Making a Difference: Reading, Writing, Thinking and Creating in Response to the Civil Rights History of the United States	Workshop: 482 - Linking Assessment, Classroom Planning and the Common Core	Workshop: 1017 - Using Paired Texts as Way-in Texts in the Content Areas Symposium: 1331 - Teacher Advisory Panel (TAP) – Using Children’s Literature from Different Perspectives	Workshop: 602 - Walk a Mile in Their Shoes: The Subtext Strategy--A Tool for Appreciating Multiple Perspectives...and Crafting Powerful Arguments Workshop: 309 - Show Me How! Strategies and Skills for Reading and Writing Expository Text	Symposium: 1090 - Drama Takes Center Stage in Young Children's Meaning Making Workshop: 521 - T.A.L.K.: Tune-In, Ask open-ended questions, Lift language, Keep it going. This workshop's focus is how to engage students in conversations that strengthen language and build comprehension.	Symposium: 1309 - Drama –Reading Nexus: Moving from using drama in the classroom to further reading by adopting a skill based approach Special Interest Group (SIG): 606 - Differentiation for Effective Literacy Instruction of Creative and Gifted Students	Special Interest Group (SIG): 1415 - Innovative Literacy Interventions in Low-Income and Multilingual Environments: Case Studies from India and Sub-Saharan Africa	Workshop: 1235 - Literacy Coaching: How to be a Powerful Agent for Change in Your School Special Interest Group (SIG): 579 - An Update: Roles and Responsibilities of Reading Specialist/Literacy Coaches		Symposium: 712 - Delving into the Arts with Struggling Readers: Improving literacy experiences through the arts and the usage of children’s literature collection Special Interest Group (SIG): 506 - Be That Teacher! Creating Learning Environments Using Strategies that are Engaging, Productive, and Relevant to Struggling Readers Workshop: 1108 - Going Multimodal with Reader’s Theater: An Innovative New Approach Combining Effective Differentiated Reading and Writing Strategies to Develop Diverse Learners’ Fluency FOR Comprehension Symposium: 192 - Using Poetry and Song Parodies for Word Study, Fluency, Comprehension and Writing Instruction Special Interest Group (SIG): 641 - SIG: Concern for Affect in Reading Education (C.A.R.E.) - The Important Role of Emotional Thinking in Reading Comprehension	Workshop: 1092 - Enhancing Literacy and Content Learning Using iPad Apps for Digital Content Creation Symposium: 902 - Comprehension at the Core: Enhancing Elementary Literacy Instruction with Technology:	Symposium: 956 - Raising the Roof: Building Literacy Achievement from the Ground Up
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM				Special Interest Group (SIG): 1667 - SIG Mastery Learning: Teacher Behaviors that Support the Common Core Literacy Standards, Differentiated Instruction, Language Acquisition, and Metacognitive Strategies
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Session: 1569 - What is She Thinking About, and Why? A Typology for Exploring Characters' Thinking with Middle School Students Session: 563 - Enhance Comprehension of Complex Texts for Adolescents by Building Background Knowledge with Picture Storybooks Session: 1514 - Where visual text and prose text combine: Fundamental principles of graphic literacy in the secondary classroom	Session: 1378 - Do As I Say AND As I Do: Teaching Effective Reading and Literacy Assessment Strategies to Preservice and Beginning Teachers Session: 910 - Cancelled: What Are the Implications of the PARCC Assessments for Middle School Learners? Session: 1665 - Assessing Beginning Writing Using the Developmental Writing Scale and Genre Diversity Measure	Session: 1529 - Persuasive Writing: Getting to the "Core" Using Mentor Texts and Authentic Experiences Session: 201 - Promoting Deep Comprehension in the Elementary School Literacy Classroom Session: 892 - Terse Verse—Think Big, Write Small	Session: 1352 - Using Authentic Literature to Teach Common Core Standards in Content Area Classes Session: 1122 - Confused, Baffled, What About Scaffolds? A Practical Model of Instruction to Support Struggling Readers Meet Grade-level Expectations Using Whole-Class Close Reads and Differentiated Reading Groups. Session: 373 - Teaching Content Area Vocabulary in the Era of Common Core State Standards IRA Past President: 917 - The Common Core: Knowledge Assessment and Perspectives for Critical Reflection Session: 1218 - Students’ Developmental Competence in Understanding and Employing the Structural and Discourse Features of Narrative Writing: Implications for K-8 Instruction Session: 998 - Using Writing to Improve Mathematical Thinking and Mathematical Thinking to Improve Writing	Session: 324 - Do You See What I See: Promoting Preschool Children’s Critical Literacy through Visual Literacy Session: 1238 - Choosing and Using Informational Text in the Preschool Classroom	Session: 306 - Beyond Letters: Using High-Quality Themed ABC Picture Books To Teach Cultural Connections, Vocabulary Development, And Comprehensible Content-Area Instruction To ELLs Linking To Common Core Standards Session: 1522 - Scaffolded Vocabulary Instruction for English Language Learners: Primary Language Support, Cognate Analysis, Sentence Frames, and Oral Language Practice	Session: 1362 - Encountering International Literature: "Reading the World" to Move Toward Critical Literacy IRA Staff Session: ES01 - What Works for Literacy? Lessons from European Literacy Research and Projects	Council Activities: 1743 - Exemplary Reading Program Award Poster Session Co-sponsored Session: 1725 - Instructional Leaders: Changing the Conversation about Literacy Teaching and Learning Session: 643 - Critical Thinking and Writing Informational Texts in a Grade Three Classroom Session: 715 - Donald Graves and the Revolution in Children's Writing--Recovered Archival Footage of a Turning Point in Literacy Education	Session: 1455 - Planning for Cognition: Meeting RTI Goals in Content Classrooms Session: 1609 - An "errorless" learning approach for Tier 3 early literacy support: Using games designed with an embedded time-delay procedure	Session: 692 - Teaching Students to Make Inferences: The Key Comprehension Strategy Session: 576 - Building Higher Order Thinking through Close Reading Session: 409 - Increasing adolescent reading motivation and social understanding through year long thematic units with young adult literature for special education and remedial readers. Cancelled: 645 - Cancelled: Implementing a Build a Better Me Lab: Improving Early Literacy Skill Acquisition through Action-Based Learning. Session: 425 - Snapshots of Their Lives: Using Photographs to Activate the Reading Process	Session: 1015 - The Heart of Synthesis: Understanding, Evaluating and Integrating Information from Multiple Sources Session: 1290 - e-Books and Common Core State Standards: The Flexible Nature of Digital Reading	Session: 1448 - Engage Me, Please!
