Three Rivers Reading Council - KSRAConference2014

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As an affiliate of the International
Reading Association (IRA), KSRA
is a state-wide organization in
Pennsylvania, comprised of individuals
who are engaged in reading instruction,
literary development, and the
encouragement of life long reading
habits.
As a member you’ll receive:
• Support of KSRA’s efforts on behalf
of literacy and education throughout
Pennsylvania
• Notification of special events and
meetings, including our annual
conference
• A discount on annual conference
registration
• A subscription to our newsletter,
The Keystone Reader, published three
times a year
• A subscription to Pennsylvania Reads,
our annual, peer-reviewed journal
• Plus a wealth of resources including
webinars, classroom resources,
conference/workshop presentations,
continuing education, and more.
KSRA
KSRA
Keystone State Reading Association
www.ksrapa.org
JOINING IS EASY!
Fill out the application form found
on page 51 of this program, send it in, or hand it in at the membership
booth, and begin enjoying the benefits of membership!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Greetings from the KSRA President/Conference Chairperson
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KSRA Mission Statement and Goals
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KSRA Executive and Ad Hoc Committees
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KSRA Local Council Presidents/Past Presidents of KSRA
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IRA Awards/KSRA Council Awards
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2014 Conference Acknowledgements
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General Conference Information
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Meal Functions and Menus
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KSRA Special Events/Meetings of Special Interest
12-14
At-A-Glance Monday – Wednesday
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2014 KSRA Conference Planning Committee
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KSRA Conference Overview Monday
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28-33
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38-42
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44-46
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48-49
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Monday Conference Sessions
KSRA Conference Overview Tuesday
Tuesday Conference Sessions
KSRA Conference Overview Wednesday
Wednesday Conference Sessions
Dedication to Carolyn Henry
KSRA Conference Chronology
Author Signing Schedule
Exhibitors and Table Locations
Invitation from the KSRA Vice President
2015 Conference Proposal
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KSRA Membership Form
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Call for Manuscripts for Pennsylvania Reads
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Map of The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center
2014 KSRA Conference
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WELCOME
Pre-Conference PEP Talk from the President of KSRA
Welcome to the 47th Annual Keystone State Reading Association Conference!
GO! Legendary football coach Knute Rockne stated, “The secret is working less
as individuals and more as a team.” As a result, the 2014 conference, “Read Like
A Champion,” promises to inspire you to network with educators from across the
state of Pennsylvania so you can take your instruction to the next level.
JULIE WISE
FIGHT! You modeled what strong readers and writers do.
You shared your thinking process until your voice was
hoarse. You’ve given your students everything you’ve got.
It’s time for you to take a time out by visiting our exhibitors.
They will provide the proper equipment you need to help
your students be champions today and in the future!
LEARN! Michael Williams and his conference committee
have established a game plan that will engage you in critical conversations
with leaders in the field of literacy research. Breakout sessions will deliver the
knowledge and skills you need to connect PA Core Standards with daily literacy
routines. We hope you leave the conference feeling refreshed and motivated to
foster elite literacy performance in all students.
GO! FIGHT! LEARN! Conference Game Plan from the 2014 Conference Chair
Cheer, cheer for KSRA! The game clock has started for the 47th Annual KSRA Conference,
“Read Like A Champion.” The Conference Committee Team has worked hard for over a
year to develop, plan, and organize an exciting and unforgettable conference. Don’t be
a spectator! Join in on all the conference fun! The 2014 Conference Stats include, 6 firststring keynote speakers, 11 top drafted featured speakers, 82 power packed breakout
presentations, 18 heavy hitting authors, 44 top rated exhibitors, 14 coveted local council
raffle baskets, 3 days of action packed learning, and 1 pre-conference tailgate (Sunday
night from 7:00-9:00 p.m.).
“Read Like A Champion” is about learning from the best and being the best! The game
doesn’t end at the conclusion of this conference. You will leave the conference with
strategies and tools that you can add to your own personal game plan. Former Notre
Dame football coach Lou Holtz said, “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation
determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” Use what you learn to
motivate, inspire, and help others to “read like champions” everyday!
Go KSRA!
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MICHAEL WILLIAMS
MISSION AND PURPOSE
Misson Statement
of The Keystone
State Reading
Association
Promote Literacy through
Reading
Support Professional
Development
KSRA, an affiliate of the
• To promote reading as a
lifelong habit for all people
• To support and facilitate
the professional growth of
educators in reading and other
areas of literacy education
International Reading
Association (IRA), is a
state-wide organization
in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania comprised of
individuals who are engaged
in reading instruction,
literacy development,
and the encouragement
of lifelong reading habits.
KSRA’s mission is to promote
literacy, provide instructional
leadership, support
professional development,
and advocate literacy
issues. KSRA believes in the
importance of collaborating
with other organizations in
achieving its purposes and
goals.
Purposes and Goals of KSRA
• To encourage and support
councils in their efforts to
promote literacy through
reading
• To provide information to
interested parties regarding the
promotion of reading habits
• To recognize contributions
and achievements of
Pennsylvanians in the area of
promoting reading
Provide Instructional Leadership
• To support and facilitate
effective instruction in reading
and other areas of literacy
• To promote research related to
effective reading instruction
• To sponsor publications,
meetings, and conferences
intended to enhance reading
• To recognize Pennsylvanians
who have provided exemplary
instructional leadership in
reading
• To encourage and support
councils as they provide
professional development in
reading
• To provide information and
timely publications related to
literacy
• To sponsor publications,
meetings, and conferences,
which provide professional
development opportunities in
reading
• To promote involvement of
pre-service and in-service
educators in professional
development activities and
organizations
Advocate Literacy Issues
• To provide leadership in
Pennsylvania on literacy issues
• To develop collaborative
relationships with the
Pennsylvania Department
of Education and other
professional organizations to
enhance reading instruction
• To advocate policies at the
local, state, and national levels
to insure effective reading
instruction
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COMMITTEES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President
Julie Wise
President-Elect
Michael Williams
Vice President
Rose Cappelli
Past President
Jane Helman
IRA Coordinator
Eric MacDonald
Secretary
Anna Landers
Treasurer
Virginia Williams
Assistant Treasurer
June Shultz
Parlimentarian
Jan Pizarro
Regional Directors
Pamela Brandon – Region I
Jenny Gadd – Region II
Bethann McCain – Region III
Aileen Hower – Region IV
Joan Lengel – Region V
Eleanor Gensemer – Region VI
Jane Schultz – Region VI
Frani Thomas – Region VII
Administrative Secretary
Elizabeth Cusick
Standing Committee Chairs
Director of Membership
Connie Unger
Nominations and Elections
Jane Helman
Strategic Planning
Jane Helman
Keystone to Reading Elementary
Book Award
Rose Cappelli
Glendia Kennedy
AD HOC COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSONS
Keystone to Reading Secondary
Book Award
Laurie Balatgek
Lynne Dorfman
June Shultz
2014 Conference
Michael Williams
2015 Conference
Rose Cappelli
Advertising and Imaging
Christine Kurman
Awards for IRA
Rita Sorrentino
Board Registration
Roseanna Colbert
Celebrate Literacy
Kelli Wise
Classroom Research Grant
Patti Sollenberger
Community Involvement
Sarah Seaton
Council Initiative
Jenny Mumford
Educational Resource
Development
Andrea Morrison
Budget
Julie Wise
Exemplary Reading Program
Lynn Morley
Michael Williams
Bylaws
Eleanor Gensemer
Families and Reading
Debbie Urso
Conference and Meeting Advisory
June Shultz
Jane Helman
Susan Menser
Financial Assistance
Rose Cappelli
Fiscal Policy
Virginia Williams
Intellectual Freedom
Emily Reed
Governmental Relations
Millie Henning
International Involvement
Sharon Kletzien
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KSRA Council Awards
Janice Adair
Sondra Jones
Historian
Jennifer Edmiston
Graduate Education Grant
Eleanor Gensemer
Professional Development
Act 45 – 48
Sandra Cecchini
Crystal Long
Professional Organizations
Anne Hartzfeld
Publications
Hollie D’Agata
Jane Helman
Donna Salva
Keystone Reader Newsletter Editor
Stephanie Romano
Pennsylvania Reads Journal Editors
Tammy Brown
Lynne Dorfman
Jan Pizarro
June Shultz
Reference Manual
Barbara Buhrman
Christine LaMonica
Teachers as Readers
Gale Burkhart
Technology and Literacy
Eric MacDonald
PRESIDENTS / PAST PRESIDENTS
KSRA LOCAL COUNCIL PRESIDENTS
Region I
Armstrong Reading Council
Tammie Rabbitt
Butler-Lawrence-Mercer Reading
Council
Michele Evans
Erie Reading Council
Anna Landers
Seneca Reading Council
Pamela Brandon
Region II
Beaver County Reading Council
Carol Sprinker
Region IV
Capital Reading Council
Jill McPherson
Michael Williams
Delaware County Reading Council
Annemarie B. Jay
Franklin County Reading Council
Barbara Buhrman
Debbie Urso
Philadelphia Reading Council
Tri-County Reading Council
Andrea Whipple
South Central Reading Council
Jami Smith
Region VII
Blair County Reading Council
Catherine E. Rodgers
Indiana County Reading Council
Katie Lakatosh
Keystone’s Corner Reading Council
Linda D. Horner
Luzerne County Reading Council
Laurie Rebovich
Three Rivers Reading Council
Gail J. Champagne
Northeastern Pennsylvania Reading
Association
Amy Ruddy
Susquehanna Valley Reading Council
Janice Adair
Lisa Mertz
Janice Ewing
Lancaster-Lebanon Reading Council
Sandra Haines
Region V
Colonial Association of Reading
Educators
Kathy Sagl
Region III
Laurel/Mid State Reading Council
(Central Pennsylvania Literacy
Association)
Bethann McCain
Kim Struble
Delaware Valley Reading Association
Catherine McGeehan
Schuylkill County Reading Council
Sondra Jones
Cambria Area Reading Council
Glenda Dibert
Raystown Country Reading Council
Frani Thomas
Somerset County Reading Council
Susan Menser
Special Interest Council
Pennsylvania Reading Teacher
Educators
Lucille Candeloro
Region VI
Bucks County Reading Council
Courtney Weeks Muck
Chester County Reading Association
Lynne Dorfman
PAST PRESIDENTS OF KSRA
Donald L. Cleland
1967-1968
Lawrence B. Charry
1969
1970
Betty Pearson Messner
1971
Charles Versacci
Isabelle H. Toussaint
1972
Sr. Alice Louise Davis
1973
Herbert Wartenberg
1974
Lee Kelminskis
1975
1976
Margaret Sponseller
1977
Jerry B. Fiddler
1977
Arnold Zaeske
1978
Louis Oliastro
1979
Soledad P. Gillespie
J. Richard Zerby
1980
Donald C. McFeely
1981
Patricia Kearns
1982
Mary M. Dupuis
Jean E. Doll
Khristine LaChance
Rose P. Conley
Phyllis W. Smith
Julianne (Judy) Gehman
Joan B. Elliott
Frances E. Russell, IHM
Mary Anne Mackey
Gail Y. Gayeski
Roberta Laird
Dora Tartar
Theodosia Spewock
Susan M. Bechetti
Jesse C. Moore
Linda J. Smith
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Eric C. MacDonald
Susan Francis
Susan Menser
Stephanie Romano
Dorothy Touvell
Connie Unger
Mary Jo Campbell
Nancy King
William Unger
Annemarie Jay
Janet Friel
Mary Laub
Bethann McCain
Susan Menser
Jane Helman
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
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AWARDS
The following awards were presented at the 59th Annual International
Reading Association Convention, held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Keystone State Reading Association,
Jane Helman, President
This Award of Excellence is presented annually by
the International Reading Association to state and
provincial associations that have distinguished
themselves through organizing and implementing a
wide range of programs and activities in their state or
province that serve and support councils and members,
contribute to education, and coincide with and support
the programs and goals of the Association.
ADVOCACY AWARD
Keystone State Reading Association,
The Advocacy Award annually recognizes state and
provincial councils that demonstrate how they are
working to affect educational policy and legislation
through effective advocacy at the state/provincial
and/or national levels.
HONOR COUNCILS
The Honor Council Program annually recognizes local,
student, and special interest councils that organize
and conduct well-rounded programs serving the
council members, the community, that state/provincial
council, and the International Reading Association.
The following local councils received this distinction:
Chester County Reading Association (22 years)
Colonial Association of Reading Educators (27 years)
Delaware County Reading Council (11 years)
Delaware Valley (31 years)
Erie Reading Council (32 years)
Northeastern Pennsylvania Reading Association (1 year)
Tri-County Reading Council (23 years)
EXEMPLARY READING PROGRAM AWARD
Emory H. Markle Intermediate School,
South Western School District, York County
The Exemplary Reading Program Award recognizes
outstanding reading and language arts programs at all
grade levels (elementary, middle, and high school). Its
purpose is to call the public’s attention to outstanding
programs in schools throughout Canada and the
United States. Each participating state and provincial
council, with an active ERPA committee chair, may
choose one winning school a year.
KEYSTONE STATE READING ASSOCIATION COUNCIL AWARDS
The KSRA Council Awards are designed to recognize local and special interest councils that organize and
conduct well-governed council functions. The emphasis is placed on serving the local membership through a
cooperative relationship with KSRA. The required activities relate to the participation of local and special interest
councils in the functioning of the state council.
