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BOOK LOVE
Summer Conference 2015
Calling all book lovers! Penny Kittle headlines this year’s conference which will rejuvenate you for the upcoming school year. Highlights include: Poetry Out Loud, Northern Plains and Red River Writing Project, Bob Upgren, Lisa Scherff, lesson plan swap, Book Club, and more! Participants might even have the opportunity to go on a blind date with a book. Join us in celebrating Book Love!
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A T A G LANCE Tuesday, July 21 Thursday, July 23
Summer 2015 Conference - Mandan Seven Seas and Convention Center
Wednesday, July 22
Share lessons Thursday afternoon! Bid on items all three days!
4 p.m. Registration 5 p.m. Welcome 5:15-9:15 p.m. Sessions
7:30 a.m. Breakfast 8:30-11:45 a.m. Sessions 11:45 a.m. Lunch business meeting 12:30-4:30 p.m. Sessions
7:30 a.m. Breakfast 8:15-11:30 a.m. Sessions 11:30 a.m. Awards luncheon 12:15-1:45 p.m. Sessions 2:00 p.m. Closing
Tuesday, July 21st - Thursday, July 23rd
Items to remember Swap books Tuesday night! BLIND DATE BOOK: Bring a concealed book with brief hints written on the outside. These will provide others with the opportunity to see if it is LOVE at first read!
Tuesday, July 21
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Registration
5:00-5:15 p.m.
- Heather Woods From the Trenches Discussing the role of the teacher “in the trenches,” this opening will ask us to look at our role as educators in a new and exciting way.
5:15-6:15 p.m.
“BookTalks/ Book Swaps”
- Britt Liepitz This session will center around discussion. Members will be asked ahead of time to bring books for the swap. The books can be any genre. They may be professional in nature but can also be leisure reading. As members peruse the “book table” the presenter will be highlighting several books, both novels and professional literature for use in the classroom and for personal enrichment. Discussion will be opened up to the membership as well to talk about those books that have made an impact on our teaching and our students.
6:15-6:30 Break 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Book Club
- Bridget Ryberg Attendees will have read one of two YA novels: Period 8 by Chris Crutcher or Matched by Ally Condie. We will divide up into small groups based on our selections and casually discuss the novels. If those attending did not have an opportunity to read any of the three novels prior to the conference, they will share best practices when teaching classic novels such as To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984 or The Great Gatsby.
7:30-7:45 Break 7:45-9:15 p.m.
Poetry Out Loud: Bringing the Arts into the Classroom
-Rebecca Engelman Rebecca Engelman, the Arts in Education Director for the North Dakota Council on the Arts will talk about the Poetry Out Loud program and the Teacher Incentive Grant through the North Dakota Council on the Arts. Visiting artists will perform (either in person or on video) and opportunities to take advantage of the grant money will be discussed.
PORTIONS OF VIDEO FROM SESSIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE AFTER CONFERENCE: To enhance the visibility of the #NDCTE15 conference, session highlights will be available at ndcte.org. We are excited to share the best of the #NDCTE15 conference with the world!
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ONLINE SHARING Forgot what was presented at the gift share last year? Check out the archived lesson plans at NDCTE.ORG. WANT TO BREAK DOWN THE WRITING PROCESS?
Laura Wagner from the Northern Plains Writing Project creates an opportunity for students to gain a better understanding of the writing process
LOOKING AT LITERATURE?
Here is a great lesson from Kierstin Hurtt that helps students thoroughly evaluate the closing argument from Atticus in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockinbird.
STUDENTS DON’T GRASP NOTE-TAKING?
Donna Davidson provides a great resource that can be modified to any classroom and enhance students’ abilities to paraphrase material from informational texts.
DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO READ? Groups of participants who didn’t read the YA novels will have the opportunity to share and discuss best practices while teaching one of three classic novels: To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984 or The Great Gatsby.
Wednesday, July 22 7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast 8:30-10:00 a.m.
Book Love
-Keynote-Penny Kittle
Penny Kittle, nationally known author, teacher and speaker will present her workshop Book Love. She will focus on developing Depth, Stamina and Passion in Adolescent Readers.
10:00-10:15 - Break 10:15-11:45 a.m.
Lesson Plan Share
- Lisa Scherff Lisa will present her keynote on teaching Young Adult Literature using differentiated instruction. She will focus on strategies for providing struggling readers more opportunities to learn.
11:45-12:25 p.m. Lunch/Business Meeting 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Lesson Share
However long it may have been since you took your methods class in college, you have since been engaged in the constant practice of addressing state standards and benchmarks and measuring learner outcomes. By now, you could probably teach your methods teacher a thing or two. Ten to twelve teachers will be assigned as leaders to certain tables to share a lesson from his or her classroom. After increments of 10 minutes, each table will switch participants, and new individuals will sit down, listen, and discuss the lesson. When the designated time is complete, each participant will have collected several new lesson plans he or she can
take back to the classroom.
