Rutgers Conference on Reading and Writing 2016

49th Annual Conference on Reading and Writing

LUCY CALKINS PRACTICAL HELP SUPPORTING KIDS’ WORK WITH ESSAY WRITING

October 28, 2016 + AUTHOR SIGNING + LUNCH AND LEARN

SEYMOUR SIMON

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CONTENTS 02

DIRECTOR’S LETTER

04 ITINERARY

PRESENTERS 06 PRESENTERS 08 KEYNOTES

WORKSHOPS 12

AM SESSIONS

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LUNCH AND LEARN

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RESEARCH POSTER DISPLAY

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EXHIBITORS

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director’s letter •Opportunities are provided for children to practice their new skills both independently and with others

Welcome to the 49th Annual Conference on Reading and Writing. I am proud to be a part of the eighth oldest University in the United States during its 250th year.

Rutgers signed its charter in 1776. The University is the home of college football and is one of the most diverse institutions in the country. We are a part of the Big 10 Schools, but that isn’t just for sports, that is mostly for our academic standing as a Research 1 Institution.

•Classrooms are carefully organized to support learning with literacy-rich environments and accessible materials •Varied structures for instructions are utilized to meet individual needs, including whole-group, small-group, and one-on-one settings with the teacher and peers

In my long tenure at Rutgers University, I have seen research and practice of many kinds in the field of Literacy. I think we know a lot about teaching Reading and Writing. One area that needs more research and emphasis is, how to create exemplary teachers. We know that no one program is the answer to student success.

However, the most important part of teaching is, the teacher who motivates, inspires, has high expectations for students and provides exemplary practice.

•Emphasis is placed upon careful organization and direction of strategies and structures for optimal literacy development to occur These characteristics point to the purpose of this conference which is to describe through our keynote speakers, workshops, research posters, and Lunch & Learn sessions many of the elements mentioned that are done by excellent teachers.

Investigations into exemplary practices in literacy attempt to captures as many dimensions of teaching excellence as possible. In this type of research, investigators examined real-life situations in which many variables are successfully integrated. The results of this research show many similarities among the classroom practices of effective and exemplary teachers. A partial list of these characters would include the following (Morrow, Tracey, Woo, & Pressley, 1999; Pressley, Rankin, & Yokoi, 1996; Ruddell & Ruddell, 1995):

Please select from every session the two or three most important points you learned, and turn key the ideas with your colleagues at your schools.

Have an exciting day as you meet and network with colleagues across the state. Enjoy the sessions, exhibits, and food we have provided for you.

More than 1000 days of diligent study, cannot compare to just one day with an excellent teacher.

•Multiple and varied teaching strategies, and learning experiences are used to meet individual needs and styles •Skills are taught through modeling strategies in structured lessons

LISA MULLIN

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

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EILEEN NELSON

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

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NT E PM O L E V E D CY A ER T I L R FO R TE N CE

RALPH FLETCHER

A MORNING WITH RALPH FLETCHER: HOW MENTOR TEXTS LIFT STUDENT WRITING DECEMBER 8, 2016

JENNIFER SERRAVALLO

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MORNING

7:40 - 8:25 REGISTRATION, BREAKFAST, EXHIBITS, NETWORK AND RESEARCH POSTER DISPLAY BREAKFAST DINING SPACE BRUNSWICK BALLROOM (LOWER lEVEL) 8:30 - 9:15 OPENING SESSION Introductions & Opening Remarks Lesley Mandel Morrow, Director Regency Ballroom (main Level) 9:15 - 10:05 MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Lucy Calkins 10:15 - 11:15 OR 10: 35 - 11:35 MORNING WORKSHOPS 11:45 - 12:55 MIDDAY KEYNOTE aDDRESS: Seymour simon regency ballroom (main Level)

AFTERNOON

#rrwc2016 CHECK YOUR BADGE TO SEE IF YOU WON A PRIZE

1:00 - 2:00

LUNCH pick up (on all levels) dining space (Brunswick ballroom lower level)

BOOK SALES (second level) BOOK SIGNING WITH seymour simon (Mezzanine)

1:20 - 2:00 LUNCH AND LEARN SESSIONS research poster display (brunswick ballroom lower level) 2:15 - 3:15 AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS 3:15 - 4:15 HIGH TEA WITH seymour simon (brunswick ballroom)

