Join us for an interactive session where we will explore syllable types, equip you with strategies to support encoding and decoding. We’ll share easy-to-integrate teaching tips that transform syllable instruction into a fun, game-like challenge. You'll leave with practical tools and resources designed to make syllable mastery an engaging, winning experience for your students.
Do you want to get your students excited about reading? In this session 3 Northwest ISD librarians will share how they implemented whole campus reading programs at the elementary and middle school levels. Participants will leave with ideas on how to get students excited about reading and ideas for creating a culture of readers on their campus.
Want to play with words? Discover ways poems can powerfully challenge your gifted students to not only love writing, but to become better, more intentional writers. You can use poetry to reinforce your writing lessons, help students become reflective in content areas, promote fun and engagement, and allow for creative self-expression. You'll leave with many poetry lesson ideas and get to try some, too! (1st-8th grade)
Author, Brain Coach, Professor, Motivational Speaker, www.shannonisteaching.com
Shannon Anderson has taught for 25 years, from first grade through college level. She also served as the gifted coordinator for her school district and on the board of directors for the Indiana State Literacy Association. A highlight of her teaching career was being named one of the... Read More →
Tuesday July 22, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am CDT BNHS AC-2082775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA
In this session, teachers will learn how to make letter learning stick for their students both in whole group and small group instruction. Teachers will see instructional ideas modeled and leave with new ideas to try with their students this year to support reading and writing!
Dual Language Teachers- Join us for a session that is all things centers: Literacy centers, Bilingual Learning Centers, Bilingual Research Centers, etc. This session will include make & take opportunities.
I've been in education for 10 years with my time focused on serving Emergent Bilingual students. I've taught in Bilingual programs PK-2nd grade, been a Bilingual Intervention Specialist, and an Instructional Coach for 5 years now. My passion is working with teachers of Emergent Bilinguals... Read More →
Reading on the screen requires more than just scrolling - it requires strategy. In this session, we will explore strategies to boost engagement, minimize distractions, and improve digital comprehension. Walk away with practical tools to enhance digital reading comprehension for your students.
Join us for an interactive session where we will explore syllable types, equip you with strategies to support encoding and decoding. We’ll share easy-to-integrate teaching tips that transform syllable instruction into a fun, game-like challenge. You'll leave with practical tools and resources designed to make syllable mastery an engaging, winning experience for your students.
Three special education teachers and three general education teachers will give a presentation that includes resources and suggestions for how to modify work for students who receive modified curriculum based on their methods and resources. The presentation will cover the collaborative efforts necessary to modify work and examples of how to modify grade-level math and ELA work to a modified student's level. There will also be an activity where general education teacher attendees and special education teacher attendees will partner and modify work for a sample student. We will provide a sample student packet with all state and district testing data, iReady summary, and IEP to use to guide them through the activity. They will then practice modifying a grade-level assignment and create an anchor chart where they will add resources they would use and how they would modify the assignment to share with the group. We will wrap up the presentation with a question/answer session.
MAP Growth is a universal screener that measures what 2nd-5th know and what they’re ready to learn next through targeted skills and TEKS. In this session, you will learn how to pull reports from MAP and set goals. Report: Student Profile and Goal setting
Learn how to celebrate student strengths, deliver targeted instruction, model with purpose, and foster independence—all while keeping small groups efficient and impactful. Walk away with practical strategies to spark creativity, boost confidence, and help every writer grow!
Taking anecdotal notes and administering running records should be an essential part of the data collection process for struggling students. In this session, participants will learn how to give a running record and collect anecdotal notes (in real time) that can be used immediately to inform small group instruction.
Teachers know that students learn best when group sizes are smaller! With class sizes increasing, small groups are a wonderful way to structure your classes and see increased engagement and comprehension! Come to this session to learn:
Make Patterns of Revision a win with ready-to-use resources! In this hands-on session, you’ll create engaging tools to streamline lesson prep and help students strengthen their writing. Walk away with strategies you can use immediately. Great revision begins with great planning!
New- Teachers maximize your time with quick and easy planning resources that will allow you to use your student data and provide small group instruction in a “SNAP”
New- Teachers maximize your time with quick and easy planning resources that will allow you to use your student data and provide small group instruction in a “SNAP”
In this session, Kindergarten teachers will get to dig into BOY data sets and learn how to make instructional decisions for their students right out of the gates once they have their own BOY data!
