Event

International Reading Association’s 54th Annual Convention (West)

Dates

February 21 — 25, 2009

Venue

Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona, US

Organizer

International Reading Association (IRA)

Theme

Multiple Pathways to Literacy

Keynote speakers

* Joseph Bruchac, founder of the Greenfield Review Literary Center and The Greenfield Review Press, US

* Susan Neuman, professor of education, University of Michigan, US

* Walter Wick, award winning author and photographer of books for children, US

Institutes

* Reading as a Psycholinguistic Guessing Game: Key Postulates

* How and Why It Is Important to Teach Vocabulary and Comprehension Interactively

* Questions of Theory/Questions of Practice in Adolescent Literacy

* Intentional Literacy and Language Instruction for Young Children and Their Teachers

* Challenging Talented Readers: Research Findings and Differentiated Practice Ideas from the Schoolwide Enrichment Model in Reading

* Adolescent Fluency: Meeting the Needs of Struggling Readers

* Spinning Multiple Genres into Classroom Gold

* Literature: The Key to Engaging Learners and Improving Literacy Achievement

* Make it Real? Fun! Real Books, Real Authors, Real Time, Real Literacy Learning

* Supporting the Literacy Development of English Language Learners: Multiple Pathways to Success

* Response to Intervention: Research, Possibilities, and Practicalities

Registration fees

* Member: $280 (Advance); $390 (Onsite)

* Nonmember: $390 (Advance); $470 (Onsite)

Prepaid registration deadline

January 19, 2009

Contact

E-mail: conferences@reading.org

For more information, go to www.reading.org