2008 National Reading Recovery &
K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference
Session Handouts

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Featured and Concurrent Session Handouts

Janet Behrend - Analyzing Running Records for Strategic Activity

Janet Behrend - Change Over Time in Writing

Janet Behrend - Developing Language Systems for Literacy

Dottie Best - Learning to Talk, Talking to Learn: Jumpstarting English Language Learning in Literacy

Connie Briggs, Salli Forbes - Dialogue: Critical to Professional Development

Connie Briggs, Salli Forbes - Helpful Language to Use in Coaching Conversations

Sherri Caballero - Easy as PIE Literacy Activities

Rose Cappelli, Lynne Dorfman - Getting Started with Mentor Texts

Rose Cappelli, Lynne Dorfman - Possible Writing Lessons from Painting the Wind

Rose Cappelli, Lynne Dorfman - Sharing Our Thinking

Rose Cappelli, Lynne Dorfman - Walk Around in the Author's Syntax

Joe Cline - Increasing Fluency in the Classroom

Joe Cline - Presentation Evaluation

Catherine Compton-Lilly - Serving African American Students

Catherine Compton-Lilly - Talking About Diversity with Reading Recovery Colleagues In NZ

Sherry Crisp-Ridge - Emotional Connections and Learning

Linda Dorn - A Comprehensive Intervention Model: Two Waves of Literacy Defense in an RTI Approach

Michelle Dorsey, Karen James-Reading Recovery & Intervention: It Works in Reading First

Patricia Edwards - Beyond the Basic Needs

Patricia Edwards - Engaging Hard to Reach Parents

Jeanne Falter - Getting It "All In"

Jeanne Falter - What is Curriculum Mapping?

Jeanne Falter - Procedures for Curriculum Mapping
Jeanne Falter - Value of Curriculum Mapping

Jeanne Falter - Mapping and Assessment

Jeanne Falter - Getting It "All In" - Bibliography

Salli Forbes, Connie Briggs - The Role of Sequence in Effective Processing

Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell - Continuum Level G

Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell - Continuum Level Q

Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell - Gabriel Assessment Summary Form

Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell - Gabriel Earthquakes

Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell - Kulsum Assessment Summary Form

Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell - Kulsum Bubbles

Michelle Fraley - Planning for Readers Workshop 1

Michelle Fraley - Planning for Readers Workshop 2

Michelle Fraley - Working Smarter, Not Harder: Connecting the Reader's & Writer's Workshops

Mary Fried - Analysis of the New Book Orientation and the First Reading
Francisco Gómez-Bellengé - Comparing the Observation Survey to DIBELS
Rhonda Gowler Greene - Handout

Rhonda Gowler Greene - Get Student Writing to Sparkle

Gerlinde Grandstaff-Beckers, Evan Ortlieb, Earl Cheek, Jr. - Struggling Readers

Tonia Harris - Before 1st Reading

Tonia Harris - Why Use Book Instructions?

Tonia Harris - In Introducing Short Stories to Children, You Might...

Cheryl Hayes - Remarkably Effective Classroom Discipline Strategies That Work

Kathi Hoover, Carol Lutz - Travelling Across the Writing Workshop

Nancy Hopkins - What Works for Middle School Literacy Coaches

Karen James - Becoming a Literacy Coach

Karen James - Keeping Coaching Effective

Betsy Kaye - Taking Words "A-part, Ap-art, Apar-t" While Reading

Cornelia Kelly, Vicki Steadman - Fluent and Flexible from the Start: Roaming in the Known

Cornelia Kelly, Vicki Steadman - Roaming Around the Known

Barbara Kiefer - Books for Middle Grade Children: A Few Favorites from 2007

Deborah Litt - Reading Recovery Comparison Study

Deborah Litt - Data Table Initial Scores

Wendy Mattson - Session Activity Notes - Improving Sustained Attention to Print
Wendy Mattson - Session Handout - Improving Sustained Attention to Print

Lea McGee - Teaching at Point of Difficulty: Change Over Time

Dan McKey - Friends, Family, and Fun in New Picture Books

Lesley Miller, Angela Schoenbeck - Going Beyond Guided Reading

Rose Anne Mott - Building Community Through Writing

Linda Napier - Sample: Predictions of Progress

Linda Napier - Reaching Destinations While Roaming Around

Evan Ortlieb, Earl Cheek, Jr., Gerlinde Grandstaff-Beckers - Quick and Effective Vocabulary Instruction

Susan Phelps, Linda Archibald - Shared Reading: After We Read It What Else Can I Do??

Susan Phelps, Linda Archibald - Comprehension Strategies

Susan Phelps, Linda Archibald - Teaching Opportunities

Susan Phelps, Linda Archibald - Teaching Points for Shared Reading

Mary Ann Poparad - Better Early Than Late

Yvonne Rodríguez - Fluency & Fluent Responding

Yvonne Rodríguez - Reading Recovery and English Language Learners: What Do We Need to Know?

Regie Routman - The Power of the Reading/Writing Connection for Increasing Student Achievement and Enjoyment

Patricia Scharer - Wonderful Words: What's New in Pre-K to Grade 2?

Robert Schwartz - State of the Union: Reading Recovery, What Works, and RTI

Sandra Shavlik - Teaching for a Sequencing Problem

Lee Skandalaris - Getting the Child to Say, 'This is Like That'

Floretta Thornton-Reid - Change Over Time in Children's Literacy Development

Janice Van Dyke - Constructing and Integrating Through Talk

Cheri Williams, Nicole Robinson, Tammie Sherry, Diane Hungler - From Sharing the Pen to Writing Independently

Jeff Williams, Denise Morgan, Katie Plesec - Opportunities for Responding: Guided Reading & Written Response K-2

Preconference Session Handouts

Joetta Beaver, Carol Price, Kathleen Taps, E. Jane Williams - Clapping Hands
Joetta Beaver, Carol Price, Kathleen Taps, E. Jane Williams - Where Are We Going?

Joetta Beaver, Carol Price, Kathleen Taps, E. Jane Williams - Thin as a Stick
Barbara Kiefer - Books for Middle Grade Children: A Few Favorites from 2007

J. Patrick Lewis - Sailing the Craft of Children's Poetry

Patricia Scharer - Wonderful Words: What's New in Pre-K to Grade 2?

Janet Wong - Meet the Author Series Teachers Guide - Before It Wriggles Away
Janet Wong - The Poetry Suitcase: Sharing Poems Five Minutes a Day