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64th Conference November 21 - 22, 2019

The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Registration - All registration is online at

http://www.regonline.com/cultivatingaloveofreading

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Professional Development Daily Planner

SCHEDULE

Thursday, November 21, 2019

7:30-3:00 Registration and Exhibit Hall

8:30-9:45 Opening Session with Pam Allyn

10:00-10:45 Concurrent Sessions

11:00-11:45 General Session with Bil Lepp

12:00-1:15 Author Luncheon with Bil Lepp (tickets required)

1:30-2:15; 2:30-3:15 Concurrent Sessions

3:30-4:30 General Session with Danny and Kim Adlerman-Chesapeake Room

SCHEDULE

Friday, November 22, 2019

7:30-1:30 Registration and Exhibit Hall

8:30-9:45 WVRA Awards

10:00-10:45 Concurrent Sessions

11:00-11:45-General Session with Eric Pories

12:00-1:15 Author Luncheon with Dr. Mike Lockett (tickets required)

1:30-2:15 Concurrent Sessions

2:30-3:30 General Session with Dr. Mike Lockett

3:45-4:30 Closing WVRA Delegates Assembly/Door Prizes

MY CONFERENCE PLANNER-THURSDAY

7:30-3:00-Registration

7:30-3:00-Exhibits and Networking

8:30-9:45-Keynote-Chesapeake Room

10:00-10:45 Session and Location _________________

11:00-11:45 Keynote-Chesapeake Room

12:00-1:15-Lunch Plans _________________________

1:30-2:15; 2:30-3:15- Session and Location _________

3:30-4:30 General Session- Chesapeake Room

MY CONFERENCE PLANNER-FRIDAY

Friday, November 22, 2019

7:30-1:30-Registration

7:30-2:00-Exhibit Hall Open

8:00-8:30-Exhibits and Networking

8:30-9:45-WVRA Awards-Chesapeake Room

10:00-10:45 Session and Location _________________

11:00-11:45 Keynote-Chesapeake Room

12:00-1:15-Lunch Plans _________________________

1:30-2:15-Session and Location ___________________

2:30-3:30-Keynote-Chesapeake Room

3:45-WVRA Delegates Assembly-Chesapeake Room

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At a Glance

The schedule for the conference has been carefully designed to help you as you continue “Cultivating a Love of Reading.” You will experience many speakers’ ideas and activities to make your students successful in all content areas. From the opening session to the closing meeting, you will discover new ways of “Cultivating a Love of Reading.” WVRA knows that you will experience both personal and professional growth at the conference.

Thursday November 21, 2019

7:30 – 3:00 Registration

Exhibits Networking

8:30 – 9:45

Opening Session Keynote – Pam Allyn

Chesapeake Room

10:00 – 10:45

Concurrent Sessions

11:00 – 11:45

Keynote – Bil Lepp Chesapeake Room

12:00 – 1:15 Lunch Choices

Author Luncheon – Bil Lepp

Crystal Room Dining Out Experiences

1:30 – 2:15 2:30 – 3:15

Concurrent Sessions

3:30 – 4:30

Keynote-Danny and Kim Adlerman

Chesapeake Room

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Thursday Concurrent Sessions, November 21, 2019 10:00 – 10:45

Mountaineer Room: The Why and How of Effective Coaching, Tracy Komorowski; Audience: All; Presider: ___________________ It has become evident that providing teachers with sustained professional learning via instructional coaches allows teachers the time, reflection, focus, and collaborative partnership needed to impact their own learning and the learning of their students. This session will provide an overview of why instructional coaching matters and some best practices to begin implementation of a coaching model in your school and/or county. Stewart: Effectively Implementing Engaging and Differentiated Small Group Instruction, Christy Schwartz and Becky Lewis; Audience: K-5, Presider: _________________ Do you find it overwhelming to manage behaviors, plan differentiated lessons, or flexibly group students for small group instruction? This session offers practical grouping and lesson-planning strategies to successfully incorporate small groups into your classroom routine. Johnson: Engaging Literacy Classrooms: Video Examples of Elementary Teaching and Management, Allen Trent; Audience: K-5; Presider: ____________________ In this session, participants will view, analyze, and discuss video excerpts of literacy classroom interactions to inform their instructional practice. The clips include teacher interviews and classroom instruction Kindergarten through 5th grade. This session will focus on how teachers manage and facilitate activities that foster a love of reading and writing. Martin: Strategies to Develop Language for Deeper Reading Comprehension, Sonya Fleming; Audience: K-5, Title 1; Presider: ___________________ The ability to think, articulate and discuss ideas in text is critical to success. Discover practical strategies for helping students gain a deeper understanding of texts during guided reading.

