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July 13, 2007

C O N T E N T S

1) Talking & drawing open the door to writing
2) Author Conversations: Kelly Gallagher, Part II
3) PD Corner: Tech tools for language arts
4) Inservice, R.I.P.

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1) Talking & drawing open the door to writing
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"This is a book about responding to children. A book about 
listening and noticing children. The first move is not the 
teacher's. Rather, the starting place is the child's practice 
through language, drawing, and storytelling. This requires great 
patience, and I was struck by the time markers that breathed 
through the text. How long does a teacher wait? It could be ten 
seconds, twenty, thirty--long enough to tell the child you have 
all the time in the world to listen. This is a book that teachers 
have been waiting for but didn't know they needed."
--Donald Graves

Martha Horn and Mary Ellen Giacobbe, codirectors of Writing in 
Kindergarten, a professional development project in Boston, have 
developed a deep understanding of the roles of talking and drawing 
in learning to write. In Talking, Drawing, Writing they share 
their work in kindergarten and first-grade classrooms, where 
storytelling and sketching are key components of literacy 
instruction.

Organized around 46 mini-lessons, Talking, Drawing, Writing will 
help you establish oral storytelling, drawing, and assessment. 
You'll learn how to help students write words, introduce booklets, 
and move students forward as writers through craft and mechanics. 
Each mini-lesson provides background and context, sample classroom 
talk, and resources. The book includes an 8-page color insert that 
beautifully illustrates student work.

Talking, Drawing, Writing will be available in print next week, 
but you can browse the entire book online now:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0456.asp?r=n117

* Special for Newslinks subscribers *
Order Talking, Drawing, Writing on our website by July 31 and 
we'll waive the shipping charge (a $5 value!). Just enter the 
discount code NLC at the bottom of the "Summary" checkout screen.

Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest Writers  
Martha Horn and Mary Ellen Giacobbe
276 pp/paper + 8-page color insert * $24.00
  http://www.stenhouse.com/0456.asp?r=n117

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2) Author Conversations: Kelly Gallagher, Part II
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"I do not believe that a one-size-fits-all scoring guide produces 
the greatest benefit to my students...we have scoring guides that 
are half whole-class and half tailored to each and every student."

In Part II of our conversation with Kelly Gallagher, you'll hear 
how he works with students to build personalized writing rubrics:

http://www.stenhouse.com/gallagher.asp?r=n117

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3) PD Corner: Tech tools for language arts
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"The latest blogging tools now take us closer to the original 
intent of the Web as a read-write medium." 
--Glen Bull, Gina Bull, and Sara Kajder

Google Lit Trips is one of a growing number of sites that teachers 
can use with Google Earth. It provides a multidimensional 
experience with great works of literature by tracing famous 
journeys of characters such as the Joad family and Huck Finn.
Pop-up windows present photos and questions that challenge 
students to read more deeply:

http://www.googlelittrips.org/

Though not widely publicized, teachers can get a free license for 
Google Earth Pro (normally $400), which includes added support and 
the ability to suppress ads:

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

Turning the Pages from The British Library offers an unparalleled 
look into some of history's most famous books. It's a must-see for 
anyone teaching British or world literature:
 
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html

Do you teach in a one-computer classroom? Wondering how to harness 
technology to engage students in the study of English? In her book 
The Tech-Savvy English Classroom, Sara Kajder shows us how to 
extend and empower student understanding with the right tech 
tools, even if we don't teach in a technology-rich classroom:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0361.asp?r=n117

With a free Google account, you can create, store, and share word 
processing documents or spreadsheets online, accessible from 
anywhere on the Internet. Collaborate with colleagues or post 
information for parents to view:

http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs_spreadsheets.html

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4) Inservice, R.I.P.
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Joan Richardson of the National Staff Development Council takes 
aim at terms like "inservice," "training," and "delivery" of 
professional development. Find out what language she suggests for 
the process of PD:

http://www.nsdc.org/publications/articleDetails.cfm?articleID=1517
(Click the "Download Now" link on the right side of the page.)


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