NMIRA State Reading Conference-Institutes 2012
Held on January 20 & 21, 2012
in Las Cruces
at the Hotel Encanto
Las Cruces, NM
PROGRAM
Our Guest Author and Institute Speakers
Friday Author's Dinner
by Jennifer Cervantes
Jennifer Cervantes
Tortilla Sun
This beautiful story captures the magic of the amazing New Mexico landscape, and introduces us to a character just as memorable as the tortilla sun. You’ll find yourself listening for whispers in the breeze and searching for magic in the heart of the storyteller. It rings true the importance of family, heritage, and culture and the journey of self-discovery. www.examiner.com
Books will be available for purchase. Author available for signing.
Tortilla Sun
This beautiful story captures the magic of the amazing New Mexico landscape, and introduces us to a character just as memorable as the tortilla sun. You’ll find yourself listening for whispers in the breeze and searching for magic in the heart of the storyteller. It rings true the importance of family, heritage, and culture and the journey of self-discovery. www.examiner.com
Books will be available for purchase. Author available for signing.
Saturday Institutes
Sharon Taberski
Sharon Taberski
Comprehension from the Ground Up
Sharon Taberski cuts through the strategy-overloaded, fluency-crazed atmosphere that surrounds reading instruction to lay out the reading and writing workshop practices that are most effective in developing readers in the primary grades. She shares how-tos needed to sustain a literacy block that engages children in authentic reading and writing practices including dozens of effective practices that help teachers to organize instructional and independent reading for kids.
Sharon Taberski cuts through the strategy-overloaded, fluency-crazed atmosphere that surrounds reading instruction to lay out the reading and writing workshop practices that are most effective in developing readers in the primary grades. She shares how-tos needed to sustain a literacy block that engages children in authentic reading and writing practices including dozens of effective practices that help teachers to organize instructional and independent reading for kids.
Dr. Anita C. Hernandez & Dr. Jose Montelongo
Antia C. Hernandez
This husband and wife team are local educators.
Dr. Anita Hernandez is coauthor of the Heinemann titles Interactive Notebooks for English Language Learners and Theme-Sets for Secondary Students. A former classroom teacher and college migrant program coordinator, she is Associate Professor in the college of education for California Polytechnic State University. She teaches reading and language-arts methods, and bilingual literacy methods courses for future teachers. Anita has directed a federal professional development grant for teachers of second language learners, worked with the California Muni-Corps Program, consulted with the San Diego County Office of Education, and served with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. dr. Anita Hernandez teaches at New Mexico State University.
Dr. Anita Hernandez is coauthor of the Heinemann titles Interactive Notebooks for English Language Learners and Theme-Sets for Secondary Students. A former classroom teacher and college migrant program coordinator, she is Associate Professor in the college of education for California Polytechnic State University. She teaches reading and language-arts methods, and bilingual literacy methods courses for future teachers. Anita has directed a federal professional development grant for teachers of second language learners, worked with the California Muni-Corps Program, consulted with the San Diego County Office of Education, and served with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. dr. Anita Hernandez teaches at New Mexico State University.
Dr. Jose Montelongo
Dr. Montelongo is currently the librarian at Deanna Davenport Elementary school in Canutillo ISD, El Paso, TX. He holds advanced degrees in library science and education. He has experience as a reading teacher at the middle school level and has taught adult ESL reading. He has published many articles and has presented at many national conferences, including the IRA conference held in Orlando last year.
