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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.org
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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