The 2021 RRCM Institute will feature two keynote presentations and four concurrent breakout session periods. There will also be an opportunity to visit with our exhibitors in a virtual exhibit hall. Application will be made for SCECH credits.

NOTE: This new virtual platform (Connect Space) will encompass registration, all program materials, the virtual exhibit hall, the opportunity to network with other participants, the live streamed Institute and the recorded sessions post-Institute. In order to take full advantage of all these features, you must first set up your Connect Space Account and then proceed to registration.

To view the full agenda: 2021 Reading Recovery Institute of Michigan Agenda


November
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November
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11/19/21 8:30 AM 11/19/21 9:30 AM America/New_York Keynote Address: Oral Language, Reading and Writing: Scaffolding All Learners View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19215 <br/> <p></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>Oral language, reading, and writing are interconnected processes. Clay (1991, 2005) says that oral language is the first self-extending system. We will explore how oral language supports both reading and writing development in the young learner.<br> <br> </strong></p> <strong></strong><strong> <br> </strong> <strong></strong><br> <br> <p></p> <br> <br> <br> <p></p> Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Keynote Address: Oral Language, Reading and Writing: Scaffolding All Learners
Speaker
Adria Klein, PhD · Saint Mary’s College of California

Oral language, reading, and writing are interconnected processes. Clay (1991, 2005) says that oral language is the first self-extending system. We will explore how oral language supports both reading and writing development in the young learner.




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11/19/21 9:30 AM 11/19/21 10:00 AM America/New_York Break with Exhibitors View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19216 <br/> Join the exhibitors in their virtual exhibit booths!<br> <br> Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
9:30 - 10:00 AM
Break with Exhibitors
Join the exhibitors in their virtual exhibit booths!

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11/19/21 10:00 AM 11/19/21 11:00 AM America/New_York Group C: Please select one breakout session for this time period. View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19217 <br/> Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Group C: Please select one breakout session for this time period.
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11/19/21 10:00 AM 11/19/21 11:00 AM America/New_York Breakout C7: Discontinuing Decisions: Have you Ensured Strategic Activity in Writing? View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19218 <br/> <p>When discontinuing the lesson series, Clay asks us, in part, to consider “How independent is the child in composing, using many ways of solving to get to new words, monitoring and revising what he has done?” (2016, p. 191). Participants will explore learning progressions in each of these areas through videos and student work samples.<br> <br> </p> C7 Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
10:00 - 11:00 AM C7
Breakout C7: Discontinuing Decisions: Have you Ensured Strategic Activity in Writing?
Speaker
Elizabeth Kaye, PhD · Texas Woman's University

When discontinuing the lesson series, Clay asks us, in part, to consider “How independent is the child in composing, using many ways of solving to get to new words, monitoring and revising what he has done?” (2016, p. 191). Participants will explore learning progressions in each of these areas through videos and student work samples.

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11/19/21 10:00 AM 11/19/21 11:00 AM America/New_York Breakout C8: Language Connections that Propel Literacy Learning for Emergent Bilingual (ELL) Students View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19258 <br/> The Reading Recovery lesson framework provides abundant opportunities for talking, listening, reading, and writing for emergent bilingual (ELL) students. In this session, participants will discuss how to plan language connections that will propel literacy learning. C8 Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
10:00 - 11:00 AM C8
Breakout C8: Language Connections that Propel Literacy Learning for Emergent Bilingual (ELL) Students
Speaker
Annette Torres Elías, PhD · Texas Woman's University
The Reading Recovery lesson framework provides abundant opportunities for talking, listening, reading, and writing for emergent bilingual (ELL) students. In this session, participants will discuss how to plan language connections that will propel literacy learning.
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11/19/21 10:00 AM 11/19/21 11:00 AM America/New_York Breakout C9: More Than Just Reading and Writing: The Social Emotional Benefits of Reading Recovery--THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED. View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19261 <br/> <p>In this session, participants will review the research on social&nbsp;emotional learning and consider the social emotional benefits to students who participate in Reading Recovery lessons through examining various case studies of former Reading Recovery Students. Participants will consider ways to advocate for Reading Recovery as not only an intervention for reading and writing, but also a support for improving student behavior.</p> <br> <br> <br> C9 Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
10:00 - 11:00 AM C9
Breakout C9: More Than Just Reading and Writing: The Social Emotional Benefits of Reading Recovery--THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Speaker
K. Journey Swafford · Georgia State University

In this session, participants will review the research on social emotional learning and consider the social emotional benefits to students who participate in Reading Recovery lessons through examining various case studies of former Reading Recovery Students. Participants will consider ways to advocate for Reading Recovery as not only an intervention for reading and writing, but also a support for improving student behavior.




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11/19/21 10:00 AM 11/19/21 11:00 AM America/New_York Speaker or exhibitor not attending session during Group C. View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19262 <br/> Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Speaker or exhibitor not attending session during Group C.
11/19/21 11:00 AM 11/19/21 11:30 AM America/New_York Break with Exhibitors View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19221 <br/> This is your last opportunity to join the exhibitors in their virtual exhibit booths!<br> <br> Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Break with Exhibitors
This is your last opportunity to join the exhibitors in their virtual exhibit booths!

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11/19/21 11:30 AM 11/19/21 12:30 PM America/New_York Group D: Please select one breakout session for this time period. View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19222 <br/> Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Group D: Please select one breakout session for this time period.
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11/19/21 11:30 AM 11/19/21 12:30 PM America/New_York Breakout D10: Clearing Away Obstacles to Accelerated Progress View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19223 <br/> When students are not making accelerated progress, Clay (2016) asks us to take a closer look at ourselves and at our student's literacy behaviors. This session offers an in-depth exploration of Clay's guidance about adjusting teaching "when acceleration is compromised" (2016, p. 165). D10 Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM D10
Breakout D10: Clearing Away Obstacles to Accelerated Progress
Speaker
Elizabeth Kaye, PhD · Texas Woman's University
When students are not making accelerated progress, Clay (2016) asks us to take a closer look at ourselves and at our student's literacy behaviors. This session offers an in-depth exploration of Clay's guidance about adjusting teaching "when acceleration is compromised" (2016, p. 165).
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11/19/21 11:30 AM 11/19/21 12:30 PM America/New_York Breakout D11: Reading Recovery AND Expectations for Classroom Writing in First Grade View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19224 <br/> <p>We currently know less about the strategic processing of the child learning to write than we do about early reading, but the effects of one upon the other. . . are compelling. Clay (2001) COT, p. 35. In this session, we will look at how changes in writing across the lesson series can transfer to a child's writing in the classroom.<br> <br> </p> D11 Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM D11
Breakout D11: Reading Recovery AND Expectations for Classroom Writing in First Grade
Speaker
Adria Klein, PhD · Saint Mary’s College of California

We currently know less about the strategic processing of the child learning to write than we do about early reading, but the effects of one upon the other. . . are compelling. Clay (2001) COT, p. 35. In this session, we will look at how changes in writing across the lesson series can transfer to a child's writing in the classroom.

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11/19/21 11:30 AM 11/19/21 12:30 PM America/New_York Not attending session during Group D. View session: https://rrcm.connect.space/accounts/events/2021-rrcm-institute/agenda/2021-11-19#session_row_19257 <br/> Reading Recovery and Literacy Lessons: Powerful Literacy Teaching and Learning ddrago@dmsevents.com MM/DD/YYYY
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Not attending session during Group D.