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Rayburn A: Marvelous Martha Mustang’s Book Club Embraces a Culture for Loving Literacy at School, Home and Community to Enhance Lifelong Learning, Dr. Cheryl Jeffers, Denise Napier, Heather Jobst, Janet Rowe, Stephanie MidKiff, Isaac Napier, Grace Napier, Addie Jobst, Ryan Johnson, Isaiah Spangler, Ethan Midkiff; Audience: All; Presider: Carol Turley Marvelous Martha Mustang’s Book Club (MMMBC) consisting of K-12 age students, teachers, and parents from Martha Elementary School in Barboursville, WV present the impact their club is having on the culture of their school by sharing literacy events, projects, Families Leading Change (FLC) grant, and research instrumental to the success of their community book club. Rayburn B: Fostering a Love of Reading with Rigor and Relevance, Jennifer Kulick; Audience: Birth-Grade 5, Presider: Mike Cunningham Foster a love of reading by demonstrating varied resources that speak to rigor and relevance. This session is great for administrators, teachers, parents, and students. Governor’s Hall: Let’s Go Nuts and Dash into Nonfiction Writing, Dana Zambito, Jean Ann Park, Brooke Lightner; Audience: K-8; Presider: Dana Zambito Come and join the fun as we go nutty with excitement writing about nonfiction. Explore a magical little creature using snippets of information called Dash Facts. Knowland: Reading Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, Katie Nestor, Chelcie Gore; Audience: All, Presider: ___________________ This session is full of tips, tricks, and techniques for teachers of varying content areas and grade levels/ages to aid in bringing a love of literacy to their classroom and students. Eisenhower A: It Makes Sense: Using a Multi-sensory Approach to Teaching Students with Autism to Love Reading, Maggie Luma, Dr. Jason Conaway; Audience: K-5, Special Education; Presider: ___________________ Access to a literacy curriculum may seem out of reach for some students who do not follow a typical developmental sequence. However, literacy is too important to not be accessible to all students. This session will present teachers of students with autism with strategies to enhance their instruction for all learners.

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Eisenhower B: An ExSTREAM Love of Reading: Fostering Early Literacy Experiences in STREAM, Elizabeth Crawford, Tarabeth Heineman; Audience: Birth-Grade 2, Presider: ___________________ Have you ever sat down outside to enjoy a good book? Has there ever been a time when you’ve used non-fiction literature to gain a deeper understanding of a new concept? Join us as we share how we integrate books into every classroom experience! Eisenhower C: Reading Engagement Matters: Moving from Promises to Outcomes, Sandy Jelkovac; Audience: K-12, Presider: Christy Beraducci Did you know that Literacy Engagement has emerged as a powerful determinant of literacy achievement-stronger even than students’ socioeconomic status? Come learn more about moving from PROMISES to OUTCOMES. Culinary Arts: Digital Technologies in Early Literacy Instruction, Angela Curfman, Mackenzie Boone; Audience: K-2, Presider: __________ When effectively integrated, technology presents the opportunity to enhance literacy instruction in the early education classroom. An interactive presentation, participants will gain new knowledge of implementation of technology in early literacy instruction. Activities, including lesson plans, applications, and strategies, will provide participants with information to empower their diverse literacy learners.

