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November 7, 2003

C O N T E N T S

1) Connect readers with the right books
2) PD Corner: Covering all your mentoring bases
3) Where is education in the 2004 campaign?
4) A renewed focus on parent involvement
5) Orbis Pictus awards announced

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1) Connect readers with the right books
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"Making the match between book and reader relies on knowledge in 
three areas: knowing the reader, knowing the book, and knowing 
the techniques and strategies for bringing book and reader 
together...if you will take this journey with me, I will guide 
you to the books and activities and strategies and theories that 
will help you in your efforts to help students become lifelong 
readers, those of us who read because reading is such an 
ingrained part of who we are."
--from the Introduction to MAKING THE MATCH, by Teri Lesesne

Join author and Voices from the Middle columnist Teri Lesesne as 
she guides you in becoming an expert matchmaker--between 
adolescent readers and books. MAKING THE MATCH: The Right Book 
for the Right Reader at the Right Time, Grades 4-12 shows you how 
to relate to young adults, call upon the store of good books out 
there, and motivate readers through a variety of strategies such 
as reading aloud and booktalks.

MAKING THE MATCH is now available, and you can review the entire 
book on-line at:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0381.asp

MAKING THE MATCH: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the 
Right Time, Grades 4-12
Teri Lesesne * 248 pp/paper * $21.00 * Available now!
http://www.stenhouse.com/0381.asp

And to keep up with winners of the many award competitions for 
young adult literature, you might want to bookmark this page at 
the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), which lists 
winners of all the major competitions:

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.htm

Explore the rest of the YALSA site for many other resources for 
serving young adult readers.

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2) PD Corner: Covering all your mentoring bases
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*November Quote of the Month*

"In every art beginners must start with models of those who have 
practiced the same art before them. And it is not only a matter 
of looking at the drawings, paintings, musical compositions, and 
poems that have been and are being created; it is a matter of 
being drawn into the individual work of art, of realizing that it 
has been made by a real human being, and trying to discover the 
secret of its creation."
--Ruth Whitman

Apprenticeship in teaching is sometimes more art than science. If 
you are a mentor to a novice teacher, you know how important it 
is for new educators to apprentice themselves to veterans. But 
there are so many large and small issues to discuss, you may 
wonder if you are covering all the essential topics.

The PREP Center, a regional professional development cooperative 
in Minnesota, has compiled a list of resources for mentoring 
including a checklist of concerns for teacher mentors to address 
over time:

http://www.prepcenter.org/pt_m_res_mmc.htm

And for information on how to make your conferences with novice 
teachers more effective, check out MENTORING, the new video set 
from Stenhouse:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0365.asp

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3) Where is education in the 2004 campaign?
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Washington Post columnist Ray Mathews writes recently about the 
dearth of meaningful discussion about education issues in the 
2004 presidential campaign:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58624-2003Oct21.html

The Every Child Matters Education Fund is helping to shine a 
light on education by sponsoring a series of Democratic candidate 
forums in New Hampshire, as reported in Education Week:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=09Fedfil.h23
(free registration may be required)

You can directly access the Every Child Matters Web site, which
includes audio and text transcripts of the forums, here:

http://www.everychildmatters.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ecm_forums

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4) A renewed focus on parent involvement
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Parent involvement provisions of the NCLB Act have accelerated 
schools' efforts to reach out to parents, as illustrated in this 
recent article in the Christian Science Monitor:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1028/p12s01-legn.html

If you are looking for an overview of NCLB requirements for 
parent involvement from an educator's perspective, here are some 
useful links.

>From NAESP, a summary of the NCLB parent involvement 
requirements, and advice on what schools and districts should do 
to comply:
http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=291

Five FAQ's from New York State United Teachers:
http://www.nysut.org/research/bulletins/2002nclb_parentinvolvement.html

Another summary from The English Language Learner KnowledgeBase:
http://www.helpforschools.com/sikb/legal/EDGuidance_ParentInvolvement/index.shtml

Text of the Parental Involvement section of NCLB (Section 1118):
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg2.html#sec1118

The National PTA offers a certification for schools for 
excellence in parent involvement:
http://www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/index.asp

Finally, explore these innovative parent involvement resources 
from Stenhouse and author Jim Vopat:

THE PARENT PROJECT: A Workshop Approach to Parent Involvement 
http://www.stenhouse.com/0001.asp

MORE THAN BAKE SALES: The Resource Guide to Family Involvement in 
Education
http://www.stenhouse.com/0083.asp

PARENT LEADERSHIP: It Doesn't Happen Just Because You Say So 
(Video)
http://www.stenhouse.com/0306.asp

IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL: Family-School Partnerships in Math and 
Science (Video)
http://www.stenhouse.com/0354.asp

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5) Orbis Pictus awards announced
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It's November, which means it's time for the Orbis Pictus Award 
for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children given by the National 
Council of Teachers of English. This year's winner is WHEN MARIAN 
SANG: The True Recital of Marian Anderson, by Pam Munoz Ryan, 
illustrated by Brian Selznick.

In addition to the overall winner, the selection committee 
chooses a number of Honor Books and Recommended Titles, so the 
award announcement is a great opportunity to shop for terrific 
new nonfiction books:

http://www.ncte.org/elem/awards/orbispictus/106983.htm

You can read capsule reviews of the winners in this article from 
the November issue of NCTE's Language Arts journal (2.8 MB download):

http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Publications/Journals/la/0812-nov03/LA0812Children.pdf

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