You may select one Pre-Conference Institute Session for the first morning period and one for the second period of the first day, at $30 per session.

Day 1 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

ID Title Presenters Abstract Level Audience

1 NONE

2 The Adolescent Literacy Landscape: Trends and Issues Willam Brozo

Recurring challenges and new developments in adolescent literacy require knowledge of effective practices and strong leadership that will make a difference in the literacy lives of all youth. Middle School, High School Classroom Teachers, College Educators, Pre-Service Teachers, Reading Specialists
3 Engaging PD is as Easy as 1-2-3 Stephanie DeiCas
Sandy Taylor

If you've ever been tasked with leading professional development- this ones for you! Come learn 3 tried and true interactive strategies that support high quality sessions for your colleagues. All All
4 Vocabulary and Comprehension: Keys to Successful Reading Donna Knoell

Presenter will offer strategies, ideas and activities to help students develop effective vocabularies and essential comprehension skills needed to read both narrative and informational text. She will discuss the high correlation between vocabulary and comprehension. Handouts will be provided. Preschool/Kindergarten, Primary K-3, Upper Elementary 4-6, Middle School, High School Administrators, Classroom Teachers, ESL/ELL/ESOL Teachers, Parents, Pre-Service Teachers, Title I, Reading Recovery Teachers, Reading Specialists
5 Classroom Libraries that Work! Jill Jones

Have you ever wandered into the book store and thought, "Where do I start?" This two-hour workshop is designed to eliminate that question from our students' minds. Those who do the most work experience the most learning; therefore, using students to organize your classroom library creates a feeling of ownership while exposing them to the wide array of books available! K-6 Classroom Teachers, Pre-Service Teachers, Reading Specialists
6 Storytelling Goes Digital in the 21st Century Classroom Melissa Warren
Ruth Okoye

Digital Storytelling is an innovative and powerful teaching strategy for the 21st Century. You will learn how to create and edit your story with Photo Story 3. Leave the hands-on workshop with a story YOU created! Upper Elementary, Middle School Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists, Title I
7 A Look at the Cross-Curricular Nature of Virginia Ginna Glover
Barbara Young
Deborah Wickham
Participants in this workshop will develop a grade level cross-curricular unit. K-6 Administrators, Classroom Teachers
8 "Bippity, Boppity...BOYS!" Kim Norman

Borrowing from the visual, auditory and tactile bag of tricks she employs during her well-received school presentations, author Kim Norman (JACK OF ALL TAILS, Dutton, 2007 and THE CROCODADDY, Sterling, 2009) offers ideas for engaging boys, (and girls, of course!) in reading and writing activities. Come prepared to stomp balloons, make noise and have boy-friendly fun! K-6 Classroom Teachers, ESL/ELL/ESOL Teachers, Reading Specialists
9 Exploring Cornerstones of Comprehension Instruction: Powerful Strategies to Facilitate Comprehension in the Upper Grades Jennifer Jones

Questioning, summarizing, and the ability to identify main idea/details are powerful strategies required for effective, strategic reading. This institute will engage participants in an array of powerful comprehension techniques, for facilitation of students' reading comprehension Upper Elementary, Middle School Classroom Teachers, Pre-Service Teachers, Reading Specialists
10 Best Bets for the Classroom 2009 Joan Kindig

The latest and the greatest of children's literature from 2008 and some outstanding titles from 2008 will be shown and booktalked. From fiction to non-fiction, these titles are ones that children will love and teachers will find useful in their classrooms. A bibliography will be provided and suggestions made for classroom use. Preschool/Kindergarten, Primary K-3, Upper Elementary 4-6, Middle School Classroom teachers, Media Specialists, Parents, Pre-Service Teachers, Title I, Reading Recovery Teachers, Reading Specialists
11 Power Up Your Guided Reading Jan Richardson

Learn how powerful guided reading lessons can accelerate your students. Elements discussed include focus strategies, prompting, word study, and guided writing for emergent, early and transitional readers. Videos included! K-3 Media Specialists, Parents, Pre-service Teachers, Title I, Reading Recovery Teachers, Reading Specialists
12 Test Talk Glennon Melton
Amy Greene

Authors Amy Greene and Glennon Melton developed a way to raise test scores at their struggling school without compromising their strong beliefs about good teaching. In this session, they share their proven approach. Upper Elementary, Middle School Administrators, Classroom Teachers
Day 1 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
ID Title Presenters Abstract Level Audience

16 NONE

17 "Insider" Questions Doug Buehl

Self-questioning strategies are based on the premise that reading is an act of inquiry - that we read because we wonder about things, because we are curious, because we have questions. This workshop models a "discourse-specific" extensive of the highly effective Questioning the Author strategy. Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, University Administrators, Classroom Teachers, College Educators, ESL/ELL/ESOL Teachers, Pre-service Teachers, Reading Specialists
18 Seeds of Science Roots of Reading Kip Bisignano

