2011 irc preliminary program

The Illinois Reading Council invites you to the 43rd Annual Illinois Reading Conference

March 17-19, 2011Springfield, Illinois

2011 ConferencePreliminary Program

Preliminary Program 2011Illinois Reading Council Conference

March 17-19, 2011

Literacy Outside the Box!Attendees at the 2011 Illinois Reading Council Conference are in for a treat indeed, as we explore Literacy Outside the Box! As always, this year’s conference will feature the award-winning authors, prominent literacy leaders, and dynamic speakers you have come to expect from IRC, along with Illinois’ best teachers sharing their innovative ideas and practices. We will continue to enjoy traditional text formats while finding literacy in new places and exploring new and changing facets of literacy. Teachers and other literacy leaders are constantly vying for students’ attention–why should they read books when there are so many interactive choices and other activities that involve anything but books? What do we do about screen time, whether that includes large screens or the tiny ones they can carry around with them? What place can film, television, social networking, YouTube, blogs, vlogs, tweets, nings, and wikis play in literacy education? Can they learn about literacy through music and art? Mark your calendars now for March 17-19, 2011 and come along to Springfield to experience Literacy Outside the Box! Follow IRC Conference developments and get to know your speakers even better by following the IRC Conference blog at literacyoutsidethebox.blogspot.com.

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Marc BrownGuess who’s turning 35 this year? Everyone’s favorite

aardvark, Arthur! His creator, Marc Brown, will be with us for Saturday’s luncheon to celebrate! Not only is Arthur

featured in over 30 books and known worldwide in over 100 countries, he also stars in his own Emmy award-winning television series on PBS, produced by Marc Brown. If that isn’t enough, Mr. Brown and his wife have also created the critically acclaimed nonfiction Dino Life Guides for Families series. Plan on joining us for Arthur’s birthday party at the Saturday luncheon!

Jane YolenJane Yolen is the author of over 300 books, including Owl Moon, The Devil’s Arithmetic, Briar Rose, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, and The Scarecrow’s Dance. Few authors can boast the range of work that she has produced through her lifetime as one of America’s favorite writers, from rhymed picture books and baby board books through middle grade fiction, poetry collections, nonfiction, and novels and story collections for young adults and adults. She has honorary

degrees from six colleges and universities, and her books and stories have won as wide an assortment of awards as her writing represents: the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, two Christopher Awards, the Kerlan Award, the Catholic Library’s Regina Medal, and the World Fantasy Association Lifetime Achievement Award. Jane Yolen is certainly a writer who will not be boxed in by any one genre, topic, or mode of communication: she blogs and skypes! We are honored to have her as our Friday banquet speaker this year.

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T.A. BarronAsk T.A. Barron what drives him in everything he does, and he will tell you that he is a storyteller, whether it’s about being a dad, a conservationist, or writing another of his many award-winning books, including Where is Grandpa? The Hero’s Trail: A Guide for a Heroic Life, To Walk in Wilderness, The Lost Years of Merlin epic or The Great Tree of Avalon trilogy. He believes that “…there is no more powerful—or more exciting—way to convey

an idea than through a story,” and many would agree with him. Indeed, both Madeline L’Engle and Robert Redford have sung his praises. He combines his storytelling ability with his passion for the heroic potential in every person to create books that inspire readers to make a difference in the world. He also sponsors an annual prize, The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, which is given to twenty-five young heroes who have indeed done something to make the world a better place.

Patrick CarmanPatrick Carman truly represents “Literacy Outside the Box!” He is

a self-proclaimed entrepreneur who has worked in advertising and created board games, and now writes award-winning fantasy books

including The Land of Elyon, Atherton, and the book-video hybrid series Skeleton Creek. He has also contributed to The 39 Clues series, The Black Circle. His books have been translated into two dozen languages, and he reaches out to families in Central America and Mexico through his support of literacy campaigns and community organizations. Al Roker and Martha Stewart have interviewed him about his involvement in creating a new genre for today’s readers–that of the multi-platform reading experience. Trackers, which will be released in May 2010, is another example of Patrick Carman’s attempt to get kids to reconnect with reading. He knows that teachers can “… reimagine technology as something that creates millions of excited young readers,” and he will be with us for lunch on Thursday to encourage Illinois teachers and other literacy leaders to do just that.

M.T. AndersonM.T. Anderson has to be one of the most diverse authors around! While you probably know him best as the author of the award-winning The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, his other books range from biography picture books, Handel, Who Knew What He Liked; to young adult science fiction, Feed and The Suburb Beyond the Stars; to comedy fantasy, Whales on Stilts and The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen;

and to his blissfully peaceful picture book described as an “homage to simplicity,” Me, All Alone, At the End of the World. M.T. Anderson’s books have won a myriad of awards, including the National Book Award for Young People, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and the Michael L. Printz Honor Book. Don’t miss lunch on Friday with M.T. Anderson!

Experience Literacy Outside the Box!Mordicai GersteinWe are so fortunate that Mordicai Gerstein will be with us for the 2011 conference! His books cover a wide gamut of styles, age groups, and topics from fantasy and biography to Biblical retellings and the amiably absurd (The Absolutely Awful Alphabet). His popular picture books include nonfiction and fiction alike. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers recounts Phillippe Petit’s tight rope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, accompanied by

breathtaking scenes of the city from different perspectives; Carolinda Clatter!, in which a giant falls in love with the moon, is reminiscent of Scandinavian folk legends; and A Book, whose characters live in a book and awake each morning when the book is opened and fall asleep when the book is closed, has been described as metafiction in picture book form. Mordicai Gerstein’s work has garnered him the Caldecott Medal, the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and on the American Library Association’s Notable Children’s Book List. Along with writing and illustrating books for children, Mordicai Gerstein is a painter, sculptor, and prize-winning designer and director of animated films who loves making books and sees it as an adventure. Come see what adventures he can offer to you and your students!

John RoccoWhat do quahogs, Whoopi Goldberg, Shrek, and The Lightning Thief have to do with each other? If that seems like a disparate list that couldn’t be contained by any kind of “box,” you need to make it a point to come see John Rocco and find out. One of the most talented illustrators of our time, he creates the covers for the wildly popular Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. He has also crossed over into the world of author/illustrator with Moonpowder,

Fu Finds the Way, and Wolf! Wolf!, which was the 2007 winner of the Borders Original Voices Award for Picture Books, as well as four other awards. He will entrance you and your students with his beautifully detailed art, his sincerity, and his story.

Vaunda Micheaux NelsonVaunda Micheaux Nelson understands the power of story; her mother read to her and her siblings every day, and her father recited poetry to them. Her first book, Always Gramma, describes a love that doesn’t change, even though the people involved do, and can help readers deal with the onset of aging difficulties. Many of her books offer touching insights into history that allow their readers to learn about the past while giving them opportunities to grow personally.

Juneteenth explains a holiday that resulted from the slow spread of the news of emancipation and emphasizes education and achievement. Bad News for Outlaws is a biography of Bass

Reeves, the first African-American deputy U.S. Marshal. Her books have won numerous awards, including the 2009 Coretta Scott King Award (Bad News for Outlaws), the Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, and a Parents’ Choice Gold Award. We are

indeed honored to have Vaunda Micheaux Nelson as one of our featured speakers.

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Sara PennypackerSara Pennypacker came to writing children’s books after a successful career as a watercolor artist and gallery owner. Apparently this transition was not a difficult one for her, since she has won several awards for her work, including a Golden Kite Award and a Christopher Award. She is the author of two delightful children’s series (Clementine and Stuart). Even though the

protagonists of these books are both in third grade, the language and characters make them just as delightful for adults to read–no small feat! And who can resist characters like Aunt Bubbles, who inadvertently puts lemons in her braids, or a dog that goes by the name of ‘One-Tooth?’ Sara has also added four books to the Flat Stanley series, in addition to Sparrow Girl, Dumbstruck, and Pierre in Love. Her Stuart series includes Stuart’s Cape, Stuart Goes to School; and The Amazing World of Stuart, and her Clementine series includes Clementine, Friend of the Week; The Talented Clementine; and Clementine’s Letter. Her books have worldwide appeal, evidenced by the fact that many of them have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Korean.

Robert BurleighThis year’s Prairie State Award winner, Robert Burleigh, has

authored more than 35 children’s books and countless other projects, including essays, poems, reviews, and videos. If you are a teacher who needs literature for your elementary social

studies or science curriculum, then his books are just the ticket! He will have young readers hooked on those who have shaped our world, such as Napoleon, the Wright Brothers, Paul Cezanne, Amelia Earhart, Houdini, carrier pigeons, Admiral Richard Byrd, Jackie Robinson, John James Audubon, Jorge Posada, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Miles Davis. He also helps young readers understand such phenomena as volcanoes, the oceans, and the moon landing. His enthusiasm leads him to explore a subject, then figure out how to explain it in a story that will entertain and engage his readers. His books have won numerous awards: One Giant Leap was named to the 2010 National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Books List; Hercules is a Smithsonian Notable Book for Children; Black Whiteness was an NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book; Game Day won a Christopher Award; Hoops was named the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; and Langston’s Train Ride was a 2005 NAACP Image Award nominee. Robert Burleigh will make Thursday night’s banquet a memorable one indeed!

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Teaching AuthorsTeaching Authors was founded by six children’s book authors with vast experience teaching writing to children, teens, and adults. They share their unique ideas about being writing teachers who also work as writers on a group blog, www.TeachingAuthors.com. Roxanne Owens and Marie Donovan from DePaul University and three of the Teaching Authors will present a writing workout to help you (and your students) connect with the writer within. April Halprin Wayland, an instructor with UCLA Extension’s Writers’ Program, is a poet and picture book author (New Year at the Pier–A Rosh Hashanah Story and Girl Coming in for a Landing). Esther Hershenhorn teaches children’s writing at the University of Chicago’s Writer’s Studio and Chicago’s Newberry Library. She writes picture books and middle-grade fiction (S Is for Story, There Goes Lowell’s Party! and Chicken Soup By Heart). Mary Ann Rodman is the author of award-winning short stories, picture books, and novels (Yankee Girl, My Best Friend, and First Grade Stinks). Mary Ann conducts Young Writers’ workshops and camps at the Margaret Mitchell House Literary Center in Atlanta.

April Halprin WaylandEsther Hershenhorn Mary Ann Rodman

Rebecca SteadRebecca Stead was a lawyer before she became an author, although she might argue that point. Technically, she was an author at an early age, writing stories and enjoying books throughout her young life. When her four year-old son accidentally knocked her laptop on to the floor, she lost all of her ideas for stories she had planned to write. That laptop accident became the impetus she needed to start writing seriously, and aren’t we lucky that she did! Her stories challenge readers to imagine worlds that don’t exist (or do they?) in her first

novel, First Light, and to weave together separate (but related) plot lines in her second, When You Reach Me. Both are award-winning novels: First Light is a Junior Library Guild Selection and was named in the Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year for 2008, and When You Reach Me is the 2010 Newbery Medal winner. All I can say is this: if Rebecca Stead can win a Newbery Medal with her second novel, I can’t wait to see what she writes next!

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Salman AmjadSalman Amjad was introduced to the Illinois Reading Council through our own Steven Layne, when Steven led workshops at his school in Saudi Arabia. Salman is currently literacy coach/ESL specialist at Saudi Aramco Schools, and has also taught French, Spanish, Humanities, ESL, middle school math, and in elementary classrooms. He speaks six different languages; this amazing fact, along with his Master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language, make him an expert on working with students from diverse cultures. He has taught in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Japan and Russia, and travelled to over 45 countries, presenting at

conferences in 15 of them on Linguistics, differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, inclusive education, and literacy development in multiple languages. His whole life has been about literacy outside the box!

Explore Literacy Outside the Box!Frank SerafiniBreakfast Friday morning will be served in the presence of a true renaissance man who seems to have lived his entire life outside the box–Frank Serafini. His life work (so far) has included photography, writing, illustrating, playing music, and of course, teaching. His work with school age children includes 12 years spent as an elementary teacher and literacy specialist; his writing for kids includes a series of nonfiction picture books

focusing on nature (the Looking Closely series), which he not only wrote but also illustrated with his own photographs. His work with educators includes providing staff development and teaching at Arizona State University as an Associate Professor of Literacy Education and Children’s Literature. His writing for educators includes such books as The Reading Workshop, Reading Aloud and Beyond, and Classroom Reading Assessments. He is hard at work on a project involving visual literacy, just another example of stretching outside the literacy box.