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conference tips Check your badge for you sessions • DO NOT SWITCH SESSIONS, CHAIRS ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED FOR THAT PARTICULAR SESSION

Food • BREAKFAST ON LOWER LEVEL AND MAIN LEVEL

Staggered Sessions • MORNING SESSIONS ARE STAGGERED, THEY START AT 10:15 AND 10:35. NOTE THE TIME ON YOUR BADGE

Locations • MAP ON PAGE 24

• LUNCH ON LOWER, MAIN, AND SECOND LEVELS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE

• EXHIBITORS: ATRIUM

• DINING ROOMS IN BRUNSWICK BALLROOMS (LOWER LEVEL) WILL BE OPEN ALL DAY WITH TABLES TO EAT

• BOOK SIGNING: MEZZANINE (DURING LUNCH)

OR NETWORK

• BOOK SALES AND RU APPAREL: SECOND LEVEL

• BATHROOMS: LADIES ROOM (ALL LEVELS), MEN’S ROOM (SECOND LEVEL ONLY) • HIGH TEA: BRUNSWICK BALLROOM AT 3:15

presenters

VERONICA TÁPANES ALVERO ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ROSEANN LABROCCA FAIR HAVEN SCHOOLS

ERICA BOLING RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

KIMBERLY LANZA SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CHATHAMS

KATHY BUMGARDENER MCGRAW HILL

GINA MOLINARI-SCHIANO CONSULTANT

HEATHER CASEY RIDER UNIVERSITY

LESLEY MANDEL MORROW RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

JENNIFER CHEN RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

SANDRA NUNES ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS

HELEN COMBA RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

LORI OCZKUS AUTHOR & CONSULTANT

JENNIFER DELNERO RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

TIMOTHY RASINSKI KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

JOANNE EMERY KENT PLACE SCHOOL MICHAEL FORD UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH DIANE GIANNOLA RIDER UNIVERSITY

CARMEN GORDILLO WEST ORANGE SCHOOLS

MAUREEN HALL EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT

KENNETH KUNZ BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE & EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT

CATHERINE RUTLEDGE CONSULTANT TIMOTHY SHANAHAN UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO WENDY SEGER

KELLI WESTMORELAND CONSULTANT JANET WONG AUTHOR

Keynotes CALKINS + LUCY STRATEGY INSTRUCTION TO SUPPORT HIGHER LEVELS OF COMPREHENSION: LEVERS TO LIFT THE LEVEL OF TALKING, THINKING AND WRITING ABOUT READING

Lucy Calkins, Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, will share her latest research on classroom-tested methods for helping kids infer, synthesize, and critique as they read.

You’ll learn ways to help kids approach reading, resolving to develop insightful, text-based ideas. You’ll hear, also, about a repertoire of strategies that will pay off for readers, and about ways that learning progressions and other scaffolds can support kids to tackle the thinking work that is just beyond their reach.

The session will brim with both big ideas and specific details, and will be both practical and inspirational. Lucy will draw on her work in hundreds of school districts across the world, and on her studies of reading and writing development, school-wide reform, and best practices.

+ SEYMOUR SIMON

Visionary author Seymour Simon (@SeymourSimon), who the New York Times called “the dean of the [children’s science] field, “is the author of nearly 300 highly acclaimed science books, more than seventy-five of which have been named Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). He has introduced tens of millions of children to a staggering array of subjects.

Seymour Simon has long been a leader with respect to educational technology for children. He wrote five early books on computer science, including Meet the Computer and How To Talk to Your Computer (an early book on coding, explaining LOGO and Basic to children), which were published by Harper & Row in 1985. In 2012, Simon founded StarWalk Kids Media, a streaming eBook platform designed to provide high quality digital literature from top quality authors to Schools and Libraries. Now, with the integration of StarWalk Kids Media into Fable Learning, his vision for utilizing the power of technology to drive engaged learning for today’s children ---digital natives---takes a big step forward in his role as Senior Advisor to Fable Learning.

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the rutgers reading club

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An After and Before School Literacy Program For Struggling Readers

CENTERFORLITERACYDEVELOPMENT Children socialize before they are taught

BASED ON RESEARCH AND THEORY PROMOTING

which gives them a chance to relax after school, have a snack, and get ready to work. Instruction focuses on the child’s needs however the basic teaching plan includes the integration of the language arts with developing: word work, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and writing.

