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February 16, 2007

C O N T E N T S

1) The Daily Five comes alive on DVD
2) Study: Responsive Classroom linked to better social and
academic outcomes
3) PD Corner: The Writing Process
4) Follow the Teacher Leaders Network on teachermagazine.orgbr
5) Survey gauges effects of testing on current affairs teaching

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1) The Daily Five comes alive on DVD
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Thousands of teachers have used The Daily Five to help their
students develop habits that lead to literacy independence. Gail
Bouchey and Joan Moser ("The Sisters") developed this series of
literacy tasks that students complete daily while the teacher
meets with small groups or confers with individuals. The structure
is detailed in their book, The Daily Five.

Now you and your staff can see how to launch The Daily Five in
primary classrooms with the new PD video program The Daily Five
Alive! Working in Joan's K-2 multiage classroom, The Sisters
demonstrate how to launch the system and present detailed sample
lessons from three of the five components: Read to Self, Read to
Someone, and Work on Writing.

The Daily Five Alive! package is available now and includes
everything you need to facilitate productive professional
development workshops. In addition to the DVD, the viewing guide
(both printed and on CD-ROM) provides workshop suggestions and
focus questions, a selection of related readings, and handouts.
Pair the video with the book to bring lasting change to your
primary classrooms.

You can view three sample video clips and download the Viewing
Guide here:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0495.asp?r=n105

The Daily Five Alive! Strategies for Literacy Independence
Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, "The Sisters"
85 minutes, 1 DVD, viewing guide and CD-ROM * $275.00
Available now
http://www.stenhouse.com/0495.asp?r=n105

The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary
Grades * Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, "The Sisters"
136 pp/paper * $18.00 * Read Chapter 1 online:
http://www.stenhouse.com/0429.asp?r=n105

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2) Study: Responsive Classroom linked to better social and
academic outcomes
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A three-year study compared three elementary schools that
implemented the Responsive Classroom approach to three schools
that did not. It found that the Responsive Classroom is associated
with better social and academic outcomes, including higher reading
and math test scores. Download the full report or a two-page
summary:

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/about/research.html

And follow this link to browse Responsive Classroom books and
videos available through Stenhouse or your Stenhouse Distributor:

http://www.stenhouse.com/responsive.asp?r=n105

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3) PD Corner: The writing process
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"Good writing may be magical, but it's not magic. It's a process,
a rational series of steps and decisions that all writers take."
--Donald Murray

Has it been a while since you read up on writing and the writing
process? When teachers think about teaching writing, several
education rock stars come to mind, the late Donald Murray first
among them--he left educators a rich writing legacy. Read a self-
interview Donald Murray published in 1983 about writing fiction,
along with his reflections on it from 1995:

http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1010

Like story, writing develops within a community of writings. Can
classrooms be configured to encourage rather than discourage
writers? Certainly they can. Schools can too. Chapter 1 of Joanne
Hindley's book In the Company of Children has practical ideas you
can use to craft your own community of writers:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0010.asp?r=n105
(Click on the Chapter 1 link, "Supportive Settings and Caring
Communities.")

Wondering about writing conferences? In his Close-Ups DVD
Conferring with Boys, Max Brand demonstrates strategies such as
using wait time and honing in on specific texts. View a sample
video clip:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0440.asp?r=n105

"All Children Can Write" by Donald Graves is a classic article by
a man many have called the father of the writing process. Revisit
the article at LD OnLine to review the writing process and
Graves's beliefs about teaching children to write:

http://www.ldonline.org/article/6204

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4) Follow the Teacher Leaders Network on teachermagazine.org
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The Teacher Leaders Network (TLN) is now a regular contributor to
Teacher Magazine's website. Based at teacherleaders.org, TLN is a
virtual community representing a cross-section of America's best
classroom educators. Check out their columns here:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdtln.htm

Free registration is required to view the columns, and it also
gives you complete access to Teacher Magazine online. The current
issue focuses on professional development, including an article on
how veteran teachers perennially refine their teaching and an
interview with Bill Cosby:

http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/toc/2007/01/01/index.html

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5) Survey gauges effects of testing on current affairs teaching
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A report just published by the Carnegie-Knight Task Force on the
Future of Journalism Education describes a survey of 1,262 social
studies teachers and concludes that standardized tests inhibit the
classroom use of news, including student discussion. The report
includes recommendations for teachers, administrators, and
policymakers on expanding the use of news:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdcktf.htm
(145KB PDF file)

For an easy way to integrate nonfiction text on current events
across the curriculum, check out Making the Most of News
Magazines, the Close-Ups DVD by Franki Sibberson and Karen
Szymusiak. You can download and read the workshop guide that
accompanies the DVD:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0441.asp?r=n105
(Click on the "Workshop Guide" link.)

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