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NCRA 52nd Annual North Carolina Reading Conference

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!

1:00pm EDT

A(rt)dvocacy : storytelling activism as a means of Arsenal and Revival Salem 1AAyanna Albertson Gay I'm LETRS Trained, Now What? Piedmont Ballroom 1Jen Jones Let Me See: Explicit Reading Instruction for Secondary Classrooms Salem Ballroom 2Talia R. Cotton

9:25am EDT

Creating a Science of Reading Classroom Salem 1BJamil Odom Culturally Responsive Literacy Leadership Winston 1AHeidi Perez Giving Your Culture A Voice Through Literacy Conference 1Chantae Reynolds • Kori Trainor Invisible Sentence: Recognizing, Supporting, and Advocating for Children of Incarcerated and Returning Parents Salem 3BMelissa Radcliff New Eyes: Examining Life Outside Our Own Winston 3BJennifer Joyner • Dana C Skinner • Beth White Pictures Are Worth Thousands of Words Salem 1CBeth Buchholz • Beth Frye • Matthew Hamm Using Text Sets to Support Multilinguals Winston 3CMary Phillips • Xatli Stox What Works for Reading Comprehension Instruction in Elementary Classrooms: Content, Strategies, or Combined? (Findings From a Meta-Analysis) Conference 2Dr. Julia Yi Yes They Can: Linking the WIDA Can Do Descriptors and Technology-Based Activities to Support Multilingual Learners Winston 3ATalia R. Cotton • Kenya Lawrence

10:50am EDT

Activating the Literacy Learning Ecosystem So That Each Student Becomes A Lifelong, Competent Reader Salem 3ADr. Sarah Bausell • Marie Himes • Dr. Hiller A. Spires Amazing Race Family Reading Night Piedmont 2Barbara Falkenbury Creating a Culture for Success Winston 1AAdam Auerbach Fun With High-Frequency Words - Tips for helping students master the words that matter MOST Salem 3CJoanne Billingsley Looking at Literacy to Uncover Student Thinking Winston 3BCalvin Freeman • Alice Oakley • Sandra Webb The Nuts and Bolts of Dyslexia Conference 2Tracy Westover

1:25pm EDT

General Session: Critical Comprehension: Lessons for Guiding Students to Deeper Meaning Salem Ballroom 2Lester Laminack • Katie Kelly • Katie Kelly • Lester Laminack

2:25pm EDT

Black and White and Read All Over Winston 1BAlan Gratz Brain Science to Build a Literacy Focused School Salem 3CHeidi Perez Bring ELA to life with Augmented Reality and Greenscreens Piedmont 2Lisa Hill • Peter Panico Closing the Covid-19 Achievement Gap; How Teachers Can Get Student Achievement Back on Track Salem 1CRichard Culyer Diction, Rhythm, and Rhyme Twin City BoardroomAyanna Albertson Gay Raising Reading Levels K-5: Post-Pandemic: Success in a University Reading Clinic Winston 3ADr. Catherine Elise Barrett • Dr. Ashley Johnson • Dr. Bradley Mills Supporting Early and Developing Readers: Implementing the Stages of Literacy for Rapid Growth Winston 3BJasmin Harrison • Dynasty Minor • Kendall O'Neal • Addy Warfield • Kellee Watkins • Shamira Wright With Literacy and Justice for All: Delivering on the Promise for ALL Children Salem 3BLaura Stewart

3:25pm EDT

Celebrating Musical Voices: Integrating Picture Book Biographies with Musical Connections Salem 1BTonnye Williams Fletcher Fast-track Teaching of upper-elementary ESE and ESOL non-readers Salem 1CRichard Culyer Foundational Skills: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics DO Lead to Fluency - Let's Show You How! Conference 2Jackie Harvey Rolling into Small Group Structured Literacy As a Whole School--How to make Small Shifts with Peer Coaching/Observing Winston 3BStacy Bigham • Brittany Campbell • Molly Miller • Sarah Oatsvall Ten Success Factors for Getting the Best Results From MTSS Salem 3BLaura Stewart

9:45am EDT

For the LOVE of LITERACY! Conference 1Michelle Pancorvo Science of reading in the classroom: How do we use books to teach academic vocabulary? Salem 3BDacian Dolean The Importance of Handwriting and Spelling in Literacy Success Ardmore 1Marcia Baxter The Science of Reading: Practical Application for Your Classroom and School Winston 3CCharissa Snyder

10:45am EDT

Knowing Better Doesn’t Always Translate to Doing Better: Helping Ensure Reading Research Shifts Into Practice Salem 3BLinda Rhyne Preparedness to Implement the Science of Reading Winston 1ADr. Christina Azmy • Kim Creamer • Dr. Jennifer Klebaur • Dr. Melissa Tapp • Meredith Williams Steering the PIrateSHIP to Literacy LeaderSHIP Winston 3CErin Kessel • Lanette Moret The Keys to Catch-up Growth: Formative Assessments & Small-group Instruction Conference 2Michelle Cowan • Dr. Bobbie Mills Understanding Indigenous Stories Twin City BoardroomRyan Dial Using Read Aloud to Inspire Creativity in a Makerspace Salem 3CCarla Clayton • Allison Phelps • Amie Snow

11:45am EDT

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