Thursday Concurrent Sessions, November 21, 2019 1:30–2:15; 2:30-3:15

Rayburn: Kindergarten: A Classroom of its Own, Stacey Losh, Brandie Turner; Audience: K-2; Presider: ____________________ In this interactive session, participants will be a part of a 90-minute literacy block within a mock classroom where they will experience how collaborative conversations, the environment, materials and the teachers play a role in both the social-emotional and literacy development of kindergarteners.

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Mountaineer Room: Teaching Science and ELA Together to Excite Students, Tara Kristoff; Audience: K-12; Presider: ____________ Learn at this hands-on workshop how easy it is to integrate science and ELA together to increase the academic success of all students as envisioned by CCSS and NGSS. Chesapeake Room: What’s New in Children’s Books-2019, Barbara Ornstein, William Bingman; Audience: Birth-grade 8; Presider: __________ A wide variety of the most current children’s books from 2019, as well as appropriate curricular connections, extension activities, bibliography, and ideas for integration across content areas will be presented. Johnson: Middle/High School Content Teachers Can Encourage a Love of Reading! Shara B. Curry and Glenville State University Students; Audience: 6-12; Presider: ____________ Adolescents need to learn to love reading! Instructional strategies will be presented by Glenville State College students. These strategies will help middle/high school students learn the joy of literacy! Included are skills for music, social studies, English, math, health and science. Governor’s Hall: The Richest Soil: Planting Phonics in the Back of the Brain, Amy Mitchell; Audience: Birth-2nd Grade; Presider: _________________________ Brain-based phonics instruction that will cause students to blossom in reading and writing when they have access to the whole code - no scope and sequence to weed through. Martin: Classroom Libraries as Windows and Mirrors: Cultivating a Love of Reading Through Books that Reflect the Diversity of Our Students, Elizabeth W. English, Ph.D.; Audience: K-5; Presider: _______________ If children cannot identify with characters in books, they are more likely to become disengaged in the reading process and view school as irrelevant in their lives. Eisenhower A: Reindeer, Belugas, and Polar Bears, OH MY! Rhonda McDonald; Audience: K-5; Presider: _______________ Let’s explore the world of non-fiction writing with children. This interactive session will offer tips for motivating reluctant writers, how to take a word or two-word sentence and make it grow and look like a non-fiction reader’s theater.

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Eisenhower B: CAPS FOR KIDS-Comprehension, Acting, Poetry and Props, Katherine Manley; Audience: 6-12; Presider: Lois Meadows Become engaged in learning. Fun and functional strategies for comprehension from an award-winning educator and published author. Eisenhower C: Start with Success in Developing Reading Engagement, Suzanne Jimenez; Audience: All; Presider: _______________ Developing reading proficiency is the first step in building a community of enthusiastic, engaged readers. Discuss how monitoring success supports efforts in promoting a love of reading. Knowland: Creating Accessible Documents: Reaching People of All Abilities, Jessica Wright; Audience: All; Presider: _______________ This interactive adventure walks participants through the steps of creating accessible Microsoft Word documents, ensuring a positive reading experience for people of all abilities. Culinary Arts: Meeting the Challenges of Early Literacy to Develop Lifelong Readers, Meagan Molbert-Harst; Audience: K-2; Presider: Joshua Lawrence from 1:30-2:15 Dive into the latest research and key characteristics of effective phonics instruction in early literacy and unlock the tools to overcome common obstacles to successful phonics instruction to inspire your students’ lifelong love of reading. Culinary Arts: Building Knowledge: Learning from Read-aloud Texts, Meagan Molbert-Harst; Audience: K-5; Presider: Joshua Lawrence from 2:30-3:15 Reading aloud to students develops connections between the spoken and written word, vocabulary, and a love of reading. Did you know it can also increase comprehension by building knowledge? Join this session to learn how to systematically employ an interactive read-aloud strategy that provides daily exposure to rich content and complex text, especially important for our most disadvantaged learners.