2013-2014 Exemplary Councils
Butler-Lawrence-Mercer Reading Council
Colonial Association of Reading Educators
Delaware Valley Reading Association
Erie Reading Council
Northeastern Pennsylvania Reading Association
2013-2014 President’s Leadership Award
Butler-Lawrence-Mercer Reading Council
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
47th Annual KSRA Conference Acknowledgements
The 47th Annual Keystone State Reading Association Conference Committee would like to acknowledge
and thank the exhibitors and sponsors for their support in contributing to a successful conference.
We appreciate them and thank them for their dedication to promoting literacy. Special thanks are also
extended to the wonderful speakers, presenters, and authors who have sponsored themselves.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, FEATURED SPEAKERS,
AND AUTHORS
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Marjorie Lipson
International Reading Association
Marcie Craig Post
McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Timothy Shanahan
Pearson Learning
Donald Bear
Reading Matters
Judy Byron Schachner
Scholastic
Laura Robb
Cosponsored Marilyn Pryle and Barbara Boroson
Stenhouse
Cosponsored Peter Lourie, Lynne Dorfman,
Diane Dougherty, and David Somoza
MEAL FUNCTIONS AND SPECIAL GIFTS
Giant Food Stores
Reusable Shopping Bags
MUSIC
Bethann and Dave McCain
Northern York County School District Band
(directed by Daryl Balseiro)
COUNCILS CONTRIBUTING
HOSPITALITY RAFFLE BASKETS
Laurel/Mid-State Reading Council
(Central Pennsylvania Literacy Association)
Indiana Reading Council
Lancaster-Lebanon Reading Council
Luzerne County Reading Council
Northeastern Pennsylvania Reading Association
Seneca Reading Council
GrapeSEED
Monday Morning Refreshments with Exhbitors
Annual Meeting Dinner and Name Lanyards
Kurtz Brothers
Notepads
Special thanks to Afire Creative Group for designing
the conference program and Graphtec for printing
the conference program.
McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Preconference Tailgate
Pearson Learning
KSRA Awards Dinner, Conference Tote Bags
Please note: These acknowledgements reflect
information available to us at the time of printing.
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel
Getaway Weekend
Reading Matters
Rolling storage bags and buttons
Teaching Made Easier
Bookmarks
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GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION
REGISTRATION
Conference registration will be held at Desk 1 in the
conference center. Tickets for special events are
available on a first come – first served basis. If you
have to leave early, please turn in your meal tickets
so we can allow more educators to attend the events.
Registration hours are as follows:
Sunday, October 26: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Monday, October 27: 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. &
2:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 28: 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. &
2:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 29: 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
EVALUATION AND ACT 45/48 HOURS
Evaluations of the conference will be completed
electronically through the conference wiki. The link
to the conference wiki is https://ksraconference2014.
wikispaces.com/Conference+Information. In
accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of
Education guidelines, an evaluation of the conference
must be completed in order to earn and be awarded
Act 45/48 hours. You will be responsible for supplying
your PPID number and mark the appropriate
sessions that you attended as part of completing the
evaluation form. All evaluations must be completed
by Wednesday, November 5, 2014 in order to earn Act
45/48 hours. Finally, by completing the conference
evaluation, you will be eligible to win a free weekend
(excluding football weekends) at the Penn Stater. EXHIBITS
Exhibitors and vendors will be located in Deans Hall
and Senate Suites on Monday from 9:30 a.m. until
5:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
The latest educational materials in children’s books,
Common Core Standards, literacy, technology, and more
will be available for review and purchase. There will
be opportunities to have a chat with exhibitors during
refreshment breaks on Monday and Tuesday from 9:30
a.m. until 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. Please
visit our wonderful exhibitors who do so much for us as
an organization and as individual teachers.
EXHIBIT CHAMPION CONTEST
Please pick up your game board at the doors to the
exhibit hall. Collect ten (10) stickers from exhibitors
to place on your game board. Place the 10 stickers on
either the soccer, baseball, or basketball board. When
you have ten (10) stickers on either the soccer,
baseball, or basketball board, tear the game board
off, write your name and cell phone number (with
area code) on the back, and place it in the bucket
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at the exhibit chair table. Fifteen (15) names will be
chosen at the Monday afternoon break and again on
Tuesday. If your card is chosen, you will bounce a ball
into the cups at the exhibit chair table. The number
of cup where your ball lands, is the prize that you will
win. Good luck, have fun, and play like a champion!
MEALS
The lunch meal offered on Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday is included in your conference registration.
You will receive a meal ticket for each lunch for each
day that you are registered for the conference. These
tickets must be presented and will be collected at the
lunch meal. All conference attendees are invited to
enjoy refreshments with exhibitors in the morning and
afternoon of Monday and Tuesday. Author Breakfasts
are offered for an additional fee and require an
additional ticket. Additionally, special event tickets
are also available for the Authors’ Tea. Tickets for the
Author Breakfasts and Authors’ Tea may be purchased
at the registration desk.
BOOK SALES
Authors’ books will be on sale from vendors in Deans
Hall and Senate Suites. Books will also be available for
purchase at the Authors’ Tea, and authors’ breakfasts
and lunches, as well as other events. Autographing
sessions and locations are listed in the conference
program. Books by authors receiving awards on
Monday afternoon will also be available before and
after lunch.
HOSPITALITY
Visit hospitality, located in Senate Suites, for any
needs, concerns, or questions and to purchase tickets
for the basket raffle. The baskets, which are cleverly
assembled by our KSRA councils, are on display in
the Senate Suites. Many thanks to the Councils that
contributed baskets!
CODES FOR INTENTED AUDIENCES
EC = Early Childhood Teachers (Birth – K)
P = Primary Grade Teachers (K – 2)
I = Intermediate Grade Teachers (3 – 5)
M = Middle School Teachers (6 – 8)
H = High School Teachers (9 – 12)
C/UT = College/University Teachers
AET = Adult Education Teachers
S/RT = Support /Remedial Teachers
RS/S = Reading Specialists/Supervisors
R/LC = Reading/Literacy Coaches
A = Administrators
P = Parents
L = Librarians
G = General Interest
MEAL FUNCTIONS AND MENUS
Author Breakfast Menu
(ADDITIONAL FEE, TICKET REQUIRED)
THE PENN STATER BREAKFAST BUFFET
Chef’s Selection of Fresh Fruit
Assorted Penn State Bakery Pastries & Muffins
Fresh Bagels served with Whipped Cream Cheese,
Butter & Fruit Preserves
Selection of Cold Cereals with Milk
Scrambled Eggs with University Cheddar Cheese
Bacon & Dutch Style Sausage
Home Fried Potatoes
Hot Oatmeal with Brown Sugar & Raisins
Orange Juice & Cranberry Juice
Freshly Brewed Coffee, Decaf Coffee & Hot Tea
MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK
Assorted Penn State Bakery Pastries
Fresh Bagels served with Cream Cheese,
Butter & Fruit Preserves
Yogurt with Granola
Fresh Hand Fruit
Assorted Juices
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENT BREAK
Assorted Candies & Dry Snacks
Chef’s Selection Cold Snack Item
Assorted Cookies, Brownies or Bar Type Item
Assorted Sodas
Book and Author Lunch and
Author Lunch Menu
Monday and Tuesday Lunch Menu
THE CHEF’S HOSPITALITY BUFFET
Tossed Salad with a Choice of Three Dressings
Three Assorted Gourmet Prepared Salads
Chef’s Selection of Fresh Fruit
Display of Artisan Breads & Rolls
Assorted Deli Meats, Assorted Cheese Platter with all
of the Condiments
Chef Selected Beef or Pork
Chef Selected Poultry
Chef Selected Fish
Chef Selected Potato, Rice or Pasta
Seasonal Vegetable Medley
Our Homemade Soup du Jour
Sampling of desserts
Thermals of Freshly Brewed Coffee, Decaf Coffee &
Hot Tea
Lunch and Learn Session
Box Lunch Menu
SANDWICHES: Your choice of one
Roast Beef with Boursin Cheese on Ciabatta Bread
OR
Turkey & Cheddar Sandwich on a Kaiser Roll
All Box Lunches Include:
Mustard & Mayo
Gourmet Prepared Salad
Whole Fruit
Penn State Cookie
Assorted Sodas and Bottled Water
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2014 KSRA CONFERENCE SPECIAL EVENTS
AUTHOR LUNCHEON
Tuesday, 12:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Presidents Hall
Take a few minutes to refresh while author
Jonathan Friesen shares his inspirational story.
Tuesday’s Author Luncheon is included in the
conference registration cost.
KSRA WRITING FORUM: WRITE LIKE A
CHAMPION (ALL are welcome to attend)
Monday, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Room 208
AUTHOR BREAKFASTS (ADDITIONAL FEE)
Monday (David Biedrzycki) and Tuesday
(Sneed B. Collard III), 7:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
Executive Suite
Wednesday (Steve Swinburne), 7:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m
Senate Suite
PRE-CONFERENCE TAILGATE (Sponsored by
McGraw Hill Education Group)
Sunday, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Deans Hall and Senate Suites and Lobby area
Music, food, and fun will be at the center of our
“pep rally.” This is where we will huddle together
to share, learn, exchange ideas, and network to
build a team of reading experts. Exhibitors will be
open for your enjoyment. Julie Wise, President of
the Keystone State Reading Association, will be
our host for this event. We will celebrate all past
presidents of KSRA as well as current local council
presidents. Everyone is welcome to attend and
casual school spirit attire is appropriate.
Join Lynne Dorfman for a teachers as writers
group. Write like a champion and share your work
with others. KSRA AWARDS DINNER (INVITATION ONLY)
Monday, 5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Presidents Hall
This dinner will recognize local
council who earned the Exemplary
Council and/or President’s
Leadership Award. The Celebrate
Literacy Award and Exemplary
Reading Program Award will also
be awarded at this event. Pearson
is generously sponsoring the dinner.
BOOK AND AUTHOR AWARD LUNCHEON
Monday, 12:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Presidents Hall
This event honors the Keystone to Reading Book
Award winners. This luncheon is included in the
conference registration fee.
Preschool Level: It’s Duffy Time! by Audrey and
Don Wood
Primary Level: Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a
Brave Dog Named Baltic by Monica Carnesi
Intermediate Level: Queen of the Track: Alice
Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion
by Heather Lang
Middle School Level: Three Times Lucky
by Sheila Turnage
High School Level: The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
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AUTHORS’ TEA (ADDITIONAL FEE)
Monday, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Executive Suite
Spend some time talking to the wonderful authors/
illustrators who write and illustrate the great books
we share with our students. Come and enjoy tea
or coffee, conversations with the authors, and
book sales and signings. You will leave with a
commemorative signature insulated cup. If you do
not already have a ticket, additional tickets may
be purchased at the KSRA registration table for
$10.00.
MEETINGS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
KSRA Conference Advisory Committee
Monday, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Room 211
KSRA Executive Committee
Monday, 11:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Room 211
KSRA Fiscal Policy Committee
Wednesday, 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Room 104
PRTE Organizational Meeting
Monday, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Room 105
Undergraduate Collaboration Roundtable
Monday and Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Room 218
KSRA Annual Meeting Dinner (Invitation Only)
Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Presidents Hall
CELL PHONES:
Please be respectful and courteous and turn off all
cell phones during conference events.
Delegates who have been chosen to represent
their councils will meet to discuss KSRA issues.
Delegates received invitations from Rose Cappelli,
KSRA Vice President. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is
sponsoring the dinner.
SPECIAL NEEDS:
If you require specific aids or needs under the
American with Disabilities Act, please contact
the Hotel Main Desk and/or the KSRA Hospitality
Booth for available services.
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3:30-4:30
4:30-5:00
5:00-6:45
7:30-9:00
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Heather Spotts - What's Your Evidence? Expanding PA Common Core in
Science Classrooms
Jodie Shell & Julie Baxa - A
Champion’s Foundation: Oral
Language & Critical Listening
Gaetan Pappalardo, Janice Ewing &
Lynne Dorfman - Poetry: The
Breakfast of Champions
Tim Shanahan – Ask the Expert
Governmental Relations - Millie
Henning
Visit with Exhibitors - Deans Hall and Senate Suites
Council Awards Dinner (Invitation Only) Sponsored by Pearson - Presidents Hall
KSRA Writing Forum: Write Like a Champion (ALL are welcome to attend) - Room 208 (facilitated by Lynne Dorfman)
Sydelle Pearl - Hope Somewhere in
America: An Author Presentation
Julie Baxa - GrapeSEED: An Oral Language Foundation for
Champions
Book and Author Lunch - Presidents Hall (included in conference registration - ticket required)
Second General Session: Marjorie Lipson - Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Presidents Hall
Refreshments with Exhibitors (food and beverage) - Deans Hall
Authors' Tea (additional fee - ticket required) - Executive Suite
Executive Committee Meeting
211
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Undergraduate Collaboration
Roundtable - Connie Unger
Conference Advisory Committee
Meeting
208
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Sandy Davis - Using Manipulatives to Teach Comprehension
Meenoo Rami - Teacher Practice in a Connected World
Peter Lourie & David Somoza - Adventure Writing in the Classroom
Matt Novak - So Many Ways to Tell a
Story
Dennine Leschinksy & Michele James - Lights in the Learning Lounge (A
New Spin on Building-Based PD)
David Biedrzycki - The Art of Digital
Storytelling and Illustration
Sneed B. Collard III - Common Core
Canines and Other Great Dog Books
for the Curriculum
Registration - Desk 1
Opening General Session: Tim Shanahan - Sponsored by McGraw Hill - Presidents Hall
Hospitality - Senate Suites
Exhibits Open - Deans Hall and Senate Suites
Refreshments with Exhibitors (food and beverage) - Sponsored by GrapeSEED - Deans Hall
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108
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112
202
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Anita Voelker & Messiah College Students - The Drama Behind
Words: Using Reader's Theatre and Podcasting
Eleanor Gensemer, Eric MacDonald, & Elizabeth Cunicellli Learn Like a Champion: Metacognitive and Executive Skills
Instruction for Adolescents
Eric Gartenberg - A Cutting Edge Diagnostic & Instruction Tool to
Personalize Learning for All Students BUILT ON COMMON
CORE for PA CORE
Mary Wexler - The Common Core State Standards and
Superkids
Amber Woodford - Pearson System of Courses: More Than
Aligned. A Program by Design.