Along with enhancing literacy development, motivation is a major goal in each teaching session. For example the child can choose a book for the teacher to read to them that is too difficult for the child to read themselves. Literacy games are also played.

Each child is taught twice a week for 12 weeks for 45 minutes to an hour by a teacher who is certified. In addition to literacy development, teachers work on building a relationship with the child.

+ Motivating and Engaging children

+ Building Self-esteem + Creating time for socializing and snacking

+ Building relationships between teacher and student

+ Allowing for success + Differentiating instruction + Providing additional literacy instruction

+ Allowing for practice

+ Data from the Rutgers Reading Club was analyzed

children in the treatment group improve significantly in literacy development than

and illustrates that

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mORNING SESSIONS • MORNING WORKSHOPS START AT 10:15 AND 10:35, CHECK YOUR BADGE • MAP PG. 24

K-3 WORKSHOPS EXCLUSIVE SESSION WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW STATE LANGUAGE ARTS/ LITERACY GUIDELINES: ESSENTIAL MOTIVATING STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING VOCABULARY, COMPREHENSION, AND WRITING, THROUGH PROJECT BASED INSTRUCTION. (K-4) LESLEY M. MORROW GARDEN STATE B 10:15 - 11:15 Dr. Morrow is the author of the new language arts/literacy guidelines for the New Jersey Department of Education.

She will share motivating strategies and structures to accomplish the goals.

Participants in this session will receive a copy of the NJ Language Arts/Literacy guidelines and the power point from the presentation.

GUIDED READING: MATCHING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO THE LITERACY STANDARDS (K-3) KENNETH KUNZ MAUREEN HALL CONFERENCE BC 10:35 - 11:35 In this workshop, the basic structure of guided reading will be addressed, including creating groups and the necessity for quality independent practice. Participants will unpack a number of standards that are 10 RUTGERSLITERACYCENTER.ORG | OCT 2016

challenging for teachers to address within the literacy curriculum, and explore how these standards translate to interactive guided reading, where effective strategies are matched to direct instruction with skills. Teachers who conduct guided reading on a daily basis will walk away with a plethora of new ideas that can be adjusted to meet the needs of all learners.

Authentic activities will be shared to support idea generation, word choice, writing fluency/stamina, and mechanics of written language. Participants will engage in activities to gain an inside perspective on the strategies.

CLOSE READING: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO TEACH IT (K-3)

HELEN COMBA SALON CD 10:35 - 11:35

TIMOTHY SHANAHAN CONFERENCE I 10:35 - 11:35 Over the past few years, there has been increased emphasis on close reading in our schools. Unfortunately, a good deal of this effort has been wasted as many teachers (and programs) clearly do not understand what close reading is or why it is being emphasized. This workshop presentation will explain the close reading concept and will demonstrate what close reading might look like in a primary grade classroom, and where it fits overall in primary grade literacy instruction.

PRE-REFERRAL INTERVENTIONS THAT REALLY WORK (K-3)

There are a variety of ways for school districts to address the development of interventions for struggling readers in the general education program, but the one thing that they all need to be is effective in helping these students become able readers. In this workshop, participants will be presented with information about successful intervention programs including specific recommendations for successful strategies typically used by these programs.

4-8 WORKSHOPS

CULTIVATING YOUNG WRITERS (K-2)

BOOSTING COMPREHENSION WITH RECIPROCAL TEACHING: THE POWERFUL READING VITAMIN (4-8)

KIMBERLY LANZA GARDEN STATE A 10:35 - 11:35

LORI OCZKUS CONFERENCE JK 10:35 - 11:35

A positive classroom culture is essential to grow inspired and skilled writers. This workshop will focus on practical strategies to nurture students’ confidence and abilities as writers.

Are you ready to revolutionize your teaching and dramatically improve the engagement and comprehension of all of your students while meeting the demands of the Common Core Standards? Would you like to take your

Sponsored by: McGraw HiLl

RRWC OCT 2016 comprehension instruction to the next level so your students are the ones doing the work and using the strategies when they read on their own? Many students decode and yet don’t comprehend what they read. The Fabulous Four, or reciprocal teaching strategies (Palincsar and Brown) predict, question, clarify, and summarize work as a powerful package to begin to yield dramatic results in reading comprehension in as little as 15 days. This exciting NEW version of reciprocal teaching is loaded with dozens of new lessons for whole class, content area reading, guided reading, stations, and a practical Response to Intervention Model. You’ll experience first hand motivating lessons. This model yields student growth of six months to two years in just three months.

