TCTELA: 51st Annual Conference

Attendee Registration 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Real Characters: Three Children’s Book Authors (Who Are Real Characters Themselves) Share How They Craft Prose 9:00am - 11:00am

Reading Nonfiction: Strategies That Encourage Close Reading of Nonfiction Texts 3:00pm - 5:15pm

ELA/Reading Curriculum Update: K-12 9:00am - 10:00am

Make Your Voice Heard: Taking Action & Becoming Involved in the... 10:00am - 11:00am

From the Ground Up: Growing Imaginary Civilizations Through Choi... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Art Is All About Pushing Boundaries ... Like Age 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Getting Published and Becoming a Presenter: Developing Conferenc... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Putting the Balance in Balanced Literacy 4:15pm - 5:15pm

General Session I–Donna Bahorich, Kim Pinkerton, and Linda Urban 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Oo—ah—oh: Teaching Reading With A Bang! 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Committee Meetings 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Luncheon with Sonia Nazario and Edmund J Farrell Lifetime Achievement Award Pres... 11:30am - 12:45pm

Coffee with Exhibitors 8:00am - 9:00am

Exhibits Open 8:00am - 5:15pm

Book Signing with Jeff Anderson 11:00am - 11:30am

Break with Exhibitors / Book Signing in the Exhi...

Book Signing with Linda Urban 2:30pm - 3:00pm

“Tech Up” With Daily Focused Poetry Dialogue 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Using Images to Increase Reading Comprehension 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Looking for Change? You Can Do Something About It! 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Cookin’ With Gas: The Power of the Reader’s Notebook for the Tra... 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Conditions of Applicability: Teaching Readers When, Where, Why,... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

#PhotoEssays: Writing in the Age of Instagram 4:15pm - 5:15pm

TCTELA Financial Meeting 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Attendee Registration 7:30am - 5:15pm

Attendee Registration 7:30am - 5:15pm

Using Picture Books as Mentor Texts in the Early Childhood Classroom 9:00am - 11:00am

From Loathing It to Loving It: Tools to Help Students With Print... 3:00pm - 4:00pm

We Can Do It By Reading, Writing, and Rising Up 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Blogging in the Classroom: Authentic Writing for an Authentic Au... 10:30am - 11:30am

The Dynamic Pairing of Shared Reading and Close Reading (Grades 1-5) 1:30pm - 3:45pm

Youth Lens in Action: Using New YA Literature and New Literacies... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Our Digital Journey—Using Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Edublogs, an... 10:30am - 11:30am

Yes They Can (And They Did): Before They Were Famous 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Literacy, Poetry, and the Arts: Listening to the Sound of Your S... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

When Gifted Kids Feel Out of Place: Red Polka Dot in a School of... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

When I Think of Home 10:30am - 11:30am

Putting Words to Work: Using Taught Vocabulary to Develop Phonem... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Visual Thinking Strategies: More Than Meets the Eye 2:45pm - 3:45pm

How to Teach a Poem 4:00pm - 5:00pm

General Session II-Varian Johnson and Mercedes Bonner Award Presentation 8:30am - 10:00am

Bridging Research and Practice: Current Conversations in Our Fie... 10:30am - 11:30am

Roundtables in Practice: Using Writing to Lessen the Achievement... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Roundtables in Practice: Write to Reflect-Write to Renew: Explor... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Roundtables in Practice: Authentic Learning For Us: Making Engli... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Roundtables in Practice: You Can Do It, Too: Graduate School Lif... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Roundtables in Practice: Motivating and Engaging Students to Thi... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Roundtables in Practice: Reshape Reading 2.0 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Roundtables in Practice: Revolutionizing Guided Reading Through... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Roundtables in Research: Bridging Gaps Between High School Engli... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Roundtables in Research: Gamification in the Classroom-Applying... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Roundtables in Research: Preservice Teachers' Think-Aloud Instru... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Roundtables in Research: State Mandated Summer Programs in Texas... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Roundtables in Research: Using Electronic Shakespeare Ebooks in... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Roundtables in Practice: Poetry and Artistic Expression During t... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Roundtables in Practice: Write for Texas-Working on Discipline-B... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Roundtables in Practice: Creating Change in Our World: Relevant... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Roundtables in Practice: The Tie That Binds: Creating Interdisci... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Roundtables in Practice: Shakespearean Histories' Influence on G... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Roundtables in Practice: Not Your Average Brotha: Examining The... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Attendee Registration 7:30am - 5:15pm

Luncheon with Jacqueline Woodson and Teacher of the Year Presentations 11:45am - 1:00pm

Exhibits Open 8:00am - 3:00pm

Coffee with Exhibitors 8:00am - 9:00am

Book Signing with Varian Johnson 10:00am - 10:30am

Book Signing with Varian Johnson 10:00am - 10:30am

Exhibit Break and Book Signing w... 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Break with Exhibit...

Looking Through a Poet’s Eyes—Visualization and Poetry in Primar... 10:30am - 11:30am

Conferring: The Heart of Workshop Instruction in the Secondary C... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Confer With Confidence: Six Essential Elements for Speaking With... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Getting the Most Out of Read-Alouds in the Secondary Classroom 4:00pm - 5:00pm

We Can Do It: Crafting Authentic Expression in the Writer’s Note... 10:30am - 11:30am

Maximizing the Effects of the Feedback Loop: Aligning Teacher Re... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Revision Meets the Road 2:45pm - 3:45pm

From Close Reading to Brilliant Deduction—Making Wise Inferences... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Yes, You Can Do Writing Workshop! 10:30am - 11:30am

Portfolios: A Pathway to Progress 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Poetry Power! Unleashing a Passion for Poetry in Your Classroom! 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Kinesthetic Storyboarding: Writing Intervention Support for Deve... 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Poetry Reading 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Using Art to Support Close Reading Skills 10:30am - 11:30am

Building Better Writing Communities: Small Systemic Changes with... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Growing Readers With Award Winning Books 2:45pm - 3:45pm

AP English Worries and Wonderings 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Close Reading of Complex Texts 9:00am - 12:00pm

Redefining Rigor: Building Classrooms of Joyful, Independent Growth 9:00am - 12:00pm

Book Signing with Doug Fisher an... 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Attendee Registration 8:00am - 9:00am