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Barry LaneBarry Lane is a writer who teaches writing. His book After THE END: Teaching and Learning Creative Revision has taught

thousands of young writers the skills to enliven their writing, especially with “snapshots” and “thoughtshots.” Teachers can use

his Hooked on Meaning video series to incorporate writing prompts and enjoyable skill instruction into their writing programs in a way that improves test scores and attitudes. Other books by Barry Lane include The Reviser’s Toolbox, But How Do You Teach Writing? and 51 Wacky We-Search Reports. He even has a CD of Recycled Fairy Tales that will help your students learn about perspective. Barry has taught writing in classrooms across the country, in university settings, and even in prisons. You will come away from your time with Barry smiling and loaded with practical teaching ideas to use as soon as you return to your classroom.

David M. SchwartzDavid M. Schwartz is the author of over 50 books for children. He has traveled the world to learn about math and science, and, well, everything he can find. Then he shares what he learns to help math and science come alive for children and adults alike through his award-winning books and presentations, and in his blog, connecting math, science, literature, and everyday life. His exciting books

include Where in the Wild?, If Dogs Were Dinosaurs, and How Much is a Million? This dynamic speaker’s energy is contagious, and he will inspire and renew you with his passion for teaching and learning.



Explore Literacy Outside the Box!Danny BrassellSpend some time at the 2011 conference Thursday with a reformed reluctant reader who is now dedicated to creating passionate readers! Danny Brassell, an Associate Professor at California State University, is the founder of the Lazy Readers’ Book Club, Google’s #1 ranked website for cool, short, “book club recommendations” for all ages. His experience as a classroom

teacher ranges from working with pre-schoolers to rocket scientists, and his numerous articles and books include Comprehension That Works: Taking Students Beyond Ordinary Understanding to Deep Comprehension, co-authored with Tim Rasinski, and 75+ Reading Strategies: Boost Achievement and Build a Life-Long Love of Reading. Make it a point to attend at least one of Danny’s sessions–you will laugh and learn and come away ready to try something new that’s “out of the box.” He and Timothy Rasinski will be together for lunch on Thursday.

Timothy RasinskiTimothy Rasinski is one of the country’s foremost experts on fluency. He has written over 200 articles and has authored,

co-authored, or edited over 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. He is author of the best selling book on

reading fluency, The Fluent Reader and co-author of the award winning fluency program Fluency First. He is also co-author (with Danny Brassell) of Comprehension That Works: Taking Students Beyond Ordinary Understanding to Deep Comprehension. Timothy has served on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association, as a teacher of Title I, elementary, and middle school in Nebraska, and as a professor of literacy education at Kent State University. He has received both the A.B. Herr and Laureate Awards from the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) and will team up with Danny Brassell for the Thursday luncheon.

Marion Blumenthal LazanMarion Blumenthal Lazan began speaking publicly about her Holocaust experiences in 1979. Since publication in 1996 of her memoir, Four Perfect Pebbles, co-authored by Lila Perl, over one million students and adults in 33 states, Germany, and Israel have heard her moving, first-hand account of the Blumenthal family’s life, including events preceding Kristallnacht, to imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps, and finally, to liberation. Marion has spoken at IRC conferences in the past and in

over 100 Illinois communities, and each time, her audience comes away amazed, inspired, and with a clearer understanding of the Holocaust and of why its teaching is so important. She asks her audiences to be tolerant of others, to avoid stereotyping individuals, to be true to themselves, and to not blindly follow a leader. Her story is one of perseverance, determination, faith, and hope, and you will not want to miss it.



Patricia A. EdwardsPatricia A. Edwards, a distinguished professor of teacher education in the College of Education at Michigan State University, is president of the International Reading Association. In addition to service in a number of capacities to IRA, she received the Elva Knight Research Award, the Michigan Reading Association Celebrate Literacy Award, and the prestigious Michigan State University 2001 Distinguished Faculty Award, among many others. She authored two nationally acclaimed family literacy programs: Parents as

Partners in Reading: A Family Literacy Training Program and Talking Your Way to Literacy: A Program to Help Nonreading Parents Prepare Their Children for Reading. Patricia has taught in public schools and universities for over twenty-five years and has written countless books and articles focused on family/intergenerational literacy and emergent literacy. She is widely published and respected, and we are indeed fortunate that she will be joining us at our 2011 Conference.

Jeff AndersonJeff Anderson–also known as the Write Guy–has worked with struggling writers and readers for almost 20 years. He enjoys sharing joyful strategies that have worked in his inner-city classrooms. In particular, he enjoys helping teachers integrate grammar and editing instruction into the processes of reading and writing. Jeff has written articles in NCTE’s Voices from the Middle and English Journal, as well as ASCD’s Educational Leadership.

NCTE awarded Jeff with the Paul and Kate Farmer Award for his English Journal article on teaching grammar in context. He has published three books, Mechanically Inclined, The Craft of Grammar, and Everyday Editing, as well as three staff development DVDs. I’m sure you will start your day right on Thursday by having breakfast with the Write Guy.

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Donalyn MillerToni Morrison said, “If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” That’s just what Donalyn Miller did when she wrote the wildly popular book The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child. According to Donalyn, “Reading is the inhale and writing is the exhale.” She teaches sixth grade social studies and language arts in Texas, and she is the poster child for teaching literacy “outside the box.” She is able to awaken her ‘dormant’

readers and transform them into strong, capable, passionate readers who not only love books and reading, but who also achieve extraordinary levels on standardized tests! Her experiences using blogs, podcasts, and wikis to support reading and writing in her classroom will give you ideas galore for helping your students awaken their own passion for reading and writing. You will be able to get your students to read over fifty books in a year, just like hers do!

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Ruth CulhamIf you have used any of the writing traits materials, you won’t want to miss Ruth Culham–she is the world-renowned expert in this field! She has a passion for teaching writing and helping teachers and students that is unparalleled. A classroom teacher for 19 years, she was named English Teacher of the Year in Montana and has specialty degrees in Library Science, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary English Education. Her

books and materials on the traits are research-based, practical, engaging, and most importantly–effective. Among her books are 6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Primary Grades, Using Picture Books to Teach Writing with the Traits, Writing to Prompts in the Trait Based Classroom: Content Areas, and her newest book, Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School.

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Jacquie McTaggartAfter spending 42 years teaching children in the classroom (and supervising 24 student teachers), Jacquie McTaggart turned her attention to helping teachers. Her books include From the Teacher’s Desk and If They Don’t Learn the Way You Teach, Teach the Way They Learn and have been described as common-sense, practical, insightful, easy-to-read, and elegant. But she doesn’t stop there–she maintains an interactive web site for teachers at www.theteachersdesk.com, publishes a monthly

online newsletter for teachers, mentors student writers, and provides professional development in numerous venues. Jacquie will share 60 high-quality, kid-friendly web sites that you can take back to your students to help them learn next week. (An extra bonus–some lucky attendee will win a door prize!)

Cindy MiddendorfCindy Middendorf has more than 30 years experience teaching and

learning in the classroom, the last 22 with kindergarteners. She has a reputation for practical, fun, teacher-friendly presentations loaded

with use-it-tomorrow ideas, so you won’t want to miss this one! She has been honored as a Disney Teacher of the Year nominee, and was named to the National Honor Roll of Outstanding American Teachers. Her web site, www.cindymiddendorf.com, provides everything from classroom songs and poems to classroom management ideas. Her expertise on brain-based best practices in early literacy is evident in her three books: Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten, The Scholastic Differentiated Instruction Plan Book, and Building Oral Language Skills in PreK-K.


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Diane BaroneDiane Barone has a long list of credits to her name concerning her work with children whose literacy development is at risk. If you are concerned about students who have barriers to their literacy learning such as prenatal exposure to drugs, language barriers, or reduced socioeconomic circumstances, then you won’t want to miss Diane’s presentations. She has written and coauthored several books on early literacy development, including Narrowing the Literacy Gap: What

Works in High-Poverty Schools; Resilient Children: Stories of Poverty, Drug Exposure, and Literacy Development; Literacy and Young Children: Research-Based Practices; Improving Students’ Writing, K-8: From Meaning-Making to High Stakes! and Children’s Literature in the Classroom: Engaging Lifelong Readers (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy). If that isn’t enough, she also publishes articles in all of the top literacy journals and mentors teachers seeking National Board Certification. Diane has been awarded the Albert J. Kingston Award from the National Reading Conference for her service to the organization and the John Chorlton Manning Public School Service Award from the International Reading Association for her work in public schools. To top it all off, she is a professor at the University of Nevada in Reno and still finds time to work in the public schools every day.

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Carol JagoIf you visit Carol Jago’s web site, you will see that the first thing

she says is “Welcome,” and the second thing she says is “My name is Carol Jago, and I am a reader.” That sounds like an introduction

we hope all of our students will one day be able to use–with their own names, of course. Carol has 32 years of teaching middle and high school English under her belt, and at least that many articles about teaching literature and writing published over the course of the last 18 years. She has published six books, directed the California Reading and Literature Project at UCLA, and serves on the 2011 NAEP Writing Framework planning committee. In addition to everything else she does in her spare time, she is also the current president of the National Council for Teachers of English!

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Beverly TynerBeverly Tyner has spent the past 30 years addressing literacy education from many different angles. She has been a classroom teacher, principal, curriculum director, professor, presenter for the Bureau of Educational Research, and best-selling author for the International Reading Association. Her reading intervention model and work with small group instruction has taken her to almost every state and Canada as a literacy consultant, helping schools with their Response to Intervention plans for students, guided reading groups, and balanced instruction. Her books include

Small-Group Reading Instruction: A Differentiated Reading Model for Beginning and Struggling Readers and Small-Group Reading Instruction: A Differentiated Reading Model for Intermediate Readers. Come join Beverly Tyner for lunch on Friday to see what she has in store for us.


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David BoothDavid Booth will bring his own boxful of experience from Canada to Illinois teachers. His roles over the course of 40+ years in literacy education have included classroom teacher, university professor, international speaker, and author of children’s books as well as author of textbooks and reference books for teachers. He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for his contributions to drama education in Great Britain, the United States, and Canada. How can you not come

see someone who has written books with titles like The Literacy Principal, Reading Doesn’t Matter Anymore...Shattering the Myths of Literacy, and Whatever Happened to Language Arts? Don’t miss breakfast Saturday with David Booth!

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Beverly Ann ChinBeverly Ann Chin is one of those tireless people who spends her time doing everything connected with literacy education–teaching at the university level, working with students and teachers in schools, and helping students and educators around the world see the connections among grammar, writing, and literature. She has worked with K-12 educators in France, Canada, Germany, England, Scotland, Pakistan, and the Czech Republic as well as the United States. In 2005, she received the Rewey Belle Inglis Award for Outstanding Woman in English Education, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National

Council of Teachers of English, an organization that she led as president from 1995 to 1996. Her work with the Annenberg Foundation resulted in professional development videos for classroom teachers, including The Expanding Canon: Teaching Multicultural Literature in High School and Teaching Multicultural Literature: A Workshop for the Middle Grades. She was a Senior Project Consultant for the 2011 Writing Framework for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and has worked with textbook companies in developing materials for use in the classroom. Her work covers the gamut from grammar, to writing, to content area reading, to National Board Certification, to National Educational Technology Standards, to multicultural literature–and much more! Her passionate presentations will make you want to stretch outside the literacy box!

Cathy Puett MillerCathy Puett Miller, aka the Literacy Ambassador, wears so many hats

she must need a closet just to hold them all! In 2008, she founded The Literacy Ambassador, Inc., she is a monthly columnist for EducationWorld.

com and InspiringTeachers.com, she received the National Silver Award, for investigative educational reporting from Parenting Publications of

America, and she reviews adult books titles for the New York Journal of Books. Cathy also writes books for parents and educators on emergent

literacy (Powerful Picture Books: 180 Ideas for Promoting Content Learning; Before They Read: Teaching Language and Literacy Development through Conversations, Interactive Read-alouds, and Listening Games; and Anytime Reading Readiness: Fun and Easy Family Activities That

Prepare Your Child to Read). In her spare time, she has created a United Way school preparedness initiative (Fun Learning Moments) and conducts national research on at-home reading.


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Come explore Literacy Outside the Box!

at the opening of our 2011 IRC Conference

All Conference Attendees, Presenters, and Illinois Legislators are invited to the

FREE snacks and a cash bar will be available.

WELCOME RECEPTIONWednesday, March 16, 2011

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.Abraham Lincoln Ballroom

Wednesday, March 16, 20118:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Abraham Lincoln Ballroom

Book Gossip

What are the hottest new adult titlesfor your reading pleasure?

Come to Book Gossip and hear about great reads for grownups!

Popcorn and soda will be provided.

