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Here’s a sneak peek of the developing agenda. Be sure to check back often for updates!
FRIDAY, MARCH 17
7:00am - 5:30 pm
Registration Open
8:00am - 8:15am
General Session
Jenna Conway - VLA
General Session
Laura Labyak - Welcome
8:15am - 9:15am
General Session
Natalie Wexler - Where Does Comprehension Fit Into the Science of Reading?
9:15am - 9:45am
Book Signing (Molly Ness & Towanda Harris)
9:45am - 10:45am
Breakout
Breakout 401
Amy Saring King - Teen Literacy Is the Solution to Everything
Breakout 402
Cathy Collier - Writing Fluency: Providing primary students opportunities to write and write and write
Breakout 403
Samantha Smigel - Using Fluency in the Upper Elementary Grades
Breakout 404
Joan Macenat Charles - Erasing the Misery of Reading and Spelling Multisyllabic Words
Breakout 405
Heidi Mesmer - Five Parts of a Phonics Lesson: Research in Action
10:45am - 11:15am
Break - Visit Exhibit Hall & Poster Presentations (Margaret Barr & Brittany Watson)
10:45am - 11:15am
Book Signing (Natalie Wexler & Kelly Starling Lyons)
11:15am - 12:15pm
General Session
Carol Jago - Reading in the Digital Age
12:15pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
12:30pm - 1:30pm
STUDENT AMBASSADOR PANEL
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Breakout
Breakout 501
Natalie Wexler - How Writing Instruction Can Revolutionize Education
Breakout 502
Jennifer McSweeney - Advanced Phonics: Everything you need to know about syllables and morphology
Breakout 503
Savannah Cambell - Fundamental Phonics Instruction
Breakout 504
Jill Nogueras - Leading Literacy Learning and VDOE Updates
Breakout 505
Julia Lopez-Robertson - Choosing and using Latinx literature in all classrooms
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Break - Visit Exhibit Hall & Poster Presentations (Tracy Hough & Amal Alnefaie)
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Book Signing (Leah Henderson & Cathy Collier)
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Breakout
Breakout 601
Brandon Harvey - Routines of Science
Breakout 602
Emily McMillen & Lynn Smith - Enhancing Background Knowledge to Propel Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Writing
Breakout 603
Leah Henderson - Merging Fact and Fiction: Use History, Current Events, or Personal Experience to Build Story
Breakout 604
Allison Ward Parsons & Courtney Verbiest Hayes - Writing Workshop: Transforming a VSLA Presentation into an Article Submission for Reading in Virginia
Breakout 605
Rebekah O'Dell - Using Mini Moves to Elevate Student Writing Tomorrow!
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Break - Visit Exhibit Hall & Poster Presentations (Khaled Alotaibi & Cheryl Lundy Swift)
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Book Signing (Judy Allen Dodson & Rebecca Harper & Rebekah O'Dell)
4:30pm - 5:30pm
General Session