Navigating Digital Texts with Early Readers

• Presenter(s): Amanda Mirabella
• Location: Room 227
• Intended Audience: K–2
• Topics: Motivation/Engagement/SEL; Digital Literacy

Unlocking the IMC: Scouting Your Future Classroom Library

• Presenter(s): Jenny Coffey
• Location: Room 229
• Intended Audience: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, Literacy Specialists/Coaches/Administrators, Community Organizations
• Topics: Children’s/Youth Literature; Diverse Learners

Writing With Purpose: Project Work as a Context for Authentic Literacy Learning

• Presenter(s): Teressa Sumrall, Julia Sisbarro, Randa Dunlap
• Location: Room 232
• Intended Audience: K–2, Pre‑K
• Topics: Writing; Motivation/Engagement/SEL

Project-Based Learning as a Pedagogical Response to AI-Influenced Disengagement

• Presenter(s): Michelle Zeren
• Location: Room 237
• Intended Audience: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, Literacy Specialists/Coaches/Administrators
• Topics: Motivation/Engagement/SEL; AI

Literacy Comes Alive: Using Reader’s Theater

• Presenter(s): Erin Ellington
• Location: Room 239
• Intended Audience: K–2, 3–5, 6–8
• Topics: Fluency; Children’s/Youth Literature; Reading/Writing Challenges; Diverse Learners

Affirming Mirrors and Windows: When Book Bans Limit How We See Ourselves and Others

• Presenter(s): Kimberly Nava Eggett
• Location: Room 321
• Intended Audience: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, Literacy Specialists/Coaches/Administrators, Community Organizations
• Topics: Children’s/Youth Literature; Diverse Learners; Banned Books

Examining LETRS Implementation for Multilingual Learners

• Presenter(s): Peijuan Cao, Shanan Fitts
• Location: Room 328
• Intended Audience: K–2, 3–5, Literacy Specialists/Coaches/Administrators
• Topics: Diverse Learners; Multilingual Literacy; Science of Reading

Structuring a Literacy Block to Best Benefit Student Needs

• Presenter(s): Kristina Shableski, Megan Laws
• Location: Room 329
• Intended Audience: K–2
• Topics: Reading Comprehension; Fluency; Phonics; Literacy Block Design

Mountains of Possibility: Empowering Readers with Intellectual Disabilities

• Presenter(s): Stephanie Walters
• Location: Room 331
• Intended Audience: Teachers of Students with Intellectual Disabilities
• Topics: Reading Comprehension; Diverse Learners; Reading and Writing Challenges