Every reader is on a unique journey, and our job is to be the ultimate navigation system. Beyond small group instruction, we'll explore versatile applications of leveled texts across multiple instructional contexts ensuring these powerful resources maximize learning for every student. Leave this session ready to leverage the texts in your guided reading
Back by popular demand! Teachers will experience some of the top young adult and middle grade authors and titles in contemporary literature. By reading and experiencing these stories, teachers will be able to reach a variety of student interests and walk away with strategies for curriculum and instructional implementation. If you participated in previous years, you will have the opportunity to select titles from a brand new list of titles!
This interactive session explores how the Depth & Complexity Framework enriches literary analysis and elevates classroom discussion. Participants will examine several commonly taught novels and apply the Framework to texts they already use with students. Strategies for pairing the Icons with critical and creative thinking will be shared—guiding students to explore character, theme, structure, and other key literary elements in deeper and more expansive ways.
Kim Tredick is a former Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. She has served as lead curriculum writer for J Taylor Education since 2006 and has been using Depth and Complexity for three decades as a teacher, principal, and district administrator. In 2006, she was awarded... Read More →
Wednesday July 23, 2025 10:15am - 11:45am CDT BNHS AC-2052775 Bobcat Blvd, Trophy Club, TX 76262, USA
In this session, 1st grade teachers will get to dig into BOY data sets and learn how to make instructional decisions for their students right out of the gates once they have their own BOY data!
In this session, classroom elementary teachers will learn how to maximize their Tier 2 time when working with students who have gaps in reading. Teachers will learn to create intervention plans, create flexible groups within their class or grade level, match the plan to resources, and create student goal setting folders.
Uncover effective strategies for structuring essays, ensuring clear and cohesive arguments. Additionally, we'll explore techniques for elaboration, teaching students to deepen their analysis and provide insightful commentary. By the end of this session, you'll be equipped with practical tools to guide your students toward more analytical and well-structured literary responses
In this session, we will explore structures of writing workshop and tools you can use to launch the year to make your writing workshop functional and impactful!
New- Don’t allow progress monitoring to get you twisted. In the session, you will learn quick and easy ways to collect formative data that moves students.
Take the stress out of reading conferences and turn them into powerful moments of growth! In this hands-on session, you’ll discover how to plan with purpose, ask the right questions, track progress easily, and give feedback that truly moves readers forward. Walk away with practical strategies to boost student engagement and confidence—so every conference leads to real results!
Every reader is on a unique journey, and our job is to be the ultimate navigation system. Beyond small group instruction, we'll explore versatile applications of leveled texts across multiple instructional contexts ensuring these powerful resources maximize learning for every student. Leave this session ready to leverage the texts in your guided reading
Back by popular demand! This session offers several choices of professional books to guide and improve our craft as teachers. We will engage in analysis and applications of the texts through meaningful discussion and collaboration. We have five brand new book choices for this year, and we can’t wait to dig into the ideas these texts have to offer!
Looking to transform your writing instruction into something more meaningful, targeted, and student-centered? This interactive session will explore how micro-conferences can be used to build student agency, improve writing, and track individual progress over time. As a high school English teacher, I’ve developed a system of brief, skill-focused writing conferences that allow me to provide timely, actionable feedback and set personalized goals with each student. Participants will learn how to structure micro-conferences for maximum impact, create efficient systems for documentation, and use student data to inform instruction and celebrate growth. During the session you will: see real classroom examples of micro-conferencing in action, practice scripting a microconference, learn how to track student progress using a simple digital tool, develop your own digital template, and collaborate with peers. Walk away with templates, strategies and inspiration to make writing feedback more meaningful and manageable - for you and your students.
Imagine book clubs where students aren't just reading, but truly engaging with texts, with each other, and with ideas that transform their understanding. In this interactive session, we'll dive deep into the art of fostering rich, meaningful conversations that go beyond surface-level comprehension.
In this session, we will dive into utilizing conversations to build comprehension. You will walk away with a better understanding of how to leverage this skill in your classroom.
