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Thursday Institute and Session Index

 

Opening:  8:30 – 9:00

Keynote Address:  Cris Tovani- Listening To Teach: Matching Our Beliefs to Our Practices 9:00 – 10:00
 

Handouts
 So What do they Really Know?
Revisiting the Workshop Model
Listening to Teach: Matching Instruction to Our Beliefs

Institute A

Session 1

Session 2

Institute B

Session 3

Session 4

10:20 – 12:20

10:20 – 11:20

11:40 – 12:40

1:40 – 3:40

1:40 – 2:40

3:00 – 4:00

A1  Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work

 

Debbie Diller

Level: K-12

1-1 Writing Across the Curriculum

 

Barbara Mariconda

Level: 3-7

2-1  Revisiting Workshop Model  

 

Cris Tovani

Level: 6-12

B1   So What Do They Really Know: Using Formative Assessments To Inform Instruction

Cris Tovani

Level: 6-12

3-1   Fluency: What is it? Who needs it? How to teach it?

Kristin Rock, Dana Sullivan-Pallotto & Holly Kennedy-Levy

Level: K-3

4-1   A Coherent School Improvement Model to Raise CMT Literacy Achievement

Mary Jo Kramer & John Reynolds

Level:K-5, administrators

A2  The Many Faces of Small Group Instruction in the Intermediate Grades

 

Dr. Nancy Boyles 

Level:  2-8

1-2     An Instructional Toolkit for Teaching Comprehension in the Content Areas

Patricia Mulcahy-Ernt, Ph.D.

Level: 6-12
Power Point

2-2  Motivating Struggling and Developing Readers to Improve Fluency and Comprehension

Susan Orcutt

Level: 1-12 

B2 Spaces and Places: Setting up for Literacy   

 

 

Debbie Diller

Level: K-12

3-2  Achieving Grade Level Expectations in Writing

Bruce Hansen & Sharon Hansen 

Level:  3-8 & administrators

 

4-2 Writing for the Present and Writing for a Lifetime

 

Dr. Elaine Bukowiecki

Level: K-12

 

A3  How the Common Core State Standards will Inform Teaching and Learning in Connecticut

Marion Martinez, Amy Radikas, Joanne White,  Harriet Feldlaufer & Dr. Mark McQuillan

Level: K-12

 

1-3  Keys to Adolescent Literacy Planning-Grades 4-12

 

Becky DeSmith

Level: 4-12

2-3  Commonly Asked SRBI Questions; Myth versus Fact

Mary Ann Butler, Marie Salazar Glowski, Iris White, Perri Murdica, Rosanne Daigneault, & Marge Swaye

Level:  K-12

B3 Differentiating: Meeting the Needs of ALL Students at Tier 1

 

Diana Sisson & Betsy Sisson    

Level: K-12

3-3 Strategy Instruction to Meet the Needs of the Whole Reader

 

Kristina Kiely & Angela Buccheri

Level: K-3

 

4-3 Keys to Adolescent Literacy Planning-Grades 4-12

 

Becky DeSmith

Level: 4-12

A4 Getting and Keeping Content Vocabulary

 

Nena Nanfeldt     

Level: 6-12

 

 

1-4     Primary Readers Diving Into Nonfiction

 

Janice Baronoski

Level: K-2

2-4  Successful Reading and Writing Strategies for ELL Learners: More Tools for Your Toolbox

Dr. Mia Mercurio-Morse & Naomi Migliacci

Level: K-12

B4    Powering Up Tier 1 Guided Reading

 

Deborah Walls & Pamela Khalrallah

Level: K-2

3-4  Enhancing Comprehension Instruction with the Common Core State Standards

Dr. Nancy Boyles

Level: K-12

4-4    Successful Reading and Writing Strategies for ELL Learners: More Tools for Your Toolbox

Dr. Mia Mercurio-Morse & Naomi Migliacci

Level: K-12

A5  Using Mentor Texts to Raise the Quality of Student Writing  

Sarah Cordova & Ilene Cohn 

Level: K-8

Handout

1-5  Strategy Instruction to Meet the Needs of the Whole Reader

Kristina Kiely & Angela Buccheri

Level: K-3

2-5  The Power of “Probably”: Smart Thinking for Struggling Readers

Susan Hackel

Handout 1
Handout 2
Handout 3
Handout 4
Handout 5
Handout 6
Handout 7

Level: 3-6

B5   Poetry that Enlightens and Engages-Teaching Students to Write Poetry

 Sarah Cordova & Ilene Cohn  

Level: K-8

Handout 1
Handout 2

3-5 

Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.  

4-5 

Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.  

 

1-6

Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.

2-6

Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.

B6  Fluency-The Forgotten Reading Skill

Mya Chen Whitney

Level: K-8

3-6

 Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.

