Find your favorite Scholastic authors and experts at ILA 2019

Emily Morrow  //  Oct 9, 2019

Find your favorite Scholastic authors and experts at ILA 2019

Scholastic is heading to New Orleans for ILA 2019! Come to booth 526 all weekend long to meet your favorite authors and learn more about our new resources for your classroom. See our full schedule of events below, and be sure to follow along on social using #ILA19!

Thursday, October 10

In-booth events

  • 4 PM - 6 PM: Scholastic Book Clubs tote bag giveaway
  • 5 PM - 6 PM: Join us in Scholastic booth #526 with authors Jan Richardson and Michele Dufrense to celebrate their book release with sweet treats and giveaways

Friday, October 11

In-booth events:

  • 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Scholastic Book Clubs tote bag giveaway
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Join Scholastic Classroom Magazines in booth #526 for free coffee, free samples of magazines, and a raffle!
  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Scholastic Book Clubs tote bag giveaway

Author signings:

Come by booth 526 at the designated time to meet the author and get a signed book!

  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Sharon Robinson (Child of the Dream) and India Hill Brown (The Forgotten Girl)
  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM: Jan Richardson (The Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics); Ellen Lewis (The Next Step Forward in Reading Intervention); Michele Dufrense (The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading)
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM: Donalyn Miller (Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids)

Author sessions:

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Coaching and Conferring: Interventions that Raise Students' Voices and Build Self Efficacy - featuring Laura Robb, Mary Howard, Dr. Nancy Akhavan (New Orleans Theater B)
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: The Next Step in Guided Word Study for Grades K-6 — featuring Jan Richardson and Michele Dufresne (Room 284-285)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Comprehension that works! Taking Students beyond Orindary Understanding to Deepen Comprehension — featuring Tim Rasinski and Danny Brassell (Room 383-385)
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Creating a Culture of Inclusion Through Literacy — featuring India Hill Brown (Room 276)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Intensive, Short-term, Targeted, Effective Intervention That Works — featuring Jan Richardson and Ellen O'Connor Lewis (Exhibit Hall 1 - Learning Lab 3)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Real-World Research: Authors Share Strategies for Learning More & Digging Deeper to Make Both Fiction and Nonfiction Sing — featuring Jennifer Nielsen (Room 284-285)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Create a Thriving Culture of Literacy: Presenting Authors Whose Books Help Students find "Self," as Characters and Readers Share Similar Life Issues — featuring Sharon Robinson (New Orleans Theater B) 

Saturday, October 12

In-booth events:

  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Scholastic Book Clubs tote bag giveaway
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Join Scholastic Classroom Magazines in booth #526 for free coffee, free samples of magazines, and a raffle!

Author signings

Come by booth 526 at the designated time to meet the author and get a signed book!

  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Jennifer Nielsen (Words on Fire)
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Wiley Blevins (Phonics from A to ZTeaching Phonics & Word Study in the Intermediate Grades)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Sarah Aronson (Survival of the Sparkliest); Kate Messner (Ranger in Time: Hurricane Katrina Rescue)

Author sessions:

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM: A School Filled with Readers: How the Principal, Literacy Coach, and Teachers Change a School's Reading Culture — featuring Laura Robb, Travis Crowder, Evan Robb (Room 286-287)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Rising Voices: How Cultural Responsiveness in the Classroom Drives Literacy Achievement — featuring Pam Allyn, Cynthis Felix, Yalitz Vasquez Johnson, Tina Valadolid, Amber Peterson (Room 277)
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: The Writing Thief: Where Literature Lives in the Writing Classroom — featuring Ruth Culham (Room 383-385)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: From Phonics to Fluency: Laying a Strong Foundation for Reading Success — featuring Tim Rasinski (Room 383-385)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Choice, Access, Empowerment: Changing the Game for Young Readers — featuring Donalyn Miller (New Orleans Theater A)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Story, Secrets, and Self: The Power of Shared Narratives in Building Empathy, Nurturing Readers, and Creating Citizens — featuring India Hill Brown (New Orleans Theater A)
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: What We Read Matters: Using YA Literature as an Agent for Change — featuring Jennifer Nielsen (Room 388)