IRC 2011

Books will be available for purchase.

Anderson’s Bookshops

Hosted by David M. Schwartz

Thursday, March 17, 20114:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Hilton Pinnacle Club

Everyone is welcome! Please bring a story to share.

STORYTELLING

New IRC StrandsPlan now to attend one of the

at the 2011 IRC Conferenceincluding the Career Strand, the Librarian Strand, and the SMART Board Strand!

Thank you, Bradfield’s Inc., for sponsoring the SMART Board Strand!

Thank you, Anderson’s Bookshops, for sponsoring this event!

Hear the Authors Readand Late-Night Autograph Session

Robert Burleigh Patrick Carman

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Thursday, March 17, 20118:30 – 10:30 p.m.

Hilton Grand Ballroom

Mordicai Gerstein

Sara Pennypacker John Rocco

Rebecca Stead Jane Yolen

M.T. Anderson T.A. Barron

Hosted by Pam Nelson

Come and share in this open mic event where first-time and experienced poets can share their favorite poems.

Friday, March 18, 20114:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Hilton Pinnacle Club

PIZZAMarch 18, 20115:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Abraham Lincoln Freeport ABC

Join us for Fun, Games, and FREE Pizza. Everyone will receive a door prize!! Event will be followed with a special session on “So I’m Almost Certified...Now What?”

Preregistration is required!

All Preservice Teachers are invited to a

PartyFriday Night

Friday, March 18, 20118:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Hilton Grand Ballroom

Join the Illinois Council of Affective Reading Education (ICARE) and the Illinois Reading Council at

Barry Lane’s LITERACYCABARET

An Inspiring Night of Singing, Dancing and Clean, Comic Fun that Celebrates Teachers!

After years of doing stand-up, karaoke and singing as part of his academic presentations, Barry has finally put it all together to create a genuine nightclub act for teachers. You can be part of the singing and dancing, or just have a great time and laugh the night away. And with catchy numbers like, “Smooth Laminator” and “Homework in the Night,” you may find yourself humming memories of this event for years.

The cost is $10 with your conference registration or $15 at the door! Come ready for fun with your boas, tophats, and other props!

Participation optional, but highly likely!

CONFERENCE OVERVIEWWednesday, March 16, 2011

Registration - Convention Center Lobby 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception - A. Lincoln Ballroom 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Book Gossip - A. Lincoln Ballroom 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 17, 2011 Registration - Convention Center Lobby 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Thursday Breakfast - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Jeff Anderson 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Orientation for New Participants 7:00 a.m.. - 7:45 a.m. Sessions/Featured Speakers/Workshops 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Hall of Councils - Convention Center, Lower Level 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibits - Convention Center 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Thursday Luncheon - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Brassell & Rasinski 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Thursday Luncheon - Hilton Grand Ballroom - Patrick Carman 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Sessions/Featured Speakers/Workshops 1:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Refreshments in Exhibit Area - Convention Center 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Storytelling - Hilton Pinnacle Club - David M. Schwartz 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Thursday Prairie State Award Banquet - A. Lincoln Ballroom 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Robert Burleigh Hear the Authors Read - Hilton Grand Ballroom 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Hear the Authors Read Autographing - Hilton Grand Ballroom 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Friday, March 18, 2011 Registration - Convention Center Lobby 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Friday Breakfast - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Frank Serafini 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Sessions/Featured Speakers/Workshops 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Hall of Councils - Convention Center, Lower Level 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Exhibits - Convention Center 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Refreshments in Exhibit Area - Convention Center 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Friday Luncheon - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Beverly Tyner 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Friday Luncheon - Hilton Grand Ballroom - M.T. Anderson 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Sessions/Featured Speakers/Workshops 1:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. IRC Board of Directors Meeting - Hilton Rendezvous 4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Poetry Coffeehouse - Hilton Pinnacle Club - Pam Nelson 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m Preservice Teachers’ Pizza Party - A. Lincoln Freeport 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Friday Banquet - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Jane Yolen 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Barry Lane’s Literacy Cabaret - Hilton Grand Ballroom 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 19, 2011 Saturday Breakfast - A. Lincoln Ballroom - David Booth 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration - Convention Center Lobby 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Sessions/Featured Speakers/Workshops 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Saturday Author Luncheon - Hilton Grand Ballroom - Marc Brown 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.


CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRS & STAFF Cindy Wilson, 2011 IRC Conference Chair Patricia Braun, Assistant Chair & 2012 Chair Deborah Augsburger, Autographing Mary Jo Bangert, Audio Visual Karen Biggs-Tucker, Hospitality Kathy Bokor, Greeters Jennifer Carter, Hospitality Barb Chrz-White, Registration Dennis Cisna, Shuttle Bus Susan Cisna, Meal Tickets Brenda Ferrara, Registration - Staff Leslie Forsman, Hospitality Mary Gardner, Special Events Janell Hartman, Speaker Gift Bags Gail Huizinga, Special Events Kendra Kornfeld, Exhibits - Staff

Anne Midden, Audio Visual Donna Monti, Evaluations Roxanne Owens, Autographing Carol Owles, Preservice Pizza Party Dawn Paulson, Conference Shirts Arlene Pennie, Executive Director - Staff Tammy Potts, Greeters Carrie Sheridan, Program Book - Staff Rebecca Steinbach, Speaker Gift Bags Kristen Stombres, Student Helpers Donna Stone, Signs Joy Towner, Student Helpers Brian Tucker, Hospitality Diana Woods, Autographing AnnEtta Young, Speaker Gift Bags Jennifer Young, Special Events

2010-2011 ILLINOIS READING COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President - Susan Cisna President-Elect - Cindy Wilson Vice President - Patricia Braun Past President - Christine Boardman Moen

Treasurer - Cheryl WalkerRecording Secretary - Diana WoodsIRA State Coordinator - Roberta SejnostDirector of Membership - Karen Ringas

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Special appreciation is extended to the following professionals for their extensive contributions to the success of the 2011 Conference.

PUBLISHERS & BUSINESSES Andersons Bookshops Book Gossip Hear the Authors Read Becky Anderson Wilkins Bradfield’s Inc. SMART Board Strand International Reading Association Patricia A. Edwards Illinois State Board of Education Marica Cullen Lake-Cook Distributors Featured Speakers Gifts McGraw-Hill School Education Group Beverly A. Chin Books for Presenters Refreshments in the Exhibit Area Perfection Learning Refreshments in the Exhibit Area Scholastic, Inc. Ruth Culham Timothy Rasinski Shell Publishing Timothy Rasinski Zaner-Bloser Presidents’ Breakfast


GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATIONPlease take a moment to read the information below to EXPLORE and EXPERIENCELITERACY OUTSIDE THE BOX! at the 2011 IRC Conference. • MeetingsMeetings will be held in the Prairie Capital Convention Center, the Abraham Lincoln Hotel, and the Hilton Springfield Hotel. • Pre-Registration & RegistrationPre-registered conferees may obtain their registration packets at the Registration Desk in the Prairie Capital Convention Center Lobby. On-site registration is also available. Hotel reservations and meal functions tickets should be secured prior to arrival in Springfield. Meal functions usually sell out early.

Registration Hours: Wednesday, March 16 – 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Friday, March 18 – 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 17 – 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 19 – 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.• Admission to MeetingsPaid conferees receive a badge with their registration packet. Badges are required at all times and for all conference functions. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Pre-purchased tickets are required for all meal functions. • Special AccommodationsIndividuals who need special accommodations should make specific requests in writing to the IRC office three weeks prior to the conference in order for their needs to be met.• FoodAll scheduled meal functions require pre-purchased tickets. The concession area in the Convention Center will be open during exhibit hours. The Abraham Lincoln Hotel will offer a cash Continental Breakfast on Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings. Springfield restaurant information will be available at the hospitality table in the Convention Center Lobby. • Hospitality & Information TableA hospitality and information table is located in the lobby of the Prairie Capital Convention Center.• Message BoardThere will be a message board for conferees to leave notes in the registration area at the Convention Center. A phone line (217-788-8836) has been established at the Registration Desk to receive emergency phone calls.• Lost and FoundInquire at the Registration Desk in the Convention Center regarding lost and found items. IRC is not responsible for lost or stolen items. • IRC Conference is an Open ForumThe IRC Conference serves as an open forum and exchange of ideas and opinions. Opinions that are expressed by program presenters and participants do not reflect endorsements by the Illinois Reading Council.• Shuttle ServiceIRC will provide free shuttle service between the hotels/motels on the IRC Housing Form and the Prairie Capital Convention Center on Thursday and Friday. The Shuttle Schedule will be printed in the program book. Please note that all hotels have shuttle service information. On Saturday, there are many parking options available and on-street parking is FREE! • Preliminary Program BookIn accordance with IRA guidelines, individuals have not been designated by titles. Acknowledgments to publishers and other companies for sponsoring speakers and special events are current as of this printing. Information in this preliminary program is subject to change.• No SmokingIn consideration of others we request your cooperation in observing the NO SMOKING regulations inside buildings.• Cell PhonesPlease silence phones during sessions at the conference. • Cancelation/Refund PolicyConference refund requests must be in writing and postmarked by March 1, 2011. Requests can also be faxed to (309) 454-3512 or emailed to [email protected]. A $25 processing fee will be assessed. Please note that membership fees are non-refundable. Conference registration is transferable and replacement of names must be requested by March 5, 2011.


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7:00 – 8:30

Thursday BreakfastGrammar and Editing: Is the Sky Falling?

Featured Speaker: Jeff Anderson

7:00 – 7:45

Orientation to the IRC Conference (All) Presenters: Boomer Crotty, Larry Pennie, Kathy Sweeney

6:30 – 8:30

Welcome Reception

8:30 – 10:00

Anderson’s Bookshop Book Gossip

Pre-Conference SessionsWednesday, March 16, 2011

Conference SessionsThursday, March 17, 2011


Spec = Special Needs Students Admin = Administrators Lib = Librarians

8:00 – 9:00

Creating a Classroom Where Readers Flourish (4-9) Featured Speaker: Donalyn Miller

From Phonics to Fluency to Proficient Reading: Helping All Students Achieve Competence in Two Key Areas of the Reading Curriculum (All) Featured Speaker: Timothy Rasinski

Erasing the Gap (All) Featured Speaker: Patrick Carman

Why Write for Children? (All) Featured Speaker: Sara Pennypacker

Catch Your Kids Before They Fall: Building Student Success from the Beginning (PreK-3, Admin) Presenter: Laureen Reynolds

Beyond the Basic Needs: From Food, Clothing Shelter to Home Literacy Practices (All) Featured Speaker: Patricia A. Edwards

SMART Ideas Software (All) Presenter: Shawn Schwerman

The BIG Picture of Reading (PreK-12) Featured Speaker: Cathy Puett Miller

Cooks and Books: Integrating Agriculture and Food Science Through Literature (PreK-6, Spec, Lib) Presenters: Kelly Murphy, Jackie Jones

From Reader to Teacher to Writer (4-9, Admin) Presenter: Marlis Day

“I Know That Already!” How to Challenge Early Readers in a General PreK Classroom (PreK-K) Presenter: Ann Gadzikowski

Growing a Writer’s Workshop (K-3) Presenter: Kathy Lickenbrock

Planting the Seeds of Change: Environmental Books & Outreach Activities (PreK-9, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Jen Cullerton Johnson, Tim Magner

How Students and Teachers Win at Literacy (4-12, Spec, Adults, Admin) Presenter: Bobb Darnell

Incorporating FREE Web-Based Technologies in the English Classroom (6-12, Adults, Admin) Presenter: Jeremy Rinkel

Literacy Coaching for Science and Math (6-12, Admin) Presenters: Barb Mazzolini, Amy Stoops, Karen Eder

Let the Games Begin! Motivating Adolescent Readers with a One Book Program (6-12, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Donna Herman

Presto! Using Magic to Excite Students about Reading! (K-6, Lib) Presenters: Jeff Lefton, Joe Fingerhut

Alliteration, Imagery, and Personification: Using Picture Books with Middle School Students (4-9, Spec) Presenters: Christina Edmonds-Behrend, Melissa Rankin

Tag It: Graffiti in the Classroom (K-12, Spec, Adults, Lib) Presenters: Tara Joiner, Lindsay Weathers

Wildcats Read to Success: Parent/Child Reading Practice Program (PreK-6, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Elizabeth Hoelting, Mary Lippe, Laura McLarty

Ready-to-Use Lesson Plans to Teach the Writing Traits using Mentor Texts, The Sequel (K-6, Spec) Presenters: Barbara Belford, Carrie Lenzie, Mary Livorsi

