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1) 9 DVD/book packages from top authors

What's the next best thing to having a Stenhouse author visit your school or district? Combine readings from their professional books with high-quality DVDs that demonstrate the author's ideas and can be viewed individually or in groups to fit your schedule. We've created nine packages that make it easy—and more affordable—for your school to adopt practices from leaders in literacy instruction. Follow the links below for details!

Debbie Diller Literacy Package
Includes 5 video titles and 4 book titles
Package Price: $1,000 (a savings of $184)
http://www.stenhouse.com/076D.asp?r=n196w


Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis Reading Package
Includes 5 video titles and 1 book title
Package Price: $1,100 (a savings of $205)
http://www.stenhouse.com/031H.asp?r=n196w


Kelly Gallagher Literacy Package
Includes 4 video titles and 4 book titles
Package Price: $700 (a savings of $130)
http://www.stenhouse.com/042G.asp?r=n196w


Ralph Fletcher & JoAnn Portalupi Writing Package
Includes 4 video titles and 4 book titles
Package Price: $750 (a savings of $136)
http://www.stenhouse.com/074F.asp?r=n196w


Debbie Miller Reading Package
Includes 3 video titles and 2 book titles
Package Price: $475 (a savings of $88)
http://www.stenhouse.com/030M.asp?r=n196w


Cris Tovani Reading Package
Includes 2 video titles and 2 book titles
Package Price: $700 (a savings of $130)
http://www.stenhouse.com/037T.asp?r=n196w


Tony Stead Reading Package
Includes 2 video titles and 3 book titles
Package Price: $725 (a savings of $132)
http://www.stenhouse.com/073S.asp?r=n196w


Linda Dorn & Carla Soffos Literacy Package
Includes 5 video titles and 4 book titles
Package Price: $980 (a savings of $174)
http://www.stenhouse.com/008S.asp?r=n196w


Lynne Dorfman & Rose Cappelli Writing Package
Includes 1 video title and 2 book titles
Available early November
Package Price: $420 (a savings of $23)
http://www.stenhouse.com/043C.asp?r=n196w

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2) The power of memoir

Personal narrative is the starting point for memoir, but it is in the selection of what to include and what it all means, that we move from narrative to memoir.

Kimberly Hill Campbell, author of Less Is More, suggests several memoirs that teachers can use for whole class or literature circle reading, and also provides some prompts that support writing memoir, in this recent installment of Questions & Authors on the Stenhouse Blog:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdmemoir.htm?r=n196w

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3) Author Conversations: Lisa Miller on digital storytelling

[When I first started], we did digital stories with second graders just using PowerPoint. The kids wrote their stories, drew illustrations, and recorded their voices, and I put it all together for them on the computer. The excitement of the kids was just amazing. And I thought "This is a great thing."

Are you looking for meaningful ways to integrate technology into your writing instruction? Lisa Miller, author of Make Me a Story, has worked side-by-side with many teachers to help them learn the tools and get even the most reluctant students excited about telling their stories. Listen as Lisa explains that it's quite easy for both students and teachers to learn how to put together a digital story:

http://www.stenhouse.com/html/lmillerpodcast.htm?r=n196w

You can preview the entire text of Make Me a Story online:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0789.asp?r=n196w

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4) Classroom space: questions to consider after school starts

Katie Keier and Pat Johnson recently launched a new Web site for their book, Catching Readers Before They Fall. Their latest blog post offers eight questions to ask about your classroom environment after the first few weeks of school, and another recent post provides practical suggestions for dealing with mandates to use the basal:

http://catchingreaders.com/

You can still preview Catching Readers Before They Fall in its entirety and download the free PDF Study Guide:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0781.asp?r=n196w

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5) Pyrotechnics on the Page book discussion recap

If you missed our summer book club with Ralph Fletcher and his new book, Pyrotechnics on the Page, you can delve into the archived discussion anytime. Start on the Stenhouse Blog for a summary and then dip into the various Ning discussion threads:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdpyrotechnicsningwrap.htm?r=n196w

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