Come to this practical, hands-on, and entertaining workshop to learn ideas you can use tomorrow to strengthen student comprehension using any reading material.

Sponsored by: Booksource

FROM DAUNTING TO DOABLE DIFFERENTIATION: ACCELERATING THE GROWTH OF STRUGGLING READERS (4-8) MICHAEL FORD GARDEN STATE C 10:35 - 11:35 This session will actively involve participants in exploring five key guidelines for thinking about accelerating the growth of struggling readers especially those with the greatest needs. Participants will gain insights an ideas to enhance their thinking and improve their practices in providing targeted instruction in literacy programs. Let’s look at how the daunting demands of differentiation instruction can be made more do-able in today’s classrooms.

Sponsored by: Capstone Classroom

PROJECT BASED LEARNING: LITERACY LEARNING CLUBS: A STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING LITERACY THROUGH LEARNING CLUBS (4-8) HEATHER CASEY CONFERENCE A 10:15 - 11:15 Are you interested in helping your students understand how to use literacy as a tool for navigating their world and develop an understanding of social justice? Even the youngest of students with teacher support can tackle classroom, community, national or international issues as they work collaboratively using multiple literacy tools to problem solve. Literacy learning clubs offers a paradigm for supporting project based learning in the classroom while supporting students’ literacy development. In this interactive session you will have the opportunity to try out this transdisciplinary approach to project based learning using literacy learning clubs all while meeting the Common Core State Standards in English/Language Arts. Leave with resources, strategies and ideas to engage and support your students!

LOVING LITERACY ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES (4-8) JENNIFER DELNERO CONFERENCE F 10:15 - 11:15 This session will consider the latest research for engaging in meaningful reading, writing, viewing, listening, and speaking practices in content area instruction to reinvigorate your science and social studies instruction k-8.

Topics such as the use of multimodal/ diverse texts, stimulating authentic discussion, New Literacies, and the latest close reading strategies for fiction and nonfiction texts will be considered.

PRACTICAL HELP SUPPORTING KIDS’ WORK WITH ESSAY WRITING (3-8) LUCY CALKINS REGENCY BALLROOM 10:15 - 11:15 This session will be a super-practical intensive session aimed to equip you to support your students’ development as essay-writers, starting with personal essay and including literary essay. It will be full of demonstrations, examples, and tips.

Sponsored by: Booksource

K-12 WORKSHOPS USING DIGITAL STORYTELLING TO SUPPORT LITERACY EDUCATION (K-8) ERICA BOLING CONFERENCE G 10:15 - 11:15 Learn the art of digital storytelling, where students to take a great story idea and make it reality. New media storytelling allows students unique opportunities to explore topics indepth while moving individuals to awareness, understanding and action.

Digital storytelling introduces students to the ways language, images, sound and movement work together to tell powerful stories that have the capacity to create social transformation and change. This session will introduce the power of personal storytelling and the practical, ethical, and compositional aspects of creating multimedia stories.

CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHES TO PHONICS AND VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION (K-6) TIMOTHY RASINSKI SALON AB 10:15 - 11:15 Word decoding (phonics), vocabulary, and spelling are essential and foundational competencies in learning to read. In this session Dr. Rasinski will share innovative, effective, and engaging methods for helping students to not only developing word knowledge, but also take great delight in words and word study.

Sponsored by: Zaner-Bloser

lunch and learn • 1:20 - 2:00

• MAP PG. 24 IMAGINATION MINDSET: INTEGRATION OF THE CREATIVE ARTS IN THE CLASSROOM (K-5)

WHAT CLASSROOM TEACHERS CAN DO TO ENHANCE THE LEARNING OF CLASSIFIED STUDENTS

JOANNE EMERY GARDEN STATE C

DIANE GIANNOLA CONFERENCE G

The key to appreciation and application of the arts is the cultivation of a growth or an imagination mindset, an attitude that is both curious and resilient. Through movement, drama, and storytelling, students collaborate, solve problems and express what they had learned. Through creative arts experiences, students become intrinsically connected to the curriculum and engaged in learning.

