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Slay Reading Logs, Champion Literacy, and Booktalk Like a Wizard
Dr. Brad Gustafson
Step away from that reading log! Learn spellbinding booktalk tricks that you can take back to your school and implement tomorrow. Practice the art of the “hook” and make reluctant readers — and co-workers — putty in your book-loving hands! Simply put, your school’s culture will never be the same.
Best suited for Grades K-5.
Studying Own Voices Authors: Why It Matters
Lynsey Burkins
Join us as we study the stories of “own” voice authors and what one third-grade class learned about culture, race, ability, power, and more through the stories. Participants will be taken through the process used to explore the stories of “own” voice authors. Workshop curriculum will include authors, books, teaching strategies, and student work.
Best suited for classroom teachers, literacy coaches, reading teachers, and librarians. Grades K-5.
The Kids Are Listening
Jennifer LaGarde
From terrorist attacks to sexual assault, the 24-hour news cycle exposes kids (and adults) to tough topics every day. In this session, participants will talk about ways to use books as an antidote to the trauma- lled information overload that has in ltrated our lives. We’ll explore some of the latest titles to help readers feel safe, develop skills for navigating con ict, and employ empathy in the face of increasingly divisive narratives in the news.
Best suited for teachers, librarians, and administrators. Grades K-12.
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