Agenda

Auditorium

Embark on a journey to develop confident readers in this immersive session. Learn and practice strategies to boost reading fluency, from pacing to expression. Discover effective ways to overcome obstacles and personalize instruction for every learner. Leave equipped to empower students with the fluency skills they need to thrive academically and beyond.

Town Square: Big Ideas Around Literacy

Jane Gilmore

Room: AC012

In this training, providers will learn about how the expression of ideas starts in infancy builds, and transforms from spoken to written language. We watch how gestures play with rhymes and songs as well as books and drawing material pave the way for reading and writing a few short years away.

Sounding Off on Phonics: Effective Strategies for Striving Readers in the Secondary Classroom

Jodi Denton

Room: C014

Amidst the buzz surrounding the Science of Reading, educators are increasingly curious about the role of phonics in secondary classrooms. It is no secret that explicit and systematic instruction along with a strong scope and sequence are foundational to phonics instruction. This session aims to shed light on effective strategies for engaging secondary students while offering explicit phonics instruction to enhance their reading proficiency and elevate students’ comprehension of grade-level texts. Participants will be able to walk away with a tool to help identify striving readers in the secondary classroom and strategies to jump start phonics and fluency instruction in the secondary classroom setting. This session will also focus on the challenges that come with working with striving readers at the secondary level and instructional approaches that can address low motivation and ways to empower students to believe in themselves. Participants will leave equipped with a strategy to aid students in reading multisyllabic words. Finally, this session will show participants how morphology and phonics can be building blocks to student comprehension skills.

Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and the Brain

Julie Monetta

Room: B026

We know that phonemic awareness and phonics are foundational for learning how to be a skilled reader. But what are best practices for teaching these pillars, and why? Join Julie Monetta as she explains how memory and learning take place in the brain, and then helps attendees to apply it to early literacy instruction. Whether you are new to the “how” of phonemic awareness and phonics instruction, or a seasoned veteran wanting to deepen practice, this session will assist you in knowing more about how to meet the needs of your students.

The Mighty Read Aloud: A Swiss Army Knife of Literacy

Shannon Anderson

Room: AC014

The U.S. DOE Commission for Reading took over 10,000 studies and found that the most important activity for building the skills and background for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children. In this session, we will pull apart the many ways read alouds can serve in this role, from building background and vocabulary, to modeling fluency, to focused phonics skills and strategies. Like a Swiss Army Knife, the read aloud has many uses. Walk away with ideas for using read alouds in your classroom in ways you may not have even considered.

Enhancing Vocabulary Instruction - A FUN Pathway to Reading Comprehension.

Beth Brent

Room: E021

Are you a seasoned educator looking to revitalize your vocabulary instruction, or perhaps a new teacher eager to dive into more effective classroom practices?  Join this session to discover the power of explicit vocabulary instruction in strengthening the pathway to increased reading comprehension.  Vocabulary is a key bridge between foundational skills and reading comprehension - reading expands student vocabulary, and a larger vocabulary makes reading complex texts more accessible. This fast-paced workshop will use a practical application of the Science of Reading that will leave participants empowered to make an immediate impact on learning.  Learn fun and engaging ways to enhance vocabulary instruction and engage students, tools to be more intentional with vocabulary word selection, and ways to assess vocabulary.  The tips and resources in this session can be swiftly integrated into the classroom and will support students on their pathway to navigating texts with confidence and proficiency.

Vocabulary Voyage: Navigating Middle & High School Language Development

Shawnta Barnes

Room: E019

From leveraging technology to incorporating interactive games and contextual learning, this session equips educators with tools to empower students in expanding their lexicon, enhancing communication skills, and unlocking academic success. Participants will leave the session with research-based practical techniques and engaging activities designed to foster vocabulary growth and deepen language comprehension.

Check out Chase Young's highlighted session for a focus on fluency!

What does getting started in an ELA Thinking Classroom look like? What works when applying the BTC approach to ELA?

Eric Jenkins, Matt Smith, Bill Shephard

Room: AC016

Attendees will participate in a sample ELA lesson that models multiple BTC macro- and micro-moves and reflect on the process of creating “rich tasks” derived from state standards. After the sample lesson, we will facilitate a debrief of the BTC moves and invite all participants to reflect on how those moves impacted the experiences of both teachers and learners. We will provide additional examples of standards, texts, and tasks, and we will work with participants to design scripted curricular tasks suited for reading comprehension in their ELA classrooms.

