69th MRA Conference: Schedule For Middle School to Post Secondary (6-12+) Events @ 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA

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10:30am EST

Indigenous Authors, Improving Student Culture at the K-8 Level Grand Gallery D (DeVos Place)Wendy Gilliard • Sydnie Dumas • Kendall Moser 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 Keys to Reading, Analyzing, and Writing Nonfiction Gallery Overlook A (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Janet Ruth Heller 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

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 Good Grammar: Creating Joyful and Affirming Language Lessons That Work for More Students Gallery Overlook D (Devos Place - Upper Level)Matthew Johnson Growing Teachers in their Support of Multilingual Learners River Overlook A (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Elizabeth Stolle • Dr. Christina M. Ponzio • Lindsay Stoetzel 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

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 Using Visuals and Poetry Writing to Illuminate Student Learning Gallery Overlook D (Devos Place - Upper Level)Anna Roseboro Cultivating Culture: Making Our ELA Classroom Culturally Responsive and Engaging River Overlook B (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Elizabeth Gonzalez

10:30am EDT

Building Reading Identity through Reading Community in the Middle Grades River Overlook B (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Jenny Sanford Making Mischievous Writers River Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Jonah Lane-Moore 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

Come to Camp! Creating an Inclusive, Positive Literacy Summer Camp Experience for Middle School Students River Overlook A (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Liz Lietz, MRA President • Sara Belvedere Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading DeVos Ballroom CDr. Jarred Amato Read STOP Write: Teaching Foundational Skills in a Middle Grades Multicomponent Reading Intervention Gallery Overlook C (DeVos Place - Upper Level)Amy Edlefson • Laura Tortorelli • John Strong 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 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