In this session, participants will discuss what it means to center joy in literacy instruction and learning. Attendees will consider how educators can push the concept of equity and racial justice from imagination to joyous practice. The session will interrogate what actions educators can take to help students be proactive in fostering changes in...

Less is more! We don’t need a different mentor text for each different strategy we teach. By curating and using a small set of texts, we can feel prepared for almost infinite teaching opportunities. This session will provide explicit examples for how to use a “short stack” of layered, multimodal texts time and time again...

  Emergent and early readers benefit from a variety of experiences including those that focus on oral comprehension, phonemic awareness, and phonics. We’ll explore practices, routines, and strategies for supporting beginning readers that foster joy and skill development. Audience: All Grades K-3 Teachers, Co-Teachers, Administrators, Coaches and Teacher Leaders Presenter(s): Dr. Gravity Goldberg, Literacy Alliance Co-Founder...

We do not always think of grammar as lively and energetic! But… it can be! The playfulness and craft of grammar brings meaning to composed words. Let’s explore contextualized learning experiences that go beyond rote, worksheet and workbook-styled tasks. When language learning is authentic and infuses inquiry, students build knowledge and are better prepared to...

By studying what other authors do we can bring new ideas into our own writing and our teaching. The moves an author makes are purposeful and intentional. We’ll share ways to help students study authors’ craft and then try it out in their own pieces. Participants will leave with ideas to try out across the...