Seeds of Science Roots of Reading™ capitalizes on synergies found in literacy and science. Through the program K-3, 4-6 Classroom teachers, Title I, Reading Specialists
19 Encouraging and Challenging Talented Readers Camille Grabb
Keitha Havey

Following a brief overview of current research and available programs, classroom strategies, techniques, and projects to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of proficient readers will be showcased. Primary, Upper Elementary Administrators, Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists
20 Podcasting for Fluency Practice Ruth Okoye
Melissa Warren

Podcasting in the classroom? Yes! Learn to take fluency practice into the 21st century using free software and the computer in your classroom. Primary, Upper Elementary Classroom teachers, Title I, Reading Specialists
21 A Sound-to-Symbol Approach to Word Study Martha Livingston

Learn about a research based "sound-to-symbol" approach to word study which has been successful in England and its initial application in a Virginia elementary school. K-6 Administrators, Classroom Teachers, Parents, Pre-Service Teachers, Reading Specialists, Title I, Reading Recovery Teachers
22 Fiction Strategies that Yield High Narrative Scores Carol Baldwin

Discussion and strategies on narrative writing skills to help intermediate and middle school teachers prepare students to perform better on the Virginia assessment and to write better personal and fictional narratives. Upper Elementary, Middle School Classroom Teachers, Pre-Service Teachers, College Educators
23 Who Said K/First Grade Students Are Too Young to Write Expository Books? Erin Watson

Teachers will learn how to scaffold kindergarten/first grade students as they write All About Books during a typical writing workshop. Student writing and a video filmed in 2008 will showcase the work accomplished in one Title I classroom. Primary K-3 Classroom Teachers, Title I, Reading Specialists
24 Deepening the Reading Writing Connection Sally Chadbourn

Cultivate a classroom community of readers and writers and provide a meaningful, memorable context for teaching skills, concepts, and content from various subject areas by embedding instruction in writing workshop. K-6 Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists
25 Teaching Content with Multiple Levels of Text Michelle Behnke
Rebecca Perini

This interactive reading comprehension session emphasizes the how and why of assessment-based instruction, differentiating instruction in the content areas, and effective design and use of a school bookroom. Upper Elementary (4-6) Classroom Teachers, Pre-Service Teachers, Reading Specialists
26 Building Adolescent Literacy Interventions at the Local Level Gay Ivey
Charles Dana Hall

Inexperienced adolescent readers are becoming strategic, motivated readers in an engagement-focused intervention we created for reading and English classrooms. We will explain how we put the program together, including text selections and instructional emphases, how students are responding, and specific support for students reading well below grade level. Middle School, High School Classroom Teachers, Media Specialists, Title I, Reading Specialists
27 Spicing Up Content Reading Instruction Using Technology Tammy Milby
Joan A. Rhodes

Are you interested in increasing student success with content area reading? This interactive session explores using electronic books to support literacy instruction in K-3 subject areas. Opportunities will be provided to create an eBook for classroom use. Participants are welcome to bring laptops for this session, if they are available. Primary K-3 Pre-Service Teachers, Classroom Teachers, Title I, Reading Specialists
28 Accelerate Learning: Engaging the Rest of the Class During Small Group and Individualized Instruction Gail and Joan
"The Two Sisters"

Join "The 2 Sisters" in this lively and informative session as they introduce you to the components of "The Daily 5", an elegantly simple structure designed to develop, support, accelerate, and motivate students to be engaged for long periods of time in the act of reading. Lesson plans will be shared to start your children on the road to independence and high achievement while allowing your teaching and assessing to be more focused and productive. Primary K-3, Upper Elementary 4-6 Administrators, Classroom Teachers, ESL/ELL/ESOL Teachers, Pre-service Teachers

In addition to the Institute Sessions, there will be six optional meal functions during the Conference. You may select one for each time period (note that there are two breakfasts at the same time on February 21st) at the rates shown in the form.
Time/Date Event Presenters Works Cost

7:00-9:00 PM
February 20 Literacy Gala VSRA

$0
7:00-8:30 AM
February 21 Book and Author Breakfast Greg Tang

The Best of Times; Math for All Seasons; The Grapes of Math $45
7:00-8:30 AM
February 21 Secondary Breakfast Doug Buehl

Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning $45
12:15-2:00 PM
February 21 Book and Author Luncheon Candace Ransom

Tractor Day; I Like Shoes; Liberty Street; Time Spies Series $55
7:00-9:30 PM
February 21 Banquet Marc Brown

The Arthur Series $75
10:30 AM-12:00 Noon
February 22 Book and Author Brunch Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

When the Wolves Returned; The Buffalo and the Indians; The Lewis and Clark Trail Then and Now $55

