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4th Annual BISD LEAD Conference
Type: Elementary Instructional Staff clear filter
Thursday, August 6
 

9:30am PDT

Phonics First: Because Reading Doesn’t Always Click
LIMITED
Thursday August 6, 2026 9:30am - 10:20am PDT
223
Limited Capacity seats available
Proper phonics sounds, blending, segmenting, and ways to build strong readers. Early Childhood
Speakers
avatar for Lori Parsons

Lori Parsons

Kindergarten Teacher
Thursday August 6, 2026 9:30am - 10:20am PDT
223
  Elementary Instructional Staff

9:30am PDT

Teach for Reading Fluency
LIMITED
Thursday August 6, 2026 9:30am - 10:20am PDT
224
Limited Capacity seats available
Fluent reading is one of the hallmarks of skilled reading! Learn the different aspects of fluency including prosody, phrasing, and rate. Learn strategies for teaching reading fluency using any text.
Speakers
SK
Thursday August 6, 2026 9:30am - 10:20am PDT
224
  Elementary Instructional Staff

10:30am PDT

Productive Struggle in the Early Childhood Classroom
LIMITED
Thursday August 6, 2026 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
223
Limited Capacity seats available
**PK - 2 Teachers** Helping Young Learners Build Confidence, Independence and Resilience
Speakers
avatar for Carmen Stone
Thursday August 6, 2026 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
223
  Elementary Instructional Staff

10:30am PDT

Yes They Can! Supporting our youngest writers
LIMITED
Thursday August 6, 2026 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
224
Limited Capacity seats available
Providing young children with rich writing experiences can lay a foundation for literacy learning. The following questions will be addressed in this session:
What benefits does writing have for young children?
What does children’s writing tell us about their understanding of print and sound?
What is the alphabetic principle, and how can it help teachers individualize instruction?
What opportunities for writing do you provide in your classroom? This session is appropriate for PreK and Kindergarten staff.
Speakers
SK
Thursday August 6, 2026 10:30am - 11:20am PDT
224
  Elementary Instructional Staff

1:00pm PDT

Building Strong Math Foundations-Subitizing and Math Language in Early Childhood (PreK-2nd)
LIMITED
Thursday August 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
223
Limited Capacity seats available
Participants will learn how to incorporate subitizing and math talk into their daily routines.
Speakers
AF
TS
Thursday August 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
223
  Elementary Instructional Staff

1:00pm PDT

Pre K Differentiation
LIMITED
Thursday August 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
222
Limited Capacity seats available
Differentiation for K/1/2 with Bluebonnet,

PK Differentiation
Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Green
Thursday August 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
222
  Elementary Instructional Staff

1:00pm PDT

Teaching Small Groups with Decodable Texts
LIMITED
Thursday August 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
224
Limited Capacity seats available
Learn how to successfully use decodable texts to reinforce phonics skills! Participants will learn a balanced small group structure which includes decoding using blending lines, encoding (spelling), reading decodable books, as well as dictation.
Speakers
SK
Thursday August 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
224
  Elementary Instructional Staff

2:00pm PDT

Avoiding Teacher Burnout
LIMITED
Thursday August 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
228
Limited Capacity seats available
Avoiding Teacher Burnout - (or How to Have a Long and Happy Teaching Career)
Speakers
avatar for Donna Shockley
Thursday August 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
228
  Elementary Instructional Staff

2:00pm PDT

PreK and K Roundtable
LIMITED
Thursday August 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
222
Limited Capacity seats available
Pre K & K Roundtable Vertical Alignment
Speakers
avatar for Carmen Stone
Thursday August 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
222
  Elementary Instructional Staff

2:00pm PDT

Writing Workshop: Structures for Writing Success
LIMITED
Thursday August 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
224
Limited Capacity seats available
For Grades 3-5.  Participants will learn the fundamentals of a writing workshop and lessons to lift the level of personal narrative, informational, and opinion writing.
Speakers
SK
Thursday August 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
224
  Elementary Instructional Staff
 
Friday, August 7
 

9:00am PDT

Classroom Management
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
222
Limited Capacity seats available
Classroom Management: Creating a Positive Learning Environment (PK/K/1)
Speakers
avatar for Brenda Lopez
Friday August 7, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
222
  Elementary Instructional Staff

9:00am PDT

DAB
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
223
Limited Capacity seats available
DAB-How to display, awesome, behavior around the school.
Speakers
VS
Friday August 7, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
223
  Elementary Instructional Staff

9:00am PDT

“The Misunderstood Gifted Child”
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
224
Limited Capacity seats available
Understanding Behaviors, Traits, and Needs of Gifted Learners

Gifted students are not always the easiest students to recognize. Some appear highly successful and compliant, while others may seem distracted, emotional, perfectionistic, disorganized, or even challenging in the classroom.

This interactive session will help educators explore the often misunderstood characteristics of gifted learners and examine how gifted traits can sometimes be mistaken for behavior problems, lack of motivation, or inattentiveness. Participants will gain practical strategies for supporting gifted students in mixed-ability classrooms while fostering engagement, challenge, creativity, and growth.

Through real-world scenarios, discussion, and classroom-ready strategies, teachers will leave with a deeper understanding of how to recognize and respond to the unique needs of gifted learners.

