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“Compared with the last century, we are an increasingly aging and multi-hued society. More and more of us were born in other nations, speak different languages, and carry different cultural traditions with us…
“Our challenge as educators will be to meet the needs of a culturally and linguistically diverse student population.”
SoMIRAC’s 39th
Annual Conferenc
e
March 30, 31, & April 1,
2011
Hunt Valley, Maryland
Keynote Speakers
Ruth Culham“Debunking Common Myths about the Traits from the Trait Lady”
Michael Ford & Michael Opitz“Using a Problem-Solving Approach to RTI: Moving Toward Reaching ALL Readers”
Keynote SpeakersKeynote Speakers
Rick DuVall“Literacy for Children Who Live in Poverty”
Danny Brassell“Waking up Your Lazy Readers”
Keynote SpeakersKeynote Speakers
Bill Brozo“Reading is a Guy Thing: Closing the Achievement Gap for Boys”
Debbie Silver“Be a Teacher – Be a Hero”
Bring Your Boss to Breakfast
Ellin Oliver Keene“Critical Questions in Literacy
Leadership”
“If students are to successfully meet the social, political, and economic demands of their futures, they must be able to adapt and reinvent the ways that they read and write the world.”
Jennifer Fontenot
writing
Ruth Culham
writing
Kathy Perezvocabulary, struggling readers
Danny Brassellvocabulary
Featured Speakers
“Students analyze, compare, evaluate, and interpret multi-ple representations from a variety of disciplines and subjects, including texts, photographs, artwork, and data.”
Paula Fillernonfiction, struggling readers
Divonna Stebickvirtual literacy
Gail Petri, Library of Congresstechnology resources
Jan Kristononfiction, oral reading
Kelly Davisspecial education, Title I, & ELL
students
Featured Speakers
Donna Knoellvisual literacy
Rick DuVallInformation literacy
skills
Featured Speakers
Brenda Joiner-Overturf, IRAdigital stories, advocacy
Bill Brozocontent literacy
“…having to also learn new ways of thinking and communicating adds a whole other dimen-sion to becoming literate… Ultimately, this requires that we transform our teach-ing styles…”
Pamela Nevillsbrain research, fluency, literacy & math
Gail Gregorydifferentiation
Ellin Oliver Keenecomprehension
Featured Speakers
Michael Ford & Michael Opitz
differentiation
Donalyn Millermotivating readers
Featured Speakers
Doug Fisherstructured teaching
Jay McTigheteaching and assessment
Featured Speakers
“…teachers who understand the im-portance of a broad-ened definition of literacy will support students as they learn to critically engage with these messages as they use and interpret new information.”
Authors
Jennifer Allison
Marc Tyler Nobleman
Authors
Sneed Collard
Jennifer Keats-Curtis
Authors
Susan Stevens Crummel & Janet Stevens
Storytellers’ Breakfast
Kevin O’MalleyBooks and Breakfast
AuthorsMyles & Sandra Pinkney
Mary Amato
Authors
Jon Scieszka
Pamela Ehrenberg
Authors
Laura Eckroat
Jay Asher
“...today’s classroom teachers must endeavor to keep their definition of literacy current… reconceptualizing our views of literacy is a step in the right direction. ”IRA President, Patricia Edwards
“Reconceptualizing Literacy”Reading Today, June/July 2010