ORA ANNUAL STATE CONFERENCE

 


Handouts of the 2008 Conference

(If presenters have agreed to post them, they will be posted as they are received.
Sessions are listed alphabetically by presenter's last name.)

Keynote and Featured Speakers

Mike Artell: Featured Speaker
Can You Draw Better Than a Fifth Grader?

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Stephanie Harvey: Keynote Speaker
Active Literacy: Reading, Writing, Talking, Listening and Investigating
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Reading and Understanding Nonfiction Text: The Joys, the Perils and a Few How Tos
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Vicki Hannah Lein: Featured Speaker
Teaching Language Arts Through Movement and Play
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Shira Lubliner: Keynote Speaker
Practical Strategies for Building Vocabulary Across the Curriculum and Throughout the School
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download Ten Principles of Vocabulary Instruction and Stop Signs

Kathryn Matthew, Featured Speaker
Reading and Writing with the Caldecotts
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Alan Sitomer: Featured Speaker
Better to Light a Candle Than Curse the Darkness
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Hip-Hop Language Arts: Engaging Reluctant Readers
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Luncheon Speakers

Please visit their websites for downloadable materials
www.debrafrasier.com
www.benmikaelsen.com

Small Group Sessions

Phyllis Ferguson, Oasis School, Richland, WA
Links to Phyllis' two small group sessions Opening Doors to Literacy through Oral Language and Dance Your Way to Phonemic Awareness are posted on the following websites:
http://www.save-the-teacher.com (Phyllis' site: click on "video.") http://www.youtube.com/SaveTheTeacher

Marcia Hodges, Retired Eugene Educator
Telling Folktales for Fun and Learning Story Structures
Folktales: Bibliography
Folktales: Story Recommendations

Gretchen Hamilton, Rogue Community College
Young Adult Books for MS and HS Students: Opportunity to Apply for an IRA Grant
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Mindy Larson, Linfield College
Working Towards Critical Thinking and Justice in Literacy Teacher Education
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Shirley Murata, Title I Distinguished Educator
Children's Literature to Enhance Math Learning
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Bibliography

Penny Plavala, Multnomah ESD
Six-Traits Writing: Terrific Picture Books and Mini-Lessons for Grades 2-6
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