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At a Glance

Today’s schedule will define additional ideas for cultivating a Love of Reading to ensure success of your students. The 5th Annual WVRA Literature Fair will showcase WV students and their amazing work with a piece of literature. Be sure to visit the vendors and authors in the Exhibit Hall. Do not miss Dr. Mike Lockett at 2:30 in the Chesapeake Room. Don’t miss the closing delegate assembly, door prizes and Greenbrier giveaways.

Friday November 22, 2019

7:30 – 2:00 Registration

Exhibits Networking

8:30 – 9:45

WVRA Awards Chesapeake Room

10:00 – 10:45

Concurrent Sessions

** Literature Fair will be in Culinary Arts **

11:00 – 11:45

Keynote – Eric Pories Chesapeake Room

12:00 – 1:15

Lunch Choices Author Luncheon –

Dr. Mike Lockett Crystal Room

Dining Out Experiences

1:30 – 2:15 Concurrent Sessions

2:30 – 3:30 Keynote-

Dr. Mike Lockett Chesapeake Room

3:45 – 4:30 Closing WVRA

Delegates Assembly and Door Prizes

Chesapeake Room

Thank you for being a part of WVRA’s 51st conference!

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Friday Concurrent Sessions, November 22, 2019 10:00 – 10:45

Stewart: Cultivating Gardens, Cultivating a Love of Reading, Molly Ann McClennen; Audience: ALL; Presider: ____________________ Gardening and nature-based activities are not just for teaching science! They provide an opportunity for students to develop their literacy skills while engaging in activities that promote wellness and joy. Johnson: Cultivate a Love of Reading with a Reading Fair, Summer McClintock, Bridget Christie; Audience: K-5; Presider: ______ Encourage a love of reading with a school-wide reading fair. Students have an opportunity to share and recommend a favorite book. It incorporates listening, speaking, technology, reading, writing, and creativity. Knowland: The Read Aloud Instructional Strategy, Dr. Lois Jarman, Marcie Stutzman; Audience: 3-12; Presider: _______ Read Aloud has benefits both at home and in every classroom. This session will demonstrate benefits of teacher read-aloud through experiential learning and reduced anxiety about reading. Rayburn A: High Interest West Virginia Topics to Facilitate a Love of Reading, W. Joseph Wyatt, Ph.D., Patrick Grace; Audience: 6-12; Presider: W. Joseph Wyatt, Ph.D. This presentation will focus on cultivation of students’ love of reading through exposure to WV authors. Rayburn B: The Power of Talk: Increase Agency and Deepen Comprehension, Mark Vineis; Audience: K-5; Presider: _________________ Instruction powered by student-centered conversation deepens comprehension as students read, think, and talk about texts together. Explore practical strategies to harness the power of talk during shared and guided reading. Culinary Arts: Annual WVRA Literacy Fair State Projects, WVRA; Audience: Students and Parents; Hosts: Tony Nichols and Moke Post Students will display and answer questions about their WVRA Literacy Fair projects.

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Martin: Leaders of Literacy: An examination of the role of administrators in literacy instruction, Dr. Stephanie Burdette, Dr. Mickey Blackwell; Audience: ALL; Presider: _________________ This session is a review of a recent WV study which examined principal literacy leadership practices and methods for improving instructional decision-making. Mountaineer Room: Can I Be a Word Nerd Too? Cultivating Vocabulary Growth, LeAnn Johnson; Audience: 3-12; Presider: ______________ Learn practical strategies for introducing students to the world of words. Implicit and explicit methods for motivating student engagement with both specialized and technical vocabulary will be presented. Governor’s Hall: Close Reading Using Notice and Note, Michelle Pancorvo, Mar-Mary Lutge; Audience: All; Presider: _________________ What is Close Reading and what role should it play in our reading classroom? Explore Close Reading strategies designed to help students analyze and synthesize text, cite text evidence in response to comprehension questions. Eisenhower A: Open the World of Literacy through Differentiated Reading Instruction, James Cannon, and April Connelley; Audience: K-8; Presider: _________________ Guided Reading vs. Strategy Groups: What’s the difference? This session explores how to differentiate reading instruction by matching students with the best fit small group instruction. (Continued this afternoon 1:30-2:15) Eisenhower B: 200 Years of Frankenstein: A STEAM and Literacy Monster Mash-Up, Stephen Hill; Audience: K-12; Presider: _________________ An overview of a successful children’s literacy program celebrating the 2018 bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. All program attendees will receive a free copy of the novel. (limit 100 participants) This session is continued this afternoon 1:30-2:15. Eisenhower C: Motivation: The Critical First Step to Graduating ‘Wild Readers’, Mary Kay Bond, Dawn Miller; Audience: All; Presider: _________________ Wouldn’t it be great if more students were drawn to reading like a magnet, rather than being pushed and nagged, exhaustingly and unsuccessfully, toward books? It can happen. Get inspired and girded up.