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM					Special Interest Group (SIG): 1722 - Literacy Development in Young Children Special Interest GroupLanguage, Content Knowledge and Comprehension in the Early Years: What Current Research is Telling Us
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM								Council Activities: 581 - Exploring the 3R's of Council Membership Development		Research Address & Awards: RA1 - RESEARCH ADDRESS AND AWARDSDoin' What Comes Naturally: Using Nature’s Best Biological Ideas to Inform Classroom Practice
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM			Session: 899 - Teachers, Writing Notebooks and Literature in the Writing Workshop
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM		Session: 797 - Using Formative Assessment to Transform Reading and Writing Instructions in Elementary, Middle and Secondary Grades.	Session: 307 - Mentor Poetry: Making Reading and Writing Connections Across the Day Session: 394 - From Readers Theater to Motion Pictures	Session: 1619 - How Do I Fit It All In? The Common Core and Your Literacy Block: Learn a practical strategy for considering the "big picture" of instruction, considering balance and the Common Core State Standards Session: 1190 - Using Trade Books and a Developmental Framework to Support Children’s Science Writing: Science writing in the common core Session: 326 - Teachers Meet (and Exceed!) The Vocabulary Challenges of the Common Core State Standards: Celebrating Teacher Tested Strategies Session: 1577 - Inside Out: Successful CCSS Implementation Begins in the Classroom, Not Outside—Using Professional Development, CCSS-Based Curriculum and Instruction, and Assessment to Improve Outcomes and Practice Session: 416 - Common Core State Standards: Implementing Interventions and Providing Scaffolds for Increased Text Complexity		Session: 1624 - Using information texts to develop and support English learners’ reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge in general education classrooms		Cancelled: 1603 - CANCELLED: Building a cohort of lab classroom teachers as a vehicle to build capacity within a building or across a district that will promote risk taking, rigor and high expectations. Session: 369 - Functions of Teacher Leaders Session: 1383 - Relevance, Engagement, Success: What We Know About Motivation and Why It Matters in Beginning Reading		Session: 1543 - Close Readings of Complex Text with “Just Right” Scaffolding to Enhance Reading and Writing Achievement for Striving Readers Session: 1366 - Developing High-Level, Academic Oral Vocabulary Through Discussions of Digital Fine Art Images and Real-World Photos Session: 255 - Common Core Standards Instruction for Struggling Readers: Teaching Close Reading Beyond the Scripts Cancelled: 1534 - Cancelled: Help Struggling Students Hit the Achievement Mark: Engage and Connect Students With Content Focused Reading Strategies and Comprehension Tools Session: 1319 - The Varied Practice Model, counter intuitive to traditional approaches, incorporates “desirable difficulties” to improve automaticity for struggling readers.	Session: 682 - Cancelled: Pages, Pixels, and Promise: Teaching Real Readers with Digital Tools Session: 1533 - Vocabulary: Formative Assessment and Online Gaming Practice With Free or Inexpensive Digital Resources	Session: 749 - Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms: Academic Success with Intention! Session: 1116 - Family Engagement: The Key to Academic Success
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM			IRA Staff Session: PO01 - Poetry Olio

Sun, Apr 21, 2013

	Adolescent Literacy/YA Literature	Assessment	Children’s Literature	Common Core Standards	Early Childhood/Head Start	English Language Learners	International	Literacy Leadership	RtI	Struggling Learners	Technology	Title I
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	General Session: 1760 - Second General Session
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM							IRA Staff Session: 1713 - Reading for All: Global Literacy Projects I
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Symposium: 305 - Learning by Ear: Sound Principles for Teaching Reading and Writing Special Interest Group (SIG): 1056 - Using Literature to guide writing instruction in the middle grades Symposium: 575 - "One Book - One Summer" - Making a Difference with an Engaging Summer Reading Project for Middle School Students		Workshop: 1179 - Creative Art Mapping. Making a Difference by Honoring Personal Place Symposium: 1568 - Making a Difference: Presenting Authors Whose Nonfiction Books and Biographies Inform, Engage, and Inspire Students for a Lifetime of Reading and Learning	Workshop: 918 - Using a Core Reading Program Effectively Under the Influence of The Common Core Standards and High Stakes Testing Cancelled: 1586 - Cancelled: Promoting Critical Thinking in Secondary Science Classes Through Accountable Talk Workshop: 571 - Writing Great Arguments in K-5 Classrooms Special Interest Group (SIG): 1729 - Engaging Students to Improve Academic Achievement - A core set of principles for culturally relevant and academically rigorous 21st century instruction Workshop: 365 - Musical Fun for Phonics and Tips for Teaching Kids to Sound Out Words Workshop: 865 - Vocabulary Instruction and the Common Core Standards: Instructional shifts and strategies at work for teachers, grades 3-10	Symposium: 1010 - Young Writers, Common Core and Developmentally Appropriate Practices: The Perfect Match!	Workshop: 419 - Making a Difference: The Common Core and Adolescent English Language Learners--Boosting Vocabulary and Comprehension through Analysis and Cooperative Learning Tasks		Symposium: 1482 - Supporting Professional Learning in Schools: Integrating Online Resources with On-Site Professional Learning Communities Special Interest Group (SIG): 620 - SIG: Organization of Teacher Educators in Reading (OTER) Program and Annual Meeting Workshop: 655 - Bilingual, Biliterate and the BY-LINES: Dual Language Writing, Pre-writing through Publication across the curriculum PK-5th grade. Strategies for Teaching Writing Bilingual and ESL Classrooms Symposium: 817 - Kentucky Reading Project: Leading the Way to Student Achievement through an Innovative, Statewide Literacy Professional Development Model Symposium: 273 - The Power of Literacy Coaching: Voices from the Field Special Interest Group (SIG): 529 - Learning From Leaders		Workshop: 551 - Close Reading for Struggling Readers: Design and Implementation Special Interest Group (SIG): 1738 - Concerned Educators of Black Students: Determined to Make A Difference by Reaching Every Student
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM										Special Interest Group (SIG): 286 - Language Experience Approach to Literacy Across Content Areas
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM								Co-sponsored Session: 1742 - Perspectives on Enduring Issues in Literacy: Reflections by Reading Hall of Fame Inductees