Unlocking Comprehension: A Holistic Science of Reading Approach to Comprehension Instruction

Erin Brown

Room: E017

During this session, attendees will explore evidence-based methods that allow students to connect all elements of SoR to their ultimate goal, reading comprehension. Grounded in cognitive science, this session examines ways teachers can plan instruction that weaves in each pillar of SoR while providing opportunities for oracy and writing development. Through systematic and explicit teaching, educators can effectively scaffold students' comprehension skills, enabling them to decode words, build vocabulary, and improve reading fluency. Practical examples demonstrate how to seamlessly integrate these elements into primary-grade instruction, fostering a holistic approach to literacy development. By embracing the Science of Reading, educators empower students with the essential tools for lifelong reading success, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to become a proficient reader and critical thinker.

Informational Text Structure: Using Pitons to Reach the Comprehension Summit

Nicole Martin

Room: H003

Have you seen your students struggle with unfamiliar concepts and complex information when reading throughout the school day?  Are you interested in equipping them with the tools needed to comprehend the informational texts they encounter in the elementary grades?  This session focuses on addressing the comprehension strand of Scarborough’s Reading Rope (e.g., Scarborough, 2001) and children’s benefiting from Science of Reading-aligned curricula.  In the elementary grades, children’s familiarity with informational text has long been recognized as foundational to their school success, and text structure instruction can enable their knowledge and comprehension (e.g., Duke & Martin, 2019; Stahl, 2004).  Four objectives will be addressed: (1) Identify key structures used in informational text. (2) Develop awareness of the role and readers’ uses of text structure in informational text comprehension. (3) Explore strategies for supporting children’s awareness and use of text structures when encountering informational text. (4) Discuss future plans for helping children to comprehend informational text. We will explore a variety of informational texts, engage in firsthand identification and use of text structure, examine strategies for increasing children’s structural awareness and skill, and discuss future plans for helping children to reach the summit of comprehension.  You will leave with concrete information and ideas for helping students to succeed in your classroom.

Why Not "and": Reimagining the Science of Reading

Kara Taylor and Taylor Box

Room: B011

This presentation is centered around spotlighting culturally relevant and critical manners in which the Science of Reading can be implemented or reimagined to ensure cultural competence as well as academic success. Within this session, we seek to spotlight a learning module with authentic artifacts and curricular materials co-created by teachers, preservice students, parents and elementary. The module is based on the strands of Scarborough's Rope and the authentic voices of partnering IPS schools with the School of Education. The relationship between comprehension and background knowledge will be explored in an interactive way. The practitioner participants will gain insight on how to design curricular materials in equitable ways and have a resource to help shape this view for future planning. Preservice teachers will be offered a facilitated space to discuss how to incorporate the community in the curriculum and this presentation offers the research realm a new perspective of the Science of Reading and how it may look implemented in schools.

The Power of Complex Texts

Ashley Zamora & Lainie Augensen, Great Minds

Room: H004

In this session, participants will deepen their understanding of text complexity and learn a framework for comprehending complex texts. Participants will apply the framework in a collaborative study of the Depression-era photograph, "Migrant Mother" by Dorothea Lange. Participants will leave the session with a powerful process for reading complex texts with a range of learners.

The Science of Teaching Reading: How Structured Literacy Can Empower All Students

Dr. Tortorelli, Just Right Reader

Room: H006

Dr. Tortorelli of Michigan State University will describe what the Science of Reading reveals about how children learn to read and how to use the Science of Teaching Reading in classroom literacy instruction. She will discuss common myths, which key factors to look for in your high-quality instructional materials, and how a structured literacy approach can help teachers empower every student to become a stronger reader and writer.

Finding the Right Balance: Strategies for Engaging Early Learners with Technology

Apple Education

Room: H008

What do you expect learning to look like for your youngest students? And how can technology play a role? Join us for a discussion around how the use of technology should be intentional and natural, as well as age appropriate to meet the abilities of each learner. We’ll also explore how iPad can help your youngest students communicate, create, and learn at their own pace.

