LitCon: National K-8 Literacy & Reading Recovery Conference

Approach independent reading from a few different angles and examine common challenges from both a student and teacher perspective and leave with concrete ideas for how to address them. Moves for creating more student ownership are shared as well as conferring tips for teachers wanting to make the most of individualized instruction. The session is grounded in personalized and culturally responsive practices that honor the identities of every student. Research, videos, lesson ideas, and time for practice are included.

Participants explore:

• why making time for independent reading matters
• how to support reader independence in the classroom and at home
• key moves teachers can use in reading conferences
• bringing a joyful and equity-minded lens to independent reading instruction

*Separate Registration Required for Pre-Conference Workshop 

Writing is one of the most crucial subjects we teach. Yet, many of us have the sneaking suspicion we are doing it wrong when we see students not develop into the strong writers we know they can be. Beginning with common instructional practices and beliefs, participants:

• explore curriculum and teaching methods that might contain mistakes as well as the ways in which we protect these mistakes from critique
• try a framework to help identify mistakes in their practice; and
• discover ways that student mistakes in writing can provide windows into knowledge and skill.

*Separate Registration Required for Pre-Conference Workshop