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Session: 1391 - Teaching and Learning Science From Science Fiction Literature: Content Area Strategies and Best Practices Session: 857 - Confronting Bullying Through Literature and Writing:Strategies and Lessons that Help Middle School Students Confront Bullying and Harassment and Increase their Literacy Skills. IRA Staff Session: 1592 - Writing for the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy Co-sponsored Session: 1683 - Pushing Curricular Boundaries : Reflections on 2012 American Reading Forum Classroom Text Discussions Presentations. Session: 1125 - “Literacy Lessons” from Incarcerated Adolescents: Using Case Study Data from Juvenile Hall Settings to Improve Independent Reading Practices Session: 740 - Purpose and Power: Reflections and Applications for Teaching Adolescents Socially Responsible Literacy Exhibitor Session: EX10 - Accelerate Achievement for Middle School Readers: Build Vocabulary, Discuss Citiing Text Evidence, and Write About Reading		Author Panel: AP06 - Author Panel - Putting Books to Work: Pairing Literature Authors With Classroom Teachers Session: 1229 - What does this Story say about Females: Challenging Gender-Biased Texts in the English Language Classroom Session: 293 - Book Spoken Here: Using Booktalks to Create Readers for Life Session: 1469 - Social Justice in the Classroom: Literature and Writing Instruction that Makes a Difference in the Lives of Children Cancelled: 531 - Cancelled: Ten Minute Poetry Instruction	Session: 1225 - Overcoming Textbook Fatigue: Using Supplemental Texts to Meet Common Core Standards Session: 1044 - Implementing Individualized Daily Reading: A Path to Increasingly Complex Text IRA Internal Session: NCTM1 - Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics via Common Core: Making Connections Common in the Elementary Grades Session: 226 - Designing Project Based Learning to Teach and Assess Common Core Literacy Standards Session: 1273 - Quick Bursts of Writing Across the Curriculum: Powerfully Heighten Learning, Engagement, and Meet Common Core Reading, Writing, & Speaking/Listening Standards Grades 1-8 Session: 1151 - Get Connected: Literature Circles for the 21st Century (Strategies and Tools for Developing Literacy Skills) Session: 541 - Achieving Success with the Common Core Informational Text Standards with All Students: Using Questioning Strategies to Improve Comprehension and Critical Thinking Session: 1509 - 4 Doors to the Core: Organizing a Strategic Approach for Teaching Lifelong Literacy Skills in the New Era of the Common Core	Session: 432 - The Value of Pre-Reader Comprehension Strategy Instruction: Giving Young Children Tools to Build Understanding Session: 1348 - More than ABCs: Promoting Second Language Literacy for Young English Language Learners, a Comprehensive Classroom Approach	Session: 1555 - Assessing Reading Comprehension of Beginning English Learners in Secondary Schools Session: 658 - 10 Authentic and Scaffolded Writing Lessons for an ELL Writing Workshop to Improve Not Only Writing but Reading, Listening and Speaking Featured Research Session: RIP3 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: Promoting and supporting families’ first languages and cultures in a bilingual family literacy program: A project with immigrant and refugee families Session: 1197 - Data is nothing but numbers without you. The challenge is no longer getting data, but identifying that which is meaningful when teaching English language learners.	Session: 1637 - Reconceptualizing Early Literacy Education in Pakistan: High Quality Pre-Service Training as a Threshold to Effective Instruction	Session: 355 - A Grass-Roots Approach to Reforming Literacy Instruction- How one school district created and successfully implemented a standards-based, home-grown literacy program that responds to student's needs	Cancelled: 319 - Cancelled: Introduction to the What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade Session: 436 - Navigating Informational Texts Independently: Taking Ownership of Learning to Retain Knowledge (Grades 3-5)	Exhibitor Session: EX5 - One Minute Reader iPad App Session: 726 - Research to Practice: Developing a comprehensive model for differentiated vocabulary instruction in the primary grades Session: 1394 - “I Skim Through and Find the Answers”: Addressing Students’ Use of the “Search and Destroy” Method of Reading	Session: 1589 - Using iBooks Author to bring content to life with your students. Create stunning iBooks and more for iPad. Learn how to integrate this innovative technology in your literacy program. Session: 1341 - My Students Have iPads – Now What? Using iPads to Increase Learning, Boost Motivation, and Assess Learning Session: 700 - When Writing (With Technology) Matters Session: 1463 - “Flipping” Instruction: A Practice That Has the Potential to Empower Teachers to Develop Successful Readers Session: 1055 - Innovative Technology Practices in a Clinical Reading Practicum	Session: 585 - Develop Literacy Centers to Maximize Student Learning and Support All Students in Meeting the Common Core ELA Standards
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				Research Poster Session: RP3 - Meet the Researchers			Research Poster Session: RP3 - Meet the Researchers
10:00 AM - 12:45 PM				IRA Invited Speaker: IS06 - Readin’, Writin’, and ‘Rithmetic Revisited Through the Common Core State Standards and Texas STAAR
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM					Teaching Edge: 1752 - What the Research Says About Teaching So That All Children Are Reading on Grade Level			Council Activities: 966 - Principles of Success for IRA Council Presidents
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM				IRA Invited Speaker: 1754 - Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Session: 1622 - Developing Critical Stance with Adolescent Literacy: Making A Difference in Pre-Service Teacher Education Session: 1058 - The Cyber Connection: Multi-Platform Texts to Engage All Readers Author Panel: AP01 - Author Panel - National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature Session: 1128 - Not Just the Books They Read, But Lives They Lead: Rethink Close Reading as More Than Just Analyzing Words and See it as a Student's Tool For Leading a More Engaged Life Session: 515 - Book Talks with a Twist: Updated Ways to Effectively Present Book Talks to High School Students Using Current Young Adult Literature	Session: 1570 - How Clear is Your Windshield? Foldable Formative Assessment for Literacy Skill Clarity	Session: 1099 - Getting the Best of All Worlds – Combining Story World Imagination with Real World Information. Session: 872 - Role Models Develop Character Traits Through Quality Children's Literature Session: 1053 - One District, One Book: Creating a Community of Readers, One Book at a Time! A Look at How One District Implemented a Powerful Family Literacy Project and How You Can Too Session: 568 - Celebrating Early Social Emotional Development With Children’s Literature: Using Early Learning Standards as A Starting Point	