12:20-1:50
2:00-3:00
3:00-3:30
3:00-5:00
Jolene Borgese, Rina Vassallo & Cynthia Mattei - A Model for Moving
Writers
from Good to Great
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Kelly Doyle - Be A Champion for All Readers!
105
(48)
PRTE Organizational Meeting Lucille Candeloro
104
(48)
DeAnna Laverick & Joann Migyanka - Children's Literature as a
Springboard for Creative Experiences
7:00-8:20
7:00-10:00 &
2:45-5:00
8:30-9:30
9:30-5:00
9:30-5:00
9:30-10:00
Room
(Capacity)
Mary Strong & Dorothy Idris - A Visual Approach to Improving the
Vocabulary of ELL Students
11:10-12:10
Marty Waring-Chaffee & Susan
Alison Ashley Formento, Elisa
Pierson - The Power of Communities
Ludwig, & Kit Grindstaff of Practice across the Professional Championing Young Readers: Thrills,
Chills, and a Hike
Lifespan
10:00-11:00
Higher Education Round Table: Challenges to Implementing
Research-Based Practices
AT-A-GLANCE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014 - Keystone State Reading Association Conference 2014: Conference at a Glance
Author's Breakfast featuring David Biedrzycki (additional fee - ticket required) - Executive Suite
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3:30-4:30
5:00-6:45
Jeffrey Kuntz - Engaging Vocabulary Instruction
Stacy Tinsley - Introducing the
Undergraduate Collaboration Roundtable Pennsylvania Comprehensive
Connie Unger
Literacy Blended Learning Institute
Danielle Yoder, Lori Sullivan, Jennifer Hoover & Shelly Houser - Engaging
Families: Literacy Nights for Incoming Kindergarten Students
Danny & Kim Adlerman - The Natural Rhythm of
Things: Using Beat, Art, Rhyme, and Fun to
Foster Literacy
211
(32)
Suzanne Bloom - How Does She Do It?
Author Lunch: Jonathan Friesen (included in conference registration - ticket required) - Presidents Hall
Fourth General Session: Laura Robb - Sponsored by Scholastic - Presidents Hall
Refreshments with Exhibitors (food and beverage) - Deans Hall
208
(96)
Cathy Collier - Off on the “Write” Foot: Helping Emergent Writers
Mark Weakland - Super Core: Turbocharging Your Basal Reading Program
Jessica Jacobs - Get Your English Language Learners in the Content
Reading Game
Don K. Philpot - Exploring Point of
View in Fictional Worlds
Mary Ann Mallory - Reimaging the Integration of Literacy Instruction with the
Arts
Aileen Hower & EHMIS Teachers - Reading & Writing Workshop, Visiting the
Library, and Collaboration Can Still Lead to Student Achievement and
Excellence at the Intermediate Level - Exemplary Reading Program
William Lewis - Designing Text Sets to Build Reading Skill and Content Area
Knowledge
Third General Session: Donald Bear - Sponsored by Pearson - Presidents Hall
Hospitality - Senate Suites
Exhibits Open - Deans Hall and Senate Suite
Refreshments with Exhibitors (food and beverage) Deans Hall
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108
109
112
202
203
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Anita Voelker & Messiah College Students SWIT! A Teacher-Empowering Strategy for
Vocabulary Instruction with Dense Nonfiction
Text
Diane Dougherty & Lynne Dorfman - Champion
Grammar: Live Grammar in the Classroom
Ellie Bradley - Reading Wonders: Setting the
Standard for Core Reading Instruction
Martha Freeman - Test Drive an Author Visit
Laurie Andes - Preparing Teachers and Students
in New Literacies
Carol Smith & Diane Santori - It's Not about the
Apps: Powerful iPad-based Teaching & Learning
12:20-1:50
2:00-3:00
3:00-3:30
Patti Sollenberger & Lynne Dorfman - Make Literacy a Family Affair!
106
(48)
Bethann McCain - Promoting Literacy Birth to
Grade 12
Susan Pierson - Developing Champion Readers:
Literacy Lesson from Swaziland
105
(48)
Kathleen Dailey & Jessica Daddio Barbara Boroson - Autism Spectrum
Give me a R-E-F-L-E-C-T! Examing
Disorders in the Mix: Learning Together in
Teachers' Reflective Literacy
Mainstream Classrooms
Practices
11:10-12:10
Lindsay Barrett George - iplayground: an explora-story labatory
10:00-11:00
104
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Randy Ziegenfuss - Twitteracy: The What, Why, and How…
7:00-8:20
7:00-10:00 &
2:45-5:00
8:30-9:30
9:30-4:00
9:30-4:00
9:30-10:00
Room
(Capacity)
Kit Grindstaff - Setting Sparks: Ways to Fire
Enthusiasm for Reading and Writing
AT-A-GLANCE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - Keystone State Reading Association Conference 2014: Conference at a Glance
Author's Breakfast with Sneed B. Collard III (additional fee - ticket required) - Executive Suite
218
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Annual Meeting (Invitation only) Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Presidents Hall
13
11:15-1:15
1:30-2:30
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Closing General Session: Marcie Craig Post - Sponsored by International Reading Association - Presidents Hall
Kelli Paquette - Communicate Like a Champion:
Strategies to "Get Them Talking" about Conent
Learning
Pennsylvania Reads Editors - Write Like a Champion
and Publish in Pennsylvania Reads
211
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Laura Robb - Writing Improves Reading
Comprehension
Stephanie Ivory - Tackle the Traits of Writing
Deborah Ellermeyer & Kathleen Murphy - Responding
to Literature with Comprehension, Creativity,
and Imagination
Cathleen Lykens - Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Research
Report
Connie Stewart - Aim High! Developing Young Writers
to Meet Common Core Standards
Ying Zhang - Using a Genre-Based Approach for
Teaching Writing
Jill Yurko, Deb Carr, & Marlene Knaub - Facilitating
Comprehension: Using Writing as an Assessment Tool
208
(96)
Colleen Lelli - Healing Children Who Hurt: Bibliotherapy
for Domestic Violence Victims
Robin Quick & Kayla Hardner - Growing Readers:
Reaching our most Vulnerable Children
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - Keystone State Reading Association Conference 2014: Conference at a Glance
Author's Breakfast featuring Steve Swinburne (additional fee - ticket required) - Senate Suite
Hospitality - Desk 2
Fifth General Session: Judy Byron Schachner - Sponsored by Reading Matters - Presidents Hall
Refreshment Break (food and beverage) near breakout session rooms
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Jane Mencer & Deb Carr - Kids' University: Creating
Reflective Practicitioners
Marilyn Pryle - Reading Response Activities for Fiction
and Non-fiction Aligned with the Common Core
Rose Cappelli, Glendia Kennedy, Laurie Balatgek, Lynne
Dorfman, & June Shultz - Great Books for Champion
Readers: Keystone to Reading Book Award
Presentations
Janis Rindone & Kellie Martinjuk - Meeting Common
Core: Success Through Building Vocabulary
Megan Hicks - Training for Championship: Harnessing
the Power of the Spoken Word
Alyce Baker - Realistic Fiction and Censorship: Practical
Proactive and Reactive Measures
Suzanne McCabe - What Does It Look Like? Putting the
Core in Action
Christine Spencer & Heather Strohmyer - Boys, Girls,
and Family Fun Nights!
Malinda Mikesell, Aaron Carmichael, & Jane Boley - Core
First
10:45-11:15
Susan Caroff - Literary Nonficiton: Preparing Preservice Teachers to Teach Content Literacy
105
(48)
Jennifer Toney & Heidi Abinader - Using Reading/Writing
Workshop Strategies to Reach the PA Common Core
Standards
Kelly Shaw & Lori Lape - Score with the Common Core!
9:45-10:45
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Kathy Kersul-Wiener - Let's Learn This Together:
Collaboration to Increase Learning (and Fun!)
7:00-8:20
7:00-10:00
7:00-1:30
8:30-9:30
9:30-9:45
Room
(Capacity)
Fiscal Policy Committee Meeting
AT-A-GLANCE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014
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Lunch Pick-up in Registration Lobby (take lunch to Lunch and Learn session) - included in conference registration
Lunch and Learn Sessions
2014 KSRA CONFERENCE TEAM
Barb Buhrman Rose Cappelli
Registration Chair
Author Chair
Jennifer Edmiston
Decorations Chair
Julie Evanish
Evaluation Chair
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Act 48/45 Chair
Treasurer
Audio-Visual Chair
Preconference
Tailgate Chair
Jane Helman
Videographer
Aileen Hower Emily Kissner
Program Chair
Wikispace Chair
Melissa LaCagnina Meals Functions
Chair
Anna Landers Jill McPherson
Joan Lengel Crystal Long Katherine Mack Bethann McCain Moderators/Help
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Act 48/45 Chair
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Desk Chair
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Book and Author
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OCTOBER 27, 2014 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
7:00 am. – 8:20 a.m.
Author Breakfast with David Biedrzycki (additional fee –
ticket required) – Executive Suite
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
1st General Session – Tim Shanahan (Sponsored by
McGraw Hill) – Presidents Hall
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibits open – Deans Hall and Senate Suites
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hospitality open – Senate Suites
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Refreshments with Exhibitors (Sponsored by GrapeSEED) –
Deans Hall
10:00 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
1 and 2 hour breakout sessions
12:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Book and Author Lunch (included in conference registration –
ticket required) – Presidents Hall
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
2nd General Session – Marjorie Lipson (Sponsored by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) – Presidents Hall
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Refreshments with Exhibitors – Deans Hall
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Authors’ Tea – Executive Suite (additional fee – ticket required)
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
1 hour breakout sessions
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Visit with Exhibitors – Deans Hall and Senate Suites
5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
KSRA Awards Dinner – Invitation only (Sponsored by Pearson) –
Presidents Hall
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
KSRA Writing Forum: Write Like a Champion (ALL are welcome
to attend) – Room 208 (facilitated by Lynne Dorfman)
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OCTOBER 27, 2014 CONFERENCE SESSIONS
7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. and 2:45 5:00 p.m. – Registration (Desk 1)
Audience: C/UT
Strand: English/Language Arts
Room: 105
7:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m. Author’s
Breakfast – Executive Suite
(additional fee – ticket required)
David Biedrzycki
DAVID
BIEDRZYCKI
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Opening General
Session – President’s Hall
Tim Shanahan – Distinguished
Professor Emeritus, University of
Illinois at Chicago
Guided Reading or Complex Text?
Sponsored by McGraw-Hill Education
Group
TIM SHANAHAN
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Hospitality (Senate Suite)
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibits Open – Deans Hall and
Senate Suite
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Refreshments with Exhibitors –
Deans Hall (Sponsored by GrapeSEED)
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Breakout Sessions
Alison Ashley Formento, Elisa Ludwig, and
Kit Grindstaff – Authors
Championing Young Readers:
Thrills, Chills, and a Hike
From picture books to middle grade to young adult,
authors strive to find the perfect “hook” to capture
readers. This panel of award-winning authors for
children and teens explores the “champions” of their
work – from critique partner to editor to reviewer to
readers. What drives an idea from one sentence to a
book? It takes thrills, chills, a hike, and more.
Audience: ALL
Strand: Children’s/Young Adult Literature
Room: 104
Lucille Candeloro – Chestnut Hill College/
Pennsylvania Reading Teacher Educators
President
Organizational Meeting
This organizational meeting will be devoted to
reviewing PRTE’s three-year strategic plan, holding
nominations for officers, and finalizing the position
paper. All PRTE members are welcome to attend this
meeting.
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Gaetan Pappalardo, Janice Ewing, and Lynne
Dorfman – Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project
The Breakfast of Champions
Why should we feed our children poetry every day?
This interactive session highlights strategies to immerse
children in the nourishing language, imagery, rhythms,
and sounds of poetry. Facilitators demonstrate how
to sprinkle poetry across the day. Our buffet includes
common core connections, vocabulary enrichment,
writing poems for two voices, a menu of delicious
poetry books, and an annotated bibliography.
Audience: ALL
Strand: English/Language Arts, Children’s/Young
Adult Literature
Room: 109
Jodie Shell and Julie Baxa – Literacy Consulting
Services/GrapeSEED
A Champion’s Foundation:
Oral Language and Critical Listening
Take a closer look at the pieces of the puzzle that
create a powerful oral language program. This
session focuses on Instructional Strategies every
teacher should know: Read Aloud, Shared Reading,
Independent Reading, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics
and Vocabulary taught in context, and the HomeSchool Connections. When a focus on Oral Language
is added, students learn to read like champions.
Audience: EC, P, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A
Strand: Early Childhood, English/Language Arts
Room: 112
Millie Henning – Keystone State Reading Association/
Governmental Relations Chair
Governmental Relations Update: The Literacy Advocate
Advocacy is giving a voice to a cause. Literacy
education and issues need your voice. The Literacy
Advocate will show the advocacy basics, define
the advocacy role, and teach strategies for literacy
advancement. Get an update on the issues, learn
about creating relationships with legislators, and
make our collective voice heard. Through a power
point presentation, IRA Council Leadership Academy,
the IRA Advocacy Manual, and an Advocacy SelfAssessment, participants will develop an Advocacy
Toolkit for personal use and sharing with colleagues.
