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Stenhouse Newslinks February 19, 2004 C O N T E N T S 1) Tuck this into your plan book 2) Iraqi teachers get US-sponsored training 3) Get ready for the "Seussentennial" 4) PD Corner: Block scheduling for genre study 5) National Board Certification 2004 deadlines ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Tuck this into your plan book ---------------------------------------------------------------- K-W-L. List-Group-Label. Learning Logs. QAR. RAFT Writing. Wouldn't it be nice to have a quick reference for a host of effective reading instruction strategies? Best-selling author Janet Allen has developed a new plan book- sized resource that gives you just that. TOOLS FOR TEACHING CONTENT LITERACY is a compact tabbed flipchart with 33 key strategies to assess and build content knowledge, support and monitor comprehension, and evaluate, extend, and transfer knowledge. Each tab includes the what, why, and how of each tool, along with references. The appendix has over a dozen reproducible forms and graphic organizers. TOOLS FOR TEACHING CONTENT LITERACY Janet Allen * 52 pp flipchart * Available Now! * $12.00 http://www.stenhouse.com/0380.asp **** Special for Newslinks subscribers **** Order 2 or more copies of this flipchart on our Web site by March 7, and we'll waive the shipping charge (a $5 value!). Just enter coupon code NL46 at the first checkout screen on our Web site. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Iraqi teachers get US-sponsored training ---------------------------------------------------------------- "American classrooms are very free. I see in the movies that the students challenge the teachers," said Dalel Khamel, an English- language teacher at the Baghdad High School. "Maybe we won't do everything like they do. But we want to be exposed to all the new techniques, and then we will decide what is useful to us." US-sponsored teacher training sessions began across Iraq last week, introducing 33,000 high school teachers to Western-style instruction techniques: http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0212/p12s02-legn.html (from the Christian Science Monitor) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Get ready for the "Seussentennial" ---------------------------------------------------------------- NEA's annual Read Across America program is fast approaching. This nationwide reading celebration takes place each year on or around March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss, and this year will mark his 100th birthday! For more information and ideas for celebrating, visit the Read Across America page: http://www.nea.org/readacross/ The official Seussentennial Web site has free activities and celebration ideas, a biography with photos, and schedules for the "Seussentennial Imagination Tour" and "The Art of Dr. Seuss, A Retrospective and National Touring Exhibition": http://www.seussville.com/seussentennial/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4) PD Corner: Block scheduling for genre study ---------------------------------------------------------------- Making the move to block scheduling? The study guide to THINKING THROUGH GENRE by Heather Lattimer includes a sample schedule for allocating reading, writing, and word study time in 90 minute blocks during genre study, as well as templates for designing sustained instruction. For a free copy of the guide and reproducibles to use in faculty sessions, go to: http://www.stenhouse.com/0352.asp (Click on the "Study Guide" link at the beginning of the book description.) Late spring is a great time for author classroom visits, and now is the time to plan one. The children's writers resource site SmartWriters.com offers tips on planning a school visit, and provides links to authors and illustrators who you can contact: http://www.smartwriters.com/index.2ts?page=planschoolvisit http://www.smartwriters.com/index.2ts?page=schoolvisitdirectory ---------------------------------------------------------------- 5) National Board Certification 2004 deadlines ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you are thinking about applying for National Board Certification in 2004, you can receive your results by the end of the year by submitting forms on-line by March 31. For the complete calendar including testing and portfolio deadlines, go to: http://www.nbpts.org/candidates/guide/4_calendar04.html And if you need help deciding whether to seek certification, or support for successfully completing the requirements, be sure to check out THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION HANDBOOK. Read Chapter 1 ("What Is National Board Certification Anyway?") on- line here: http://www.stenhouse.com/0349.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please send comments and questions to Chuck Lerch, Newslinks Editor, at

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