What’s So Funny? Using Graphics Novels with Reluctant Readers to Enhance Cultural Awareness and Global Understanding (4-9, Lib) Presenters: Ngozi Onuora, Megan Dorris

From a Box, From a Bag, What Do I Do at the Table Now That I Have my Groups Set (K-3) Presenters: Mary Kulaga, Tina Strtak



Writing with English Language Learners: Views from K-12 (K-12, Admin) Presenters: Julia Emig, Nina Obediah

The Challenges of Coaching in At-Risk Urban Charter Schools (6-9, Admin) Presenters: Ruth Rohlwing, Robert Plonka, Anne Allen, Ian Morris

Genre Studies in Writing Workshop: Reading and Writing Entwined (6-12) Presenter: Patricia Braun

The Promise of Poetry for Struggling Readers (K-3) Presenter: Maria Walther

Enable, Motivate, Enrich (4-12) Featured Speaker: Jacquie McTaggart

Longwood’s “Flooding” Model (K-6, Spec, Admin) Presenters: Sheila Tucker, Laura Johnston, Sharon Marinier

8:00 – 10:00 (Double Session)

Demonstration and Integration of 100% FREE Reading Based Websites (K-6, Spec, Adults, Admin) Presenter: Dick Briggs

Low-Prep, High Yield Differentiated Interventions: The More Ways You Teach, The More Students You Reach (K-12, Spec, Admin) Presenters: Jenny Lawrence, Jim Grant

Comprehension: The Signature Six Series (All) Presenters: Gretchen Courtney, Christi Mulligan

9:15 – 10:15

Dare to Differentiate: Vocabulary Strategies For All Students (K-8) Featured Speaker: Danny Brassell

Constructivist Approaches to Phonics and Vocabulary Instruction Word Study that Works! (All) Featured Speaker: Timothy Rasinski

Growing a Writer Featured Speaker: Rebecca Stead

New and Notable Books for Grades K-3 (K-3) Featured Speaker: Becky Anderson Wilkins

Digital Storytelling (K-12) Presenters: Terri Postlethwait, Debby Oliver

Using Differentiated Instruction to meet the needs of English Language Learners Featured Speaker: Salman Amjad

Interactive White Board Lessons Made Easy (4-9) Presenters: Sheila Ruh, Sherry Sejnost

Engaged Interactive Read Aloud: An Essential in Tomorrow’s Classroom (PreK-12) Featured Speaker: Cathy Puett Miller

Read Naturally: Remediate Fluency and Improve Comprehension (K-9, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Carol Ann Kane

English Language Arts and the Common Core Standards in Illinois: Teaching with Shared Goals and Expectations (PreK-6) Presenters: Jeanne Plunkett, Rhonda Crandall

Intervention Games and Small Group Activities for Beginning and Struggling Readers (PreK-3, Spec) Presenter: Randall Klein

Developing Informational Literacies: Scientific Vocabulary and Writing in Primary Grades (K-3) Presenter: Sheryl Honig

Using Technology in Developing Personalized Instruction to Increase Reading Skills (PreK-9, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Haygood Poundstone

Investigating Cognates in Upper Elementary and Middle School Content Areas (4-12, Spec, Adults, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Margaret McGregor, Renee Mackin

Would You Like to Teach at a College or University? (PreK-9, Spec, Lib) Presenter: Heather Harder

Bringing Historical Headliners to Life (6-12, Adults) Presenters: Jean Ann Mies, Taylor Pensoneau

Effective Middle School/High School Reading Intervention (4-12, Spec, Adults) Presenters: Kathy Young, Scott DeSimone

Collaboration–The Key to the Success in the Implementation of RtI (K-6, Spec, Admin) Presenters: Debra Gurvitz, Deborah Shefren, Mary Sue Smith

Getting Inside Long Words (K-9, Spec) Presenters: Lou Ferroli, Connie Fowler, Cindy Doering, Hope Cantwell

Vocabulary Through Active Learning–The Language Development Model (K-12, Spec) Presenter: Joan McGrath

Seven Months Later: What Can be Learned from Four Schools that Implemented Common Core Standards for Reading Immediately (PreK-6, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Quality Quinn

Exploring Challenges in Nonfiction Texts (K-6) Presenter: Debra Crouch

Introducing the 2012 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award Nominees (9-12, Lib) Presenter: Leslie Forsman

Speak Up! (6-9) Presenters: Lindsay Bohm, Jamie Impson, Molly Lindsey



Humorous Picture Book Read Alouds (PreK-8) Presenter: Larry Pennie

Four Perfect Pebbles (All) Featured Speaker: Marion Blumenthal Lazan

The Trait Lady Speaks Up (K-8) Featured Speaker: Ruth Culham

Exploring Greek Mythology in the Middle Grade Classroom (4-9) Presenter: Ruth Gheysen


How to Spot Bias and Stereotypes in Literature/How to Find Good Literature to Learn about First Nations History and Culture (All) Presenters: Carol Ann Amour, Matt Stewart, Xong Stewart

Bridging Technology and Literacy for Achievement (PreK-9, Spec) Presenter: Jennifer Boyle

10:30 – 11:30

Rethinking the Whole Class Novel (4-9) Featured Speaker: Donalyn Miller

Invitational Grammar and Editing Instruction: Connecting Reading, Writing, and Mechanics (All) Featured Speaker: Jeff Anderson

Beyond the Page (All) Featured Speaker: Sara Pennypacker

Top Ten Vocabulary Strategies to Build Nonfiction Comprehension (4-9) Presenter: Tamara Rhomberg


Creating with SMART Board (PreK-9) Presenter: Terri Colyer

How Do I Make Time for Science Instruction, too? (K-6, Spec) Presenter: Sunday Cummins

Making It Real–Sensational Centers in the Primary Classroom (K-3) Presenter: Kristyn Warren

10 Strategies that Work for Preschool Teachers to Support Young Children’s Language Development (PreK-K) Presenter: Sarah Dennis

Wham! Whoa! Zoom! Pow! Yeah! and Yuck!: Engaging Boys with Books (K-3) Presenter: Felicia Frazier

Literature with a Twist: Novel Book Formats that Sneak in Reading Fun and Facts (K-6, Spec, Lib) Presenter: Marlene Brill

Demystifying Multisyllable Words (4-12, Admin) Presenters: Susan Hall, Heather Cella

Your Council Outside the Box (All) Presenters: Tracy Tarasiuk, Sherry Sejnost

Literacy Outside the Box and Off the Leash: The Remarkable Bond Between Dogs and Young Readers (K-12, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Craig Pierce

Teaching to the Unique Needs of the Older Struggling Student (6-12, Spec, Adults, Admin) Presenters: Bob Crowe, Daphne Williams, Deborah Crimmins, Cynthia Waxman

Creating a Shift in Thinking Through Great Literature–Social Justice for Teens (6-12) Presenters: Mal Keenan, Amy MacCrindle

Clarification and Cooperative Learning, An Effective and Fun Way to Increase Comprehension Across the Curriculum (K-6, Spec, Admin) Presenters: Elizabeth Herbort, Elizabeth Stamper

Books in Every Hand (All) Presenter: Tamara Springer

Vocabulary Instruction for All (K-9) Presenters: Becky McTague, Margaret Richek

The Harmony of Literature (K-6, Admin) Presenter: Michele DeLong

Literacy Through Green Colored Glasses–Picture Book Activities that Help Kids Save Their Planet (PreK-6, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Nancy Stewart

Magic and Fantasy with a Twist: Fairy Tales and Retellings (6-12, Lib) Presenters: Penny Blubaugh, Elizabeth Bunce

HELP! The Dog and Pony Have Disappeared. Now What? (All) Presenter: Tom Lindsay

Bell-to-Bell Learning: Reading Strategies to Hook and Close your Lessons (K-12, Spec) Presenters: David McCafferty, Erik Czerwin

Literacy, Leadership, Learning for All (Admin) Presenters: Janie Metzger, Sandy Kennedy

Helping You (and Your Students!) Connect with the Writer Within (4-12) Featured Speakers: Esther Hershenhorn, Mary Ann Rodman Downing, April Halprin Wayland from the Teaching Authors and Presenters: Roxanne Owens, Marie Donovan

11:45 – 1:30

Thursday LuncheonComprehension That Works!

Featured Speakers: Danny Brassell and Timothy Rasinski

Thursday LuncheonEvel Knievel Was My Hero and Other Adventures in Writing

Featured Speaker: Patrick Carman



Using Children’s/Young Adult Books to Excite Young Writers (All) Presenter: Steven Layne

Middle School Writing and the Traits (6-8) Featured Speaker: Ruth Culham

Jingles, Rhythm, Repetition, & FUN! (K-9, Spec, Admin) Presenters: Michael Schafstall, Lyn Drainer and her 3rd Grade Students

1:45 – 2:45

Popular Books for Middle School Readers (4-9) Featured Speaker: Donalyn Miller

Express-Lane Editing: Getting Students to Edit Their Writing (All) Featured Speaker: Jeff Anderson

Erasing the Gap (All) Featured Speaker: Patrick Carman

The Hero in Every Child: The Power of an Individual to Make a Difference (All) Featured Speaker: T.A. Barron

Model Drawing for Word Problems Presenter: Anni Stipek


Enhance and Engage SMARTly with Sound (All) Presenter: Shawn Schwerman

The BIG Picture of Reading (PreK-12) Featured Speaker: Cathy Puett Miller

Who Grew My Soup? (PreK-6, Spec, Lib) Presenters: Jackie Jones, Carrie Schreiber

Deconstructing Successful Data Driven Instruction (K-6, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Anna Gordon, Ellen Edmonds

Bring Books to Life: Creative Play and Transactional Learning (PreK-3, Spec) Presenters: Peter Hilton, Kristy Rudnicki

Outside the Desks, Creating a Classroom Environment Conducive to Learning (K-3) Presenters: Mary Kulaga, Tina Strtak

Vocabulary: From Research to Best Practice (K-6, Admin) Presenters: Michael Dunn, Mary Dunn

Explode the Code of Science and Social Studies Texts (4-12) Presenters: Joy Towner, Kristen Stombres

Informed Wisdom: Perceptions of Secondary Literacy Teachers About Current Professional Mandates (6-12) Presenter: Mary Campbell

Standards-Based Portfolio Assessment in Reading and Writing (6-12) Presenters: Ruth Rohlwing, Joy Evans, Elyse Cahill, Lisa Nickele

Poets, and We Know It–Experiencing Poetry and Drama Through Mentor Texts (6-12, Spec, Lib) Presenters: Joan Leber, Laura Bergeson

Literacy Coaching That is “Special” For the Needs of Exceptional Children in Special Education Settings (K-6, Spec, Adult, Admin) Presenters: Ilyse Brainin, Simone Oslage

Exciting Questioning Strategies to Create Lively Discussions (All) Presenters: Sharon Neste, Anna Sanford

Blog About It!: Online Book Discussions for Students and Teacher Professional Development Book Clubs (K-12, Adults, Admin) Presenters: Elizabeth Drasutis, Anita Slaboch

Literacy Coaching for Change: Increasing Teacher Confidence with New Practices (K-6, Adults, Admin) Presenter: Jennifer Dixon

K-5/6 Reading Practices Inventory for Selected Illinois School Districts: Preliminary Results, Research Insights, and Audience Discussion (4-12) Presenters: Elizabeth Goldsmith-Conley, Judy Barbour, Pamela Godt, Boomer Crotty, Diane Cepela

A Librarians’ Roundtable (Lib) Presenter: Leslie Forsman

Six Steps to Scaffolded Independent Reading: A Differentiated and Leveled Approach (K-12, Spec, Adults, Admin) Presenters: Claudia Katz, Susan Bohman

Using Picture Books to Motivate Writing (PreK-12) Presenter: Larry Pennie

Anything Can Happen (Even Math!) When Children Wonder About What They Read (K-8) Featured Speaker: David M. Schwartz



Getting Started With the Traits: Grades 3-5 (3-5) Featured Speaker: Ruth Culham

Strategic Reading Groups: Guiding the Reading of Middle Grades Students (4-9) Presenters: Jennifer Berne, Sophie Degener


Digital Natives, Social Networking, and a Literacy Workshop Model (4-9) Presenter: Bernadine Hansen

Hyperactive Students are Never Absent (K-12, Spec, Admin) Presenters: Jenny Lawrence, Jim Grant

The SECRETS to Cracking the Code with the Brain-In-Mind! The “Missing Piece” of the Reading & Writing Puzzle (All) Presenter: Katie Garner

Teaching Vocabulary Lessons That Inspire a Love of Language (K-6) Presenter: Linda Rourke