Audience: ALL
Room: 203
Tim Shanahan – Distinguished
Professor Emeritus, University of
Illinois at Chicago
Ask the Expert
This session will provide KSRA
attendees an opportunity to get their
questions answered about issues like
challenging text, informational text,
TIM SHANAHAN
writing to sources, close reading, and
how to improve reading achievement.
Professor Shanahan has been a reading educator for
more than 40 years and has been a tutor, teacher’s
aide, student teacher, primary grade teacher, Title
I reading teacher, college professor, researcher,
member of the National Reading Panel, National
Early Literacy Panel, National Literacy Panel for
Language Minority Children and Youth, writer of the
Common Core State Standards, director of reading
for the Chicago Public Schools, and President of the
International Reading Association. This is your chance
to get his perspective on your questions.
Audience: ALL
Room: 108
KSRA Conference Advisory Committee Meeting
Chair: June Shultz
Room: 211
Connie Unger – Moravian College
Roundtable
Open to all undergraduates who
have or have not participated in a
KSRA Conference. Undergraduates
will discuss experiences from the
past conferences and prepare for this
year’s conference. Each discussant will CONNIE UNGER
share his/her prepared presentation
about one of the topics from the conference strands,
which will develop background knowledge for the
contents of the strand.
Audience: Undergraduate Students
Adult Literature, Diverse Learners, Early Childhood
Education, and Digital Literacy/Technology
Room: 218
10:00 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Workshop Sessions
Heather Spotts – Central
Intermediate Unit #10
What’s Your Evidence? Expanding PA
Common Core in Science Classrooms
PA Common Core for Reading and
Writing in Science presents the
challenge to break down silos
isolating science from ELA. In support, HEATHER SPOTTS
the Claims-Evidence-Reasoning
(CER) framework encourages close reading of text,
argumentative discourse, and citation of text-based
evidence and reasoning. Session participants will
practice effective strategies for improving quality of
student engagement including structured peer review,
gallery walks and facilitated class meetings.
Audience: I, M, H
Room: 106
Jolene Borgese and Cynthia Mattei – Springfield
School District
Rina Vassallo – Consultant
A Model for Moving Writers from Good to Great
This interactive presentation will share materials and
classroom strategies for K-8 educators. Participants
will be asked to write, share, and read. The intervention
model used to improve writing will be presented.
Dr. Borgese and Dr. Vassallo along with a district
administrator and classroom teachers will discuss the
model as well as student samples and power strategies
used to increase students’ skills and expertise as
measured by qualitative and quantitative data.
Audience: I, M, C/UT, RS/S, R/LC, A
Strand: Children’s/Young Adult Literature,
Diverse Learners
Room: 107
Meenoo Rami – Science Leadership
Academy
Teacher Practice in a
Connected World
In this session, come discover the
ways teachers are using power of
networks to reimagine their practice,
connect their students to mentors,
MEENOO RAMI
and find relevant audience for student
work. How would your practice change if you shared
your work with the teacher across the hall or across the
country? Explore the ways your students can be active
members of a global society and economy.
Audience: ALL
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Strand: English/Language Arts, Diverse Learners,
Digital Literacy/Technology
Room: 208
Dennine Leschinksy and
Michele James – East Penn
School District
Lights in the Learning Lounge
(A New Spin on BuildingBased PD)
Learn a new way to embed
professional development
in your building—a learning
DENNINE LESCHINSKY
lounge. Clearly defined, a
AND MICHELE JAMES
learning lounge is a place
where educators can come
together to learn and collaborate about instructional
content and practices in a relaxed, interactive
environment. Acquire the tools necessary to create
a learning lounge from the planning stages to
implementation.
Audience: ALL
Strand: English/Language Arts; Digital Literacy/
Technology
Room: 202
Peter Lourie and David Somoza –
Stenhouse Authors
Adventure Writing in the
Classroom
Too often student research
papers are simply regurgitated
encyclopedia entries. Fifth-grade
PETER LOURIE AND
teacher, David Somoza, and
DAVID SOMOZA
award-winning adventure/
travel writer, Peter Lourie, will
demonstrate how to use adventure writing to build
connections between nonfiction and fiction, and
motivate students to write with imagination, curiosity,
and a hunger to learn everything about their topic.
Presenters will explore specific elements of adventure
writing: learning the basics of the craft, conducting
research, developing a storyline that integrates
history and geography, and discovering connections
through technology. The result is an adventure-based
paper rooted in real places, supported by facts,
and developed with detailed description from real
locations.
Audience: ALL
Room: 207
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11:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Breakout Sessions
Marty Waring-Chaffee and
Susan Pierson – Cabrini College
The Power of Communities of
Practice across the Professional
Lifespan
“Coming to Know…” is being
designed as an open forum
SUSAN PIERSON
during which Reading Teacher
Educators will be able to
learn more about the shared experience and selfknowledge made possible through an innovative,
collaborative observational tool designed to support
literacy professionals’ continued participation as
members within learning communities. Insights shared
will focus on the value of engaging in strength-based
reflection from a lifespan perspective.
Audience: C/UT, RS/S, R/LC
Room: 104
Sneed B. Collard III – Author
Common Core Canines—and Other
Great Dog Books for the Curriculum
Woof! Woof! Notes children’s author,
Sneed B. Collard III (Shep, The
Governor’s Dog is Missing, Dog 4491)
tours his favorite dog books and
SNEED B.
COLLARD III
explores how they lend themselves
to the Common Core teaching goals. He also provides
detailed Common Core study guides for two separate
books and a bibliography of related resources. Special
treats for the brightest members of the pack!
Audience: ALL
Room: 108
David Biedrzycki – Author
The Art of Digital Storytelling and
Illustration
As a teacher or educator, if you’ve
ever been asked how an idea turns
into story, this fun, fast moving
and informative technology based
DAVID
BIEDRZYCKI
presentation shows that process. It’s
an inspired passionate high-energy
performance that includes a live computer drawing
demonstration. It includes behind the scenes information
teachers and librarians could share about book creation.
Audience: ALL
Adult Literature, Digital Literacy/Technology
Room: 112
Matt Novak – Author
So Many Ways to Tell a Story
Attendees can expect to gain a strong basic
knowledge of the children’s book as a unique art
form as well as how that art form relates to film
and game production. Through the use of drawing
demonstrations, slides, and film clips Matt will give
you a Behind the Scenes look at what goes into the
making of a book, film, or video game. All of the
special tools and techniques of literary and visual
storytelling will be explored, and the attendees will
gain insight into the publishing and film making
process from concept to completion. This is a great
opportunity for educators to gain valuable insight into
this process that interests so many students.
Audience: ALL
Room: 203
KSRA Executive Committee Meeting
Presiding: Julie Wise
Room: 211
Sydelle E. Pearl – Author
Hope Somewhere in America: An Author
Presentation
Author Sydelle Pearl describes a model of how she
has used her book Hope Somewhere in America to
engage children in learning activities such as creating
self-portraits, writing hopes for the future, traveling
around the world through multicultural stories while
charting the journey on a map, and exposing the
children to a cross-cultural art/writing exchange.
Audience: P, I, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A, P, L, GI
Room: 218
12:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. Book and Author Lunch –
Presidents Hall (included in conference registration –
ticket required)
This lunch will honor the authors of the 2013-2014
Keystone to Reading Book Awards.
Preschool Level: It’s Duffy Time by Audrey and
Don Wood
Primary Level: Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a
Brave Dog Named Baltic by Monica Carnesi
Intermediate Level: Queen of the Track: Alice
Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion
by Heather Lang
Middle School Level: Three Times Lucky
by Sheila Turnage
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Second General Session –
Presidents Hall
Marjorie Lipson – Professor Emerita, University
of Vermont
The CCSS and Nonfiction: Beyond Using More
Informational Books
In this talk, Marge Lipson will examine the kinds of
thinking and learning that are linked to the CCSS
mandates for using more nonfiction texts. She will use
specific examples of texts and performance tasks to
help teachers recognize how existing practices can
respond to the mandates and she will demonstrate
some new(er) tactics for deepening and expanding
students’ reading and writing abilities.
Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Refreshments with Exhibitors –
Deans Hall
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Authors’ Tea – Executive Suite
(additional fee - ticket required)
In this informal gathering, teachers will meet with
authors of outstanding children’s books in small group
round table chats. There will also be opportunities
for book sales and signing. The following authors
will be attending the tea: Alison Ashley Formento,
Sneed B. Collard III, Elisa Ludwig, David Biedrzycki,
Martha Freeman, Tami Lewis Brown, Sydelle Pearl,
Matt Novak, Kit Grindstaff, Adam Lehrhaupt, Jerry
Pallotta, Suzanne Bloom, Lindsay Barrett George,
Steve Swinburne, Jonathan Friesen, Mark Weakland,
Heather Lang, and Danny and Kim Adlerman.
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
Lucille Candeloro – Chestnut Hill College/
Pennsylvania Reading Teacher Educators President
Higher Education Round Table: Challenges to
Implementing Research-Based Practices
The round table will engage higher education
faculty with conference speakers in a discussion of
challenges related to teaching in today’s colleges and
universities. Participants will also focus on conference
topics as they apply to the higher education
classroom.
Audience: C/UT
Strand: Other
Room: 104
High School Level: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
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Mary Strong – Widener University
Dorothy Idris – School District of Philadelphia
A Visual Approach to Improving the Vocabulary of
ELL Students
The presentation will demonstrate visual instructional
strategies that can be used to aid to ELL students
with severe reading problems. Instructional
interventions focusing on teaching vocabulary
through thematic lessons augmented with pictures,
illustrations, and objects will be discussed. A variety
of differentiated learning strategies focusing on
teaching adjectives will be shown that can aid
students in oral and written language.
Audience: P, I, M, S/RT, RS/S, P
Strand: Diverse Learners
Room: 105
DeAnna Laverick and
Joann Migyanka –
Indiana University of
Pennsylvania
Children’s Literature
as a Springboard for
Creative Experiences
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Engaging diverse
learners in creative and arts-based experiences
provides a vehicle for meeting their literacy needs.
Through the use of children’s literature, a variety of
creative and arts-based experiences will be shared
as methods that motivate and engage learners in
reading response. Experiences that support children
with special needs will be addressed.
Audience: ALL
Strand: Children’s/Young Adult Literature, Diverse
Learners
Room: 106
Kelly Doyle – Abington School District
Be A Champion for All Readers!
Readers who are already “champions” need
opportunities to further develop and enhance their
skills. The presenter will share research-based
strategies for kicking up instruction for readers who
are already demonstrating proficiency. These practical
instructional strategies will help these students hit a
grand slam in the game of literacy.
Audience: I, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC
Room: 107
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Amber Woodford – Pearson Literacy Solutions Specialist
Pearson System of Courses: More Than Aligned.
A Program by Design.
Meet the all-new, all-digital tablet-based curriculum for
K–12 English Language Arts (ELA) and K–11 Mathematics!
The Pearson System of Courses ensures that
students in every grade focus on the important ELA
and Mathematics content they need to be collegeand career-ready. Students benefit from a rich
interactive experience. Teachers receive the learning
materials and tools they need to unlock the potential
of the Common Core State Standards.
Lessons within each ELA and Mathematics course
at every grade level are carefully sequenced to build
proficiency with the critical areas identified by the
Common Core State Standards. The Pearson System
of Courses is a vertically and horizontally aligned
system that supports student learning, motivation,
and engagement.
Audience: E, P, I, M, H
Strand: Exhibitor – English/Language Arts
Room: 108
Mary Wexler – Rowland Reading Foundation
The Common Core State Standards and Superkids
Superkids is a research-proven, research-based core
reading program designed just for K-2, when the
critical skills of reading and writing must be mastered.
Superkids seamlessly integrates reading with all the
language arts and builds the foundation for success in
third grade and beyond. No reading program better
prepares students for the rigorous academic work
required by the Common Core State Standards.
Audience: E, P, I, RS/S, R/LC, A
Strand: Exhibitor – English/Language Arts, Early
Childhood
Room: 112
Eric Gartenberg – Curriculum Associates
A Cutting Edge Diagnostic and Instruction Tool to
Personalize Learning for All Students BUILT ON
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Come explore a new online assessment and
instruction solution for grades K-12 called i-Ready
Diagnostic and Instruction. i-Ready is built on the
foundation of the Common Core State Standards
and seamlessly integrates an adaptive diagnostic,
meaningful instruction and progress monitoring in
a single program. Aligned to PA CORE Standards,
i-Ready identifies each student’s strengths and
weaknesses down to the subskill level in Math and
Reading and provides a differentiated action plan
to save time and focus instruction where it will be
most impactful. i-Ready’s online lessons provide a
personalized learning experience allowing students to
make progress in an engaging environment.
Audience: P, I, M, H, A, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A, P
Strand: Exhibitor - English/Language Arts, Diverse
Learners, Early Childhood, Digital Literacy/Technology
Room: 203
Eleanor Gensemer, Eric
MacDonald and Elizabeth
Cunicelli – Benchmark
School
Learn Like a Champion:
Metacognitive and
Executive Skills Instruction
for Adolescents Presenters
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will share lessons and
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tools used to working
with middle grades struggling readers to help them
develop metacognitive skills in literacy and math
learning. A mini-curriculum focused on executive skills
will be demonstrated, as well as other classroom tools
for helping students reflect on and take control of their
learning. Examples of specific reflections, lessons, and
tools will be shared.