Session: 447 - Making a Difference Creating Effective Literacy Learners with the Common Core Text Exemplars Featured Research Session: FR5 - Project-based Integrated Social Studies and Literacy Instruction IRA Past President: 452 - Instructional Strategies to ACHIEVE GOALS FOR THE Common Core StandardS : Use of Informational Text, Complex text, EVidenced Based Comprehension Development and Content Area Themes (PRE-k-6) Session: 1641 - Celebrating the Power of Craft in Nonfiction Writing: Elevating Content Retention, Supporting Acquisition of Academic Vocabulary, and Promoting Nonfiction Writing Proficiency. Session: 725 - Making a Difference in Writing and Grammar Instruction in the Context of Common Core State Standards IRA Invited Speaker: 1750 - The Common Core: Teaching Students to Meet the Reading Standards. Session: 386 - Engage Students in the Common Core Classroom Session: 1444 - Connecting Common Core, Mentor Texts, and 6+1 Traits: Making a Difference in K-8 Students’ Writing of Narrative Texts IRA Past President: 1681 - Teaching Literacy as Powerful Acts: Dynamic, Engaging, and Multimodal Instruction Session: 1252 - An Uncommon Look at Common Core in the Primary Grades (K-1) takes a closer look at the process of unpacking standards, creating units & performance tasks, and differentiating activities for students.	Session: 1245 - DEVELOP STRONG AND MOTIVATED READERS, WRITERS AND SPEAKERS K-2: THE HOW TO OF INTENTIONALLY LINKING THE INQUIRY APPROACH AND EFFECTIVE LITERACY TEACHING AND LEARNING Session: 567 - Word Study for the Primary Student: Planning Appropriate, Effective and Engaging Activities	Spanish Session: 1344 - What's the difference in a 2nd language? Tips for Helping Literate English Language Learners read in English Session: 1194 - Avoiding Reading Failures: Using Student-Centric Strategies and "Assessment Without Testing" Approach to Narrow the Gap and Redefine Reading Instruction for English Language Learners Co-sponsored Session: 1712 - Reading Interpretively and Raising Interest and Language Skill Development Levels		Session: 1412 - Pathways to Literacy: Best Practices to Intentionally Engage Students in the Reading-Writing Connection	Session: 737 - Updates from the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities	Session: 1315 - The Home-School Partnership: Practical Strategies and Tools that Strengthen this Partnership to Increase Student Achievement and Success IRA Invited Speaker: 1750 - The Common Core: Teaching Students to Meet the Reading Standards. Session: 395 - Using Lexile Scores to Set Reading Growth Goals and Locate Text Exhibitor Session: EX02 - Leveled Literacy Intervention, Red and Gold Systems:Turn Struggling Intermediate Readers Into Successful Readers - Teaching That Works Session: 1388 - A Comparative Study of strategies to address challenges of Struggling Adolescent Readers: The Case of Kenya and the United States Session: 835 - Reading Intervention that Works: The Decoding Solution Exhibitor Session: EX16 - Text Complexity and Higher Order Thinking: that's HOT! Session: 389 - Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Readers Theater Adapted from Informational Texts Session: 737 - Updates from the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities	Session: 1584 - Transforming the Research Project with Technology: Making a Difference Through Social Bookmarking and Online Collaboration Session: 898 - Digital Story Expressions: Blending Best Practices in Literacy and Technology with Middle School Students Session: 205 - iMacs "to go" order for Video Book Technology Camp IRA Staff Session: 1675 - Using ReadWriteThink.org to Address the Common Core Standards and Engage Adolescent Learners Session: 1031 - Reading Path and Meaning Making: An Investigation of Eighth-Grade Skilled Readers’ Engagement with an Online, Multimodal Text Session: 646 - Engaging Elementary Students Using E-readers for Independent Reading	Session: 656 - Keeping Title I Students Reading All Summer on a Limited Budget: How Richard Allington Inspired The Summer Book Bus and How We Provisioned the Bus With Over 2,000 Donated Books
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM			IRA Invited Speaker: 1759 - Young Adult Literature Luncheon
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM										Session: 335 - Attitude and Motivation Inspiration: Practical Classroom Ideas to Transform Apathetic or Reluctant Readers Into Avid Readers
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM							IRA Staff Session: 1714 - Reading for All: Global Literacy Projects II
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM								IRA Board Session: BSM01 - IRA Annual Business Meeting
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Session: 1473 - Breathing Fresh Life into Word Studies in Elementary Classrooms through Talk and Thought Session: 1263 - Planned instruction that can effortlessly blend math and literacy standards into classroom lessons through effective use of math-specific strategies Session: 1616 - An Evaluation of Extensive and Intensive Teaching of Literature: Another Year’s Experiment in the Eleventh Grade. Session: 738 - Will You Marry Me? The Union of Content and Literacy: Powerful and Practical Ways to Embed Literacy Strategies and Skills into Content Classrooms Session: 1521 - Changing Perceptions of Culture, Race, and Class One Book at a Time: Action Research with Mexican White Boy Session: 1464 - Analysis of Improvement in Rural Middle School Student Reading Comprehension Skill and Teacher Attitude Toward Monitoring Strategy Instruction Through Action Research Process Session: 897 - "Yes, I do think that I have learned to love to read": Reflections on a High School English Curriculum Revision Emphasizing Choice, Modeling, and Building Literate Identity Session: 1581 - Motivating Middle School Students Using Innovative Student Developed Projects		Session: 1604 - When Are Pictures Worth a Thousand Words? Integrating Science, Math and Literacy Skills Using Wordless Books and Foldables Session: 1636 - Join the Club: Reading HARRY POTTER and THE 39 CLUES Session: 702 - The Power of a Children's Book to Affect Readers' Subsequent Views on Topics Related to Immigration Session: 1573 - Across the Years; Across the Miles: A Critical Podcasting Exchange Session: 784 - Reading and Writing Graphica Texts in Middle and Elementary Classrooms	Session: 1107 - Using Music to Bring the Common Core to Life IRA Invited Speaker: 1751 - Best Ever Literacy Survival Tips: 72 Lessons You Can't Teach Without! Session: 494 - Instructional Leadership Effecting Reading Comprehension in an Urban K-5 school: A Case Study of One School Led by a Principal Totally Committed to Literacy and in particular, Reading Comprehension Session: 1363 - What should I say now? Learning how to provide effective feedback to student reading and writing Exhibitor Session: EX3 - Super Sleuths - Read Like a Detective IRA Past President: 1727 - What's Hot, What's Not for 2013: Literacy Trends & Issues Session: 1643 - CANCELLED: Read More Books; Read Harder Books: A Vision of How to Get Students Reading More Complex Texts via Volume of Reading, Grades 1-12 IRA Invited Speaker: 1755 - Comprehension at the Core: Close Reading With Understanding Session: 1016 - The Power of Comprehensive Vocabulary Instruction to Boost Student Learning and Help Meet the English Language Arts Common Core Standards: One Elementary School’s Story IRA Past President: 1312 - Common Core Foundation Skills: Making a Difference for Long Term Reading Success. Exhibitor Session: EX13 - Common Core State Standards and Writing: Everything You Need to Help Students Reach Expectations: Grades K-6 Session: 456 - Media Literacy: A Key Component in Supporting Middle Schools Students in Meeting the Common Core Reading Standards Session: 1346 - Connecting Content and Comprehension: Using an Inquiry Workshop to Evaluate and Analyze Informational Texts to Meet the Common Core State Standards IRA Internal Session: NCTM2 - Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics via Common Core: Making Connections Common in the Middle Grades	Session: 1150 - Long-term Effects of Professional Development in Language and Literacy with Preschool Teachers Session: 363 - Developmentally Appropriate Ways to Get K/1 Students Writing- Fast! Session: 1209 - Speaking to Learn: A Bridge to Literacy	Session: 661 - The Vocabulary Notebook as Vehicle for Independent Vocabulary Learning in College ELLs: Opening the Discussion to Theory as well as Practice	Session: 1523 - Encouraging Global Citizenship: Literacy Learning for Life	Cancelled: 1557 - Cancelled: Literacy Coaches Can’t do it Alone: Empowering Coaches Through Collaboration Session: 1656 - Effective Leadership in Literacy: Systematic Change by Creating and Promoting a District Theory of Action for Literacy Co-sponsored Session: 1719 - Portraits of School Change from the Grassroots Session: 1572 - Literacy Coaching and the Common Core State Standards Session: 1465 - Data-Based Coaching Using the Gradual Increase of Responsibility Model Session: 943 - Launching a Literacy Legacy: A Collaborative Partnership Between Elementary Schools and Universities to Enhance Student Achievement and Attitudes in Literacy	Session: 728 - Literacy Intervention; A scheduled block focusing on enhancement for T1, intervention for T2, and specialized goals for T3. Sharing development and implementation of an "all hands on deck" program. Session: 984 - Implementing a Literacy Intervention Hour at the Early Elementary Level: How one school LEAPed (Literacy Empowerment Achieving Progress) into creating a successful intervention hour	Session: 1178 - Helping Our Students of Color Become Successful Readers: 12 Actions That Work Session: 249 - Analyzing running records to better inform instructional decisions IRA Past President: 1677 - The Impact of Family on Literacy Development: Convergence, Controversy, and Instructional Implications Session: SS01 - It's Rigor, Not Rigor Mortis: Strategies That Create Attentive, Close Readers Who Actually Want to Read Session: 618 - Picturing Writing: Engaging Diverse Learners by Treating Pictures and Words as Equal Languages for Learning Co-sponsored Session: 1691 - Reading Recovery: Developing Teacher Expertise for Response to Intervention (RtI)	Session: 586 - Making a Difference in Literacy Learning through Multimedia Composing Session: 303 - Internet Guided Reading with Second and Third Grade Children: Using Guided Reading with a Reciprocal Teaching Framework to Support Reading and Comprehending Informational Texts on the Web Exhibitor Session: EX18 - iRead: The NEW, digital solution to the early reading achievement gap Session: 543 - Using the iPad as a Literacy Learning Tool
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM				Workshop: 1559 - Creating Strategic Readers: Motivating and Engaging Techniques in Word Work, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension to Create Confident, Dedicated, and Determined Readers and Leaders Workshop: 950 - "Catching Fire" – Using Inquiry to Ignite Learning in a Writing Classroom Workshop: 1073 - Complex Text and Close Reading with Common Core Standards: Tandem Instruction to Promote Student Engagement and Academic Achievement		Workshop: 668 - Follow the Drinking Gourd to fREADom; a multi-modal approach to supporting English language learner transition to academic classes based around historical elements of the Underground Railroad		Workshop: 694 - Teaching Vocabulary to Upper-Elementary Students: Strategies Classroom Teachers Developed in a Two-Year Research Project		Workshop: 1610 - Supporting Readers with Comprehension-Strand Disabilities: Assessment, Intervention, and Content-Area Strategies for Literacy Coaches, Reading Specialists, and General Education Teachers Symposium: 450 - Have Struggling Readers Been Forgotten by the Common Core State Standards? Teaching Strategies for All Learners: Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Informational Text
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM				Teaching Edge: TE1703 - Fostering Deeper Understanding with Student Discourse:Putting the Dimensions and Outcomes of Understanding to Work				Featured Research Session: RIP4 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: What’s New in Language Arts Research? Looking Inside The Handbook of Research on Teaching of the Language Arts, Vol.3		Teaching Edge: TE1703 - Fostering Deeper Understanding with Student Discourse:Putting the Dimensions and Outcomes of Understanding to Work
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	IRA Invited Speaker: 594 - Using Joan Bauer's Books in a 4-8 Classroom Author Panel: AP02 - Author Panel - The Future's So Dark: Why Readers Can't Get Enough of Dystopian Fiction
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM								IRA Staff Session: 1594 - Theoretical Models and Processes of Reading: Presenting the Sixth Edition
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Session: 901 - The Complex World of YA Adoption Literature: Perspectives, Identities, and Critical Questions		Exhibitor Session: EX08 - Achieving Deep Comprehension Through the Interactive Read Aloud and Student Book Clubs Session: 1233 - The Dr. Seuss Book Picnic: Teaching Phonemic Awareness and Phonics to Beginning Readers Cancelled: 542 - Cancelled: Envisioning Possibilities: Reading and Writing to Make a Difference in the World Session: 1454 - How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Critical Thinking, Geography & Children’s Literature Session: 1159 - Graphic Novels 101: Everything You Need to Know to Start Reading and Teaching Graphic Novels Tomorrow	IRA Board Session: 1763 - Layering Multiple Texts to Heighten Conceptual Understanding Session: 788 - Common Core and English Language Learners: Aligning the Standards with the Workshop Model to Enhance Instruction for Linguistically Diverse Students Session: 449 - Math Expressions: Using Language Strategies to Teach Conceptual Understanding in Mathematics Exhibitor Session: EX9 - Assess, Decide, and Guide: The Keys to Helping Students Meet the Common Core Standards Session: 1369 - Helping Beginning Teachers Develop a ‘Common Core’ Teaching Perspective in Social Studies and the Language Arts: Can It Be Done? How? Session: 666 - Writing Across the Curriculum: Making a Difference. Join us as we explore ways every teacher can use writing across the curriculum to enhance learning.	