Art of Revision (4-12) Presenters: Carol Barsby, Leslie Pourney

3:00 – 4:00

Dare to Differentiate: Vocabulary Strategies For All Students (K-8) Featured Speaker: Danny Brassell

Let a Hundred Zorks Bloom: Interactive Fiction in the Classroom (6-12) Featured Speaker: M.T. Anderson and Presenter: James Kennedy

Why Write for Children? (All) Featured Speaker: Sara Pennypacker

Co-Teaching–Together We CAN Make a Difference for All Children (PreK-6, Spec) Presenter: Donna Whyte


Going Outside the Box: Using SMART Boards in the Reading/Language Arts Curriculum (K-9) Presenter: April Flood


Read Naturally’s Reading Assessments: The Foundation of an RtI Model (K-9, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Carol Ann Kane

Technology in the Classroom Supports Diverse Student Needs (K-9, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Lora Koontz

Lyrics & Literacy: Read a Song & Sing a Book (PreK-3, Spec, Lib) Presenter: Debbie Clement

Primary Comprehension Instruction: Laying the Foundation for Higher-Order Thinking (K-3) Presenter: Jane Vallin

Inquiry and Investigation for the 21st Century Learner (PreK-6, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Jennifer Freeman Talley

Take a Walk in Their Footsteps (4-9, Lib) Presenters: Glennette Tilley, Darwin McBeth Walton

Skype Sisters (All) Presenters: Pam Bartusiewicz, Linda Tatum

Shakespeare Rocks! (6-12) Presenter: Donna Stone

Unwrapping the Confusion of Advocacy (All) Presenters: Mike Ellerman, Helen Bryant, Kathy Merz

PE, Art and Music Picture Books: Teaching Outside the Box! (K-6) Presenter: Debra Wellman

Family Reading Night: Camping, Food, Rhyme and a Pajama Party–What’s Not to Love? (All) Presenters: Dawn Jung, Amy Shubert

Increasing Student Reading Stamina Through the Introduction of High-Interest Books (K-12) Presenter: Elizabeth Gottlieb

Our Wish Was Granted! (K-6, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Allyson Vaynerman, Jennifer Young, Kaarina Stanley, Anita Lovell, Jenny Bredemeier

Using Picture Books Differently...The Behavior Side of RtI (PreK-6, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Laura Beltchenko

Children in Peril! Exciting Books to Engage Reading (K-9) Presenters: Cecile Arquette, Dianne Happ

Do I HAVE to revise? (4-9) Presenter: Christina Lange

Helping You (and Your Students!) Connect with the Writer Within (4-12) Featured Speakers: Esther Hershenhorn, Mary Ann Rodman Downing, April Halprin Wayland from the Teaching Authors and Presenters: Roxanne Owens, Marie Donovan


If You Can’t Beat ‘em, Join ‘em (K-12) Featured Speaker: Jacquie McTaggart

The Sixth Trait: What Conventions Should We Teach, and How Should We Teach Them? (4-9) Presenter: Barbara Winicki

7:00 – 8:30

Friday BreakfastThe Role of Talk in the Reading Curriculum

Featured Speaker: Frank Serafini

7:00 – 8:00

CIRP Breakfast Meeting (CIRP Members) Presiding: Kristen Stombres, CIRP President

Conference SessionsFriday, March 18, 2011



8:00 – 9:00

New and Notable Books for Grades 4-8 (4-8) Featured Speaker: Becky Anderson Wilkins

What If? Tools For Tapping into the Creative Source (K-8) Featured Speaker: John Rocco

Experimentation in Books for Children Featured Speaker: M.T. Anderson


Think Green! (4-6, Spec, Admin) Presenters: Linda Weatherwax, Glen Weatherwax

Riding the River with Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal (2-6) Featured Speaker: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

SMART Ideas Software (All) Presenter: Shawn Schwerman

Anything Can Happen (Even Math!) When Children Wonder About What They Read Featured Speaker: David M. Schwartz

Creating an Online Learning Community for Students (K-12, Lib) Presenters: Terri Postlethwait, Debby Oliver

Word Warm-ups: Quick Exercises for Word Mastery (K-9, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Carol Ann Kane

Using Authentic Writing Samples to Inform Instruction in the Kindergarten (PreK-3, Admin) Presenter: Kathy Lifton

Taking Center Stage: Be a Ringmaster of the Reading Workshop (K-3) Presenter: Sarah Ortloff

Engaging Our Students with Interesting Real-World Informational Text (4-12, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Nancy Steineke

4:30 – 5:30

StorytellingHosted by David M. Schwartz

6:00 – 8:00

Thursday Prairie State Award BanquetThe Defining Detail

Featured Speaker: Robert Burleigh

Robert Burleigh2011 Prairie State Award Recipient

8:30 – 10:30

Hear the Authors Read and Autographing

Poster Sessions will be held on

Thursday, March 17 and Friday, March 18, 2011 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall

Topics will include:

Research Experiences in McKendree University’s School of Education Darryn Diuguid, Karen Tate, Catherine Luehrs, Michelle Rahm, McKendree University, Lebanon

Reading Lessons that Open the Box!Illinois State University PDS Interns in Normal, Pekin, Springfield, Wheeling, Elgin



Fluency–The Forgotten Reading Skill (K-9, Spec) Presenter: Mya Whitney


Literacy Outside the Box and Off the Leash: The Remarkable Bond Between Dogs and Young Readers (K-12, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Craig Pierce

Reading/Writing Workshop in an Urban Charter School (9-12, Admin) Presenters: Ruth Rohlwing, Elissa Knight, Danielle Lewis

ISBE: Update on Reading Education Issues Presenter: Marica Cullen

21st Century Literacies and Adolescents (6-12, Spec, Adults, Admin) Presenter: Rebecca Binks

Reading Luau and Other Irresistible Themes to Support Family Reading (PreK-6, Spec) Presenter: Brenda Ehrmantraut

Fragile–Open with Care (K-6) Presenter: Beth Vancil

Read Alouds–The Core of Literacy Development (PreK-6) Presenter: Reba Wadsworth

Link Writing into Your Program with a Class-Made Book! (K-9) Presenter: Sara Spruce

Fluency Instruction...Going Beyond Packaged Programs (K-9, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Mary Chamberlain

Helpful Hints Implementing RtI Presenters: Barbara Carter, Tammy O’Toole

Motivating Readers: Outside the Box Ideas From Westfield Middle School (4-12, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Teddie Torney, Mariela Siegert

Collaborative Literacy Project Across All Grade Levels (K-9, Admin) Presenters: Barbara Rieckhoff, Shannon Vier, Margaret Linn

How to Use YA Literature in Every Classroom (6-9) Presenters: Christy Rush-Levine, Mark Levine

Read Write Now: Teaching in a Digital Age (6-12, Admin) Featured Speaker: Carol Jago


Catch ‘em Before They Fall (K-3) Featured Speaker: Jacquie McTaggart

Caudill Titles–Boxed Up For 2012! (4-9, Lib) Presenter: Marcia Brandt

9:15 – 10:15

Small-Group Differentiated Reading Instruction (K-2) Featured Speaker: Beverly Tyner

Writing What I Don’t Know (All) Featured Speaker: Mordicai Gerstein

Writing Poetry the Old Fashioned Way (All) Featured Speaker: Jane Yolen


Centers Made Simple (K-3) Presenter: Laureen Reynolds

The Fact and Fiction of Family Stories (All) Featured Speaker: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Interactive White Board Lessons Made Easy (4-9) Presenters: Sheila Ruh, Sherry Sejnost

Strategies That Engage Students with Multicultural Literature Featured Speaker: Beverly Ann Chin

Fandom 2.0: Using Social Media and Fan Creativity at Your Library (All) Presenter: James Kennedy

Reading Foundations: Effective Phonemic Awareness Instruction (PreK-3) Presenters: Eve Breier, Angela Searcy

Preschool Parent PARTNERS (PreK-K) Presenters: Diana Brannon, Linda Dauksas, Kristi Adell, Laura Wojcieszek

Spending a Year with Cynthia Rylant (K-3) Presenter: Pamela Moriarty

Literacy in a Digital World (4-12, Spec, Adults, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Meg Gaier, Jamie Diamond

Books for Struggling Readers Grades (4-12) Presenters: Elizabeth Goldsmith-Conley, Judy Barbour, Pamela Godt, Boomer Crotty, Diane Cepela

Working Inside a Professional Learning Community Presenter: Scott Doerr

Utilize Reading Assessment Data to Engage Struggling Middle and High School Readers (6-12, Spec) Presenters: Cherie Rio, Ellie Blinstrup, Anthony Bradburn, Kathy Young, Benjamin Ditkowsky



Meeting the Reading Needs of Adolescent Students with Disabilities (6-12, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Donna Herman

The Keys to Learning (All) Presenter: Gail Huizinga

Active Vocabulary Strategies: Out of the Box Ideas for Learning Vocabulary Words (6-12) Presenter: Patricia Tylka

Family Literacy Night (PreK-6, Lib) Presenters: Suzi Hinrichs, Becca Garretson

What Color is a Panda? (K-6) Presenter: Claudia Pitchford

Effectively Utilizing Technology to Provide Each Student Excellent Literacy Instruction (PreK-6, Spec, Admin) Presenters: Andy Athens, Ana Gomez

A Chat With Benjamin Franklin (All) Presenter: Larry Pennie

Comprehension Strategies in the Content Area Classroom? Oh Yes!!! (4-12, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Roberta Sejnost

Middle School Book Clubs: Addressing the Affective Reading Domain (6-9) Presenter: Cara Schuster

Using Picture Books to Scaffold Instruction in the Middle School (6-9) Presenter: Elizabeth Zimmerman


Amazing Books for Elementary Students (K-5) Featured Speaker: Diane Barone

The Art of Wacky We-Search: Face the Facts with Fun (2-12) Featured Speaker: Barry Lane

Sharing the Monarch Award Nominated Books (K-3, Spec, Lib) Presenter: Peggy Burton



Neurological Integration: The Out of the Box Discovery for Early Literacy Success (PreK-6, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Mary Lou Sundberg

Classroom-Tested Intervention Strategies to Teach Below-Grade Level Students from Poverty (K-12, Spec, Admin) Presenters: Jenny Lawrence, Jim Grant

10:30 – 11:30

Using Literary Discussions to Enhance Comprehension (All) Featured Speaker: Frank Serafini

How to Eat an Elephant (One Bite at a Time) (K-8) Featured Speaker: John Rocco



Rigor or Rigor-Mortis: What Exists in Your School? (All) Presenter: Tom Lindsay

The Mother Tongue as a Resource for Second Language Acquisition Featured Speaker: Salman Amjad

Smart Board Basics to Enhance Reading Curriculum (PreK-6) Presenter: Terri Colyer


Green Eggs and Agriculture (PreK-3, Spec, Lib) Presenter: Kevin Daugherty

Organizing Middle School Vocabulary and Word Study Instruction Across the Content Areas (4-9, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Margaret McGregor, Jeannette Hamman

Exploring Language and Literacy Outside the Box (PreK-3) Presenters: Stephanie McAndrews and SIUE Graduate Literacy Students

What Your Core Reading Program Can and Cannot Do for You: Making Instructional Decisions to Help ALL Children Learn to Read (K-3, Admin) Presenter: Kathy Barclay

Together We Read (4-12, Spec, Adults, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Cheryl Walker, Debra McCutcheon, Pamela Seals

Data Smata: Talking with Teachers about Data (4-12, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Lori Ann Greidanus

AUTHOR’S NOW Debut Authors of 2010 (All) Presenters: Jen Cullerton Johnson, Cynthea Liu, Lori Degman

Research Outside the Box: Documentary Film Making (6-12, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Mindi Rench

Summarizing with Poetry? Yes! (4-6, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Kathleen Sweeney



Using Moodle to Create a Hybrid English Classroom (K-12, Admin) Presenter: Jeremy Rinkel

Preparing Students for Standardized Writing Tests: Power Writing and Writing Templates that Increase Student Scores (6-12) Presenter: Patricia Tylka

Inquiry Circles: Engaging Students to Read, Write and Think Across the Curriculum (PreK-6, Admin) Presenter: Kristin Ziemke Fastabend

Hear Our Bit on Family Lit! (K-6) Presenters: Cami Breitzman, Penny Dahmer

Unwrap Great Books (4-6) Presenter: Louise Stearns

Don’t Bug Me! I’m Reading! Renewing and Continuing Your Students’ Love of Reading (4-9) Presenter: Becky Johnson

Academic Vocabulary: The Key to Content Comprehension (4-12, Spec, Admin) Presenter: Roberta Sejnost