Audience: ALL
Room: 207 Anita Volker, Carly Day, Heather Bashore, Carey Heisey,
Clair Cundill and Kendall Fisher – Messiah College
The Drama Behind Words: Using Reader’s Theatre
and Podcasting
In this technological age, old strategies have the
opportunity to be updated through the use of
integrated technology. Reader’s Theatre is not a
new strategy, but when combined with podcasting
it has the opportunity to drastically improve readers’
fluency in the classroom. Participants of this session
will learn to implement Reader’s Theatre, along with
how to effectively use podcasting software.
Audience: P, I, M, RS/S, R/LC, L
Strand: English/Language Arts, Digital Literacy/
Technology
Room: 208
Students place translucent tokens on text to later
discuss with peer personal connections and questions
after silent reading and use a graphic organizer to
evaluate whether connections/questions led to better
understanding of text. Useful for one-on-one tutoring
or RTI small groups.
Audience: P, I, M, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A
Room: 211
Julie Baxa – Literacy Consulting Services
GrapeSEED: An Oral Language Foundation
for Champions
Oral Language and Critical Listening are the basis of
all reading and writing. That is the root of GrapeSEED.
Come and hear about the successes we’ve had in the
classroom, pieces we have found that work, as well as,
how to implement GrapeSEED in your school. Hear
the research on the number of repetitions a student
needs to take on new language patterns, how to keep
students engaged with language, and the value of
chants in developing fluency are all pieces that give
teachers a better understanding of a successful oral
language program.
Audience: E, P, I, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A, L, GI
Strand: Exhibitor – English/Language Arts, Diverse
Learners, Early Childhood
Room: 218
4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Visit with Exhibitors – Deans Hall
and Senate Suites
5:00 – 6:45 p.m. KSRA Awards Dinner (Invitation
Only) – Presidents Hall
Sponsored by Pearson
7:30 – 9:00 p.m. KSRA Writing Forum: Write Like a
Champion (ALL are welcome to attend) – Room 208
Sandy Davis – 95% Group Inc.
Using Manipulatives to Teach Comprehension
Presenter models how to teach students to make
connections/generate questions while reading, using
“think-alouds” to model metacognitive awareness.
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Pearson Keynote Presentation at KSRA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014
Dr. Donald Bear • 8:30-9:30 A.M. • Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel- Presidents Hall
Wheels of Literacy Fortune: Champion Readers and Writers
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TUESDAY
7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration – Desk 1
7:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
Author Breakfast with Sneed B. Collard III (additional fee –
ticket required) – Executive Suite
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
3rd General Session – Donald Bear (Sponsored by Pearson) –
Presidents Hall
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Exhibits open – Deans Hall and Senate Suites
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Hospitality open – Senate Suites
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
1 and 2 hour breakout sessions
12:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Author Lunch – Jonathan Friesen (included in conference
registration – ticket required) – Presidents Hall
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
4th General Session – Laura Robb (Sponsored by Scholastic) –
Presidents Hall
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Annual Meeting Dinner – Invitation only (Sponsored by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
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7:00 - 10:00 a.m. – 2:45 - 5:00 p.m. –
Registration (Desk 1)
7:00 – 8:20 a.m. Author’s Breakfast
(additional fee – ticket required) –
Executive Suite
Sneed B. Collard III
Connie Unger – Moravian College
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8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Third General Session –
Presidents Hall
Donald Bear
Wheels of Literacy Fortune:
Champion Readers and Writers
Sponsored by Pearson
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Roundtable
Open to all undergraduates who
have or have not participated in a
KSRA Conference. Undergraduates
will discuss experiences from the
past conferences and prepare for
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this year’s conference. Each discussant
will share his/her prepared presentation about one
of the topics from the conference strands, which will
develop background knowledge for the contents of
the strand.
Audience: Undergraduate Students
Adult Literature, Diverse Learners, Early Childhood
Education, and Digital Literacy/Technology
Room: 218
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Exhibits Open – Deans Hall and
Senate Suite
10:00 – 12:10 a.m. Workshop Sessions
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Hospitality (Senate Suite)
Randy Ziegenfuss – Salisbury
Township School District
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Refreshments with Exhibitors (food
and beverage) – Deans Hall
Twitteracy: The What, Why
and How…
In this hands-on workshop, learn
about Twitter as a new literacy and
how its use can enhance your work
with learners. In addition to learning
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the language of Twitter, experience
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practical examples of how teachers
are connecting its use to literacy curriculum and
classroom practices. Bring your internet accessible
device: laptop, tablet or smart phone.
Audience: M, H, RS/S, R/LC, A, L, GI
Strand: English/Language Arts, Digital Literacy
Room: 104
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Breakout Sessions
Barbara Boroson – Author/Speaker/
Consultant
Autism Spectrum Disorders in the
Mix: Learning Together in Mainstream
Classrooms
Forget about teaching reading; it is
tough enough just getting these
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students—and yourself—through
the day. This dynamic session examines the myriad
challenges faced by students on the spectrum,
explores how those challenges manifest in the
classroom, and demonstrates ways to decode
behavior, effectiing meaningful change. Participants
will take away practical strategies for breaking
through to let curricular learning begin.
Audience: ALL
Room: 105
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Jeffrey Kuntz – Punxsutawney Area
Middle School
Engaging Vocabulary Instruction
Participants in this session will
not only leave with the research
concerning teaching vocabulary for
deep processing, but also a multitude
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of activities to help them accomplish
this in their classroom. Participants
should be reading to engage in the activities and
share how they might be used in their content area/
grade level.
Audience: P, I, M, RS/S, R/LC, GI
Room: 106
Patricia Sollenberger – Literacy Consultant
Lynne Dorfman – Author, Presenter, and Consultant
Make Literacy a Family Affair!
Looking for engaging workshop ideas to encourage
parent involvement and literacy development at home?
This workshop will provide meaningful ways to help
parents nudge and support their child with reading and
writing experiences. Facilitators will model key literacy
strategies appropriate for any parent workshop (great
use of Title I Funds for Parent Involvement!). Participants
will participate in a variety of “hands-on” and interactive
activities that provide a springboard for families to
continue on their literacy journey at home. Throughout
the workshop, facilitators will discuss ways schools can
entice even those “Hard to Reach” parents to become
partners in their children’s literacy development.
Audience: EC, P, I, S/R, RS/S, R/LC, P
Room: 107
William E. Lewis – University of
Delaware
Designing Text Sets to Build Reading
Skill and Content Area Knowledge
This session will guide educational
professionals in grades 6-12 in building
sets of related texts to achieve
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content-area goals, increase students’
disciplinary literacy, and develop the
reading skills needed to synthesize information across
texts: skills demanded by college, the workplace,
and the Common Core State Standards. During this
interactive session we will discuss and practice clear-cut
strategies for building and using “text sets” that provide
the background knowledge students need to read and
comprehend challenging content area material, and
with strategies that will help students to synthesize and
extend their understanding after reading. Additionally,
we will practice with research-based in-class reading
frameworks that can support secondary students’
comprehension when they read.
Audience: M, H, C/UT, GI
Room: 108
Daniel Hartman, Aileen Hower, and Emory H. Markle
Teaching Staff
Reading & Writing Workshop, Visiting the Library, and
Collaboration Can Still Lead to Student Achievement
and Excellence at the Intermediate Level – 2014 IRA’s
Exemplary Reading Program Award Winning School
Practical ideas and strategies will spark inspiration
and highlight ways to engage middle school readers
and writers. Emory H. Markle Intermediate School,
the 2014 recipient of the IRA’s Exemplary Reading
Program Award, will share their practical and powerful
strategies to engage students, increase student
achievement, and promote parent and community
connections. Learn about school programs to
motivate readers, strategies for struggling students,
find out about daily interventions at the middle school
level, and explore topics for professional learning
communities and data teams. EHMIS is making a
difference in reading, writing, and literacy education.
Come and learn how you can make a difference too!
Audience: I, M, H, S/R, RS/S, R/LC, A, P, L, GI
Room: 109
Mary Ann Mallory – Owen J. Roberts
School District
Reimagining the Integration of
Literacy Instruction with the Arts
If dioramas are dead, it is time to
rediscover ways to integrate the
language arts, music, and art while
meeting the Common Core State
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Standards. We will examine ways to
infuse your literacy lessons with rigor
while enjoying a great story, writing an interesting
draft, listening to music, or viewing/creating a piece
of art. Come and share the journey.
Audience: P, I, 3-5, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC
Room: 112
Jessica Jacobs – Luzerne
Intermediate Unit #18
Get Your English Language Learners
in the Content Reading Game
Are your ELLs asked to read, re-read,
share, participate, make notes and
interact with texts to engage them
in content instruction regardless of
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their language acquisition level? Help
make content reading active and comprehensible.
Participate in this hands-on session to learn very
practical strategies blended with literacy standards
to foster critical thinking experiences for ELLs in any
content area.
Audience: M. H, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A
Strand: Diverse Leaners
Room: 203
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Mark Weakland – Author/Educator
Super Core! Turbocharging Your Basal
Reading Program
Using his 2014 IRA book as a
springboard, reading specialist and
author Mark Weakland shows you
which core reading components and
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materials to keep, which to modify,
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and which to leave behind. He will
also demonstrate effective teaching techniques
and activities, including classroom cheers, direct
instruction, vocabulary card sorts, pinch cards,
comprehension posters, I Can lists, and more.
Audience: P, I, M, C/UT, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A
Room: 207
Cathy Collier – Virginia State
Reading Association
“Off on the “Write” Foot: Helping
Emergent Writers
The days of kindergarten being
defined as sand tables and nap time
are in the past. Today’s kindergarten
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classrooms are exciting and dynamic
learning environments. Instruction is carefully
planned and executed for student success. Writing
is one way to start students off on the “write” foot
in their educational journey. Providing students with
instruction, modeling, and plenty of opportunities for
practice can create life-long writers. Taking a student
from scribbles and marks on a page to planning and
composing 4 (or more) sentences on a topic is not
only fulfilling, but crucial for their future.
Audience: P, RS/S, R/LC
Strand: Early Childhood
Room: 208
Danielle Yoder, Lori Sullivan, Jennifer Hoover, and
Shelly Houser – Penns Valley Area School District
Engaging Families: Literacy Nights for Incoming
Kindergarten Students
For the past two years, the Penns Valley Area School
District has offered six Family Literacy Nights to all
families with pre-K students who will be entering
Kindergarten. These evenings, which focus on early
literacy skills, present parents with ways to encourage
literacy at home using the same methods and
vocabulary we use in kindergarten. This presentation
will take participants through the planning and rollout
of our literacy nights. We will share our resources,
activities, testimonials and show participants how
they begin their own successful outreach program.
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Audience: EC, P, RS/S, R/LC, A, P
Strand: Early Childhood
Room: 211
Kathleen Daily – Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Jessica Fuda Daddio – Keiser University
Give me an R-E-F-L-E-C-T!: Examining Teachers’
Reflective Literacy Practices
How does reflection impact instructional decisionmaking and students’ attainment of metacognitive
skills? The presentation will focus on how to help
students read and think like champions through
reflective approaches. This presentation will address
the importance of instructional actions and why
reflection can equal successful student and professional
outcomes. Participants will have opportunities to
discuss, reflect, and formulate goals for professional
and educational growth as literacy educators.
Audience: ALL
Room: 105
Don K. Philpot – Shippensburg
University
Exploring Point of View
in Fictional Worlds
A new PDE academic standard for
reading literature focuses on point
of view. What is point of view? How
are novels structured by characters’
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point of view? What resources can
help teachers to explore different points of view
meaningfully with students? This presentation will
offer resources and applications for exploring point of
view substantively in grades 4-12.
Audience: I, M, H, C/UT, RS/S, R/LC, GI
Room: 202 Stacy Tinsley – Eduplanet21
Introducing the PA Comprehensive Literacy Blended
Learning Institute
We will be showcasing the Eduplanet21 professional
development platform in conjunction with the PA
Comprehensive Literacy Institute and associated
literacy learning paths.
Audience: P, I, M, H, RS/S, R/LC, A
Strand: Exhibitor – Digital Literacy/Technology
Room: 218
12:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. Author
Lunch: Jonathan Friesen (included
in conference registration – ticket
required)
Adult Literature, Diverse Learners, Digital Literacy/
Technology
Room: 105
Susan Pierson – Cabrini College
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2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Fourth General
Session – Presidents Hall
Laura Robb
Unlocking Complex Texts
Sponsored by Scholastic
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3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Refreshments with Exhibitors (food
and beverage) – Deans Hall
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
Kit Grindstaff – Author
SETTING SPARKS: Ways to fire enthusiasm for
reading and writing
How can love of reading and writing be instilled in
young students? How do we persuade “reluctant”
readers/writers to pick up a book at all, let alone
a pen? Kit discusses tapping into students’ own
interests to inspire them and shares class activities
and writing games that make the experience of
reading – and writing – fun!
Audience: I, M
Room: 104
Lindsay Barrett George – Author
iplayground: an explor-a-story
laboratory
This is a smartboard-friendly literacy
workshop, stimulating creativity,
problem solving, and group
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collaboration. Participants form groups
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and improvise new endings to familiar
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and/or original stories – using puppets
or drawn images. Main character development and
story structure will also be covered. Each participant
will receive an iplayground packet, which includes three
story treatments with images corresponding to the
characters and setting in the story.
Audience: P, I, M, H, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, P, L
Developing Champion Readers:
Literacy Lessons from Swaziland
In Developing Champion Readers:
Literacy Lessons from Swaziland,
participants will learn of a unique
partnership with a school in
Swaziland, Southern Africa, hear
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stories of experiences working
with students and staff, view culturally responsive
materials designed to support literacy and English
language learning through technology, and consider
implications for teaching all children, including ELLs
to read and write with power.