McGraw Hill Wonders Thought Partner Collaboration with Instructional Routines

Nicolle Stearns, McGraw Hill

Room: H010

Join us in McGraw-Hill’s Wonders and Open Court break out rooms to deepen your exploration of the Science of Reading. As we bridge the worlds between Word Recognition and Language Development.  How do we facilitate that instruction? Allow us to show you how we leverage Instructional Routines to provided strategic intentional instruction to advance student outcomes in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension and the robust resources that advance that important work.

McGraw Hill Open Court Thought Partner Collaboration with Instructional Routines

Eugene Greenfield, McGraw Hill

Room: H012

Join us in McGraw-Hill’s Wonders and Open Court break out rooms to deepen your exploration of the Science of Reading. As we bridge the worlds between Word Recognition and Language Development.  How do we facilitate that instruction? Allow us to show you how we leverage Instructional Routines to provided strategic intentional instruction to advance student outcomes in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension and the robust resources that advance that important work.

Artful Reading: An Arts-Integrated Learning Experience

Jennifer Wright, The Collaborative for Teaching and Learning

Room: H014

What if there was a way to make reading engaging and motivating for students to want to read even more? Good news! We have the solution! Artful Reading is an arts-integrated literacy curriculum that will have your students thinking critically, creating, and building their knowledge about the world as each new story unfolds. Participants will discover what makes Artful Reading a unique approach for building students’ vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.

The “Write” Stuff: Best Practices in Developing Young Writers

Barb Pelhal, Savvas

Room: H009

Powerful writing instruction turns students into writers. How do we shift from teaching writing to teaching writers? In this session, we’ll explore the role mentor texts play in immersing students in the style, craft, and process of writing. We’ll examine the power of conferring and learn how to lead powerful discussions about student writing. You’ll walk away with ideas for how to make your daily writing lesson even more impactful.

Using Data to Move the Needle on ILEARN Assessments

Drew Goltermann, Newsela

Room: H005

In this session, participants will learn how to meaningfully use data to identify high-priority learning targets, collaborate on common formative assessments, and monitor progress of student learning - within the Newsela and Formative products.

Auditorium

This solution-orientated workshop offers participants accessible ways to learn about the neuropsychology of written language disorders. You’ll walk away with an overall sense of the many cognitive functions required to pull off those writing assignments, as well as an understanding of the three main subtypes of dysgraphia. The workshop also makes the reading-writing connection and provides participants with effective interventions for written language disorders that also can be used to support reading comprehension for all students.

Teaching High School Reading Logically

Molly Wirt and Angie Currier

Room: AC012

How do you support high schoolers who read significantly below grade level while engaging their minds and preserving their dignity? Two teachers learned what worked with freshmen in a reading intervention class. We taught the foundations of reading to kids who needed the skills but who worked tirelessly to hide that need.  Without computer programs, students were intently engaged and demonstrated great progress throughout the year.

Implementing Phonics and Phonemic Awareness in a First Grade Classroom

Melodee Motsenbocker

Room: C014

High-Leverage Instructional Routines for Teaching Vocabulary

Erin Moore

Room: AC014

How do you plan for explicit and incidental vocabulary instruction? How much time do you dedicate in your schedule for vocabulary instruction? Participants will answer these questions to reflect on their current practices before learning more about this essential component in the science of reading.  Together we will establish the “why” for intentional vocabulary instruction in the K-3 classroom, using the Active View of Reading to consider the role of vocabulary as part of the bridging process between word recognition and language comprehension. Participants will consider the impact of vocabulary instruction on comprehension, review tiers of vocabulary, and reflect on which words to teach for greatest impact. Then they will have the opportunity to practice three high-leverage instructional routines that they can take back to the classroom. Participants can use these examples to build on their current practices, or they can be easily implemented as new practices. Participants will have time to reflect on their new learning and plan for implementation of high-leverage routines in their classrooms by considering which routines might work best for their students, what resources they need to successfully implement the routines, and where they might fit best in their daily schedule. They will be given suggested additional resources for future learning to support their plans. This session is a practical application of the science of reading for K-3 educators, instructional coaches, administrators, reading specialists, or interventionists.

