“compared with the last century, we are an increasingly aging and multi-hued society. more and...

“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”

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Rick DuVall“Literacy for Children Who Live in Poverty”

Danny Brassell“Waking up Your Lazy Readers”

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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