Audience: C/UT, S/RT, GI
Room: 106
Bethann McCain – Continuous School
Improvement Consultant
Promoting Literacy Birth to Grade 12
It takes a village to ensure literacy for
all! How do we make that happen?
Join as we delve into the value of the
PA Comprehensive Literacy Plan and
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a local literacy plan. Make it happen
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for all learners!
Audience: ALL
Strand: English/Language Arts, Early Childhood,
Diverse Learners
Room: 107
Carol Smith and Diane Santori – West Chester University
It’s Not about the Apps: Powerful iPad-based
Teaching & Learning
Wondering how to maximize the potential of iPad
devices in classrooms? This presentation shares
findings from a qualitative study in middle grades
classrooms. Discussion, video, and photographs will
familiarize teachers, administrators, and teacher
educators with characteristics of powerful iPad
pedagogy for development in literacy and other
content areas. Audio-files will present the voices of
teacher and student participants.
Audience: I, M, C/UT, A
Strand: Digital Literacy/Technology
Room: 108
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Laurie Andes – Salisbury University
Preparing Teachers and Students in New Literacies
This presentation explores the following questions:
How comfortable and adept are struggling readers with
digital applications? How does instruction using digital
applications affect skills and motivation for reading?
Participants will explore I-pad applications and the
use of digital storytelling as strategies for developing
literacy skills and motivating struggling readers.
Audience: P, I, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC
Strand: Digital Literacy/Technology
Room: 109
Martha Freeman – Author
Test Drive an Author Visit
This includes an abbreviated version of Martha
Freeman’s presentation for grades K-6, comprising
a storytelling game (with lots of audience
participation), display of an annotated manuscript
and editorial letter, and answers to frequently asked
questions. In addition, she will happily answer
questions about how to prepare for an author visit to
ensure that students get the most out of it.
Audience: P, I, M
Room: 112
Ellie Bradley – McGraw-Hill
Reading Wonders: Setting the Standard for Core
Reading Instruction
Learn how Reading Wonders and Wonderworks meet
the PA Core Standards for Language Arts Instruction.
Come see how this program, written to the Core
Standards, will bring text evidence, close reading,
collaborative conversation and rigor to your daily
reading routines.
Audience: P, I, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A
Room: 202
Diane Dougherty and Lynne
Dorfman – Pennsylvania
Writing and Literature Project
Champion Grammar: Live
Grammar in the Classroom
Do you struggle to provide
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appropriate grammar
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instruction to your students in
the context of writing workshop? This presentation
will demonstrate strategies for teaching grammatical
concepts in your writing classroom that champion
correctness. You will discover ways to introduce,
practice, and reinforce the teaching of conventions
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within units of study. The presenters will include
practical lessons for immediate classroom application.
Audience: P, I, C/UT, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, L
Room: 207
Anita Volker,
Sarah Hensley,
Ashley Zellers,
Amanda
Willson, Brianne
Loop, Katelyn
Mikalonis, Lauren
Yarrington, &
Ali Sedwick –
Messiah College
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SWIT! A Teacher-Empowering Strategy for
Vocabulary Instruction with Dense Nonfiction Text
With the CCSS’s admonition to limit frontloading
of vocabulary, teachers benefit from knowing an
evidence based routine for selecting critically
important vocabulary to teach. Teachers also need
a method to determine the best way to teach each
word. Michael Graves and his colleagues investigated
this issue in a recent study. Their results suggest a
new approach: Selecting Words for Instruction from
Text or SWIT. Participants who attend this session will
learn a four-step, teacher-empowering strategy that
can implement the next day! BONUS: This session
takes place in a coral reef! No experience in scuba
diving needed!
Audience: I, M, H, R/LC
Room: 208
Suzanne Bloom – Author
How Does She Do It?
Suzanne will share and demonstrate a variety of
influences that have helped her become a better
author and illustrator. It is like being a detective,
searching for details, noticing the surrounding world
and developing the visual and verbal vocabulary to
express your ideas. All you need is a pencil, some
paper and your brain.
Audience: ALL
Room: 211
Danny and Kim Adlerman – Authors
The Natural Rhythm of Things: Using Beat, Art,
Rhyme, and Fun to foster literacy
Welcome to Kim & Danny’s world of artistic
expression! This session is all about reintroducing fun
to education through meter, beat, art, and literacy,
and of using resources such as the world around us to
express our ideas. Plus: A brand new game! Danny’s
guitar plays a role, as does Kim’s 3-D artwork...and so
will you. No poops allowed!
Audience: E, P, RS/S, R/LC, P, L, GI
Room: 218
5:00 – 6:45 p.m. Annual Meeting (Invitation only) –
Presidents Hall
Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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WEDNESDAY
7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Registration open
7:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Hospitality open - Desk 2
7:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
Author Breakfast with Steve Swinburne (additional fee –
ticket required) – Senate Suite
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
5th General Session – Judy Byron Schachner (Sponsored by
Reading Matters) – Presidents Hall
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break (food and drink) near breakout session
rooms
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Box Lunch Pick-up (included in conference registration –
ticket required) – Registration area
11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch and Learn - 2 hour breakout sessions
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
6th General Session – Marcie Craig Post (Sponsored by
International Reading Association) – Presidents Hall
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7:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m. Author
Breakfast – Senate Suite (additional
fee – ticket required)
Steve Swinburne
STEVE
SWINBURNE
7:00 – 10:00 a.m. Registration (Desk 1)
7:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Hospitality (Desk 2)
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Fifth General Session
– Presidents Hall
Susan Caroff – West Chester University
Judy Byron Schachner – Author
Rebels of Sincerity: Creating Picture
Books for Children in the Age of
Irony and Cynicism
Sponsored by Reading Matters
JUDY BYRON
SCHACHNER
9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Refreshment Break (food and
beverage) – near breakout session rooms
Kathy Kersul-Wiener – LaSalle
University
Let’s Learn This Together:
Collaboration to Increase Learning
(and Fun!)
Google delivers information more
effectively than we do. We need to
engage our students with face-toKATHY KERSULWIENER
face collaboration in a way that the
Internet cannot, in order to increase
their thinking. This presentation will use active,
collaborative learning to teach about collaborative
learning. Participants will engage in approximately six
collaborative learning experiences and will leave with
a handout summarizing these and several others.
Audience: I, M, H, C/UT, AET, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A, GI
Room: 104
Robin Quick and Kayla Hardner – Gannon University
Growing Readers: Reaching Our
Most Vulnerable Children
Children born to teenage parents are among our
most vulnerable population. This workshop will share
a literacy project designed to assist high school
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teen parents with
increasing their
understanding of
the important of
language and literacy
development for
their child’s academic
success. After
ROBIN QUICK
KAYLA HARDNER
the presentation,
participants will learn
how to implement a similar program in their district.
Audience: RS/S, R/LC, A
Room: 105
Literary Nonfiction: Preparing Pre-service Teachers
to Teach Content Literacy
Literary nonfiction enlivens content and increases
motivation to read complex texts. This presentation
will highlight methods for teaching pre-service
teachers how to use literary nonfiction to successfully
teach reading and writing in academic disciplines.
Strategies for teaching nonfiction craft elements,
academic language, and comprehension will be
presented. Includes best practice ideas for anyone
teaching content literacy. Handouts will be provided.
Audience: C/UT
Room: 106
Jill Yurko, Deb Carr, and Marlene
Knaub – King’s College
Facilitating Comprehension:
Using Writing as an
Assessment Tool
Reading comprehension is a
challenging, yet vitally important
task for students. How can
MARLENE KNAUB, JILL
teachers determine students’
YURKO, AND DEB CARR
understand of content in an
already time-strapped environment? Incorporating
writing into the classroom can help teachers quickly
and efficiently ascertain student comprehension.
By implementing strategies such as quickwriting
and double entry journals, teachers can get a quick
snapshot of learning to guide instruction.
Audience: I, M, H, RS/S, R/LC
Room: 107
Ying Zhang – Robert Morris University
Using a Genre-Based Approach for Teaching Writing
By exploring difficulties that students face in
academic writing, the presenter explains why
traditional writing pedagogy, such as process
writing, fails to provide enough scaffolding for the
students. The presenter then introduces a genrebased approach for teaching writing. Using a personal
account and an argument as two examples, the
presenter demonstrates an instructional model and
provides teacher-friendly strategies.
Audience: I, M, H, RS/S, R/LC
Strand: English/Language Arts, Diverse Learners
Room: 108
Connie Stewart – Rowland Reading Foundation
Aim High! Developing Young Writers to Meet
Common Core Standards
Since Common Core sets high expectations for writing,
this session will focus on the emerging writer and
how the development of foundational skills in writing
will provide children with opportunities to write
in persuasive, informational, and narrative genres.
Starting with an examination of the cognitive demands
of writing, evidence-based instructional techniques for
teaching the foundational skills of handwriting, spelling,
and sentence construction will be demonstrated.
Audience: P, RS/S, R/LC
Room: 109
Cathleen Lykens – Holy Name Elementary School
Not Your Run-Of-The-Mill Research Report
Guide your students in the identification of unique text
features in nonfiction. Teach them to select and focus
a topic. Model and assist them in researching, drafting,
and choosing/creating unique features for their own
text. Allow them to explore the best publication format
for their reports, either print or electronic.
Audience: M
Room: 112
Deborah Ellermeyer and Kathleen Murphy – Clarion
University of Pennsylvania
Responding to Literature with Comprehension,
Creativity, and Imagination
Please join us for this enjoyable, interactive session in
which participants will engage in creative and fun ways
that students can respond to literature and demonstrate
their understanding of the text. From fortune cookie
reviews to talking displays, you will leave this session
with countless imaginative ideas for engaging readers
with text. Come early and grab a seat!
Audience: I, M, S/RT, R/LC, P, GI
Room: 203
Stephanie Ivory – Saint Francis University
Tackle the Traits of Writing
Do you fumble to find motivational techniques
to incorporate writing into your elementary level
curriculum? Cheer on the team as we share minilessons encompassing trade books, graphic
organizers, and hands-on, interactive activities to
build strength and competence in Ideas, Organization,
Voice, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency. Score a
packet of resources ready for classroom use!
Audience: P, I, R/LC
Room: 207
Laura Robb – Author, teacher, coach,
and speaker
Writing Improves Reading
Comprehension
Participants will experience strategies
that encourage close reading of
multiple texts and figuring out the
themes of a selection. Next, try the
LAURA ROBB
“Yes/No” strategy that is a sure-fire
way to help students develop a claim and then use
text evidence to argue for it.
Audience: ALL
Room: 208
Kelli Paquette – Indiana University
of Pennsylvania
Communicate like a Champion:
Strategies to “Get them Talking”
about Content Learning
“What did you do in school today?” is
often answered quickly by a “nothing”
response, particularly with middle
KELLI PAQUETTE
and high school students. So, how can
teachers facilitate and support students’ content learning
and build school/home connections? This session will
share teaching strategies and personal characteristics
of an exemplary social studies teacher who motivates
students to actually talk about their learning.
Audience: I, M, H
Room: 211
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Tammy Brown, Lynne Dorfman, Jan Pizarro and June
Shultz – Pennsylvania Reads Editors
Write Like a Champ and Publish
with Pennsylvania Reads!
Pennsylvania Reads: Journal of the Keystone State
Reading Association provides a forum for literacy
educators to share their expertise. Authors are
encouraged to submit articles that focus on current
classroom practices, research, or information that will
help to improve the literacy achievement of students.
Participants of this session will have the opportunity
to talk to the editors of Pennsylvania Reads to hear
helpful tips for getting their work published in the
journal. We also hope to glean information from
participants, such as what they might like to read in
the journal.
Audience: ALL
Room: 218
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Lunch Pick-up (box lunch –
grab and go to Lunch and Learn session)
11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch and Learn Sessions
Kelly Shaw and Lori
Lape – Trinity Area
School District
Score with the
Common Core!
How will you assist your
students with writing
KELLY SHAW AND LORI LAPE
like a champion? This
session will examine characteristics of the Common
Core Writing Standards that raise the bar for higher
levels of composition and application of grammar.
The presenters will provide attendees with grade level
expectations across the writing genres and strategies to
apply these skills daily in the classroom.
Audience: P, I, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC
Room: 105
include sample mini-lessons, suggested genre studies,
and the incorporation of guided reading/strategy
groups. The writing portion will include suggestions
for constructing units of study, suggested mentor
texts, and correlations to the PACCSS.
Audience: I
Room: 106
Malinda Mikesell, Aaron
Carmichael and Jane Boley –
Carlisle Area School District
Core First
Implementation of an RTII
model for Language Arts
instruction has been an
AARON CARMICHAEL, JANE BOLEY,
interesting journey for the
AND MALINDA MIKESELL
CASD Title I elementary
schools. Participants will learn how continuous
professional development, data analysis, and
reflection on instructional practices in core literacy
instruction are keys to student achievement.
Strategies and reflective tools for prioritizing core
literacy instruction will be provided in this session.
Audience: P, I, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A
Room: 107
Christine Spencer and Heather Strohmyer – Karns
City Areas School District
Boys, Girls, and Family Fun Nights!
Title I Reading Specialists from the Karns City Area
School District share an overview of their successful
Title I Parent and Family Involvement Programs
within the district. Teachers will elaborate on their
experiences working with community members and
Slippery Rock University professors and students.
Participants will leave with an action plan to
implement a Family Involvement Program.