ID	Title	Presenters	Abstract	Level	Audience
1	NONE
2	The Adolescent Literacy Landscape: Trends and Issues	Willam Brozo	Recurring challenges and new developments in adolescent literacy require knowledge of effective practices and strong leadership that will make a difference in the literacy lives of all youth.	Middle School, High School	Classroom Teachers, College Educators, Pre-Service Teachers, Reading Specialists
3	Engaging PD is as Easy as 1-2-3	Stephanie DeiCas Sandy Taylor	If you've ever been tasked with leading professional development- this ones for you! Come learn 3 tried and true interactive strategies that support high quality sessions for your colleagues.	All	All
4	Vocabulary and Comprehension: Keys to Successful Reading	Donna Knoell	Presenter will offer strategies, ideas and activities to help students develop effective vocabularies and essential comprehension skills needed to read both narrative and informational text. She will discuss the high correlation between vocabulary and comprehension. Handouts will be provided.	Preschool/Kindergarten, Primary K-3, Upper Elementary 4-6, Middle School, High School	Administrators, Classroom Teachers, ESL/ELL/ESOL Teachers, Parents, Pre-Service Teachers, Title I, Reading Recovery Teachers, Reading Specialists
5	Classroom Libraries that Work!	Jill Jones	Have you ever wandered into the book store and thought, "Where do I start?" This two-hour workshop is designed to eliminate that question from our students' minds. Those who do the most work experience the most learning; therefore, using students to organize your classroom library creates a feeling of ownership while exposing them to the wide array of books available!	K-6	Classroom Teachers, Pre-Service Teachers, Reading Specialists
6	Storytelling Goes Digital in the 21st Century Classroom	Melissa Warren Ruth Okoye	Digital Storytelling is an innovative and powerful teaching strategy for the 21st Century. You will learn how to create and edit your story with Photo Story 3. Leave the hands-on workshop with a story YOU created!	Upper Elementary, Middle School	Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists, Title I
7	A Look at the Cross-Curricular Nature of Virginia	Ginna Glover Barbara Young Deborah Wickham	Participants in this workshop will develop a grade level cross-curricular unit.	K-6	Administrators, Classroom Teachers
8	"Bippity, Boppity...BOYS!"	Kim Norman	Borrowing from the visual, auditory and tactile bag of tricks she employs during her well-received school presentations, author Kim Norman (JACK OF ALL TAILS, Dutton, 2007 and THE CROCODADDY, Sterling, 2009) offers ideas for engaging boys, (and girls, of course!) in reading and writing activities. Come prepared to stomp balloons, make noise and have boy-friendly fun!	K-6	Classroom Teachers, ESL/ELL/ESOL Teachers, Reading Specialists
9	Exploring Cornerstones of Comprehension Instruction: Powerful Strategies to Facilitate Comprehension in the Upper Grades	Jennifer Jones	Questioning, summarizing, and the ability to identify main idea/details are powerful strategies required for effective, strategic reading. This institute will engage participants in an array of powerful comprehension techniques, for facilitation of students' reading comprehension	Upper Elementary, Middle School	Classroom Teachers, Pre-Service Teachers, Reading Specialists
10	Best Bets for the Classroom 2009	Joan Kindig	The latest and the greatest of children's literature from 2008 and some outstanding titles from 2008 will be shown and booktalked. From fiction to non-fiction, these titles are ones that children will love and teachers will find useful in their classrooms. A bibliography will be provided and suggestions made for classroom use.	Preschool/Kindergarten, Primary K-3, Upper Elementary 4-6, Middle School	Classroom teachers, Media Specialists, Parents, Pre-Service Teachers, Title I, Reading Recovery Teachers, Reading Specialists
11	Power Up Your Guided Reading	Jan Richardson	Learn how powerful guided reading lessons can accelerate your students. Elements discussed include focus strategies, prompting, word study, and guided writing for emergent, early and transitional readers. Videos included!	K-3	Media Specialists, Parents, Pre-service Teachers, Title I, Reading Recovery Teachers, Reading Specialists
12	Test Talk	Glennon Melton Amy Greene	Authors Amy Greene and Glennon Melton developed a way to raise test scores at their struggling school without compromising their strong beliefs about good teaching. In this session, they share their proven approach.	Upper Elementary, Middle School	Administrators, Classroom Teachers
Day 1 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
ID	Title	Presenters	Abstract	Level	Audience
16	NONE
17	"Insider" Questions	Doug Buehl	Self-questioning strategies are based on the premise that reading is an act of inquiry - that we read because we wonder about things, because we are curious, because we have questions. This workshop models a "discourse-specific" extensive of the highly effective Questioning the Author strategy.	Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, University	Administrators, Classroom Teachers, College Educators, ESL/ELL/ESOL Teachers, Pre-service Teachers, Reading Specialists