4-6

Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.

 

 

  

 

 

Friday Institute and Session Index

Opening: 8:30-9:00am

Keynote Address:  Peter Johnston   Literacy, Learning, Thinking , and Classroom Communities

 

Institute C

Session 5

Session 6

Institute D

Session 7

Session 8

10:20 – 12:20

10:20 – 11:20

11:40 – 12:40

1:40 – 3:40

1:40 – 2:40

3:00 – 4:00

C1  Using Mentor Texts to Teach Writing With the Traits in Middle School

 

Ruth Culham

Handout 1
Handout 2

Level:K-2

5-1   Elementary Administrators’ Literacy ‘Look-Fors’ Best Practices in Literacy Intrstuction

Linda Kauffmann and Mary L. Cerullo

Level: K-5

6-1  RTI in Literacy: Responsive and COmprehensive

 

Peter Johnston

Level: 6-12
Power Point
Handout 1
Handout 2

D1  Developing Persistent, Strategic, Literacy Learners

 

Peter Johnston

Level: 6-12

7-1 “The First Bite of a Good Piece of Cake”- Great Beginnings

 

Anne Fleming and Mallory Gorry

 

8-1  Best Techniques for Building Struggling Students’ Higher Level Literacy

Thomas Gunning and Karen C. Waters

Level: 1-8

C2 Using Peer Discussion of Text to Promote Comprehension, Motivation, and Social Skills

 

Janice Almasi

Level: K-3

5-2 Teaching Writer’s Craft with Multicultural Literature

 

Jane M. Gangi, Ph.D

Level: K-8

 

 

6-2  Talking through Text: Increasing Comprehension and Critical Thinking through Quality Classroom Talk

Dr. Cheryl Dickinson

Level: 6-8

D2 Using Mentor Texts to Teach Writing with the Traits in Middle School

 

Ruth Culham

Level: 6-8

7-2  Teaching Writer’s Craft with Multicultural Literature

 

Jane M. Gangi, Ph.D

Level: K-8

 

8-2  Battling the Script: Teaching Early Literacy Around Scripted Reading Programs.

Samantha Caponera

Level: K-2

 

C3   Core Standards on Reading and Their Impact on Literacy Success

 

David Monti

Level: K-12

5-3  Content area Reading for English Language Learners

 

Julia Kara-Soteriou

Level 1-12

6-3Designing and Teaching a Critical Unit of Study

Ryan Colwell and Katie Sullivan

Level: 3-5

D3 Supervising the Secondary (6-12) English Language Arts

 

Kristina M. Elias-Staron  

Level: K-12

7-3History Through A Literacy Lens: The Reading, Writing, Learning Connectio

Cara M.Mulcahy, Ph.d and Lynda M.Valerie, Ph.d

Level: 6-8

8-3Challenging the Achievement Gap in Urban High Schools

 

Dr.Glady Labas and Steven Strand

Level: 4-12

C4Antidisestablishmentarianism: Effective Vocabulary Instruction for at-Risk Students

Kathleen E. England, Darcy A. Fiano, and Jennifer Tyler

Level:K-5

5-4    Teaching Narrative Writing and Retell Using Episodic Structure

 

Jennifer Kelley

Level K-5

6-4 Podcasting With Video: The  Vision and the Reality

 

Mr. James Salsich

Level: 3-12

D4Antidisestablishmentarianism: Effective Vocabulary Instruction for at-Risk Students

Kathleen E. England, Darcy A. Fiano, and Jennifer Tyler

Level:K-5

 

7-4 The compelling Importance of Cultivating Leadership Literacy Relationships

Peter Madonia, Ed.D

Level: K-12

8-4  The Power of Language in Early Reading

Mary Lee Geary

Level: Early Educators, Speech and Language, ELL

C5

Defining the “I” in SRBI: Reciprocal Teaching across the Content Areas

E.Marie Mas, Sally Francia, Carrie Wessman Huber, and Sarah Broas

Level: K-5

5-5   Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.

 

6-5 Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.

 

D5 Up Cloze and Personal with Instructional Vocabulary and Comprehension Strategies

Dr. Beryl Bailey, Linda Liss-Bronstein

Level: 2-5
Power point

7-5  Grouping for Literacy Learning: Has Our Understanding of What Works Changed in the Last Decade.

Jeanne Paratore

Level: K-12

8-5  Boost Your Family Literacy Program through Volunteer

Training

Vanessa Vowe

Level:  K-5    

C5Acting on What We Know About Effective Instruction for Struggling Readers

Jeanne R. Paratore  

Level:K-12

5-6   Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.

6-6 Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.

D6  Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature

 

7-6   Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.

8-6  Inquiry into professional books, instructional materials, and children’s literature.