2015 WSRA Convention Highlights
Summaries and Handouts
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go." — Dr. Seuss
2015 WSRA Convention Handouts
The handouts that were shared by presenters can be found at the link below.
Institutes
The following is a list of the 10 institutes that were offered on Thursday.
Each institute is listed by category and the sessions that provided handouts are listed below that.
Some sessions below have notes linked to them from a TASD teacher who attended that session.
**Notes available under Conference Notes from Attendees section
Institute One -Literacy Leader's Role in Addressing Achievement Gaps
1A From Vision to Practice: Reading Outcomes for All
Students
1B The Principal as Literacy Leader
1C Supporting All Students
1E High Quality Literacy Instruction
** Institute Two - Universal Instruction for PreK - Grade 2
Keynote Ellin Keene - The Role of Engagement in Young Children's Comprehension Notes Only
Keynote Debbie Miller - Principles and Practices that Support Early Literacy
2A Accelerating Student Learning
2C PALS - Using and Understanding with notes
2F Academic Language, Text Complexity, Student Diversity, and the Common Core Notes
Institute Three - Universal Instruction for Grades 3-5
3A Conferring with Readers
3B Talk About Understanding
3C Children's Literature
3E Closer Reading for Deeper Learning
Institute Four - Universal Instruction for Grades 6 - 12
4A Writing for Justice
4B New Directions in High School Literacy
4C Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
4E Merging Informational and Literacy Texts, Technology and Strategies
Institute Five - Disciplinary Literacy
Keynote Speaker Cynthia Greenleaf - Building Learning Cultures
5D Apprenticing Adolescents to the Literacy Practices of the Disciplines
5F Problem-Solving Circles: Linking Literacy Skills into Mathematics
** Institute six - Reading (and Conducting) Reading Research
6C Who's Got Your Back? Research Supporting Reading Comprehension and Instruction
6D Response to Intervention in Kindergarten Through Grade 3
Institute Seven - Critically Thinking about Literacy Assessment
Keynote Speaker Peter Afflerbach - Balancing Assessment: Goals and Challenges
7D Putting Text Complexity in Context: Refocusing on Comprehension of Complex Text
7E Digital Student Portfolios: A Whole School Approach to Connected Learning and
Continuous Assessment
Institute Eight - Expert Coaches for Expert Educators
Keynote Speaker Cheryl Dozier - Responsive Literacy Coaching: Learning Side by Side
8D Listening to Coaching: Note-Taking Structures to Build Trust and Focus Your Coaching
8E Literacy Coaching: Improving K-5 Universal Instruction
** Instutite Nine - Reading Intervention in 4K - Grade 2
9A Developing a Self-Teaching Mechanism: Interactive Strategies
9E Reading is Meaning: Emphasizing Meaning in All Reading Instruction and Intervention
9F Men Read: Addressing the Needs of Boys During Reading Recovery Lessons
Institute Ten - Reading Intervention in Grades 3 - 12
Keynote Carla Soffos: Comprehension Focus
10A Time for Reading Intervention: Workshop Model to Ensure All Readers Grow Every Day
10B RtI at Middle and High School: The First Steps of Our Journey
10C An Introduction to Comprehension Focus Groups
10E The Struggles and Triumphs of a High School Reading Program
Friday Strands
Professional Development
B6 Ford - What We Really Know about Accelerating the Growth of All Readers Notes Only B17 Teachers as Writers
C19 Preparing Reading Professionals at University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Grades 4K-2
A20 Curriculum Wars: How Everyone Can Win
B18 Writing About Reading to Elevate Reading Comprehension
C2 Kids with Grit: Daily Instructional Habits
C12 Small Group Intervention in Kindergarten Can Prevent Reading Difficulties
C13 Differentiated Small-Group Reading Lessons in Action
Grades 3-5
*A10 Close Reading Without Tears: Support a Love of Reading and Thinking
A20 Curriculum Wars: How Everyone Can Win
*B14 Doable Differentiated Word Study in Action
C2 Kids with Grit: Daily Instructional Habits
C4 Making Space for Online Inquiry in Grades K-5
Grades 6-12
A5 Teaching about Language and Power
A6 Teaching Adolescents How to Critically Evaluate the Quality of Online Information
B2Adolescent Grit:Daily Instructional Habits that Help Students and Teachers Persevere
*C6 Making Reading Visible: Writing About Reading That Promotes Deep Thinking
Disciplinary Literacy
A4 Tracking Argumentation as Readers
B22 Building collections of Texts for Elementary Social Studies/Literacy Integration
C3 Mentoring Self-Questioning of Complex Disciplinary Texts
C17 What Does Mathematics Have to Do With It?
Research
B11 "And When the Horse is Peeing"... What Years of Reading Research Tell Us...
B16 Lenses on Reading
Assessment
B23 The ACT High School Assessments in Wisconsin
Coaching
A8 Literacy Coaching for Student Engagement
B5 Responsive Literacy Coaching: Learning Side by Side
Early Intervention
C18 Early Reading Empowerment: An Effective RtI Approach
Intervention
A17 A Continuum of Supports: How SLD Eligibility Determination Requirements Fit Within a Multi-Level System of support
Conference Notes from Attendees
Attendees' Summary Notes - just click to view
Amanda Ziemer - Lemonweir 2nd Grade
Amanda Zylstra - Oakdale 1st Grade
Becky Williams - LaGrange Kindergarten
Susie Weber - Lemonweir 1st Grade
Sheila Tracy - Camp Douglas Title 1
Tammy Gilchrist - Wyeville 2nd Grade
Emily Richmond - Lemonweir Title 1
Karen Olson - LaGrange 3rd Grade
Sommer Dean - LaGrange 5th Grade and Notes
Michelle Pitts-Clark - LaGrange 2nd Grade
Sharon Seely - K-5 Instructional Coach
Some attendees' notes are hyperlinked to specific sessions