From First Words to Lifelong Learners: Empowering Young Readers

Laura Kettlehut

Room: E021

A child's reading journey is intertwined with vocabulary development. This presentation explores the distinct stages they encounter, highlighting the crucial role of vocabulary. Collaborative reading with parents, teachers, and independent exploration fosters a rich "vocabulary bank," solidifying knowledge retention. Students actively build their vocabulary in three key ways: Creating a bank: Encountering new words expands their understanding. Utilizing prior knowledge: Connecting new words to existing knowledge strengthens comprehension. Applying knowledge: Leveraging understanding to interpret new information demonstrates practical vocabulary use. We'll delve into these areas, equipping educators with strategies to appropriately challenge students and cultivate a lifelong love of learning through the joy of reading. This combined focus empowers young minds to embark on a continuous journey of discovery and exploration.

Enhancing Reading Comprehension Through Explicit Vocabulary Instruction

Westfield Coaches: Laura Mates

Room: E019

The K-4 Westfield Instructional Coaches propose to deliver a presentation highlighting the crucial role of explicit vocabulary instruction in enhancing reading comprehension. This presentation aims to elucidate the significance of targeted vocabulary instruction and its direct impact on improving students' ability to comprehend texts across various subjects. Explicit vocabulary instruction involves directly teaching students the meanings of words, strategies for understanding unfamiliar words, and techniques for applying new vocabulary in context. Research has consistently shown that explicit vocabulary instruction leads to significant improvements in reading comprehension. By systematically building students' vocabulary knowledge, educators empower them to comprehend complex texts more effectively, thereby fostering academic success across disciplines. Vocabulary serves as a gateway to reading comprehension, as it directly influences students' ability to understand written texts. When students encounter unfamiliar words while reading, their comprehension can be impeded if they lack the necessary vocabulary knowledge. Explicit instruction equips students with the tools to decipher unfamiliar words, make connections between words and concepts, and thereby enhance their overall comprehension skills. During the presentation, we will outline the importance of explicit instruction and highlight various strategies for delivering effective vocabulary instruction in the classroom. Instructional routines for specific word instruction, pre-teaching key vocabulary, using word mapping and graphic organizers, as well as incorporating word games and activities will be provided to participants.  In conclusion, explicit vocabulary instruction is a fundamental component of effective reading comprehension instruction. By equipping students with the necessary vocabulary knowledge and strategies, educators can empower them to comprehend texts more proficiently, ultimately leading to improved academic achievement.

Artfully Applying Fluency Practice

Stephanie Woods

Room: AC016

During this session, participants will identify and define the importance of fluency for reading comprehension. Diving into the research behind influential reading models such as SVR, Scarborough's and the Cognitive Reading model will increase understanding in how fluency is one piece of the puzzle to becoming a proficient reader. Rooted in this research, we will look artfully at each piece of fluency, how to support it in the classroom while also supporting students’ cognitive loads. Educators will have the opportunity to discuss their current fluency practices while expanding and adjusting their knowledge to artfully teach fluency in the literacy block. Looking at the different tactics, addressing common confusions with fluency, rethinking intentional learning opportunities and artfully including fluency with purpose and practice will be the focus of this session. By collaborating with peers, educators will take away strategies to support in assessing, monitoring, and explicitly teaching fluency to students creating stronger readers in the classroom.

Unpacking Fluency

Beth Brent

Room: E017

Join us for a session focused on enhancing students’ fluency development. In this workshop, we will unpack fluency and explore strategies and instructional routines designed to build confident and expressive oral communication in the classroom. Through discussions and hands-on activities, participants will gain valuable insights into the latest fluency research. While we look into common misunderstandings around fluency, we will build a shared understanding of the connection between fluency and comprehension. In addition, we will unpack the key components of fluency include rate, accuracy, prosody, and comprehension. Educators will walk away with practical classroom routines that scaffold instruction for independent fluency skills. Whether you’re an experienced educator or new to the field, this workshop will provide you with tools and knowledge needed to cultivate fluency mastery in your students, empowering them to become proficient and fluent communicators. You will walk away with a digital library of ready to implement resources and assessment tools to use with students.  

Fluency: What is It, How Should I Assess It, and Most Importantly, How do I Teach It?

Julie Monetta

Room: B026

Fluency is counted as one of the five essential pillars in early literacy, but it is the pillar that is least explained or taught. 

In this session, we will explore how the definition of fluency has evolved over time, determine what it actually is (and how it fits with the other pillars, as well as how to assess it, both formally and formatively. Additionally, Julie Monetta will share strategies for modeling and teaching fluency. Because fluency affects all students, this session is appropriate for all teachers, primary through high school.

Check out Maggie Robert's highlighted session for a focus on fluency!

