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10:30am EST

B is for Belonging River Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Shannon Anderson Reading, Writing, and Belonging: Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom Grand Gallery F (DeVos Place)Heather Palmer • Carrie Fromm Indigenous Authors, Improving Student Culture at the K-8 Level Grand Gallery D (DeVos Place)Wendy Gilliard • Sydnie Dumas • Kendall Moser Empowering Readers with Computational Thinking River Overlook D (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Katie Marchionna Enhancing Literacy Instruction: Selecting, Piloting, and Implementing High-Quality ELA Materials Grand Gallery B (DeVos Place)Laura Allen Exploring the Early Literacy Assessment System Guide: A Tool to Drive and Support Early Literacy through the Development of a Balanced Assessment System Gallery Overlook D (Devos Place - Upper Level)Dr. Melissa Usiak • Ellen Vorenkamp Rookie to Rockstar: Empowering New Teachers for Long-Term Success Grand Gallery E (DeVos Place)Kate Rossetter • Annemarie Johnson Catalyzing Youth Superpowers—Co-Designing Joy, Laughter, and Peace Through Reading, Writing & Virtual Reality Gallery Overlook B (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Dr. Erica Robertson Reading and Writing for Tier 2 and 3 Students, Students with Disabilities, and English Learners River Overlook E (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Megan Kowalski Room to Wrestle: Teaching with Novels in Verse Grand Gallery A (DeVos Place)Kelly J. Baptist • Dana VanderLugt

1:00pm EST

Books to Builds: STEM Activities to Compliment Your Favorite Read-Alouds Grand Gallery B (DeVos Place)Terra Tarango Reading Is a Passport to a World Without Limits Grand Gallery F (DeVos Place)Mr. David Higgins • Anfaal Shaout • Mariam Albachachy • Peggy Honer 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 Writing from Scratch: Whip Up Delicious Writing Lessons Your Students Will Eat Up! River Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Shannon Anderson The Path to Fluency for ALL Readers: The Essential Components for Developing Struggling Readers Grand Gallery D (DeVos Place)Angi Hoyer Unlocking the Power of Morphology for Multilingual Learners Gallery Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Angela Massey • Ms. Rachel Eggleston Utilizing Free eResources from the Michigan eLibrary to Build Text Sets River Overlook B (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Ann Kaskinen Stories of Leadership & Liberation Grand Gallery C (DeVos Place)Dr. Maren Oberman Transformative Literacy Teaching and Learning: A Community-Based Reading Initiative River Overlook F (Devos Place - Upper Level)Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon • Danielle Alexander • Qingxian Wang • Yujie Mao We Are All Learners and We Are All Teachers: A Community of Practice for "Teaching for Black Lives" Gallery Overlook B (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Dr. Leah van Belle Independent Reading in High School That Honors Choice and Creativity and Doesn’t Kill the Love of Reading River Overlook D (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Becky Schwartz Using Multicultural Poems to Get Students to Write Gallery Overlook A (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Janet Ruth Heller

2:30pm EST

Word Wizard: Casting Spells with Elementary Vocabulary Grand Gallery B (DeVos Place)Karen Roys 40 Ways to Spark a Love of Reading River Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Shannon Anderson Turning Writing Woes into Wins: Practical Tools for Effective Writing Instruction Grand Gallery F (DeVos Place)Nicole Nelson • Erin Kornoely From the Author Toolbox - Using Mentor Texts for Reading It In and Writing It Out Gallery Overlook A (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Cindy Williams Schrauben Growing Together: Writing into Social Emotional Learning Grand Gallery D (DeVos Place)Lindsay Stoetzel • Matilyn Mumm • Angela Gonzalez-Urbina • Lexi Marzolf High-Impact Literacy Tutoring: Interventions and Strategies to Move Under-Performing Students Forward River Overlook A (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Margaret Policastro Together We Can Do Great Things: The Journey of One Small County Doing Big Things in Literacy Grand Gallery E (DeVos Place)Kristal White Transforming Literacy Education: Avondale School District's Journey to Exceptional Growth Gallery Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Sarah Stickney • Jessica Guerra • Katie Carion • Helena Gorny Cultivating Culture: Making Our ELA Classroom Culturally Responsive and Engaging River Overlook B (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Elizabeth Gonzalez

10:30am EDT

Decolonizing the Bookshelf: STEM Books That Celebrate Black and Brown Brilliance Grand Gallery B (DeVos Place)Dr. Leah van Belle Data Data Everywhere: Understanding Reading Assessments to Plan Small-Group Instruction in the Upper Grades Grand Gallery D (DeVos Place)Jessica Crawford • Kristie Marks Leading Change that Increases Literacy Achievement Gallery Overlook A (DeVos Place - Upper Level) Professional Book Clubs for Teachers Writers Grand Gallery E (DeVos Place)Becky Schwartz • Megan Kowalski Empathy & Digital Literacy: A Sample Unit Plan for Adolescent Developing Readers River Overlook A (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Julee Boland Empowering Literacy with Scaffolded Writing and AI Tools Across Disciplines Gallery Overlook D (Devos Place - Upper Level)Jenelle Williams

12:30pm EDT

Empowering Student Voices: Composing and Communicating in a Digital Age Grand Gallery D (DeVos Place)Elaina Heard Enhancing English Literacy through Content-Based Instruction and L1 Support: Strategies for Engaging Multilingual Learners Grand Gallery B (DeVos Place)Austyn Sabin Enhancing Student Outcomes Through Student-Centered Coaching Grand Gallery C (DeVos Place)Jill Erfourth • Kristie Marks Teacher Book Studies: Fostering Collaborative Professional Learning Grand Gallery E (DeVos Place)Kate Rossetter • Melissa Brooks-Yip Unbound: Books Not Boundaries River Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Patti Skinner • Ingrid Fournier Silent Sustained Reading in High School: Fostering a Love of Reading in the Classroom and Building a Culture of Literacy within the School Gallery Overlook B (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Mrs. Becky Gerhart • Katarina Moore

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 Curating Dynamic & Diverse Classroom Libraries that Engage Students and Encourage Reading Grand Gallery B (DeVos Place)Alyce Hartman Get Off to the “Write” Start! How to Support Early Career Teachers’ Writing Instruction Grand Gallery D (DeVos Place)JoAnne West • Julie Brehmer Our Journey to the Science of Reading: How One School Went from Sporadic Literacy to Systematic Literacy Grand Gallery A (DeVos Place)Stephanie Howay • Jennifer Smart • Andrea Korotko Write It Out: Telling Your Coaching Story with Data and Digital Tools Grand Gallery E (DeVos Place)Heather Rottermond • Laura Gabrion Getting to the Heart of Disciplinary Literacy in the Secondary Classroom Gallery Overlook B (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Emily Toy • Kevin Bullis Helping Students Connect to Text-Based Assessments and Facilitating Creative Essay Writing River Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Liz Ropp