Audience: P, I, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A, L, GI
Room: 108
Suzanne McCabe – Luzerne Intermediate Unit #18
Jennifer Toney – Sharpsville Area School District/Kent
State University
Heidi Abinader – Sharpsville Area School District
Using Reading/Writing Workshop Strategies to
Reach the PA Common Core Standards
The presenters will walk participants through the
architecture of daily workshop instruction, including a
focus on the correlation between workshop strategies
and the Common Core. The reading portion will
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What Does It Look Like? Putting the Core in Action
Utilizing a 3rd grade theme of Cleverness vs.
Foolishness, this session will explore and utilize
an integrated standards approach to teaching the
Reading Literature, Reading Informational Text,
Writing, Language, and Speaking & Listening
Common Core and PA Core Standards. This will be a
hands-on session where all materials will be supplied
for the participants.
Audience: I, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC
Room: 109
Alyce Baker – Lock Haven University
of Pennsylvania
Realistic Fiction and Censorship:
Practical Proactive and Reactive
Measures
The “real” part of young adult
realistic fiction is frequently the
material cited as evidence to ban
ALYCE BAKER
books from schools, such as Sherman
Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time
Indian. This talk will focus on types of realistic fiction
and offer teachers proactive and reactive suggestions
and resources to help prevent and combat challenged
reading materials in the classroom.
Audience: M, H
Room: 112
social studies inquiry-based learning for all students,
including English Language Learners.
Audience: P, I, C/UT, AET, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, A, P, L, GI
Strand: English/Language Arts, Diverse Learners
Room: 203
Rose Cappelli and Glendia Kennedy – Keystone to
Reading Book Award Elementary Chairs
Great Books for Champion Readers: The Keystone to
Reading Elementary Book Award
Learn how participation in the Keystone to Reading
Book Award can help make a difference in the
reading lives of your students. Pre-school, primary,
and intermediate titles for 2014-2015 will be shared.
The session will include an explanation of how to
participate, techniques for encouraging students to
read with a critical eye, suggestions for incorporating
technology, and book prizes.
Audience: EC, P, I, S/R, RS/S, R/LC, L
Room: 207 (11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.)
Megan Hicks – National
Storytelling Network
Lynne Dorfman, Laurie Balatgek, and June Shultz –
Keystone to Reading Secondary Book Award Chairs
Training for Championship:
Harnessing the Power of the
Spoken Word
Focusing on the power of spoken
stories to engage the attention and
imagination of students across all
MEGAN HICKS
levels and contexts, this session equips
non-performers with basic skills for spontaneous,
compelling storytelling. Sharing stories is an intimate,
authentic, way of fostering critical thinking skills,
providing an open door to individual perspectives,
which feed classroom discussions and provoke
meaningful debate.
Audience: EC, P, I, M, H, C/UT, AET, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC,
L, GI
Room: 202
The Keystone to Reading Secondary Book Award
High quality trade books for middle school readers,
grades 6-8, and high school readers, grades 9-12, will
be shared for the Keystone to Reading Book AwardsSecondary for 2014-2015. This session provides
an explanation of how to participate in this annual
children’s choice award, book talks, and annotations for
each book included in a handout. Book door prizes!
Audience: M, H, C/UT, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, L, GI
Room: 207 (12:15 – 1:15 p.m.)
Janis Rindone and Kellie Martinjuk – Souderton
Charter School Collaborative
Meeting Common Core:
Success Through Building Vocabulary
This session will look at the diverse needs of an
inclusive classroom and provide strategies for a
teacher who must build background, pre-teach
vocabulary, and meet common core while providing
instruction on specific content. We will provide tips
of how this can be accomplished within science and
Marilyn Pryle – Author
Reading Response Activities for
Fiction and Non-fiction Aligned with
the Common Core
How do we get students to
meaningfully interact with text
beyond basic comprehension
questions? How do we help them
MARILYN PRYLE
recognize the author’s nuances and
craftsmanship? And how do we incorporate the
Common Core? In this session, we will look at several
fun activities that answer all of these. The activities are
geared toward middle and high school classrooms.
Audience: I, M, H, S/RT, RS/S, R/LC, GI
Room: 208
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Jane Mencer – King’s
College/Hazleton
Area School District
Deb Carr – King’s
College
Kids’ University:
Creating Reflective
Practitioners
JANE MENCER
DEB CARR
Kids’ University is a
summer program co-sponsored by King’s College
and Hazleton Area School District. The program
provides students with a fun learning experience,
while giving teachers an opportunity for reflective
professional development. The Theory-Model-TeamPractice (TMTP) staff-development training model
is utilized to familiarize teachers with best practice
teaching strategies in a fun and interactive learning
environment.
Audience: P, I, C/UT, RS/S, R/LC, A
Room: 211
Colleen Lelli – Cabrini College
Healing Children Who Hurt: Bibliotherapy for
Domestic Violence Victims
This presentation will discuss strategies for
implementation of the newly designed Children as
Witness Domestic Violence awareness curriculum
for K-12 schools and teacher preparation programs.
Emphasis will be placed on the use of bibliotherapy
and strategies to heal children who have witnessed
domestic violence. Copies of the Children as Witness
manual will be given to each participant.
Audience: P, I, C/UT, A
Room: 218
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Closing General
Session – Presidents Hall
Marcie Craig Post – Executive
Director of the International Reading
Association
Close Reading, Text Analysis, and
21st Century Skills: Insights into the
Common Core
Sponsored by International
Reading Association
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MARCIE CRAIG
POST
IN REMEMBRANCE
In Remembrance of
CAROLYN HENRY
T
he 47th Annual Keystone State Reading Association
Conference, Read Like A Champion, is dedicated in
loving memory of Carolyn Henry. Carolyn was an
active member of the Capital Reading Council and
served on the Governmental Relations Committee for
the Keystone State Reading Association. She was a teacher in
at Harrisburg High School in the Harrisburg City School District.
Carolyn was traveling home from a dinner where she was
honored by her school district for her exemplary teaching
contributions when her life was cut tragically short due to a car
accident in June of 2009. Ironically, Carolyn’s passing is how I got involved with KSRA
conferences. Carolyn was to serve on the 2010 Conference
Committee as the Publicity Chair. Due to her sudden death,
Bethann McCain asked if I would serve on the committee in
Carolyn’s place. That began my involvement with conference
planning that ultimately led to planning my own conference. The KSRA Conference was one of Carolyn’s favorite things in
the world! Her district often did not have the funding or time to
send her to the conference. That didn’t stop Carolyn. She would
take her own personal days and use her own money to get to
the conference. It was her attitude, determination, and drive
that made Carolyn a “champion” of reading.
Please join me in remembering Carolyn Henry and celebrating
her champion spirit at this year’s conference! She would
have loved all of the wonderful sessions, exhibitors, authors,
conference planning, food (chocolate cake with peanut butter
was her favorite), hotel accommodations, and of course, books.
Michael Williams
2014 Conference Chair 2014 KSRA Conference
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CONFERENCE CHRONOLOGY
46th Annual Conference
October 18, 19, 20, 2013
“iRead”
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College
Julie B. Wise, Conference Coordinator
October 16, 17, 18, 19, 2005
“Make It Happen” Hershey Convention Center, Hershey
Mary Jo Campbell, President
Nancy King, Conference Coordinator
October 27, 28, 29, 30, 2012
“Read and Shine” Seven Springs, Champion
Sue Menser, President
Jane Helman, Conference Coordinator
October 24, 25, 26, 27, 2004
“Literacy Beacon of Knowledge”
Seven Springs, Champion
Connie Unger, President
Mary Jo Campbell, Conference Coordinator
October 27, 28, 29, 2011
“Share the Passion” Lancaster Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
Bethann McCain, President
Dale Harper, Conference Coordinator
October 26, 27, 28, 29, 2003
“Literacy Opens the World” Hershey Convention Center, Hershey
Dorothy Touvell, President
Connie Unger, Conference Coordinator
43rd Annual Conference
October 24, 25, 26, 27, 2010 “Literacy: Information and Imagination”
Hershey Convention Center, Hershey
Mary Laub, President
Bethann McCain, Conference Coordinator
October 20, 21, 22, 23, 2002
“A Picture of Literacy”
Stephanie Romano, President
Dorothy Touvell, Conference Coordinator
42nd Annual Conference
October 25, 26, 27, 28, 2009
“Making a Difference”
Janet Friel, President
Mary Laub, Conference Coordinator
October 21, 22, 23, 24, 2001
“Wings of Literacy”
Sue Menser, President
Stephanie Romano, Conference Coordinator
41st Annual Conference
October 18, 19, 20, 21, 2008
“Literacy: Food for Thought”
Valley Forge Convention Center King of Prussia, PA
Annemarie Jay, President
Janet Friel, Conference Coordinator
October 22, 23, 24, 25, 2000
“Take a Magical Journey - READ!”
Susan Francis, President
Sue Menser, Conference Coordinator
October 21, 22, 23, 24, 2007 “Linking Literacy and Leadership”
William Unger, President
Annemarie Jay, Conference Coordinator
October 17, 18, 19, 20, 1999
“Reflections and Visions: Literacy Yesterday and
Tomorrow”
Eric C. MacDonald, President
Susan Francis, Conference Coordinator
October 22, 23, 24, 25, 2006
“Planting the Seeds of Literacy”
Nancy King, President
William Unger, Conference Coordinator
October 25, 26, 27, 28, 1998
“Reading: The Power to Dream”
Linda J. Smith, President
Eric C. MacDonald, Conference Coordinator
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October 26, 27, 28, 29, 1997
“Books: The Pearls of Reading”
Jesse C. Moore, President Linda J. Smith, Conference Coordinator
October 20, 21, 22, 23, 1996 “The Many Faces of Literacy”
Seven Springs, Champion Susan M. Bechetti, President
Jesse C. Moore, Conference Coordinator
October 16, 17, 18, 19, 1995
“Reading Enriches Life”
Theodosia Spewock, President
Susan M. Bechetti, Conference Coordinator
October 23, 24, 25, 26, 1994
“Literacy: Window to Opportunity”
Dora D. Tartar, President Theodosia Spewock, Conference Coordinator
October 20, 21, 22, 23, 1993
“Building a Strong Foundation for Learning”
Split Rock, Lake Harmony
Roberta Laird, President
Dora D. Tartar, Conference Coordinator
October 11, 12, 13, 14, 1992
“Silver Memories, Golden Visions”
Gail Y. Gayeski, President
Roberta Laird, Conference Coordinator
November 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1991 “A Lifetime of Reading”
Mary Ann Mackey, President Gail Y. Gayeski, Conference Coordinator
October 28, 29, 30, 31, 1990 “Hand in Hand Partnerships for Literacy”
Mountain Laurel Inn, White Haven
Frances E. Russell, I.H.M., President
October 28, 29, 30, November 1, 1989
“Literacy, Laughter, Love: Learning for Lifetime”
Seven Springs, Champion Joan B. Elliott, President
November 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1988 “Keys to Comprehension” Hershey Convention Center, Hershey
Julianne Gehman, President
October 19, 20, 21, 1987 “A Celebration: Two Decades of Dedication”
Seven Springs, Champion Phyllis W. Smith, President
November 5, 6, 7, 1986
“Reading: The Keystone for Learning”
Dunfey Hotel, Philadelphia Rose P. Conley, President
October 17, 18, 19, 1985
“Reading is Eriesistible”
Hilton Hotel, Erie Khristine LaChance, President
November 11, 12, 13,1984
“Reading to Learn - Learning to Read”
Jean E. Doll, President
October 12, 13, 14, 1983
“Centering on Reading: Language to Literacy”
State College
Mary M. Dupuis, President
October 13, 14, 15, 1982
“Wonderful World of Reading”
Pocono Hershey Resort, White Haven
Patricia Kearns, President
November 11, 12, 13, 14, 1981
“Reading For All Seasons: Reading For All Reasons”
Marriott/Pittsburgh Expo Center
Donald C. McFeely, President
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November 5, 6, 7, 1980
“Reading: A Family Affair”
Host Farm Resort, Lancaster
J. Richard Zerby, President
November 14, 15, 16, 17, 1979
“Reading, Looking Towards the 80’s”
Ben Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia
Soledad P. Gillespie, President
October 19, 20, 21, 1978
“Reading: A Shared Responsibility”
Hilton Hotel, Erie
Louis Oliastro, President
November 10, 11, 12, 1977
“Language Arts - Something Special”
Marriott Inn, Pittsburgh
Arnold Zaeske, President
March 31, April 1, 2, 1977
“Literacy Through Communication”
Bloomsburg State College, Bloomsburg
Jerry B. Fiddler, President
1st Eastern Regional Conference
March 11, 12, 13, 1976
“Reading: Beyond Bicentennial”
Ben Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia
Margaret Sponseller, President
November 13, 14, 15, 1974
“Humanism in Reading”
Host Farm Resort, Lancaster
Lee Kelminskis, President
November 7, 8, 9, 1973 “One Child - One Reader” Seven Springs, Champion
Alice Louise Davis, R.S.M., President
October 11, 12, 13, 1972 “The Rights of the Reader”
Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia
Isabella H. Toussaint, President
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November 11, 12,13,1971
“Highways and Biways To Reading”
William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh
Charles J. Versacci, President
October 29, 30, 31, 1970
“The Subject is Reading”
Penn Harris Hotel, Camp Hill
Betty Pearson Messner, President
November 20, 21, 22, 1969
“That All May Read”
Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia
Lawrence B. Charry
November 14, 15, 16, 1968
“Reading In Our Times”