The Power of Complex Texts

Ashley Zamora & Lainie Augensen, Great Minds

Room: H004

In this session, participants will deepen their understanding of text complexity and learn a framework for comprehending complex texts. Participants will apply the framework in a collaborative study of the Depression-era photograph, "Migrant Mother" by Dorothea Lange. Participants will leave the session with a powerful process for reading complex texts with a range of learners.

The Science of Teaching Reading: How Structured Literacy Can Empower All Students

Dr. Tortorelli, Just Right Reader

Room: H006

Dr. Tortorelli of Michigan State University will describe what the Science of Reading reveals about how children learn to read and how to use the Science of Teaching Reading in classroom literacy instruction. She will discuss common myths, which key factors to look for in your high-quality instructional materials, and how a structured literacy approach can help teachers empower every student to become a stronger reader and writer.

Building Literacy Skills with iPad

Apple Education

Room: H008

Discover new ways to enhance students’ literacy skills with the power of iPad. Explore the built-in features on iPad and apps that can build fluency, comprehension, communication, and vocabulary. Experience practices to help students increase fluency and demonstrate their knowledge in creative and personal ways.

McGraw Hill Wonders Thought Partner Collaboration with Instructional Routines

Nicolle Stearns, McGraw Hill

Room: H010

Join us in McGraw-Hill’s Wonders and Open Court break out rooms to deepen your exploration of the Science of Reading. As we bridge the worlds between Word Recognition and Language Development.  How do we facilitate that instruction? Allow us to show you how we leverage Instructional Routines to provided strategic intentional instruction to advance student outcomes in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension and the robust resources that advance that important work.

McGraw Hill Open Court Thought Partner Collaboration with Instructional Routines

Eugene Greenfield, McGraw Hill

Room: H012

Join us in McGraw-Hill’s Wonders and Open Court break out rooms to deepen your exploration of the Science of Reading. As we bridge the worlds between Word Recognition and Language Development.  How do we facilitate that instruction? Allow us to show you how we leverage Instructional Routines to provided strategic intentional instruction to advance student outcomes in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension and the robust resources that advance that important work.

Artful Reading on the Go: The Key to Family Literacy Engagement

Jennifer Wright, The Collaborative for Teaching and Learning

Room: H014

Equip your families with a fun way to explore books, have meaningful conversations, and engage in creative expression together. Artful Reading on the Go is an at-home version of Artful Reading and provides families with guided activities, books, and materials to promote a positive relationship with reading beyond the school day. Participants will dig into various at-home literacy kits for students in Kindergarten through 8th grade to discover how AR on the Go fosters two-way engagement between school and home to support student learning.

Create Your Story with myView

Paige Davis, Savvas

Room: H009

Stories shape who we are. As a teacher, your story includes twists and turns, sacrifice, joy, and that amazing feeling when student light bulbs illuminate. myView Literacy® was built to help you reach those light bulb moments. It allows you to teach integrated literacy grounded in the science of reading and inspires creativity to teach from your heart. At the same time, it empowers your students to learn from the world around them as their stories begin to unfold. You’re still writing your story — make it a bestseller with myView Literacy.

Filling the Gaps in Your New Core Curriculum

Drew Goltermann, Newsela

Room: H005

In this session, participants will learn how Newsela’s supplemental content & materials can help fill the gaps in newly adopted core curricular materials. Learn how districts are using Newsela to increase Core adoption and gaining an additional 3 months of literacy growth.

Auditorium

Join Kate as she introduces her newest book, The Heart of Fiction. As students move on in their schooling they have received a good deal of instruction around some pretty common reading skills, and yet often as teachers we don’t see the effects of this teaching in our students’ independent practice. This results in us often “starting from scratch” each time we introduce, say, theme. In this workshop Kate will take you through the conditions and (some) strategies that can help bring what we teach into our students’ automatic practice as they read, discuss, and write about texts. Help students get better at thinking about books – without you.

K-3 Panel

Tonya Moody, Principal, Promise Road Elementary, Noblesville Community Schools

Melissa Hoffman, Assistant Principal, Sheridan Elementary, Sheridan Community Schools

Brittany Sachs, First Grade Teacher, Monon Trail Elementary School, Westfield-Washington Schools

Amanda Pitzele, Kindergarten Teacher, Monon Trail Elementary, Westfield-Washington Schools

Room: AC012

The K-3 Panelists session will offer you the opportunity to listen to a group of K-3 teachers and leaders who have been working to implement the Science of Reading initiative in their classrooms and schools. The panel will be moderated by a discussant, but audience participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and collaborate with one another as they engage in this authentic learning experience.