Exhibitor Session: EX9 - Assess, Decide, and Guide: The Keys to Helping Students Meet the Common Core Standards Session: 266 - Organic Vocabulary in Early Writing: The Keywords Approach to Seeing Words in Print Exhibitor Session: EX1 - The Leveled Literacy Intervention System and K-2 Literacy Achievement in an Urban District Session: 890 - Knowing What and How to Teach Early Writers: Using Writing Conferences to Guide Teaching Decisions During Whole Group Writing Instruction	Session: 909 - Helping English Learners Meet the Common Core: Assessment and Instructional Strategies, K-12 Session: 263 - On the Write Track: A Case Study of Four 5th Grade English Language Learners’ Literacy through Writing Session: 1617 - Before, during, and after reading strategies to support content area instruction for English language learners Session: 718 - ESL and Reading: One Anthology, Two Curricula, Effective Differentiated Approaches	Session: 1474 - Cancelled: WoW: An intergenerational volunteer reading programme in Ireland	Session: 1124 - Creating a Common Core Balanced Literacy School: Celebrating Teachers Making a Difference Session: 867 - A relationship of shared leadership: the role of administrator and literacy coach as the link between effective professional development and increased student achievement. Session: 524 - Building Literacy Capacity in Teacher Leaders: An Urban School's Approach to Balanced Literacy Instruction Session: 930 - Graduate students in literacy making a difference through collaborative digital conversations: Using journaling and blogging to find common threads with IRA standards Session: 591 - Making a Difference: A Statewide Effort to Strategically Close the Achievement Gap	Exhibitor Session: EX6 - Take Aim at Vocabulary!	IRA Internal Session: CM01 - Poverty and Opportunity to Learn: Core Principles for Robust Literacy Teaching and Learning Session: 402 - Show Me the Data! One Professor's Approach to Facilitating an Effective Reading Practicum Course Session: 1546 - Cancelled: Expanding the Village: Utilizing Literacy Tutors to Support Striving Readers	Session: 404 - "Can We Skip Lunch and Keep Writing?" Collaborating in Class and Online Session: 523 - Show Not Tell: Using Web 2.0 to enhance how 21st Century Learners Demonstrate Comprehension
3:00 PM - 5:45 PM	Co-sponsored Session: 1279 - Making a Difference: Texas Authors, Texas Teachers and Texas Literacy Organizations Focus on Critical Reading and Thinking Around Nonfiction Texts		Symposium: 613 - “But Kids Haven't Heard of That!”: Why Teaching Unconventional Nonfiction Is Important Special Interest Group (SIG): 423 - Adapted “Little Books”: An Emergent Literacy Intervention for Signing Deaf Children Special Interest Group (SIG): 830 - Children's Literature Makes a Difference: Award Winning Authors and Notable Books for 2013	Symposium: 1631 - Meeting the Challenge of the CCSS: Collaborative Professional Development in Implementing the CCSS Across the Grades K-12 Special Interest Group (SIG): 1669 - Exploring the Common Core State Standards' Approach to Text Complexity, Part III Symposium: 183 - Text Complexity and Close Reading: Kindergarten and First Grade Teachers Making a Difference Symposium: 1552 - Traveling Around the World through a Study of Text Structure Workshop: 1147 - Assisting Lower-Performing Readers and Writers in Meeting the Common Core		Workshop: 1277 - Language and Literacy for ELLs Creating Systematic Change For Academic Achievement Symposium: 225 - Differentiation to Support and Improve the Literacy Achievement of Special Populations: Including Gifted and Creative Students and English Language Learners.	Symposium: 793 - Learning and Teaching Reading in Asian Languages	Special Interest Group (SIG): 505 - College Literacy and Learning Special Interest Group (SIG): 1682 - History of Reading SIG Annual Session		Special Interest Group (SIG): 1737 - Content Area Reading in Today's Classrooms Symposium: 1491 - Reading Comes Alive! Engaging Readers Using Contemporary Literature and Interactive Literacy Charts to Develop Comprehension.	Workshop: 1171 - Powerful Voices for Kids: Bringing Digital and Media Literacy to K-6 Learners
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM							IRA Staff Session: 1731 - IDCC Symposium and Reception
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM			Co-sponsored Session: 1359 - Teachers' Choices Books: Making a Difference by Enriching the Curriculum with Award-Winning Trade Books for Students in Grades K-8
3:30 PM - 6:15 PM											Special Interest Group (SIG): 727 - Technology in Literacy Education Special Interest Group Program
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM			IRA Staff Session: 1239 - Informal Storytelling Gathering

Mon, Apr 22, 2013

	Adolescent Literacy/YA Literature	Assessment	Children’s Literature	Common Core Standards	Early Childhood/Head Start	English Language Learners	International	Literacy Leadership	RtI	Struggling Learners	Technology	Title I
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM			IRA Invited Speaker: 1761 - Third General Session
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Special Interest Group (SIG): 1692 - Celebrating Books and Reading: How Teachers Make a Difference		Special Interest Group (SIG): 1155 - Creating a Balance Between Fiction and Nonfiction Text: Building Students Comprehension Special Interest Group (SIG): 1188 - IRA Storytelling SIG presents Professional Storyteller Mary Grace Ketner with "A Better Rap for Fairy Tales: Fairy Tales for Psychosocial Development"					Special Interest Group (SIG): 1373 - Celebrating Literacy Successes of Teachers and Rotarians Working Together to Teach the World to Read
