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North Carolina Reading Association
52nd Annual North Carolina Reading Conference
March 26-28, 2023
Benton Convention Center 
Winston-Salem, NC
Your VOICE matters! Celebrating LITERACY!
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Erin Edwards

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
Director of Advanced Learning
Winston-Salem, NC
Advanced PlacementCollege & Career PromiseAVIDAIGHonorsAdvanced Programming
Monday, March 27
 

TBA

Open Registration- 7:00am-5:00pm Winston-Salem Foyer

7:30am EDT

Coffee and morning snacks in Exhibit Hall Winston Ballroom 2

8:10am EDT

Opening Session: The Value of Questions: Curiosity and Wonder as Fuel for Learning Salem Ballroom 2Dasan Ahanu

9:25am EDT

Using Text Sets to Support Multilinguals Winston 3CMary Phillips • Xatli Stox

10:50am EDT

Examining LGBTQIA+ Issues and Race in Picturebooks: A Critical Content Analysis Approach Conference 1Olivia Fletcher • Julia Kearney • Jordan Kelberg • Virginia Meagher • Nermin Vehabovic • Morgan Wecht

11:40am EDT

Lunch with Exhibitors in Exhibit Hall Winston Ballroom 2

11:45am EDT

Author Panel Luncheon- prepaid event Piedmont Ballroom 1Dasan Ahanu • LeJuane Bowens • Annette Clapsaddle • Alan Gratz • Shannon Hitchcock

4:20pm EDT

"Paper Thin" Open Mic with Dasan Ahanu Winston 1ADasan Ahanu • LeJuane Bowens • Ayanna Albertson Gay • Charly Lowry • D.J. Rogers
 
Tuesday, March 28
 

7:30am EDT

Coffee and Morning snacks in Exhibit Hall Winston Ballroom 2

8:20am EDT

General Session: What My Fifth Graders Taught Me About Falling in Love with Reading Salem Ballroom 2Colby Sharp • Colby Sharp

9:45am EDT

Science of reading in the classroom: How do we use books to teach academic vocabulary? Salem 3BDacian Dolean

10:45am EDT

Difficult Conversations: How to Intentionally Curate Text Sets that Teach Complex Topics Salem 1CDr. Morgan Blanton • Dr. Damiana Pyles

11:45am EDT

Literacy Celebration Luncheon- When Kids Lead Salem Ballroom 2Adam Dovico