Pen Pals Across the Miles (K-9) Presenter: Melinda Grimm

Partnerships in Literacy–A College/Classroom Connection (K-9, Adults) Presenter: Kimberlee Wagner

Igniting a Passion for Reading (All) Presenter: Steven Layne

Writing During the Literacy Block (K-5) Featured Speaker: Diane Barone

But How Do You Teach Writing: A Simple Guide for All Teachers (All) Featured Speaker: Barry Lane

Bluestem Award: Sowing the Seeds of Reading with Great Books for Grades 3-5 (3-5, Lib) Presenter: Tambree Krouse

1:45 – 2:45

Creating and Interpreting Picture Books: Perspectives from an Author-Illustrator and a Professor of Reading (All) Featured Speaker: Frank Serafini

You Can’t Judge a Book By Its Cover (But Children Do Anyway) (K-8) Featured Speaker: John Rocco

Writing My First Graphic Novels (All) Featured Speaker: Jane Yolen

The Animating Detail Featured Speaker: Robert Burleigh

New and Notable Books for Young Adults (Young Adult) Featured Speaker: Becky Anderson Wilkins

I (Wish I Could) See Dead People: A Cautionary Tale (6-12) Featured Speaker: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Enhance and Engage SMARTly with Sound (All) Presenter: Shawn Schwerman


Developing Academic Language for English Language Learners (K-12, Lib) Presenters: Terri Postlethwait, Mona Yoast

One Minute Reader: A Motivating System to Improve Reading at Home (K-9, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Carol Ann Kane

I Can Read Songs: An Intervention to Boost Children into Reading and Writing (PreK-K, Spec) Presenter: LaDonna Wicklund

Writing ROCKS! (K-3, Admin Lib) Presenters: Keta Foltz, Janell Hartman, Amber Findlay, Christa Curley

Using Mentor Texts to Think “Outside the Box” about Organization and Sentence Fluency for Writers in Grades 4-9 (4-9) Presenters: Susan L’Allier, Donna Werderich

Stop, Surf, ‘n Sprout–Help Your Struggling Readers Move Easily into Independent Reading (4-9) Presenters: RaeAnne Alpers, Carol Barsby

Landing the Perfect Job: Job Search Skills for the Reading Professional (PreK-9, Spec, Lib) Presenter: Heather Harder

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Agendas in Young Adult Books (6-12) Presenter: Wendy Streit

Hands-On Vocabulary (4-9) Presenter: Sandra Gandy

Fun With Foldables! (K-6) Presenter: Fatina Hyatt

11:45 – 1:30

Friday LuncheonThe Literacy Jigsaw: Assembling the Critical Pieces

Featured Speaker: Beverly Tyner

Friday LuncheonThe End of All Our Exploring: The Journey of Literature

Featured Speaker: M.T. Anderson



Boys and Books: Breaking Down the Barriers (4-12, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Gail Huizinga

Using Manipulatives to Teach Comprehension (PreK-6, Admin) Presenter: Heather Cella

The Anna Plan Revisited: Does It Answer the Call for Improved Instruction? (K-6, Admin) Presenters: Maureen Basala, Deborah Carlberg, Katie Reynolds, Carla Sayre, Sarah Swanson

Picture This (4-6, Spec) Presenters: Brenda Kraber, Kathleen Fleming

Beyond Booktalks: Ways the School Library Can Make a Difference in Literacy Instruction (K-9, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Alayna Davies-Smith

Best Practice in Corrective Feedback (K-9, Spec) Presenters: Lou Ferroli, Tanya Hulstedt, Amy Huftalin

Parent Education–Why, When, and How (PreK-5) Presenters: Diane Fator, Bonnie Olsen

Title I Roundtable Outside the Box (All) Presenters: Susanne Riddell, Teddie Torney

The 800 Pound Gorilla in the Room: Teaching Text Structure (4-9, Spec) Presenters: Christina Edmonds-Behrend, Jennifer Stringfellow, Melissa Rankin

Differentiated Centers for Literacy (PreK-2) Featured Speaker: Cindy Middendorf

An Explosion of Words (K-5) Featured Speaker: Diane Barone

Hooked on Meaning: Best Tips for Succeeding at, and not Succumbing to Writing Tests (All) Featured Speaker: Barry Lane

Teaching Writing Through Genre Studies (K-9) Presenters: Meg O’Brien, Maria Bereckis, Sarah Clark, Renee Lebegue, Christine O’Rourke


Never Again!–Children of the Holocaust (4-12) Presenter: Karl Fivek

The SECRETS to Cracking the Code with the Brain-In-Mind! The “Missing Piece” of the Reading & Writing Puzzle (All) Presenter: Katie Garner

3:00 – 4:00

Comprehending for Real Reasons? (All) Featured Speaker: David Booth

The Picture Book: A Place Where Things Happen (All) Featured Speaker: Mordicai Gerstein

Small-Group Differentiated Reading Instruction: Intervention for Struggling Readers (3-6) Featured Speaker: Bevery Tyner

Clogging our Way into Poetry: Kinetic Poetics (All) Presenters: Charles Hyser, Christine Hedlin, Kimberly Hedlin

Pump Up the Volume: Building Listening and Speaking Vocabularies (PreK-6, Spec) Presenter: Laureen Reynolds

RtI Question and Answer Forum (K-12, Admin) Presenter: Deborah Hays

Nature Books Are a Natural (K-5) Featured Speaker: David M. Schwartz

Teaching for Synthesis of Nonfiction Texts with Read Alouds (K-6, Spec, Adults, Admin) Presenters: Sunday Cummins, Catherine Stallmeyer-Gerard

The New Face of Professional Development: How to Train Staff Well on a Small Budget! (All) Presenters: Gretchen Courtney, Christi Mulligan

Kindergarten Teachers! Don’t Get “Bent Out of Shape” About Flexible Grouping! (PreK-3) Presenters: Michele Cronsell, Dani Becker

Books As Hooks (K-3) Presenters: Paulette Stalter, Rebecca Rhodes, Diane Grebner

Poetry Outside the Box (4-12) Presenter: Tracy Tarasiuk

Playing By Ear: Introducing Children to Blindness, Assistive Technology and Guide Dogs (All) Presenter: Beth Finke

So You Want to Be An Author? Writing for the Illinois Reading Council Journal (K-3, Admin) Presenters: Kathy Barclay, Jon Jones

Vampires and Other Objectionables in Banned Books (9-12) Presenter: Elizabeth Strejcek

Family Read Aloud Book Club: Teachers, Parents and Children Coming Together Around Shared Books (All) Presenters: Mary Ann Rupcich, Barbara Sherman, Jennie Davis

Ready to Tear Your Hair Out with the Writing Process? Tips to Keep Your Tresses Intact (2-5) Presenter: Laura Feldt

4:15 – 4:45

IRC Board of DirectorsAnnual Meeting

4:30 – 5:30

Poetry CoffeehouseHosted by Pam Nelson

5:30 – 8:15

Preservice Teachers’ Pizza Partyfollowed by a special session for Preservice Teachers

“So I’m Almost Certified…Now What?”Presenters: Kristen Stombres, Joy Towner

6:00 – 8:00

Friday BanquetWriting with Joy

Featured Speaker: Jane Yolen

8:30 – 10:00

Barry Lane’s Literacy CabaretAn Inspiring Night of Singing, Dancing and Clean, Comic Fun that Celebrates Teachers!



Reading Challenges in South African Primary Schools (4-6, Spec, Adults, Lib) Presenter: Wendy Govender

Differentiating Professional Development: Data Driven Teams to Create and Sustain a Balanced Literacy School (All) Presenters: Margaret Mary Policastro, Richard Ostry

Reading Across All the Curriculum Areas (K-9, Spec) Presenter: Evelyn Phebus

Launching Literature Discussion Groups (K-9) Presenters: Jen LaMar, Jessica Lifshitz

Integrating the Visual and the Verbal (All) Presenter: Carol Hanzlik-Chasnoff

The Primary Brain: A Work in Progress (PreK-4) Featured Speaker: Cindy Middendorf


If You Can’t Beat ‘em, Join ‘em (K-12) Featured Speaker: Jacquie McTaggart

Illinois Title I Association Annual Meeting Presenters: Susanne Riddell, Ann Peters

Thursday, March 17, 20118:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Complimentary Refreshments in the Exhibit AreaSponsored by McGraw-Hill School Education Group

Thursday, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Friday, March 18, 20118:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Complimentary Refreshments in the Exhibit AreaSponsored by Perfection Learning

Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Visit the IRC Treasure Chest in the IRC Membership Booth

The key you receive at registration may unlock the Treasure Chest for a free gift.

Visit the ExhibitsPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Continuing Professional Development Units(CPDUs) at the IRC Conference

The Illinois Reading Council is an approved Illinois State Board of Education Continuing Professional Development Unit provider. While attending the March Conference, you may earn one CPDU per hour of attendance and participation.

Sessions attended must be recorded, and an ISBE evaluation form must be completed and deposited in the IRC evaluation box at the end of the conference. The Evaluation and Evidence of Completion Forms must also be completed for your records.

Please review your personal Certification Renewal Plan to determine which sessions fit. Be sure that your goals are broad enough to include a variety of literacy topics.

The Illinois Reading Council is merely the provider. The responsibility for determining which sessions agree with your plan and are granted credits by your school district is yours.



Conference SessionsSaturday, March 19, 2011

7:00 – 8:30

Saturday BreakfastHow Technology Can Support Striving Readers

Featured Speaker: David Booth

8:00 – 9:00

Writing What I Don’t Know (All) Featured Speaker: Mordicai Gerstein

Images and Stories: Worth More Than a Thousand Words (All) Presenters: Beverly Braniff, Cassandra Braniff

Technology Infusion: Making Technology Manageable in the Classroom (4-9) Presenters: Christopher Petersen, Katie Key, Susan Merten

Out of the Box Strategy Instruction with Video (PreK-12, Spec, Admin) Presenters: JoAnne Vazzano, Janet Pariza

Differentiation in the Early Grades: One Size Does Not Fit All (PreK-4) Featured Speaker: Cindy Middendorf

Window into the Classroom: Using the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum as a Collaborative Analysis Tool (K-12, Admin) Presenter: Richard Prestley

This Is Your Brain Online (All) Presenter: Mary Hession

New Structure (Classificatory) for Informative Writing (3-9, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Frances Steward, Juanita Moller

Boys of Steel, Creating Strong Boy Writers Through Multiliteracies (K-6, Spec, Adult, Admin) Presenter: Ilyse Brainin

Important Teaching–Guiding Primary Students to Read, Write and Care Across the Curriculum (PreK-6, Admin) Presenter: Kristin Ziemke Fastabend

Using Books to Help Children Cope AND Learn (PreK-9, Spec) Presenters: Melissa Jones, Christina Edmonds-Behrend, Jennifer Stringfellow

“Guiding” Reading Outside the Box (K-3, Spec) Presenters: Jodi Pass, JoAnne Vazzano

I Got “NUFFIN”....“NUFFIN” to Write About (K-6) Presenters: Donna Sheehan, Lynda Hootman, Sally Kincaid, Amanda Legate

How to Be a Good Mentor (All) Presenter: Roxanne Williams

Bibliotherapy: Using Children’s Books to Build Emotional Intelligence & Heal Emotional Wounds (PreK-9, Spec, Lib) Presenter: Heather Harder

Using Three Literacy Coaching Stances to Help Teachers Move Beyond the Box (K-6, Admin) Presenters: Laurie Elish-Piper, Susan L’Allier

Integrating the Reading and Writing Workshops Through Genre Studies (4-9) Presenters: Mindi Rench, Sarah Avallone

Beyond the Headines: From the Midwest to the Middle East–Literacy Education in Context (All) Presenter: Carol Hanzlik-Chasnoff

Cinderella’s Slipper Fits: Using Cinderella Stories from Around the World (3-6) Presenters: Patricia Chrosniak, Becky Davis, Rebecca Turoff, Julie Ireland, Sarah Kwak

Creating a School-Wide Culture of Readers (PreK-9, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Annemarie Strom, Cory Schiffern

Extreme Literacy Makeover: K-8 Classroom Edition (K-6, Admin) Presenter: Mindy Pudlo

From Classroom to School Library (K-12, Admin) Presenter: Georgeann Burch

The Calculation and Use of Readability Levels for the Enhancement of Effective Reading Instruction (K-12, Spec, Adults) Presenter: Jon Jones

Did My Students Get It? Collaboration Around Formative Assessments Leading to Wise Instructional Decisions (K-9, Admin) Presenters: Jacquelynn Popp, Mary Pat Sullivan, Amy Waechter-Versaw

