Wading River School teachers Meredith Trani and Tonia Ammirati co-presented a workshop “Word Love: A Science of Reading Approach to Vocabulary That Gets Kids Learning Joyfully and Deeply” to dozens of educators from across Long Island at the Long Island Language Arts Council Conference on March 28 at the Melville Marriott.

The annual event’s focus “Cultivating Natural and Artificial Intelligences in ELA and Literacy” kicked off with a welcome from SWR Humanities Director and LILAC President Nicole Waldbauer.

Author Charles Smith Jr. followed with an uplifting keynote address. Attendees participated in two breakout sessions and a final keynote address by Wiley Blevins, Ed.D. author, educational consultant and researcher.

Date Added: 4/2/2025