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Symposium: 1144 - Engaged Reading/Cultural Rewards: Inviting Students to Read Mexican American Children’s and Young Adult Literature from Texas Workshop: 1428 - Revision Strategies Making A Difference: Moving Adolescent Students in the WRITE Direction Special Interest Group (SIG): 1538 - Rethinking Self and Our World: Focusing on Critical Literacy and Bibliotheraphy for Self-empowerment and Critical Awareness	Special Interest Group (SIG): 990 - Help Me Tell My Story - an innovative, holistic approach to assessment that measures oral language development for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children. Symposium: 1287 - The latest updates from PARCC and Smarter Balanced Consortia - Important Common Core State Standards Connections for You! IRA Government Relations Committee Symposium	Symposium: 1265 - IRA Teachers' Choices Committee Presents: Making a Difference for Readers, Writers, and Artists by Connecting them with Authors and Illustrators who Create Books that Inspire, Motivate, and Delight.	Special Interest Group (SIG): 1732 - Using the Core Standards and Making a Difference: Engaging and Exciting Readers and Writers Through the Arts Workshop: 1195 - Out of the Text and Into the Fold: Equipping Readers with Notebook Foldable Tools for Comprehending and Interacting with Informational Text Workshop: 1074 - From Standards to Practice: Using Lesson Study to Implement the CCSS Symposium: 487 - Literature in the Time of the Common Core Standards: Rigor without the Mortis Workshop: 698 - Meeting the Common Core Standards for Nonfiction Literature, K-2 Workshop: 977 - Using Evidence-Based Discussion Seminars to Support Argumentation: An Instructional Sequence for Helping Your Students Meet the Common Core State Standards	Workshop: 265 - REAL Time (Read, Explore, Ask, and Learn): A strategy for building world knowledge and comprehension using informational texts		IRA Staff Session: 1715 - International Affiliate Leadership Institute	Special Interest Group (SIG): 1156 - Multiple Literacies: Facilitating the Exploration of Pathways to a Socially Responsible World. Workshop: 481 - Integrating Reading Strategies Meaningfully in Cross-Curricular Secondary Classrooms Symposium: 474 - When it Comes to Making a Difference, Nothing Beats a Good Theory Special Interest Group (SIG): 1694 - Professors of Reading Teacher Educators (PRTE) Annual Session: Making a Difference in Reading and Literacy Education		Symposium: 1127 - Pay Attention! Mindfulness as a Vehicle through which Teaching and Learning Occur: Two-minute Strategies and Minilessons to Enhance Focus, Improve Self-Control, and Promote Comprehension Special Interest Group (SIG): 1726 - Practical Phonics Ideas! Workshop: 796 - Using Self-Regulated Writing Strategies to Support Adolescent Striving Writers Symposium: 1477 - Collaborative Partnerships for Readers with Significant Literacy Gaps Workshop: 864 - Seven New Writing Strategy Mini-Lessons for Struggling Learners in Grades 4-8
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Session: 729 - RESCHEDULED:FROM SATURDAY: Examining Potential Influences of Character-writers: How do Proficient Fifth-grade Readers Relate to Character-writers? Co-sponsored Session: 1741 - Co-sponsored session from the College Reading and Learning Association	Session: 1421 - Get Star Struck: 10 Tips to Instantly Improve School Culture and Increase Student Success on your campus using the Millionaire Reading Club ® Session: 287 - CANCELLED: Specific Teacher Knowledge: A Critical Factor in Making a Difference for Students who Struggle. IRA Staff Session: AS01 - Action Research for Literacy Educators Session: 1261 - Let’s Talk Together: The Foundational Importance of Oral Language Development in the Development of Reading	Session: 885 - Who Are You Calling “Unconventional”? Middle-Grade Authors Discuss the Popularity of “Unconventional” Books. Session: 1146 - Powerful Picture Books Inspire Learners to Think, Converse, Wonder, and Write	Session: 438 - Utilizing the Mystery Genre to Teach Argument Writing and Improve Writing Achievement for Students Grade 4 through 8. Session: 475 - Rigor: What It Is and What It Isn't in Reading. Raising achievement with challenging texts and engaged readers		Session: 974 - Differentiating Between English and Spanish Word Walls in a Balanced Biliteracy Classroom		Session: 1385 - Managing Small Group Instruction Through the Implementation of Literacy Workstations IRA Internal Session: SS02 - Building Literacy Leaders In Australia		Session: 1510 - “How Do I Know It’s Working?”: Using Effective Feedback to See Immediate Results Session: 959 - Reading Motivation and Reading Comprehension for Children with Specific Language Impairment: A Review Session: 262 - Wy Kant Thay Spel? Effective and Engaging Strategies to Ensure all Students Learn to Spell Session: 1561 - What If They Don't Want To? Promoting Joyous Effort to Create Urgency, Agency and Responsibility in Learners in Elementary Literacy Programs Session: 1260 - Utilization of Differentiated Center-Based Instruction to accelerate learning for struggling readers and writers Session: 783 - Strategically Planning the Development of Comprehension Skills Can Make a Difference for All Readers in the Content Area Exhibitor Session: EX14 - From Phonics to Fluency: Effective and Engaging Instruction for Two Critical Areas of the Reading Curriculum	Session: 831 - Listen Up! Using the Echo Smartpen to Enhance Instruction in the 21st Century Classroom Session: 1539 - Effective silent reading efficiency habits are crucial to building capacity with increasingly complex texts. What are the instructional considerations that support the development of these habits?	Session: 1193 - How Can Elementary Teachers Collaborate More Effectively with Parents (broadly defined) to Support Student Literacy Learning? A new paradigm for connecting home and school. Exhibitor Session: EX19 - The Dream Team: Getting Parents in the Game
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM				Featured Research Session: RIP5 - RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: Rethinking Fluency: Instruction for the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) IRA Invited Speaker: 1756 - Building Deeper Readers in the Age of the Common Core State Standards
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM				Exhibitor Session: EX17 - Dynamic Vocabulary Instruction: Helping Students Climb the Staircase of Complexity
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Co-sponsored Session: 1687 - Young Adults Choices: A project of the International Reading Association
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	IRA Board Session: 1686 - Successful Writing Instruction in Grades 3-8: Strategies that Work Co-sponsored Session: 1707 - The Border Lands of Today's Youth: Making a Difference in the Developing Identities of Youth through Literature as a Resource to Understand and Value "Difference."	Session: 1006 - The Power of Assessment: Developing and using powerful assessments; Designing instruction that uses students' strengths to overcome their weaknesses; Determining student progress over time. Session: 1384 - Using Common Assessments with Diverse Learners: Benefits and Special Considerations for Evaluating Adolescent ELLs with the QRI-V, PPVT-4 and Words Their Way Elementary Spelling Inventory	Session: 1248 - Before, Between and Beyond: Helping young children recognize, understand and utilize nonfiction text to enhance their learning and inform their writing. Author Panel: AP04 - Author Panel - And Then What Happens?! The Enduring Appeal of Series Fiction	Session: 1285 - Celebrating Poetry and Common Core Curriculum Connections Session: 732 - Aligning Reading Workshop with the Common Core Standards Co-sponsored Session: 1728 - We're in This Together: Standards, the Common Core, and Literacy in English/Language Arts and Social Studies Session: 1396 - Exceptional Writing Instruction and the Common Core State Standards Session: 1091 - From the Page to the Classroom: Implementing Common Core Writing and Literacy Standards Across Grades and Disciplines Session: 243 - Picture Perfect: The Role of Graphical Literacy in the Common Core What We Know About Young Children's Understanding of Graphics and Research-Based Ideas for Instruction	Session: 533 - Enhancing the Early Literacy Skills of All Young Children: Using Guided Socio-Dramatic Play Enactment to Address Core Literacy Standards IRA Board Session: 1672 - Putting culture to work in early childhood literacy development: An Early Reading First Project of the U.S. Department of Education Session: 1431 - Snap, Crackle, and Pop: Making Phonemic Awareness, Phonics and Spelling Come Alive with Multi-sensory and Multi-modal Instruction and Intervention Session: 252 - Harnessing the power of music to boost kindergartners and struggling 1st graders in recognizing and writing high frequency words, looking at print, and writing messages.	