Literacy Retreat 2025 - Elementary

9:00am CDT

From the Kitchen to the Classroom: Cooking up Innovation in the Classroom Room 101

10:15am CDT

Active Literacy: Response to Reading Room 104Suzy Pepper Rollins Contextualizing SS Timelines in ELAR Texts Room 201Dr. Shona Rose Metacognitive Conversations Room 103Dr. Daryl Michel PROVE It! Testing Strategies That Work Room 202Brittaney McKay Recharging Your Read Aloud Routine Room 306Deanna Larson • Stephanie Green Text Structures from Nonfiction Picture Books Room 102Gretchen Bernabei The Ultimate Insider's Guide to ECR Writing Success Room 203Carlin Liborio Tracking Growth in Literacy Without Grades Room 302Ty Duncan

1:00pm CDT

Hard Cancel on P.I.E. Room 202Brittaney McKay Page to Pixels: Reading and Thinking Online Room 201Dr. Shona Rose Read Like a Writer: The Mentor Text Makeover Room 103Melanie Mayer Slay Vocabulary with Your Students Room 203Gabriel Carrillo TEKS-Based ECR: Tapping into the Readiness Standards of the Rubric Room 306Tosh McGaughy Text Structures from Nonfiction Picture Books Room 102Gretchen Bernabei Tracking Growth in Literacy Without Grades Room 302Ty Duncan Writing in the Age of AI Room 104Adam Sparks

2:30pm CDT

Academic Language Room 201Dr. Daryl Michel Connecting Organization in Reading to Organization in Writing Room 306Tosh McGaughy Fidelity With Flexibility Room 202Brandy Belicek • Sarah Carmona • Meagan Carpe • Alanah Diebel • Adrianne Janacek • Kelly Stimson PG-21: Teaching Poetry and Grammar to 21st Century Learners Room 103Melanie Mayer Recharging Your Read Aloud Routine Room 102Stephanie Green • Deanna Larson The Ultimate Insider's Guide to ECR Writing Success Room 203Carlin Liborio Why Are We Reading This? Room 104Suzy Pepper Rollins Writing in the Age of AI Room 302Adam Sparks