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Brianna Albert

Martin Public Schools

Kindergarten Teacher

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Hello everyone! I am so excited to be presenting at this conference! I am glad I get to expand my knowledge with all of you! I have been teaching for 4 years now with mostly lower elementary experience and some upper elementary. I am working on my masters at GVSU in educational technology but have a passion for teaching literacy as well. I live in West Michigan with my husband and our two kitties! I love to read,color, ride my bike, and play games with family. I am also a regular customer at Target. 💕🐈📚

4:00pm EST

Registration and Check-in at Amway Amway Concourse

5:30pm EST

Conference Kickoff Celebration Imperial Ballroom (Amway)

7:30am EST

Registration and Check-in at DeVos Place DeVos Place

8:30am EST

Gather in Community: Welcome & Keynote Session with Wiley Blevins DeVos Ballroom A/BLiz Lietz, MRA President • Dr. Wiley Blevins

10:00am EST

Exhibit Hall Exploration 10:00am DeVos Place

10:30am EST

For Elementary and Secondary - Who’s at the Center? Cultivating a Critical Lens to Building and Integrating Culturally Relevant Text Sets River Overlook B (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Dr. Christina M. Ponzio • Brianna Albert • Sara Weeks

11:30am EST

Exhibit Hall Exploration 11:30 am DeVos Place

1:00pm EST

We Like Big Words and We Cannot Lie: Supporting Grades K-5 Students through Word Study, Decoding, and the English Language Grand Gallery E (DeVos Place)Meghan Block • Chad Waldron • Andy J. Schoenborn

2:00pm EST

Exhibit Hall Exploration 2:00pm DeVos Place

2:30pm EST

Growing Together: Writing into Social Emotional Learning Grand Gallery D (DeVos Place)Lindsay Stoetzel • Matilyn Mumm • Angela Gonzalez-Urbina • Lexi Marzolf

3:30pm EST

Exhibit Hall Exploration 3:30pm DeVos Place

4:00pm EST

Authors' Garden Ambassador West (Amway)Shannon Anderson • Alice McGinty • Kelly J. Baptist • Vera Ahiyya • Nancy Roop • Dana VanderLugt • Janet Ruth Heller • Cindy Williams Schrauben • Anna Roseboro • Elaina Heard • Dr. Erica Robertson • Sarah Aronson • John Schu • Dr. Jarred Amato • Emmy Kastner Books 'N Bites Ambassador East (Amway)

8:00am EDT

Registration and Check-in at DeVos Place DeVos Place

8:30am EDT

Gather in Community: Welcome & Keynote Session with Kelly J. Baptist DeVos Ballroom A/BKelly J. Baptist

10:00am EDT

Exhibit Hall Exploration 10:00am DeVos Place

11:30am EDT

Exhibit Hall Exploration 11:30am DeVos Place

1:45pm EDT

25 Culturally Relevant Read-Alouds that Motivate Students into Independent Reading and Writing River Overlook A (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Margaret Policastro