Reading in Those Non Reading Classes? (6-12, Admin) Presenter: Lori Ann Greidanus

Connecting the Teaching of Skills with the Joy of Reading (K-3) Presenter: Kathy Barclay

The Promise of Poetry for Struggling Readers (K-3) Presenter: Maria Walther

If You Don’t Have a Pencil It Must Be A Game (K-9) Presenters: Stacy Baker, Ann Kluesner





Using Puppets and Story Mapping to Engage Students and Promote Deep Comprehension (K-6) Presenter: Elizabeth Goldsmith-Conley

We Wanna Tell YOUR Stories! (All) Presenter: Debra Morningstar

9:15 – 10:15

Comprehending for Real Reasons (All) Featured Speaker: David Booth

Spotlight on Middle School Literacy (6-9, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Rexie Lanier, Janel Dowling, Trisha Warner

The Animating Detail Featured Speaker: Robert Burleigh

Putting Books in the Hands of Our Readers (All) Presenters: Amy Huftalin, Teresa Schneider

Enable, Motivate, Enrich (4-12) Featured Speaker: Jacquie McTaggart

Lessons from Struggling Readers: Implications for Classroom Instruction from Work in a Summer Reading Program (1-8) Presenters: Peter Fisher, Ann Bates, Debra Gurvitz

Motivational Strategies for Parents and Teachers to Improve Children’s Literacy at Home and School (All) Presenter: Willie Kimmons

Getting Reader’s Workshop Started in Upper Elementary and Middle School Classrooms (4-9) Presenters: Kimberlee Wagner, Emily Schindler, Tracy Jaconette, Karen Johnson, Hope Cantwell

Literacy Tableau–The Use of Dramatic Activity to Reconstruct a Textual Experience (4-12) Presenters: Dawn Jung, Amy Shubert

Improving Reading Comprehension: Teaching Students To Think For Themselves (K-3) Presenter: Sarah Ortloff

Stop the Summer Slump (PreK-9, Spec, Lib) Presenters: Suzi Hinrichs, Becca Garretson

The Dr. Seuss Book Picnic Presenter: Linda Whitaker

Collect. Recollect. Connect! Community Writing Workshops (PreK-9, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenters: Jen Cullerton Johnson, Michelle Duster, Trina Sotira

How to Get the Most out of an Induction Program (All) Presenters: Roxanne Williams, Mark Caggiano, Phyllis Bliven, Vanessa Draear, Sarah Erlandson, Kaitlyn Gosch, Michelle Hellman, Nicole List, Rita Kleinschmidt, Sarah Liesman, Megan Nissen, Bonnie Willis, Sue Brummell

Implementation of 1st Year Comprehensive Literacy Program in an Urban Secondary Charter School (9-12, Admin) Presenters: Ruth Rohlwing, Elaine Vazquez

Words ROCK! Wearin’ it One Word at a Time (K-6) Presenters: Keta Foltz, Janell Hartman, Amber Findlay, Christa Curley

Poetry...Minus the Groans (4-9) Presenters: Lindsay Bohm, Jamie Impson, Molly Lindsey

Take the Word Wall Out of the Box (K-9, Spec) Presenter: Joyce Eddy

One Brick at a Time: Laying the Foundation for a Successful Reading Workshop Model (3-5, Spec) Presenters: Barbara Folan, Daniela Fountain

Fostering Growth in Gifted Readers by Engaging Parental Support (PreK-6) Presenter: Michele Kane

Working Smarter, Not Harder. Using Peer Tutors to Support Students’ Reading Skills. Presenters: Beth Herrig, Sharyl Damhorst, Becky Graske, Kristine Weidel-Porter

Zeus and Medusa and Hercules...Oh My! (4-9) Presenter: Megan Truax

Reading and Writing Outside of the Classroom: Whole School Approaches to Literacy Development (K-9, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Janice Rashid

Story Shop: Promoting the Reading/Writing Connection for Junior High Students (6-9, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Dorothy Voyles

B/FL (Bhutan/Family Literacy) Puppet Project: An International Grant Project funded by IRC (All) Presenter: Carla Raynor

Process and Product: An Author’s Confession (All) Presenter: Steven Layne

Fun with Fluency: Teaching Outside the Box (4-9) Presenters: Jenny Bell, Di Ander


Partner Reading in the Content Areas (4-9, Spec, Lib) Presenters: Margaret McGregor, Amy Correa, Jeannette Hamman



11:45 – 1:30

Saturday LuncheonA Look Behind My Books

Featured Speaker: Marc Brown

10:30 – 11:30

Dyslexia in the Classroom (K-12, Spec) Presenter: M. Tara Joyce

Identification to Differentiation–Recipe for Student Success (K-12, Spec, Lib) Presenters: Sharon Pool, Lynne Titus, Erin Nuss

Multimedia Lit Trips (K-9) Presenter: Pamela Rogers

It’s All Semantics! Featured Speaker: Salman Amjad

Bridging Home and School (All) Presenters: Tamara Springer, Priscilla Dwyer

21st Century Reader’s Theater (All) Presenters: Jennifer Volpe, Nicole Cregier

Using a Workshop Approach to Stimulate Reading and Writing Instruction (4-9) Presenters: Katrina Reber, Hillary Sawyer

Literate Eyes: Teaching Visual Literacy with Graphic Novels (4-12, Lib) Presenter: Kurtis Anderson

Our Box of Literacy Tips (K-3) Presenters: Kathy Bergen, Michele Stedelin, Sandy Wright, Beth Ballantini

How Do I Facilitate a Writer’s Workshop in Middle School? (4-12, Spec) Presenters: Kathryn Michaels, Kathryn Schumacher

The Power of Performance Literacy (K-6, Spec, Admin) Presenters: Sunday Cummins, Karen Ringas, Kimberly Dillon

Transform Your Reading Instruction Through the Positive Effects of Metacognitive Strategy Instruction! (4-12) Presenters: Michelle Kedzierski, Peter Hilton


Academic Vocabulary at the Middle School Level (4-9) Presenters: Sheleen DeLockery, Lori Ann Greidanus

Teaching Global Views With Adolescent and Adult Literature (6-12, Adults) Presenter: Debra Wellman

Breaking Out of the Box for Boys: Getting Guys to Read, and Putting the Lid on the Gender Gap (K-6, Spec, Admin) Presenters: John Delich, Mary Ann Rupcich

Writing for Life: The Art of Personal Memoir (All) Presenters: Margaret Mary Policastro, Diane Mazeski, Noreen Wach

Storytelling: A Powerful Literacy Tool (All) Presenters: Jacqui Kolar, Elizabeth Niemiec

Going Graphica–Metacognitively Speaking (4-6, Spec, Admin, Lib) Presenter: Melanie Dale

Want Students to Learn? Use the Three F’s–Plan FUN, FOCUSED, FITTING ACTIVITIES (K-6, Spec) Presenters: Linda Lueders, Betty Hayden

Building Literacy Through Home-School Connections (PreK-6, Spec) Presenter: Linda Tammen

Fabulous Favorites (4-6) Presenters: Christina Grigsby, Lynn Grimm, Shelley Vargas

Evidence-Based Practices and Strategies for Adolescents (4-9, Spec) Presenters: Christina Edmonds-Behrend, Melissa Jones, Jennifer Stringfellow, Melissa Rankin

The Writing Diner: Creating Active Thinkers in the Writing Classroom (K-9, Admin) Presenter: Tim Hargis

On The Road to Writing: Using Memories to Help Get in Gear (K-9) Presenter: Julie Augustinas

Putting the Process Back Into Writing Instruction Presenter: Lori Oster

“That’s So Gay”: Including Children’s and Young Adult Literature about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Your Classroom (All) Presenters: Kathleen McInerney, Heather Godbout

Listening Practices and Activities for Academic Development of ELLs (All) Presenter: Kristin Lems

Lunch Bunch Book Club (4-9, Lib) Presenter: Jacqueline Easley

Plan now to attend one of the

New IRC Strandsat the 2011 IRC Conference

including the Career Strand, the Librarian Strand, and the SMART Board Strand!

2011 Conference Shirt Order FormPreorder your ROYAL BLUE 2011 CONFERENCE SHIRTS by February 18, 2011. Only preorders will be available for pick-up at the IRC Conference near the Registration Area in the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Illinois. Shirts will not be available for purchase at the conference.

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Over 1,200 rooms have been reserved for the 2011 IRC Conference. Because of the large number of rooms needed each year, IRC utilizes the assistance of the Housing Bureau at the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau. Special room rates have been negotiated at the hotels/motels listed below. To obtain these special rates, reservations must be made through the Online Housing Reservation System by February 23, 2011.

Go to www.illinoisreadingcouncil.orgSelect Conference on the menu,

then click on Reserve Housing Online!

President Abraham Lincoln Hotel.........$107 701 East Adams St., Spfd., IL 62701 Located adjacent to the Convention Center

Hilton Springfield Hotel...................$118 700 East Adams St., Spfd., IL 62701 Across the street from the Convention Center

Meetings and meal functions are held at both the Abraham Lincoln and the Hilton Hotels.

ON-SITE HOTELS

Candlewood Suites..................................$70 2501 Sunrise Drive, Spfd., IL 62703

Comfort Suites.........................................$89 2620 S. Dirksen Parkway, Spfd., IL 62703

Drury Inn & Suites..................................$100 3180 S. Dirksen Parkway, Spfd., IL 62703

Hampton Inn East...................................$103 3185 S. Dirksen Parkway, Spfd., IL 62703

Hilton Garden Inn............................$103 3100 S. Dirksen Parkway, Spfd. IL 62703

Holiday Inn Express.........................$109 3050 S. Dirksen Parkway, Spfd. IL 62703

Microtel Inn & Suites.......................$81 2636 Sunrise Drive, Spfd. IL 62703

Northfield Inn..........................................$77 3280 Northfield Dr., Spfd., IL 62702

MOTELS NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN

MOTELS SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN

Ramada Springfield North..............$80 3281 Northfield Dr., Spfd., IL 62702

Illinois Reading Council

ONLINE HOUSING RESERVATION SYSTEMConference Dates – Thursday, March 17; Friday, March 18; and Saturday, March 19, 2011

Housing Reservations• will only be processed online with a credit card until February 23, 2011. After February 24th, all rooms that have not been reserved will be released for general sale.

Advance Deposit• of one night’s room and tax will be charged to your credit card by some of the hotels. If you would like to pay by check, please forward your deposit check to your assigned hotel and your credit card will be credited. Do not send any checks to the Illinois Reading Council or the Springfield Housing Bureau.

Confirmation• will be emailed to you from the Housing Bureau upon completion of your housing reservation, as well as any changes or cancelations. Please keep this email for your records.

Cancelations• or changes to your arrival/departure must be made before February 23, 2011 to receive a full refund. The advance deposit charge is non-refundable after February 23, 2011. Please note that some hotels charge for early departure and some require a two night minimum stay. After February 23rd, please make changes directly with the hotel.

Double Rooms• (2 beds) are at a premium. Please do not reserve a double room (2 beds) unless there are 2 or more attendees.

Free Shuttle Service• will be provided by the IRC between all the hotels except the on-site hotels listed and the Prairie Capital Convention Center on Thursday and Friday. Shuttles run approximately every 45-60 minutes from 6:15 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Night shuttles run every 90 minutes from 6:15 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. On Saturday, there are many parking options available and on-street metered parking is FREE!

Check (payable to IRC)

MasterCard

METHOD OF PAYMENT (Sorry, no P.O.’s accepted!)

Return this form with payment to:Illinois Reading Council

1210 Fort Jesse Road, Suite B2Normal, IL 61761

Or fax to: (309) 454-3512Or register online at

www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org

Visa

Special Accommodations – Individuals who need special accommodations must make specific requests in writing to the IRC office at least three weeks prior to the conference. Cancelation/Refund Policy – Requests must be made in writing by March 1, 2011. Please see the complete policy under General Conference Information or at IRC Website.

IRC Conference 2011Registration Form

March 17-19, 2011 Springfield, Illinois

ONE NAME ON EACH FORM Please print or type. Form may be reproduced.

