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1) What Cris Tovani learned when she got grouped

When Cris Tovani—author of I Read It, but I Don't Get It and Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?—was assigned to the less-proficient group for her school's annual technology training, she took away some valuable lessons about the challenges her struggling readers face. Do we inadvertently send a message that we don't believe in students' abilities? Cris deconstructs her experience and shares her insights in the current issue of Educational Leadership:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdtovaniedleader.htm?r=n186w

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2) Author Conversations: Pat Johnson & Katie Keier

Teachers will learn how to focus in on what a specific child needs. That's certainly beneficial for children, and the teacher can feel like he or she is accomplishing something with a struggling reader instead of feeling overwhelmed all the time.

In our latest Author Conversations podcast, Pat Johnson and Katie Keier, authors of Catching Readers Before They Fall, talk about what readers can expect to take away from their book, including an improved understanding of the reading process, beginning strategies that go beyond letter and sound knowledge, and deep answers to challenging questions from parents:

http://www.stenhouse.com/html/newsarchive_169.htm?r=n186w

Preview the entire text of Catching Readers Before They Fall online:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0781.asp?r=n186w

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3) Stenhouse editorial director Philippa Stratton wins NCTE award

Congratulations to Stenhouse editorial director Philippa Stratton, who was just named Outstanding Educator in the English Language Arts for 2010 by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The award, which will be presented at the NCTE annual convention in November, recognizes a distinguished national or international educator who has made major contributions to the field of language arts in elementary education. Read more about the award and Philippa's decades of work with Heinemann and Stenhouse:

http://www.stenhouse.com/html/newsarchive_168.htm?r=n186w

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4) Are you ready to become a teacher-writer?

My writing wasn't always wonderful. It didn't have to be. What mattered was that it was present for my students to see.

Stacy Shubitz of the Two Writing Teachers blog—and co-author of a forthcoming Stenhouse book—explains her inspiration for writing at an early age, how she used her own writer's notebook to set an example for students, and how to work writing into your daily routine in this guest post on the Stenhouse Blog:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdshubitz2.htm?r=n186w

Check out the acclaimed Two Writing Teachers, a collaboration between Stacey and Ruth Ayres:

http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/

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5) Rick Wormeli responds to your instructional metaphors

After much deliberation, Rick Wormeli has chosen the winning submissions in our instructional metaphors contest. Read Rick's closing thoughts as well as the winning metaphors and his responses:

http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/ningM%26Aresponse.pdf

Access the original posts and discussions—including one on using metaphors to teach math—in this Ning group:

http://stenhouse.ning.com/group/metaphorsandanalogies

And you can still preview the entire text of Rick's new book, Metaphors & Analogies, for a limited time:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0758.asp?r=n186w

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