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Conference Schedule

 

Find Maupin House resources at the following conferences and events:

 

Alpha Delta Kappa Gulf Region Conference:

July 13-15, 2008; Shreveport, LA

*Author/poet Brod Bagert (Hormone Jungle; Rainbows, Head Lice, and Pea-Green Tile) will be presenting!

 

National Staff Development Council Summer Conference:

July 13-16, 2008; Orlando, FL

*Author Susan Koehler (Crafting Expository Papers; CraftPlus Daily Writing Lessons) will be presenting "A Community of Learners Creates a Schoolwide Writing Revolution" -- buy her books and learn about CraftPlus at the Maupin House booth #210!

 

FASA Annual Summer Conference/Birthday Bash:

July 17-20, 2008; Naples, FL

*Maupin House will be there -- booth #122!

 

Pinellas County Back to School:

August 15, 2008; Tampa, FL

*Author Jane Feber (Creative Book Reports and Active Word Play) will be presenting!

 

Florida Reading Association:

September 4-7, 2008; Orlando, FL

*Author/poet Brod Bagert (Hormone Jungle; Rainbows, Head Lice, and Pea-Green Tile), and authors Jane Feber (Creative Book Reports and Active Word Play), Nile Stanley (Creating Readers with Poetry), Rachel Chappell (Models for Teaching Writing-Craft Target Skills and Sixth-Grade Language Arts Course Recovery Summer School), and Terri Heidger and Beth Stevens (co-authors of Become a Good Reader) will be presenting -- buy their books from the Maupin House booths #309 and 311!

 

New England Reading Association:

September 25-26, 2008; Springfield, MA

*Author Nancy Boyles (Constructing Meaning through Kid-Friendly Comprehension Strategy Instruction; Teaching Written Response to Text; Hands-On Literacy Coaching; and That's a GREAT Answer!) will be presenting -- buy her books at the Alran booth!

 

Kentucky Reading Association:

September 25-27, 2008; Louisville, KY

*Author Carol Baldwin (Teaching the Story) is a featured speaker and will be presenting two sessions on Friday, Sept. 26: "Writing and Winning across the Curriculum: How Short Fiction Can Supplement Your Science and Social Studies Curriculum" (9:50-10:50 a.m.) and "Learn How to Teach the Short Story" (3:30-4:30 p.m.) -- buy her books at the Cortland booth!

 

West Regional International Reading Association:

October 9-11, 2008; Seattle, WA

*Author Nancy Boyles (Constructing Meaning through Kid-Friendly Comprehension Strategy Instruction; Teaching Written Response to Text; Hands-On Literacy Coaching; and That's a GREAT Answer!) is a featured speaker -- buy her books at the Yriondo Books booth!

 

Keystone State Reading Association:

October 18-21, 2008; King of Prussia, PA

*Author Carol Baldwin (Teaching the Story) is a featured speaker and author/poet Brod Bagert (Hormone Jungle; Rainbows, Head Lice, and Pea-Green Tile) will be there -- buy their books at the Reading Matters booth!

 

Connecticut Reading Association:

October 23-24, 2008; Cromwell, CT

*Author Nancy Boyles (Constructing Meaning through Kid-Friendly Comprehension Strategy Instruction; Teaching Written Response to Text; Hands-On Literacy Coaching; and That's a GREAT Answer!) is a featured speaker -- buy her books at the Alran booth!

 

Louisiana Reading Association:

October 26-28, 2008; Shreveport, LA

*Author Nancy Boyles (Constructing Meaning through Kid-Friendly Comprehension Strategy Instruction; Teaching Written Response to Text; Hands-On Literacy Coaching; and That's a GREAT Answer!) will be presenting a pre-convention institute on Sunday, October 26 from 1 - 4 p.m. and a session on Monday, October 27 from 10 - 11 a.m. -- buy her books at the Meaux Books booth!

 

North Carolina Association of Elementary Educators Conference:

October 26-28, 2008; Raleigh, NC

*Author Susan Koehler (Crafting Expository Papers; CraftPlus Daily Writing Lessons) will be presenting -- buy her books at the IESS booth!

 

National Middle School Association:

October 30-November 1, 2008; Denver, CO

*Author Jane Feber (Creative Book Reports and Active Word Play) will be presenting!

 

Pennsylvania Writing Conference:

November 10, 2008; Indiana, PA

*Author Valeri Helterbran (Exploring Idioms) will be presenting -- buy her books at the Michaels Associates booth!

 

North Carolina Association of Independent Schools:

November 13-14, 2008; Raleigh, NC

*Author Carol Baldwin (Teaching the Story) will be presenting three workshops ("Wikis, Word Choice, & Red Fonts: Revision Revisited," "Put Pizzazz into Your Students' Writing," and "Writing Globally: Linking Language Arts & Social Studies through Fiction") -- buy her books at the Studium Educational Resources booth!

 

National Council of Teachers of English:

November 20-23, 2008; San Antonio, TX

*Author Jane Feber (Creative Book Reports and Active Word Play) and author poet Brod Bagert (Hormone Jungle; Rainbows, Head Lice, and Pea-Green Tile) will be presenting -- buy their books at the Maupin House booth!

 

Florida Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development:

December 5-6, 2008; Orlando, FL

*Author Connie Campbell Dierking (Growing Up Writing, Literature Models to Teach Expository Writing, Teaching Writing Skills with Children's Literature, and Teaching Early Writing and Reading Together) will be presenting "Weaving the Threads of Literacy:  Speaking, Listening, Writing, and Reading" -- buy her books at the Maupin House booth!

 

Southeast Regional IRA:

December 7-10, 2008; Nashville, TN

*Authors Terri Heidger, Beth Stevens (co-authors of Become a Good Reader), and Jane Feber (Creative Book Reports and Active Word Play) will be presenting -- buy their books at the Maupin House booth!

 

Dade County Reading Association:

January 24, 2009; Miami, FL

*Author Jane Feber (Creative Book Reports and Active Word Play) will be presenting!

 

Colorado Council IRA:

February 4-7, 2009; Denver, CO

*Author/poet Margriet Ruurs (The Power of Poems and Virtual Maniac) and author/songwriter Gary Dulabaum (My Teacher Rides a Harley) will be presenting -- buy their books at the conference bookstore!

 

IRA Annual Convention West:

February 21-25, 2009; Phoenix, AZ

*Author/poet Margriet Ruurs (The Power of Poems and Virtual Maniac) is presenting a full-day institute on Sunday, February 22: "Spinning Multiple Genres Into Classroom Gold: Writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction share their expertise while 2007 Teacher of the Year weaves their books together with practical classroom writing activities." Author Jane Feber (Creative Book Reports and Active Word Play) will also be presenting -- buy their books at the Maupin House booth #732!

 

IRA Annual Convention North Central:

May 3-7, 2009; Minneapolis, MN

*Author/poet Brod Bagert (Hormone Jungle; Rainbows, Head Lice, and Pea-Green Tile) is the keynote speaker -- buy his books at the Maupin House booths #739 and 741!

 

Author's Corner

 

How Do Students Become Good Readers?

 

As our emergent readers develop into upper- emergent and early fluent readers, we need to constantly remind them to use their “Good Reader” strategies.  They must consistently ask themselves these questions as they approach unfamiliar text:  Does it look right?  Does it sound right?  Does it make sense?