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Ramped Up Read Aloud
Ramp Up Your Read Alouds to Build Knowledge and Boost Comprehension Corwin Webinar, 9/19/24
Ramp Up Your Read Alouds: Build Knowledge and Boost Comprehension Literacy on the Concho, San Angelo, TX, 7/17/24
STEAM-Y Read Alouds: Extending Literacy Across Content Areas NCTE/NCTM Conference, New Orleans, LA, 6/17/24
Ramp Up Your Read Alouds: Build Knowledge and Boost Comprehension Teach, Learn, G. L. O. W. Conference, Naperville, IL 5/29/24
The Power of Read Alouds: Building Knowledge and Boosting Comprehension EC-EIU Learning and Literacy Conference, Charleston, IL, 2/24/24
Ramp Up Your Reading Instruction: Connect Read Aloud and Shared Reading, MGRESA, 1/18/24
Spreading Read-Aloud Joy! Connect, Converse, and Extend, Irving ISD, 7/31/23
Read Alouds: Building Knowledge & Boosting Comprehension, Learning Without Tears Networking Event, Lisle, IL 5/9/23
Extend the Read-Aloud Experience: Exciting Ideas to Cultivate Curiosity & Promote Creative Communication, IRC, Springfield, IL, 3/10/23
Spreading Read-Aloud Joy! Indian Prairie District 204 Institute Day, Naperville, IL 3/3/23
A Year for the Books
Create a Reading-Rich Classroom: Strategies to Start the Year
Peace River South, 9/9/24
Reach for the Books: Reenergizing Reading Routines (with Katie Walther) IRC and KSLA Webinars, April 2024
Reach for the Books: Reenergizing Reading Routines Illinois Reading Council Conference (IRC), 3/14/2024
Reach for the Books: Reenergizing Reading Routines (with Katie Walther) CCIRA, Denver, CO, 2/8/24
Reach for the Books: Reenergize Daily Reading Routines, LitCon, Columbus, OH, 1/29/24
This or That? A Peek into Learner-Centered Decision Making, CCIRA 2023, 2/10/23 with Katie Walther
Meeting at the Crossroads (with Katie Walther), CCIRA, 2/10/22
Shake Up Shared Reading
Short Bursts of Shared Reading = Big Gains in Foundational Skills Literacy on the Concho, San Angelo, TX 7/17/24
Shared Reading in Action! Featuring Foundational Skills Illinois Reading Council Conference (IRC), 3/15/24
Shared Reading in Action! Featuring Foundational Skills, LitCon, Columbus, OH, 1/28/24
Short Bursts of Shared Reading = Big Gains in Foundational Skills PETA Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 10/27/23
Shake Up Shared Reading: Expand Vocabulary and Boost Comprehension Joyful Literacy, BC Provincial Pro D Day, 10/20/23
Short Bursts of Shared Reading = Big Gains in Foundational Skills, SCCPSS, Savannah, GA, 7/25-26, 2023
Short Bursts of Shared Reading = Big Gains in Foundational Skills, MRA, Quincy, MA, 4/27/23
Shake Up Shared Reading: Texts, Tips, and Teaching Strategies, IPSD204, Aurora, IL, 4/11/23
Shake Up Shared Reading: Texts, Tips, and Teaching Strategies, IRC, Springfield, IL, 3/9/23
Short Bursts of Shared Reading = Big Gains in Foundational Skills, Wild Rose Elementary, 3/1/23
Literacy Workshop
Literacy Workshop: March to the Beat of Your Readers and Writers, Georgia Association of Literacy Advocates (GALA), March 14, 2023
Envision This! An Integrated Reading-Writing Workshop, CCIRA, 2/10/23 & IRC 3/10/23 with Karen Biggs-Tucker
Literacy Workshop, WSRA, 2/4/22
Books and Big Ideas: Leading Learners Toward Literate Citizenship, Beebe School, 1/5/22
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