18	Seeds of Science Roots of Reading	Kip Bisignano	Seeds of Science Roots of Reading™ capitalizes on synergies found in literacy and science. Through the program	K-3, 4-6	Classroom teachers, Title I, Reading Specialists
19	Encouraging and Challenging Talented Readers	Camille Grabb Keitha Havey	Following a brief overview of current research and available programs, classroom strategies, techniques, and projects to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of proficient readers will be showcased.	Primary, Upper Elementary	Administrators, Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists
20	Podcasting for Fluency Practice	Ruth Okoye Melissa Warren	Podcasting in the classroom? Yes! Learn to take fluency practice into the 21st century using free software and the computer in your classroom.	Primary, Upper Elementary	Classroom teachers, Title I, Reading Specialists
21	A Sound-to-Symbol Approach to Word Study	Martha Livingston	Learn about a research based "sound-to-symbol" approach to word study which has been successful in England and its initial application in a Virginia elementary school.	K-6	Administrators, Classroom Teachers, Parents, Pre-Service Teachers, Reading Specialists, Title I, Reading Recovery Teachers
22	Fiction Strategies that Yield High Narrative Scores	Carol Baldwin	Discussion and strategies on narrative writing skills to help intermediate and middle school teachers prepare students to perform better on the Virginia assessment and to write better personal and fictional narratives.	Upper Elementary, Middle School	Classroom Teachers, Pre-Service Teachers, College Educators
23	Who Said K/First Grade Students Are Too Young to Write Expository Books?	Erin Watson	Teachers will learn how to scaffold kindergarten/first grade students as they write All About Books during a typical writing workshop. Student writing and a video filmed in 2008 will showcase the work accomplished in one Title I classroom.	Primary K-3	Classroom Teachers, Title I, Reading Specialists
24	Deepening the Reading Writing Connection	Sally Chadbourn	Cultivate a classroom community of readers and writers and provide a meaningful, memorable context for teaching skills, concepts, and content from various subject areas by embedding instruction in writing workshop.	K-6	Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists
25	Teaching Content with Multiple Levels of Text	Michelle Behnke Rebecca Perini	This interactive reading comprehension session emphasizes the how and why of assessment-based instruction, differentiating instruction in the content areas, and effective design and use of a school bookroom.	Upper Elementary (4-6)	Classroom Teachers, Pre-Service Teachers, Reading Specialists
26	Building Adolescent Literacy Interventions at the Local Level	Gay Ivey Charles Dana Hall	Inexperienced adolescent readers are becoming strategic, motivated readers in an engagement-focused intervention we created for reading and English classrooms. We will explain how we put the program together, including text selections and instructional emphases, how students are responding, and specific support for students reading well below grade level.	Middle School, High School	Classroom Teachers, Media Specialists, Title I, Reading Specialists
27	Spicing Up Content Reading Instruction Using Technology	Tammy Milby Joan A. Rhodes	Are you interested in increasing student success with content area reading? This interactive session explores using electronic books to support literacy instruction in K-3 subject areas. Opportunities will be provided to create an eBook for classroom use. Participants are welcome to bring laptops for this session, if they are available.	Primary K-3	Pre-Service Teachers, Classroom Teachers, Title I, Reading Specialists
28	Accelerate Learning: Engaging the Rest of the Class During Small Group and Individualized Instruction	Gail and Joan "The Two Sisters"	Join "The 2 Sisters" in this lively and informative session as they introduce you to the components of "The Daily 5", an elegantly simple structure designed to develop, support, accelerate, and motivate students to be engaged for long periods of time in the act of reading. Lesson plans will be shared to start your children on the road to independence and high achievement while allowing your teaching and assessing to be more focused and productive.	Primary K-3, Upper Elementary 4-6	Administrators, Classroom Teachers, ESL/ELL/ESOL Teachers, Pre-service Teachers

Time/Date	Event	Presenters	Works	Cost
7:00-9:00 PM February 20	Literacy Gala	VSRA		$0
7:00-8:30 AM February 21	Book and Author Breakfast	Greg Tang	The Best of Times; Math for All Seasons; The Grapes of Math	$45
7:00-8:30 AM February 21	Secondary Breakfast	Doug Buehl	Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning	$45
12:15-2:00 PM February 21	Book and Author Luncheon	Candace Ransom	Tractor Day; I Like Shoes; Liberty Street; Time Spies Series	$55
7:00-9:30 PM February 21	Banquet	Marc Brown	The Arthur Series	$75
10:30 AM-12:00 Noon February 22	Book and Author Brunch	Dorothy Hinshaw Patent	When the Wolves Returned; The Buffalo and the Indians; The Lewis and Clark Trail Then and Now	$55