Hilton Hotel, Pittsburgh
Donald L. Cleland, President
November 10, 11, 1967
“Why Read?” Holiday West, Harrisburg
Donald L. Cleland, President
AUTHOR SIGNINGS IN EXHIBIT HALL
Reading Matters – Hallway 10-11
Stenhouse – Deans Hall – 7 – 17-18
Michaels Associates – Deans Hall 36 – 1-2-3
Jerry Pallotta – Senate Suite 3
Steve Swinburne Children’s Books – H3
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Jerry Pallotta
7:00 – 9:00
7:00 – 9:00
Reading Matters
SS3
Who Would Win Series
H10-11
Variety of Children’s Authors
Monday, October 27, 2014
9:30 – 5:00
Jerry Pallotta SS3
All Day
9:30 – 3:00
Steve Swinburne
Children’s Books H3
Steve Swinburne
9:30 – 10:30 Reading Matters
H10-11
Sheila Turnage
H10-11
David Biedzycki
H10-11
Matt Novak
Reading Matters
H10-11
11:15 – 12:15 Alison Ashley Formento
Elisa Ludwig
Kit Grindstaff
H10-11
Meenoo Rami
12:15 – 1:15 Stenhouse
D7-17-18
Peter Lourie
David Somoza
Reading Matters H10-11
2:00 – 3:00 Matt Novak
Sydelle Pearl
Tami Lewis Brown
Sneed Collard
3:00 – 4:00
D1-2-3
Marjorie Lipson
SS3
All Day
Michaels Associates Tuesday, October 28, 2014
9:30 – 4:00
Jerry Pallotta Reading Matters
H10-11 9:30 – 10:30 Lindsay Barrett George
Suzanne Bloom
H10-11
Danny and Kim Adlerman
11:00 – 12:00 Michaels Associates
D1-2-3
Barbara Boroson
H10-11
Martha Freeman
12:15 – 1:15
Michaels Associates
D1-2-3
Mark Weakland
H10-11
Suzanne Bloom
2:15 – 3:15 Stenhouse
D7-17-18
Lynne Dorfman and Diane Dougherty
3:00 – 4:00
Michaels Associates
D1-2-3
Laura Robb
H10-11
Jonathan Friesen 2014 KSRA Conference
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D = DEANS HALL
SS = SENATE SUITES
H=HALLWAY
EXHIBITOR INFORMATION
95 Percent Group Inc.
DeAngelo Rodriguez
847-499-8227
drodriguez@95percentgroup.com
D10
Follett
Lindsey Pearson
815-511-5114
frm@corpcom-events.com
SS4 & 8
A & B Educational Enterprises
Ann Tuteur
215-793-0834
abentprse@aol.com
SS13-14
GrapeSEED
Larry Krueger
412-316-0045
larry.krueger@grapeseed.com
D34-35
Achieve3000
Eileen Sutera
732-300-1271
eileen.sutera@achieve3000.com
H18
HeinemannSS15-16
Tess Steenbeke
603-431-7894
tess.steenbeke@heinemann.com
Benchmark Education Company
Christopher Andrews
866-805-3760
christopher@tools2read.com
SS9-10
Jill Wennlund
630-467-6406
jill.wennlund@hmhco.com
Capstone Classroom
Christopher Andrews
888-262-6135
christopher@tools2read.com
SS12
Jerry Pallotta Books
Linda Pallotta
617-840-5452
Linda@JerryPallotta.com
SS3
Crayola
Kristen Nonnemacher
610-253-6272x4462
knonnemacher@crayola.com
H17
Kaeden Books
Grant Urmston
800-890-7323
gurmston@kaeden.com
D4
Curriculum Associates
Kathy Walsh
978-313-1272
kwalsh@cainc.com
D5-6
Kurtz Bros. Inc. D13
Stacy Soltys
814-765-6561
ssoltys@kurtzbros.com
Drexel University
Jemina Williams
215-895-1965
jtb84@drexel.edu
H15
MaryRuth Books, Inc. Laurie Rose
877-834-1105
admin@maryruthbooks.com
D15-16
H14
McGraw-Hill Ellie Bradley
610-738-7728
Eleanore.bradley@mheducation.com
D25-26 and 37
Michaels Associates LLC Greg Michaels
800-869-1467
jmichaelsassociates.com
D36 D1-2-3
National Geographic Learning
Donna Livingstone
617-757-8075
donna.livingstone@cengage.com
H7
Education Publishing Services (EPS)
Bob Morton
215-990-7152
rmorton111@comcast.net
Eduplanet21H16
Angela Wert
717-884-9900
awert@eduplanet21.com
Everbind Book Co.
Durbin Wagner
717-567-2049
dwagnerassociates@hotmail.com
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H 12
D19-20-29-30
Origami Owl Lockets/Jewelry
Margaret “Jane” Arnold
814-685-3236
mjarnold@atlanticbb.net
SS11
Ori Jewels
Noreen Fleming
724-747-8520
nrfleming@comcast.net
H6
Pacific Learning
Bob Morton
215-990-7152
rmorton111@comcast.net
H13
PearsonD23-24
Dawn Wilson
610-767-7163
Dawn.Wilson@pearson.com
Penn State World Campus
of Pennsylvania University
Libby Hartsock
814-865-7600
EAH29@psu.edu
Scholastic Classroom and
Community Group
Katy Kimmel
412-736-5206
kkimmel@scholastic.com
H8-9
Short Tales Press
Maryann McAlpin
585-509-1600
maryann@shorttalespress.com
SS2
Spellbound Beads
Jayne Tremaine
717-228-1046
Spellboundbeads@gmail.com
SS7
StenhouseD17-18
Patti Sollenberger
888-255-6665
office@readingmatters.net
D27
Stephen Swinburne Children’s Books H3
Steve Swinburne
802-375-4080
Stephen.swinburne@gmail.com
Peoples Education
Michele Sakow
201-708-2349
msakow@peoplesed.com
D33
The Well Bred Book
Chrysa Smith
267-250-6626
chrysasmith@verizon.net
H20
Reading Matters Patti Sollenberger
888-255-6665
office@readingmatters.net
D7-8-9 H10-11
Townsend Press
George Henry
888-752-6410
TPATNJ@gmail.com
H4-5
Really Great Reading Michelle McLeod
866-401-7323x1
michelle@rgrco.com
LLC D32
H1-2
Triumph Learning
Dondra Osborne
888-502-1530 x118
salesoperations@triumphlearning.com
Renaissance Learning
Peggy Packer
715-424-3636
peggy.packer@renaissance.com
D31
D28
Resources for Reading
Diane Zingale
800-278-7323
info@ABCstuff.com
D14
Voyager Sopris Learning Alyssa Johnson
c/o Barbara Kuhn
724-777-2296
Barbara.Kuhn@voyagersopris.com
Wilson Language Training Corp
Cindy Doty
800-899-8454
info@wilsonlanguage.com
D21-22
Rowland Reading Foundation
Mary Wexler
866-370-7323
lela.astrom@rowlandreading.org
D11-12
Zaner-Bloser Educational Publishers SS5-6
Bernie Rich
724-734-6747
Bernie.Rich@Zaner-Bloser.com
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Forty-Eighth Annual Conference
Lancaster County Convention Center
Thursday, Oct. 22 – Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015
W
hat images, thoughts, or words
do you associate with the word
“explorer?” Risk-taker? Pioneer?
Innovator? Maybe names like
Christopher Columbus, Lewis and Clark, or John
Glenn come to mind. Now think about the field of
education. Leaders such as Jerome Bruner, Marie
Clay, and Donald Graves took huge risks to prove
their ideas and in the process changed the way we
view education. Like the explorers and pioneers
of old, we as teachers are always searching to
reimagine our practices, hoping to discover
the best possible way to ensure literacy for all.
The 2015 KSRA Conference will honor teachers
as innovators. I invite you to Reimagine your
classroom literacy practice, Explore ideas with
colleagues, And Discover strategies that will help
you reach all learners.
Linda Hoyt, Kate Messner, and Jennifer Serravallo
are a few of the keynote speakers who will help
us think about literacy instruction at the 2015
Conference. Participants will have the opportunity
to learn from colleagues during impromptu
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discussions at our lunchtime mini-EdCamp on
Thursday. Authors A.S. King, Peter Catalanotto,
Sarah Holbrook, Michael Salinger, and many others
will help us learn new ways to use their literature in
the classroom.
Please consider taking a risk and sharing your own
great ideas by being a presenter. The conference
committee is especially interested in first time
teacher presenters who have ideas to share in
language arts, literature, reaching diverse learners,
early childhood education, and technology.
We will be updating regularly on the KSRA
website (www.ksrapa.org), so please visit often. I
am looking forward to sharing ideas with all of you
in 2015!
Sincerely,
Rose Cappelli
2015 Conference Chair
ryc1011@hotmail.com
Reimagine Explore And
Discover
Forty-Eighth Annual Conference
Thursday, October 22 – Saturday, October 24, 2015
Lancaster County Convention Center
25 South Queen Street Lancaster, PA 17603
717-239-1600
Toll free 866-503-3786
www.lancasterconventioncenter.com
PROGRAM PROPOSAL FORM
Program proposals must be submitted by April 1, 2015. Proposals must be accompanied by a current 1–2
page vita for each presenter. Confirmation of proposal receipt will be issued by May 1, 2015. The
Program Chair will send a formal invitation to the person submitting a proposal that is accepted for the
2015 KSRA conference program.
I.
Title of Presentation (as you wish it to appear in conference program – 10 word limit)
______________________________________________________________________
II.
Person Submitting Proposal
Dr./ Mr./ Miss/ Mrs./ Ms. ________________________________________________________________
(First Name)
(Initial)
(Last Name)
Home Mailing Address _________________________________________________________________
(Street)
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Telephone (Home) _________________ (Work) ___________________ (Cell) ____________________
Fax _________________________________
E-mail ______________________________________
Institutional Affiliation _________________________________________________________________
Position and/or Title ____________________________________________________________________
Professional Address
_________________________________________________________________
(Street)
(City)
Current KSRA Member - Yes _____ No _____
Are you a 1st time KSRA presenter?
(State)
(Zip)
Local Council Affiliation ______________________
Yes_____ No_____
III.
Co-Presenters (In addition to person submitting this proposal)
A.
______________________________________________________________________________
(Name)
(Email Address)
(Phone)
______________________________________________________________________________
(Institutional Affiliation)
B.
(Council)
______________________________________________________________________________
(Name)
(Email Address)
(Phone)
______________________________________________________________________________
(Institutional Affiliation)
(Council)
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Reimagine Explore And Discover
PROGRAM PROPOSAL FORM
IV.
Program Description (Sixty word maximum to be included in conference program)
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
V.
Audio Visual Equipment – Each presenter will enjoy the benefits of free Wifi and a screen in
the presentation room. Laptops and LCD projectors will NOT be provided. If you desire
additional AV equipment, you may contact the Lancaster Convention Center to rent any desired
item.
VI.
Type of Presentation
¨ Breakout Presentation (1 hour)
VII.
VIII.
¨ Learning Workshop (2 hours 15 min.)
Intended Audience (Check those most applicable)
____ Early Childhood Teachers (Birth – K)
_____ Support /Remedial Teachers
_____ Primary Grade Teachers (K – 2)
_____ Reading Specialists/Supervisors
_____ Intermediate Grade Teachers (3 – 5)
_____ Reading/Literacy Coaches
_____ Middle School Teachers (6 – 8)
_____ Administrators
_____ High School Teachers (9 – 12)
_____ Parents
_____ College/University Teachers
_____ Librarians
_____ Adult Education Teachers
_____ General Interest
Program Strand (Check most appropriate strand)
_____ English/Language Arts – Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, Common Core State Standards, etc.
_____ Children’s/Young Adult Literature – Authors, Illustrators, Book Talks, Using Children’s Literature, etc.
_____ Diverse Learners – Remedial Support, English Language Learners, Gifted Support, Special Education, etc.
_____ Early Childhood – Preschool, Kindergarten, Early Intervention, Readiness for School, etc.
_____ Digital Literacy/Technology – Incorporating technology into the reading and writing classroom framework
IX.
X.
Proposal Abstract – Attach an abstract, double-‐spaced using a maximum of 250 words, including the objectives and a description of the presentation. Signature ________________________________________ Date __________________________________ Program participants are required to register for the conference and pay conference fees. KSRA is not able to reimburse program participants for expenses. Send or e-‐mail completed proposal and appropriate vita(e) of all presenters to the program chair:
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Aileen Hower 135 Timber Lane Hanover, PA 17331 (E) aileen.hower5@gmail.com Phone: 717-‐479-‐8925
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Please consider submitting a manuscript, based on your presentation, for possible publication in Pennsylvania Reads: The Journal of the Keystone State Reading Association Pennsylvania Reads is a refereed journal whose purpose is to provide a forum for literacy educators to share their expertise. Authors are encouraged to submit articles that focus on current classroom practices, research, or information that will help to improve the literacy achievement of students. Short pieces, such as teaching tips, poetry, and reviews of research are also welcomed. • All standards and criteria for submission can be found at www.ksra.com under publications. •
All manuscripts for the Summer 2015 issue are due December 1, 2014 •
Questions may be addressed to any of the editors at PAReads@gmail.com Please consider becoming a reviewer for the Pennsylvania Reads Journal. Collaborate with other professionals across the state by sharing expertise in your area of interest and helping the field of literacy grow. Pennsylvania Reads is a refereed journal whose purpose is to provide a forum for literacy educators to share their expertise. Each submission is reviewed by three reviewers before being considered by the editorial staff. Reviewers make recommendations regarding the acceptance of the manuscript and offer guidance for revision and/or further development. Application form can be found at www.ksra.org under Resources Pennsylvania Reads 2014 KSRA Conference
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