LEARNING BY DOING: REAL WORLD CONTENT INTEGRATION WITH LITERACY EXTENSION PROJECTS

CHOOSING BOOKS TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS, LITERALLY! KELLI WESTMORELAND CONFERENCE I Creating a classroom where even the most reluctant reader succeeds can be a teacher’s biggest challenge. This workshop will focus on strategies that will make your classroom buzz with enthusiastic readers. The biggest tool in your toolbox is an inspired classroom library. We’ll explore using student choice and individuality to inspire and motivate reading, improve writing, and encourage critical thinking in all students.

BEING AN EFFECTIVE COACH JENNIFER CHEN GINA MOLINARI CONFERENCE BC Conversation about effective coaching strategies and some of our “go to” coaching tips and techniques from the field. You will gather a variety of coaching techniques and gain coaching know-how to strengthen and enhance any coaching relationship.

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KATHY BUMGARDNER GARDEN STATE B Do you find it challenging to meaningfully integrate content area concepts into your Literacy Block? Then this session is for you! A menu of meaningful literacy tasks will be shared with participants that they can learn about today and use in their classrooms tomorrow!

HELP! MY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE NOT READING CARMEN GORDILLO SALON AB In this ever-changing educational climate the demands on our students are even greater. Yet, teachers are finding it difficult to implement literacy lessons when middle school boys are reluctant to read. In this session teachers will learn practical strategies and procedures to support the in and out-of-school literacies of adolescent students with a focus on middle school boys.

EMBEDDING VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION INTO THE ART EXPERIENCE ROSEANN LABROCCA CONFERENCE JK You don’t have to plan alone! How collaborating with your art teacher can help create units of instruction that not only meet ELA standards but also create meaningful, engaging, learning

experiences for elementary students.

This session will include practical strategies that can help classroom and special area teachers integrate vocabulary instruction, writing, word walls, read-alouds into the classroom.

PHONICS SOUNDS LIKE FUN! Catherine Rutledge GARDEN STATE A Letterland is an effective phonics program that has helped thousands of students worldwide to learn how to read. Developmentally appropriate, Letterland employs a multi-sensory approach to help even the most struggling readers. This session will be engaging, interactive, fun — and something you won’t want to miss!

RUTGERS READING CLUB MAUREEN HALL CONFERENCE F Children are taught with the integrated Language Arts approach and an emphasis on their specific needs. There is a good deal of emphasis on enhancing self esteem, and motivating children to want to read. Our statistical analysis of the data about the results of children in the club demonstrates that children’s literacy significantly improves.

BEST PRACTICES FOR OUR YOUNGEST READERS WENDY SEGER SALON CD Our youngest students need a solid foundation to build upon if they are to become independent proficient readers. Come to this session to explore instructional practices for developing the decoding, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills that are critical to the success of our K-2 readers.

research poster display • 1:20 - 2:00

• IN BRUNSWICK BALLROOM (LOWER LEVEL) RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION UNDER THE COMMON CORE: USING THINKALOUDS TO EXPLORE STRUGGLING READERS’ COMPREHENSION OF INFORMATIONAL AND NARRATIVE TEXT RACHEL DONNELLY LELLA A mixed methods study examining the comprehension skills and strategies struggling third grade readers utilized during think-alouds while reading informational versus narrative texts in an after school reading club.

LITERACY PROMOTION AMONGST NJ PEDIATRICIANS JULIE MAYNE, MANUEL JIMENEZ, SHILPA PAI A survey of NJ general pediatricians regarding current practices and perceived barriers to literacy promotion.

A CASE STUDY EXAMINING TEACHERS’ COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES WITHIN READING WORKSHOP

FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL CO-TEACHING TEAMS: LESSONS FROM TWO EXEMPLARY PAIRS

TALI AXELROD

LINDA EDWARDS

A case study examining teachers’ collaborative efforts and interactions from inside their collaborative group to provide insights on a community as they take on a reform practice.

The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of two exemplary coteaching teams at the secondary level.

DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING COMMUNITIES: TEACHERS’ BELIEFS ABOUT COMMUNITY IN K-12 ONLINE EDUCATION CINDY POPE The study demonstrates that it takes a community features such as trust, interdependence and feelings of connectedness for online learning environments to flourish in K-12 education.

EXPLORING THE BOUNDARIES OF LEARNING THROUGH MULTIMEDIA DAKASHNA LANG A look at the detailed results of a case study examining how the use of multimedia digital literacies in the classroom compares with the use of traditional writing in addressing certain reading and writing skills outlined in the Core Curriculum Standards for English Language Arts.

AND MORE

BOOKS WILL BE ON SALE FROM THE FOLLOWING AUTHORS ON THE SECOND LEVEL

LUCY CALKINS MICHAEL FORD LORI OCZKUS LESLEY MORROW

TIMOTHY RASINSKI TIMOTHY SHANAHAN SEYMOUR SIMON JANET WONG

AFTERNOON SESSIONS • 2:15 - 3:15

• MAP PG. 24

K-3 WORKSHOPS FROM DAUNTING TO DOABLE DIFFERENTIATION: ACCELERATING THE GROWTH OF STRUGGLING READERS (K-3) MICHAEL FORD REGENCY ABC This session will actively involve participants in exploring five key guidelines for thinking about accelerating the growth of struggling readers especially those with the greatest needs. Participants will gain insights an ideas to enhance their thinking and improve their practices in providing targeted instruction in literacy programs. Let’s look at how the daunting demands of differentiation instruction can be made more do-able in today’s classrooms.

Sponsored by: Capstone Classroom

PROJECT BASED LEARNING: LITERACY LEARNING CLUBS: A STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING LITERACY THROUGH LEARNING CLUBS (K-3) HEATHER CASEY CONFERENCE A Are you interested in helping your students understand how to use literacy as a tool for navigating their world and develop an understanding of social justice? Even the youngest of students with teacher support can tackle classroom, community, national or international issues as they work collaboratively using multiple literacy 14 RUTGERSLITERACYCENTER.ORG | OCT 2016

tools to problem solve. Literacy learning clubs offers a paradigm for supporting project based learning in the classroom while supporting students’ literacy development. In this interactive session you will have the opportunity to try out this transdisciplinary approach to project based learning using literacy learning clubs all while meeting the Common Core State Standards in English/Language Arts. Leave with resources, strategies and ideas to engage and support your students!

lessons. This model yields student growth of six months to two years in just three months. Come to this practical, handson, and entertaining workshop to learn ideas you can use tomorrow to strengthen student comprehension using any reading material.

BOOSTING COMPREHENSION WITH RECIPROCAL TEACHING: THE POWERFUL READING VITAMIN (K-3)

In today’s classroom there is very little time, unfortunately, for “nonessential” topics. In addition to being an essential genre, poetry ties perfectly into the Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) standards and makes it easy to introduce concepts and vocabulary in other subject areas such as science, math, social studies, P.E., and character education. Janet Wong, co-creator of The Poetry Friday Anthology series, will share practical, fun, and easy ways to teach poetry so that children will be able to enjoy and master it while also improving their reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills.

LORI OCZKUS CONFERENCE BC Are you ready to revolutionize your teaching and dramatically improve the engagement and comprehension of all of your students while meeting the demands of the Common Core Standards? Would you like to take your comprehension instruction to the next level so your students are the ones doing the work and using the strategies when they read on their own? Many students decode and yet don’t comprehend what they read. The Fabulous Four, or reciprocal teaching strategies (Palincsar and Brown) predict, question, clarify, and summarize work as a powerful package to begin to yield dramatic results in reading comprehension in as little as 15 days.

This exciting NEW version of reciprocal teaching is loaded with dozens of new lessons for whole class, content area reading, guided reading, stations, and a practical Response to Intervention Model.

You’ll experience first hand motivating

Sponsored by: Booksource

POETRY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM (K-5) JANET WONG CONFERENCE G

4-8 WORKSHOPS GUIDED READING: MATCHING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO THE LITERACY STANDARDS (4-8) KENNETH KUNZ MAUREEN HALL SALON AB In this workshop, the basic structure of guided reading will be addressed, including creating groups and the

RRWC OCT 2016 necessity for quality independent practice. Participants will unpack a number of standards that are challenging for teachers to address within the literacy curriculum, and explore how these standards translate to interactive guided reading, where effective strategies are matched to direct instruction with skills. Teachers who conduct guided reading on a daily basis will walk away with a plethora of new ideas that can be adjusted to meet the needs of all learners.