2:30-2:45 p.m. - Break 2:45-3:45 p.m.
Write Beside Them
-Keynote-Penny Kittle
Penny Kittle will present her “Write Beside Them” workshop. She will encourage daily writing, revising and modeling with students.
Thursday, July 23
7:45-8:15 a.m. - Breakfast
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SPEAKERS AND SPONSORS
The success of the #NDCTE15 summer conference is completely dependent on the committment of individuals around the state who give their time, energy and resources to assist in planning and preparing. The #NDCTE15 committee would like to thank all the speakers and sponsors for their time and resources.
8:15-9:45 a.m.
New Strategies for Teaching Reading and Writing - Ron Fischer & Kelly Sassi
Responsibility, Creativity, and the Arts of Language
NPWP and RRWP will have multiple teachers present lessons they developed for the Writing Project Summer Institute. Each presenter will take a group of participants through the demo associated with the lesson. This carousel-style presentation will allow attendees the option to hear from a handful of speakers and get resources to immediately implement similar strategies in their own classes
November 19-22, 2015, Minneapolis, Minnesota
9:45-10:00 a.m. - Break
But we should promote school and career skills as but one aspect of literacy. We should value not only workers but also citizens, not only students passing tests but also social beings making connections, not only information processors but also idea creators. We read to extract—but also to evaluate and imagine. We compose to report—but also to remember and reflect, to influence and entertain, to console and inspire. Fully literate lives need creativity as well as competency.
From Program Chair Doug Hesse:
It seems quaint to invoke “the language arts.” After all, science, not art, is ascendant these days, and the educational world spins around STEM. As graduates vie for jobs, people want “practical” skills. Clearly, we must respond responsibly to our students’ and society’s needs.
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein contended, “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” At a cultural moment when it’s tempting to make the world defensively smaller, we should yet advocate the ample arts of language. As professional makers of readers and writers, NCTE members advance literate life at its richest.
10:00 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Breakout sessions
12:15-1:00 p.m. —Awards Luncheon and Silent Auction ends
Breakout sessions will provide attendee with an opportunity to choose their content based on interest, experience, or content. Members will be given five options for breakout sessions and will be able to attend three of the 45-minute sessions:
AWARDS - Linda S. Christenson Literary Scholarship - NDCTE Teacher of the Year Award - NDCTE Service to the Profession - Disaster Relief Fund Recipient
Option ONE: Graphic Novels
This session is focused on sharing leadership strategies, tools, and innovative ideas. Bob’s mission is to equip leaders for greater impact in the work they do. His goal is to create insightful, relevant content that participants can put to work in your personal and professional life.
-Presenter Jennifer Heinz Jennifer will be sharing information on Graphic Novels.
Option TWO: Q&A with Superintendent of Public Instruction
-Presenter Kirsten Baesler Q&A with the Superintendent of Public Instruction (First two breakouts only)
Option THREE: Office 365
-Presenter Kelsey Johnson Have you switched over to Office 365 for your email? Learn some tips and tricks of this new exciting program!
Aaron Knodel President
aknodel@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
Heather Woods President Elect
Annie Volk Past President
Sharing Leadership
- Presenter Bob Upgren
2:30 p.m. - Closing 3:00 p.m. - Board Meeting
anne_volk@bismarckschools.org
Britt Liepitz Secretary
Brittni.Liepitz@msd1.org
Sue Anderson Treasurer
susan.l.anderson@sendit.nodak.edu
BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKFAIR
The NDCTE will be hosting a Barnes and Noble Book Fair at the Bismarck store! Simply present the code on voucher at the register any time during the day and a percentage of all purchases supports our organization. Can’t attend our Barnes and Noble Book Fair? Visit BN.com/bookfairs to support us online.
Kaylie Young Member at large kaylie.youngjpm
Bridget Ryberg NE Rep
bridgetryberg@gfschools.org
Benita Saur SW Rep
benita.saur@msd1.org
Kristi Mahrer SE Rep
-Presenter Lisa Scherff Researching and writing with students and teachers.
-Presenter Kelly Rexine EduTech Information Technology Specialist will present on Free Formative Assessment Tools.
Contacts for NDCTE information
heather.woods@sendit.nodak.edu
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Option FOUR: The research writing process
Option FIVE: Tech. tools for the classroom
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kristi.mahrer.1@sendit.nodak.edu
Laura Bearce NW Rep
SILENT AUCTION
BID
ljbearce@yahoo.com
Tammy Gilstad SLATE Rep
ON EVERYTHING
The NDCTE#15 board would like to thank the members, businesses and sponsors who provided items for this year’s silent auction.
tammy.gilstad@sendit.nodak.edu
Alan Church College Rep
Baskets at the 2014 NDCTE conference raised money for the Linda Christenson Scholarship.
alan.church@dsu.nodak.edu
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