Session: 1164 - Modeling as a scaffolding strategy in preservice teachers' understanding of differentiated literacy instruction in diverse classrooms		Session: 1368 - It’s the Story!		Exhibitor Session: EX7 - Reading for Meaning-Fluently Session: 1083 - Expanding The Teacher's Tool Kit: Inclusion of Notetaking Strategies IRA Past President: 448 - Maximizing Literacy Motivation K - 3 Exhibitor Session: EX15 - Teaching Vocabulary from Word Roots: An Instructional Routine for Elementary through Grade 12 Students Session: 1478 - Taking the Pain Out of the Revision Process: A New Model for Revision of Writing Using a Deliberate, Systematic and Structured Approach Session: 687 - Trying Something New: Marietta City Schools Tested a New and Innovative Approach to Reading Intervention to Reach Students with Special Needs	Session: 1142 - Utilizing Digital Literacies That Work: Using Technology To Make a Difference in the Literacy Skiills of At Risk Students Session: 219 - Rethinking Literacy for a Digital World: Using Digital Storytelling, Wikis, Blogs, and Podcasting with Literacy Activities Across the Curriculum Session: 1181 - Developing Students’ Visual Literacy: Using Print and Digital Texts to Analyze, Understand, and Create Multi-Modal Texts Session: 490 - Using Technology to Engage Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders in Reading and Writing	Session: 632 - Making A Difference: Higher Education and Title One Summer School Partnership
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM			IRA Invited Speaker: 1762 - Book and Author Luncheon
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Session: 1418 - Producing Multi-Representational Texts in Mathematics: Writing and Representing as Tools for Reasoning and Persuading Session: 1330 - Reading for Thinking and Caring: Designing Inquiry Literature Units to Engage Students' Hearts and Minds Session: 1355 - Talk, Read, Talk, Write: Engaging adolescent learners while building content area understandings.	Cancelled: 1461 - Cancelled: Creating Technology Enhanced Items using the Dynamic Learning Map: A Process for ELA Session: 610 - Kindergarten: Making Thinking Visible! A Look at the Changing Face of Assessment by Using Authentic Documentation Strategies. Session: 356 - Creating Standards Based Writing Rubrics: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from a Maine School District Cancelled: 839 - Cancelled: Reading Conferences: Learning Spaces that Promote Strategic Readers Session: 463 - Beyond the Bottom Line: Valuing, Developing, and Voicing Teacher Judgment in the Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties	Session: 1392 - What is "Rural?" Portraits in Children's Literature Session: 823 - Honoring the Voices of All Students: Literacy and Social Development Session: 944 - Using Book Clubs to Engage and Create Avid Readers AND Writers	Session: 1304 - In Alignment with the ELA Common Core State Standards Importance of Student Conversations and Discourse in Primary Classrooms: Building Literacy, Communication & Engagement Through Partner Book Talks IRA Past President: 741 - Implementing the Common Core: Close Reading in the Primary Grades IRA Board Session: 1629 - The Common Core: Teaching Middle School and High School Students to Comprehend Informational Text Session: 1320 - Creating Word Nerds at Grades K-6: Teaching All Students to Learn and Love Vocabulary Session: 460 - The Unpacking and the Implementation of the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards, Disciplinary Literacy, Success Stories from Districts and Resources Offered By Several States IRA Board Session: 424 - Getting to the Nitty Gritty of Teaching Complex Texts in Middle Grades Content Subjects Exhibitor Session: EX4 - Project CRISS: Strategic Reading and the Common Core Standards	Session: 330 - "An F is Like an E Without a Bottom Line": What Children's Talk Reveals About Emergent Literacy Development	Spanish Session: 1647 - Desarrollando nuestras habilidades: Preparing Bilingual Education Teachers Spanish Literacy Skills from Day One! Session: 536 - The Effect of Literacy Instruction on the Oral Narrative Retells of Emergent Bilingual Children Session: 913 - Using Audioblog and Mobile Device to Assist English-Language Learning		Session: 1069 - Designing and Implementing High-Quality Professional Learning Experiences: A Road Map for Literacy Coaches Co-sponsored Session: 862 - The Grand Illusion in Reading co-sponsored by the Center for Expansions of Language and Thinking Session: 1351 - Diversity in Teacher Education Programs in Literacy and Reading: A Nationwide Investigative Study Session: 717 - Keeping It Real - An Elementary School-Based Language & Literacy Immersion Experience for First Year Education Preservice Teachers in Training - Literacy Leadership in Action	Session: 1080 - From Frustration to Freedom: Intervention (Tier 2) for Secondary Striving Readers Session: 1466 - Increasing Struggling and ELL Adolescents’ Fluency with Google Voice-Assisted Timed and Guided Readings	Session: 1402 - How Teachers and Administrators Can Mobilize Resources to Enhance Student Motivation and Increase Reading Proficiency for At-Risk Students: A Community Model Session: 628 - One Love, Two Hearts: Reading Specialists and Librarians Working Together to Harmonize Learning for Students Session: 451 - Dive Deeper into Comprehension for Struggling Readers Session: 911 - Moving struggling learners expertly towards reading success: A literacy intervention with male adolescents Session: 624 - Using Computer Based Assessments and Tablet Technology to Increase Access to Standards Based Learning in the SDC Classroom	Session: 1400 - LEA (Language Experience Approach): There's an App for That! Session: 232 - Common Core Standards, Informational text, and Technology: A Winning Combination to Enhance Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Presenting, and Background Knowledge Session: 893 - Take a Byte out of Techology- Technology Camp

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