CREATE Events: 2008 Conference Agenda

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Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts,
The University of Texas at Austin

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2008 CREATE Conference

Math, Science, & Social Studies:
A Focus on English Language Learners in Middle School

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Monday, October 6, 2008

	7:30 am	Registration and Breakfast
	8:00 am	Welcome and Overview of CREATE David J. Francis, Director, CREATE
ISSUES THAT EXTEND ACROSS CONTENT AREAS
	8:20 am	Intervening to Increase General Academic Vocabulary Catherine Snow, CREATE, Harvard University
	9:00 am	Reading Content-Area Texts: What's Involved for English Language Learners Elfrieda H. Hiebert, CREATE, University of California, Berkeley
	9:40 am	Morning Break
	10:00 am	Small Group Break-Out Sessions
	11:15 am	Q & A with morning speakers
	12:00 pm	Lunch
SUPPORTING CONTENT AREA LEARNING: SCIENCE
	1:00 pm	The Knowledge Base for Science Education with English Language Learners Okhee Lee, University of Miami
	1:40 pm	Developing Academic Language in Middle School Science Classrooms: It's More Than Vocabulary Instruction Diane August, CREATE, Center for Applied Linguistics
	2:20 pm	Afternoon Break
	2:35 pm	Linking Science and Academic English: Teacher Development and Student Achievement Deborah Short, CREATE, Center for Applied Linguistics, and Cara Richards, CREATE, California State University Long Beach
	3:15 pm	Small Group Break-Out Sessions
	4:20 pm	Q&A with afternoon speakers

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

	7:30 am	Breakfast
SUPPORTING CONTENT AREA LEARNING: SOCIAL STUDIES
	8:00 am	How Peer Pairing with Vocabulary and Concept Instruction Enhances Content Leanring Social Studies with English Language Learners Sharon Vaughn and Leticia Martinez, CREATE, University of Texas, Austin
	9:00 am	Morning Break
SUPPORTING CONTENT AREA LEARNING: MATHEMATICS
	9:15 am	Using a Technology-Enhanced Curriculum to Improve the Learning of Important Mathematics for English Language Learners Phil Vahey, Center for Technology in Learning, SRI International
	9:50 am	Mathematics in a Global Context William Schmidt, Michigan State University
	10:25 am	Small Group Break-Out Sessions
	11:25 am	Q & A with morning speakers
	12:00 pm	Lunch
	1:00 pm	What We Know From Research About Teaching English Language Learners in Middle Grades David J. Francis, CREATE, TIMES, University of Houston
	1:45 pm	Q & A
	2:15 pm	Conference Summary

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