Co-Teaching: Bringing Monolingual & ELL Students Together in a Successful Content Reading Classroom

Hector Caceres, ELL curriculum specialist, Waukegan #60 Public Schools, Waukegan, IL Lisa Tooke, LA curriculum specialist, Waukegan #60 Public Schools, Waukegan, IL 

Embedding Literacy Instruction Into Content Area Classes Through a Coaching Model

Melissa Hampton & Kathy Smith, Reading specialist/Literacy coach, Downers Grove North HS, Downers Grove, IL Sandra Smycz, Title I teacher/Literacy coach, Maria Ward, Principal, Downers Grove North HS, Downers Grove

Implementing Cris Tovani’s Reading Strategies in Non-Fiction

Susan Hess, Asst. principal, Ann Metaxatos, Eng./Reading teacher, Jennifer Pettyjohn, Science teacher, Conant HS, Hoffman Estates, IL

Literature Circles That Are Wiki-Wiki Cool (packet)

Literature Circles That Are Wiki-Wiki Cool (PowerPoint)

Dawn Sprengel Special services teacher & Literacy liaison, Downers Grove North HS, Downers Grove, IL

Multimedia Text Sets: Changing the Shape of Engagement and Learning

Dr. Janice Strop, Assoc. Prof. Literacy & Language, Cardinal Stritch Univ., Milwaukee, WI Holly Dionne, Reading/Learning coordinator/English teacher, Verona Area HS, Verona, WI Richard Kuhnen, English & art teacher, Verona Area HS, Verona, WI

Never Too Old For Picture Books! 

Mart O’Connor & Sandi Flanders, Reading specialists, Neuqua Valley HS, Naperville, IL

So Many Books, So Little Time! Catch Up on the Best New Books for Young Adults 

Jane Harper, Library media specialist, Homewood-Flossmoor HS, Flossmoor, IL Katie Udstuen, Library media specialist, Tinley Park HS, Tinley Park,Patrice Nelson, Library media specialist, Victor J. Andrew High School, Tinley Park, IL

Teaching the Skill of Inference

Rebecca Binks, Reading Instructor, College of St. Francis

Unlocking Vocabulary’s C.O.D.E.

Nancy Spaniak, Dir. of C&I, & Professional Development, Homewood-Flossmoor HS Dist. 233, Flossmoor, IL

Using Technology to Support Students’ Reading Development

Glenn Magle, Technology assistant, Lincoln Middle School, Mt. Prospect, IL Michelle Walsh, LRC Director, Lincoln Middle School, Mt. Prospect, IL

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