Name (Last)________________________________________ (First)____________________________________________________

School/Business_____________________________________ City_____________________________________________________

Home Address_________________________________________________________________________________________________

City_______________________________________________ State_____________________ Zip____________________________

Home Telephone ( ) _____________________________ Business Telephone ( ) _________________________________

Email ___________________________________________________________________ Presenting at Conference? ___Yes ___ No

Are you an IRC member? ___Yes ___No Council Affiliation _____________________ Are you an IRA member? ___Yes ___ No

REGISTRATION includes meetings on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. On or Before February 1, 2011 After February 1, 2011

____IRC Member (Membership Number ___________________________________) $150 $175

____Retiree (Member) ____Preservice Teacher with ID (Member) $25 $50

____Non-Member (If you join now with your conference registration, register as a member!) $225 $250

____Retiree (Non-Member) ____Preservice Teacher with ID (Non-Member) $50 $75

MEALS Meals are optional. Mark choice of menu. Include payment with registration.____Thursday Breakfast (A. Lincoln) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Anderson $18 $23 _____Scrambled Eggs & Sausage _____Vegetarian____Thursday Luncheon (A. Lincoln) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brassell & Rasinski $22 $27 _____Hot Grilled Chicken Club _____Vegetarian ____Thursday Luncheon (Hilton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Carman $22 $27 _____Ham & Cheddar Wrap _____Vegetarian ____Thursday Prairie State Award Banquet (A. Lincoln) . . . Robert Burleigh $30 $35 _____Chicken Marsala _____Vegetarian

____Friday Breakfast (A. Lincoln) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Serafini $18 $23 _____Cinnamon French Toast _____Vegetarian ____Friday Luncheon (A. Lincoln) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beverly Tyner $22 $27 _____Hot Tarragon Chicken Sandwich _____Vegetarian Salad ____Friday Luncheon (Hilton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.T. Anderson $22 $27 _____Turkey Cranberry Waldorf Salad _____Vegetarian ____Friday Night Pizza Party for Preservice Teachers Only! FREE FREE

____Friday Banquet (A. Lincoln) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Yolen $30 $35 _____Pork Loin with Madeira Sauce _____Salmon _____Vegetarian____Friday Night Entertainment Event (Hilton) . . . . . . . . . . Barry Lane’s Literacy Cabaret $10 $15

____Saturday Breakfast (A. Lincoln) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Booth $18 $23 _____Three Cheese Omelet _____Vegetarian____Saturday Author Luncheon (Hilton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Brown $25 $30 _____Teriyaki Chicken _____Vegetarian

TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED $_____________ $_____________

Credit Card Expiration DateSignature ________________________________________

Mo. Yr.

Name________________________________________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________________________________

City_________________________________ State______________ Zip______________________

Home Phone __________________________ Work Phone __________________________________

Email_______________________________________________________________________________

Local Council_________________________________________________________________________

1. While at the 2011 IRC Conference, I can volunteer to help for: __________ 1 hour, schedule me as needed. (Circle one or all: Thursday, Friday, Saturday) __________ 2 hours, schedule me as needed. (Circle one or all: Thursday, Friday, Saturday) __________ 3 hours, schedule me as needed. (Circle one or all: Thursday, Friday, Saturday) __________ Thursday morning block (1/2 day) __________ Thursday afternoon block (1/2 day) __________ Friday morning block (1/2 day) __________ Friday afternoon block (1/2 day) __________ Saturday morning block (1/2 day) __________ Anytime, as needed.

2. I would prefer to help in one or more of the following areas: __________ Collect tickets at a meal function __________ Work at the registration booth __________ Help with book sales/autographing sessions __________ Help with the audio-visual equipment __________ Help with the special events and receptions __________ Help with the exhibits __________ Assist with Shuttle Busses __________ Assist with collecting evaluations __________ Assist with putting up or changing room signs __________ Serve as a host for featured speakers __________ Help with the IRC Membership Booth/Treasure Chest __________ No preference, I will help as assigned.

Your Help Is Needed - Please Volunteer!

Please send by March 1, 2011 to: Illinois Reading Council 1210 Fort Jesse Road, Suite B2 Normal, IL 61761-1836

Or, fill out the online form on the Conference Page at www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org.

GET INVOLVED! BE A 2011 CONFERENCE VOLUNTEER!

I would like to volunteer to work on the IRC Conference.

Age a. ___ 18-24 b. ___ 25-39 c. ___ 40-54 d. ___ 55 and over

1._________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2._________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3._________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4._________________________________________________________________________________________________________

List the council(s) you wish to join. When you join, you receive membership in the IRC, as well as membership in a local or special interest council. You must select at least one of the councils listed on the back.

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Are you a member of the International Reading Association (IRA)? a. ___ yes membership # _______________ expiration date ________________ b. ___ no

Years in Education Profession a. ___ 0-4 b. ___ 5-14 c. ___ 15-29 d. ___ 30 and over

Highest Degree Earned a. ___ Bachelors b. ___ Masters c. ___ Doctorate

MEMBERSHIP FORM1210 Fort Jesse Road, Suite B2, Normal, IL 61761Phone: 888-454-1341 E-mail: [email protected]

In our continuing effort to provide meaningful services to our members, IRC requests the following information.

Last Name _______________________________________ First Name _______________________________ Middle Initial ____________

Address _________________________________________________________ E-mail ____________________________________________

City __________________________________________ State ____________ Zip _____________________ County _________________

Home Phone ( ) ________________________________________ Bus. Phone ( ) ________________________________________

School Name ___________________________________ District ______________________________ City _________________________ or Business/Institution _____________________________________________________________________ City _________________________

Are you a Preservice Teacher? _____ yes _____ no College/University ______________________________________________________

Please print or type.1

List the dues amount of each council you are joining.$40 - One year membership$25 - Preservice Teacher membership

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Individual Membership for One Year

Total Before Discount ____________________Discount for multiple memberships. If you join more than one council at this time, you may deduct $25 for each council after the first one. Preservice Teacher discount is $20.

4 Discount ____________________

TOTAL AMOUNT DUE ____________________

Return this form with payment to:5

Fax: 309-454-3512 Web: www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org

Illinois Reading Council 1210 Fort Jesse Road, Suite B2

Normal, IL 61761Join Online or Fax: 309-454-3512

Paying by credit card?

Check (payable to IRC) MasterCardVisa

Credit Card Expiration Date:Signature _______________________________

Mo Yr.

Method of Payment: (Sorry, no P.O.’s accepted.)

Classroom Teacher: a. ___ preschool b. ___ K-3 c. ___ 4-6 d. ___ middle school/jr. high e. ___ high school f. ___ post Secondary

Administrator: a. ___ curriculum/reading supervisor b. ___ building principal c. ___ superintendent d. ___ other_________________ _____________________

Other: a. ___ librarian b. ___ parent c. ___ special ed. teacher d. ___ gifted/talented teacher e. ___ Title I /remedial f. ___ reading specialist g. ___ retired

Present Position

Professional Areas of Interest (Check 3) a. ___ administration b. ___ adult literacy c. ___ affective reading d. ___ assessment e. ___ children’s literature f. ___ comprehension g. ___ content area reading h. ___ family literacy i. ___ holistic reading j. ___ multilingual/multicultural k. ___ newspapers in education l. ___ parents and reading m. ___ reading for gifted students n. ___ research o. ___ study skills p. ___ teacher education q ___ technology in reading r. ___ Title I/remedial reading s. ___ young adult literature t. ___ young authors/writing

West Central-Central Region(Region 4)

___ Central Illinois Reading Council - (Logan, Menard, Cass, Morgan, Sangamon, Christian, Montgomery) ___ Illinois Valley Reading Council - (Stark, Putnam, Marshall, Peoria, Woodford, Tazewell, Eastern Fulton, Mason)

___ MID-State Reading Council - (McLean, DeWitt) ___ Western Illinois Reading Council - (Henderson, Warren, Knox, McDonough, Hancock, Schuyler, Western Fulton)

North Central Region(Region 5)

___ South Suburban Reading Council - (Those parts of Cook Co. bounded on west by Will-Cook Rd., north by 115th St., and/or Chicago City limits)

___ Starved Rock Reading Council - (LaSalle, Grundy, Kendall, Livingston, Eastern Bureau)

___ Two Rivers Reading Council - (Kankakee, Iroquois, Northern Ford)

___ Will County Reading Council - (Will)

East-East Central Region(Region 6)

___ East Central-EIU Reading Council - (Moultrie, Shelby, Cumberland, Coles, Clark, Edgar, Douglas)

___ Illini Reading Council - (Champaign, Piatt, Southern Ford)

___ Macon County Reading Council - (Macon)

___ Vermilion Valley Reading Council - (Vermilion)

Illinois Reading Council MembershipLocations of IRC Local & Special Interest Council Regions by Counties

The annual membership of $40 includes membership in the Illinois Reading Council and a local or special interest council. The annual preservice teacher membership is $25 for one who has not been certified in the teaching profession and is working toward an initial teaching certificate. Please select the council(s) you wish to join from the list below. Residence in any of the designated council counties you join is not required. By joining multiple councils at this time, a discount of $25 is offered for each council joined after the first. The preservice teacher discount is $20. Follow the steps on the front of this form.

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Southeast Region(Region 8)

Southwest Region(Region 7)

___ Lewis and Clark Reading Council - (Macoupin, Jersey, Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Washington, Clinton)

___ National Road Reading Council - (Bond, Effingham, Fayette)

___ Mississippi Valley Reading Council - (Adams, Brown, Pike, Scott, Greene, Calhoun)

___ Southern Illinois Reading Council - (Jefferson, Randolph, Perry, Franklin, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, Alexander, Hardin, Pulaski, Massac, Jackson) ___ South Eastern Reading Council - (Lawrence, Richland, Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Edwards, Wabash)

Special Interest Councils(Region 9)

___ CIRP - (College Instructors of Reading Professionals)

___ ITA - (Illinois Title I Association)

___ ICARE - (Illinois Council for Affective Reading Education)

___ ILLC - (Illinois Language and Literacy Council ) ___ SRL - (Secondary Reading League)

North-Northwest Region(Region 1)

___ Blackhawk Reading Council - (Rock Island, Mercer, Western Henry & Whiteside)

___ Northern Illinois Reading Council - (Boone, DeKalb, Winnebago, Eastern Lee & Ogle) ___ Northwestern Illinois Reading Council - (Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll)

___ Sauk Valley Reading Council - (Eastern Whiteside & Henry, Western Lee, Ogle, & Bureau)

North-Northwest Chicago Region (Region 2)

___ Fox Valley Reading Council - (Kane)

___ Lake Area Reading Council - (Western Lake, McHenry, Northwestern Cook)

___ Suburban Council of IRA (SCIRA) - (Eastern Lake, Northern Cook)

Chicago Region

(Region 3)

___ Chicago Area Reading Association (CARA) - (Chicago Area - Cook County within the Chicago city limits) ___ Prairie Area Reading Council - (Western DuPage County)

___ West Suburban Reading Council - (DuPage County and those parts of Cook County west of Rt. 43 excluding all areas within the Chicago city limits)

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SITES & HOTELS

1. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum

2. Hilton Springfi eld 3. Prairie Capital Convention Center

4. President Abraham Lincoln

Hotel & Conference Center

PUBLIC PARKING GARAGES & LOTS

1. 4th & Monroe 2. 4th & Washington

3. 6th & Capitol

4. 6th & Madison (Presidential Museum)

5. 7th & Capitol (under public library) 6. 7th & Monroe (Near Hilton Springfi eld Hotel) 7. 7th & Washington (Near PCCC

and President Abraham Lincoln Hotel)

109 North Seventh StreetSpringfi eld, IL 62701800-545-7300 • 217-789-2360www.visit-springfi eldillinois.com

Timothy J. Davlin, Mayor

SPRINGFIELD ILLINOISCONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU

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HOTELS

1. Comfort Suites

2. Crowne Plaza Hotel

3. Drury Inn & Suites

4. Hampton Inn

5. Hilton Garden Inn

6. Holiday Inn Express

7. Microtel Inn & Suites 8. Northfi eld Inn & Suites

9. Pear Tree Inn

10. President Abraham Lincoln

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Toll Free Phone Number: 1-888-454-1341Phone: 309-454-1341

Fax: 309-454-3512Email: [email protected]

IRC Website: www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org

Illinois Reading Council1210 Fort Jesse Road, Suite B2Normal, IL 61761

Non-Profit Org.U.S. POSTAGE

PAIDPermit No. 800Springfield,, IL

MISSIONThe mission of the Illinois Reading Council

is to provide support and leadership to educators as they promote and teach lifelong literacy.

VISIONThe Illinois Reading Council advocates quality literacy opportunities for all learners and serves as a primary organization that provides educators at all levels access to research, materials, and methodologies to promote and teach lifelong literacy and learning. Support of an active, well-organized system of local and special interest councils and state committees provides a viable network for communication, exchange of information, and grass roots involvement of a diverse membership. The IRC’s publications, special projects, conferences, and workshops stimulate personal and professional growth of educators.

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