INFORMAL ASSESSMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION IN A PARCC ENVIRONMENT (4-8) HELEN COMBA CONFERENCE JK High stakes testing, such as PARCC, can lead to a teaching environment in which teachers focus almost exclusively on “the test.” The purpose of this workshop is to provide teachers with an informal assessment framework and resources that will lead to a deeper understanding of the strategies that students use to comprehend text and how written language can further our understanding of what our students are thinking. In this workshop, participants will learn how mentor texts, post-it notes and performance tasks can be used for the development of instructional routines and strategies that will enable teachers to assess student comprehension of text.

LET’S WRITE TOGETHER: COLLABORATIVE WRITING IN THE CLASSROOM (3-8) KIM LANZA GARDEN STATE A Collaborative writing is a valuable teaching strategy for all students. This workshop will examine the benefits of collaborative writing and how teachers can infuse it into the curriculum at any stage of the writing process. Specific ideas will be shared to guide collaboration between the teacher and students as well as between peers. Participants will engage in activities to gain an inside perspective on the strategies.

RETHINKING READING INSTRUCTION: TEACHING WITH COMPLEX TEXT (4-8) TIMOTHY SHANAHAN REGENCY DEF For the past 70 years, educators have emphasized the importance of teaching students at “their reading levels.” The idea has been that maximum learning is accomplished when texts are matched to student achievement levels—leading to leveled readers, book rooms, guided reading programs, and similar tools.

Now the state educational standards require teachers to teach students to read grade level texts successfully. This presentation will explore the differences between what we have been doing and what we are required to do—particularly in terms of research findings. And, the presentation will provide guidance and lots of practical research-based examples of appropriate teaching with more challenging texts (including with texts that in the past would have been considered to be frustration level).

Sponsored by: McGraw Hill

K-12 WORKSHOPS FLUENCY MATTERS: A MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT CRITICAL READING COMPETENCY (1-8) TIMOTHY RASINSKI SALON CD Recent surveys of reading experts indicate that fluency is not an important competency in reading. Based on his own work with young and adolescent readers, Dr. Tim Rasinski will make the case the reading fluency is indeed a critical competency for reading at every grade level and that many students who struggle in reading are not sufficiently fluent. He will also share effective and engaging strategies for making fluency instruction an integral part of any literacy classroom.

Sponsored by: Zaner-Bloser

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FOR SUCCESSFUL AND SUSTAINING LITERACY INSTRUCTION- STRATEGIES AND IDEAS THAT REALLY WORK! (K-8) KATHY BUMGARDNER GARDEN STATE B What does a well managed literacy rich classroom look and sound like? How do I know when my students are truly engaged and empowered and that I am preparing them to be college and career ready at each and every level?

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BEST PRACTICES IN SUPPORTING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN THE CLASSROOM (K-8) SANDRA NUNES & VERONICA ALVERO CONFERENCE F This presentation will provide teachers with practical strategies to address the academic and linguistic needs of English language learners in any classroom setting. Participants will be presented with an array of hands-on techniques that make content accessible to English language learners.

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Thank you to everyone for attending our 49th Annual Conference on Reading and Writing. Your loyalty to children has made this event possible each and every year. It is amazing to see familiar faces and introduce ourselves to new ones at this annual event. Your loyalty and dedication are immeasurable and our sincerest gratitude for your attendance today.

It has been fun to meet the new Hyatt crew this year as they continue to host the venue for such a big event. We would like to recognize Joan Moses, Bryan Thomas, and the sorely missed, Christine Ghattas and Rob Nardello for their services leading up to this event. It takes a village to make an event like this happen and we are happy to have had your services.

Our vendors have made this event possible, once again. We enjoy working with you, planning, and coordinating the conference each year. We hope to have this relationship for many years to come.

Lastly, our crew, facilitators, helpers, interns, and staff of the Center for Literacy Development. We start the plans for each conference before the next one finishes so we are forever intertwined with conference planning and event planning all of the workshops we provide throughout the year. It is wonderful to have a team that collaborates.

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