Participants Will:

* Identify common misunderstood traits of gifted learners
* Explore how giftedness may present differently across students
* Examine classroom scenarios and teacher perceptions
* Learn practical differentiation and engagement strategies
* Reflect on ways to better support gifted students in everyday instruction

Best suited for: K–5 classroom teachers, interventionists, specialists, and instructional support staff.
Speakers
PG

Pat Goodwin

Gifted & Talented Coordinator - Pull-Out Teacher K-6, Bonham ISD
"I hear, and I forget, I see, and I remember, I do, and I understand." Confucius

I have two children; Lee & Courtney
I have four grandchildren: Clint, Emmalynn, Hadley, and Oliver

Currently, I am the Gifted & Talented Coordinator - Pull-Out Teacher K-6 at Bonham ISD
I. W... Read More →
Friday August 7, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
224
  Elementary Instructional Staff

10:00am PDT

From Whole Group to What They Need: Differentiation in Action
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
223
Limited Capacity seats available
Roundtable for Elementary teachers to share ideas on differentiation in action in the classroom. Bring ideas for what is working in your classroom! Look forward to learning strategies that teachers have successfully implemented.
Speakers
avatar for Tammy Hopkins
JV
Friday August 7, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
223
  Elementary Instructional Staff

10:00am PDT

Maximizing Blooms with Bluebonnet *RLA Focus
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
232
Limited Capacity seats available
Tips and tricks with sustaining attention and engagement during Bluebonnet lessons. 
Speakers
JH
Friday August 7, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
232
  Elementary Instructional Staff

10:00am PDT

No More One-Word Wonders; Stretch That Sentence!
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
222
Limited Capacity seats available
Extending Students Verbal and Written Responses in the Elementary Setting
Speakers
avatar for Ashley Miller
Friday August 7, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
222
  Elementary Instructional Staff

11:00am PDT

Building Relationships with Students and Parents in the Early Childhood Classroom
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
222
Limited Capacity seats available
Early Childhood Session to give a refresher on building relationships with students and parents. Geared for PK-2 and new ECE teachers.
Speakers
avatar for Carmen Stone
Friday August 7, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
222
  Elementary Instructional Staff

11:00am PDT

Independent Reading: Structures for Success
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
224
Limited Capacity seats available
Independent reading can enhance literacy and comprehension skills, including
exposing readers to new vocabulary, enhancing comprehension skills, and fostering a love for reading. Learn structures to ensure you and your students get the most out of independent reading time.
Speakers
SK
Friday August 7, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
224
  Elementary Instructional Staff

11:00am PDT

Mission Engagement – Strategies to Make Learning Stick
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
231
Limited Capacity seats available
This interactive professional learning session focused on practical, research-based engagement strategies that teachers can implement with little preparation and immediate impact. Participants explored how movement, visible thinking routines, and retrieval practices increase student engagement, attention, and retention. Through hands-on activities such as Four Corners, Hexagonal Thinking, Think-Pair-Share, and Would You Rather, teachers experienced strategies from a student perspective and collaborated on ways to adapt them to their own content areas. The session concluded with opportunities to select and plan for implementing at least one new engagement strategy, with optional technology tools to enhance classroom learning.

Harris will be joining me to provide insight and examples as to how this can be applied to BB curriculum.

This year, due to the BB tie, this session will be more geared towards Elementary.
Speakers
avatar for Nick Foster

Nick Foster

Assistant Principal
Friday August 7, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
231
  Elementary Instructional Staff

11:00am PDT

Reading response journals
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
223
Limited Capacity seats available
Training teachers to help students respond to reading stories focused on building both teacher knowledge and practical classroom strategies. The goal is to move students beyond just reading words to thinking deeply about texts and expressing their understanding clearly.
Speakers
avatar for Lynsie Matthews

Lynsie Matthews

1st grade Teacher
MG
Friday August 7, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
223
  Elementary Instructional Staff

1:30pm PDT

"I'm done!" What's next when they already know it
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
222
Limited Capacity seats available
How to keep bright and/or GT students engaged and learning when they've already mastered grade level content
Speakers
MB
Friday August 7, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
222
  Elementary Instructional Staff

1:30pm PDT

The Essentials of Writing Instruction
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
224
Limited Capacity seats available
Writing needs to be taught like any other basic skill, with explicit instruction and ample opportunity for practice. Children need instruction in spelling and conventions as well as in the qualities and strategies of good writing. Learn: the writing process, how to set up a writing workshop, how to teach writing mini-lessons, and more. This session is appropriate for grades 1-2.
Speakers
SK
Friday August 7, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
224
  Elementary Instructional Staff

1:30pm PDT

🥅Score Big With Expicit Vocabulary Instruction
LIMITED
Friday August 7, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
228
Limited Capacity seats available
In this interactive session, you are the head coach of your classroom’s Lexicon League! We’ll explore createive approaches that pair intentional vocabulary with free dital tools to enhance reading, writing, and comprehension. You’ll walk away with a playbook of practical strategies and ready-to-use templates that can be implemented in your classroom on day one!
Speakers
avatar for Stephanie Avery

Stephanie Avery

Instructional Technology/Software Support Specialist, BONHAM ISD,TECHNOLOGY
Friday August 7, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
228
  Elementary Instructional Staff
 
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