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Friday Concurrent Sessions, November 22, 2019 1:30 – 2:15

Governor’s Hall: Help Me Learn! Fun, Hands-on Literacy Activities for Children and Their Families, Dr. Shelly Ratliff, Connie Stout O’Dell; Audience: Elementary, Parents; Presider: ________ Engaging, hands-on literacy activities will be shared that incorporate children’s literature while integrating content areas. The activities will be developmentally appropriate and simple for educators to share with families. Eisenhower A: Open the World of Literacy through Differentiated Reading Instruction, James Cannon, and April Connelley; Audience: K-8; Presider: _________________ Guided Reading vs. Strategy Groups: What’s the difference? This session explores how to differentiate reading instruction by matching students with the best fit small group instruction. This session is continued from the morning 10:00-10:45. Eisenhower B: 200 Years of Frankenstein: A STEAM and Literacy Monster Mash-Up, Stephen Hill; Audience: K-12; Presider: _________________ An overview of a successful children’s literacy program celebrating the 2018 bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. All program attendees will receive a free copy of the novel. (limit 100 participants) This session is continued from the morning 10:00-10:45. Eisenhower C: Spotlight on Re-teaching: What Happens When a Lesson Doesn’t Stick, Aislinn Cunningham, Katherine Bensel; Audience: 6-12; Presider: Mark Hurt In this session, participants will walk away with a data-driven approach for re-teaching that will empower students to be the arbiters of their own learning. Combining student work and tools for blended learning, teachers will plan re-teach activities that they can build on in any lesson. Stewart: Literacy is for EVERYONE! Jessica Wright; Audience: All; Presider: _________________ Embark on a journey of adaptations and assistive technology tools to ensure individuals of all abilities can experience the joys of literacy.

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Johnson: Connecting Reading and Writing, Michelle Pancorvo, Mar-Mary Lutge; Audience: All; Presider: _________________ What is best practice around connecting reading and writing? In this workshop, participants will use focal or mentor texts to elevate the connection between reading, writing, and grammar. Small group activities around process writing and writing in response to reading will support a variety of classroom examples with time to collaborate and compare. Rayburn: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, Kelly Griffith, Margaret Miller; Audience: Pre-K-2, limited to 50 participants; Presider: _________________ Explore a secret museum with Xavier Riddle and examine ways to use this new PBS series to help integrate digital skills, social studies and language arts. Free DVDs and books! (limit 50 participants) Martin: Siblings Teaching Siblings, Carol Turley, Mary Ann Patton; Audience: All; Presider: _________________ Siblings Teaching Siblings is a program developed to cultivate a love of reading within the family. Families are encouraged to join engaging activities to enhance learning when at home or school. Knowland: Cultivating a Love of Reading-Strategies for Sharing Outstanding International Books, Aju Basil James, Isaac Willis Larison; Audience: All; Presider: Maria Skowronski Participants will be introduced to Outstanding International Books from the United States Board on Books for Young People. Presenters will demonstrate how these books cultivate a love of reading in Pre-K-12 classrooms.

1:30 – 2:15

For Students

Culinary Arts: WVRA Literature Fair, Barbour County Leaders of Literacy; Audience: Students and Parents; Presider: Connie Mundy Students will engage in a read aloud and Reader’s Theater.