Administrator Session with Kate Schwartz 

Director of Curriculum & Professional Learning, Metropolitan School District of Warren Township

Room: AC016

This session will offer you the opportunity to hear from Kate Schwartz, Director of Curriculum & Professional Learning for the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township. This district has been working to implement the Science of Reading initiative in their classrooms and schools over the past several years. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to exchange knowledge, share experiences, and foster collaboration. Together, we aim to enhance reading instruction and elevate literacy outcomes for learners through informed, research-driven strategies. Don't miss this opportunity to contribute to and learn from each other.

The Power of Complex Texts

Ashley Zamora & Lainie Augensen, Great Minds

Room: H004

In this session, participants will deepen their understanding of text complexity and learn a framework for comprehending complex texts. Participants will apply the framework in a collaborative study of the Depression-era photograph, "Migrant Mother" by Dorothea Lange. Participants will leave the session with a powerful process for reading complex texts with a range of learners.

The Science of Teaching Reading: How Structured Literacy Can Empower All Students

Dr. Tortorelli, Just Right Reader

Room: H006

Dr. Tortorelli of Michigan State University will describe what the Science of Reading reveals about how children learn to read and how to use the Science of Teaching Reading in classroom literacy instruction. She will discuss common myths, which key factors to look for in your high-quality instructional materials, and how a structured literacy approach can help teachers empower every student to become a stronger reader and writer.

Creating Meaningful Vocabulary in the Content Areas

Apple Education

Room: H008

Move beyond memorization and unlock the transformative potential of teaching vocabulary in multimodal ways. Participants will delve into innovative methods involving video, drawing, and audio to nurture profound connections with subject-specific vocabulary. Learn how to empower students of all ages to take ownership of their learning journey through visual storytelling, artistic expression, and captivating auditory experiences.

McGraw Hill Open Court Thought Partner Collaboration with Instructional Routines

Eugene Greenfield, McGraw Hill

Room: H010

Join us in McGraw-Hill’s Wonders and Open Court break out rooms to deepen your exploration of the Science of Reading. As we bridge the worlds between Word Recognition and Language Development.  How do we facilitate that instruction? Allow us to show you how we leverage Instructional Routines to provided strategic intentional instruction to advance student outcomes in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension and the robust resources that advance that important work.

McGraw Hill Wonders Thought Partner Collaboration with Instructional Routines

Nicolle Stearns, McGraw Hill

Room: H012

Join us in McGraw-Hill’s Wonders and Open Court break out rooms to deepen your exploration of the Science of Reading. As we bridge the worlds between Word Recognition and Language Development.  How do we facilitate that instruction? Allow us to show you how we leverage Instructional Routines to provided strategic intentional instruction to advance student outcomes in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension and the robust resources that advance that important work.

The Adolescent Literacy Model: Comprehensive Literacy Instruction for the Content Area Classroom

Jennifer Wright, The Collaborative for Teaching and Learning

Room: H014

Secondary teachers: Are you looking for ways to make content more accessible for your students? With our Adolescent Literacy Model, you will be equipped with a framework that takes advantage of the various facets of literacy: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Writing to Learn, and Academic Dialogue. Participants will navigate all the resources ALM has to offer from planning tools, instructional strategies, and guidance for operationalizing rigorous practices in the classroom.

Explore myPerspectives

Erin Arledge, Savvas 

Room: H007

Your classroom, your expertise, your students. Discover how myPerspectives delivers thematic units of relevant and diverse texts allowing students to see themselves reflected in the stories and bring their lived experiences into the classroom. Make everyone feel a part of the conversation. Students learn from you and each other, develop and share their own perspectives, and become critical thinkers, listeners, and communicators as they begin to understand the broader conversation and explore the world they live in. Find out how Kelly Gallagher brings his perspective on writing to myPerspectives.

Supporting Reading Comprehension for English Learners

Drew Goltermann, Newsela

Room: H005

In this session, participants will learn how Newsela’s content & instructional tools can support English Learners build background knowledge, vocabulary and reading comprehension through reading, writing, listening and speaking.