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July 29, 2004

C O N T E N T S

1) Gear up for the new school year
2) PD Corner: Creating rules
3) Just Think
4) Words of advice from a veteran
5) Still looking to land a new teaching position?

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1) Gear up for the new school year
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Whether you are a beginning teacher, changing assignments, or 
just looking for some fresh ideas to enhance your teaching, 
Stenhouse books will help you plan the start of school and keep 
new ideas coming all year long. The following suggestions are 
especially suited to starting off the year right.

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*For Kindergarten*
Great Beginnings: Creating a Literacy-Rich Kindergarten 
Resi J. Ditzel * 112 pp/paper * $14.00
http://www.stenhouse.com/0322.asp

*For Grades K-3*
Reading With Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary 
Grades * Debbie Miller * 208 pp/paper * $21.00
http://www.stenhouse.com/0307.asp

*For Grades 3-6*
Still Learning to Read: Teaching Students in Grades 3-6
Franki Sibberson and Karen Szymusiak * 168 pp/paper * $21.00
http://www.stenhouse.com/0359.asp

*For the Middle Grades*
Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level 
Teachers * Rick Wormeli * 208 pp/paper * $19.50
http://www.stenhouse.com/0355.asp

*For Grades 4-12*
Writing for Real: Strategies for Engaging Adolescent Writers
Ross M. Burkhardt * 312 pp/paper * $21.00
http://www.stenhouse.com/0358.asp

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2) PD Corner: Creating rules
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*July Quote of the Month*

"That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something 
you've understood all your life, but in a new way."
--Doris Lessing

As July draws to a close, teachers are starting to prepare for 
their first days of the school year with colleagues and students. 
You may be looking for some new learning around an old topic--how 
to launch a caring community in your classroom. Fifth grade 
teacher Janet Gannon realized that respectful environments with 
students always begin with collective rule setting. In a twist on 
that classic principle, she decided to come up with new rules to 
govern her own behavior, and had her most successful year ever:

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/articlelibrary/feature_38.asp

This article is a great resource for developing individual and 
group rules for working together with colleagues all year long. 
For a more in-depth look at approaches to creating rules, check 
out the following two books from The Responsive Classroom:

Rules in School
Kathryn Brady, Mary Beth Forton, Deborah Porter, and Chip Wood
264 pp/paper * $19.95
http://www.stenhouse.com/8910.asp

The First Six Weeks of School
Paula Denton and Roxann Kriete * 240 pp/paper * $19.95
http://www.stenhouse.com/8904.asp

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3) Just Think
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For a fresh approach to teaching media literacy skills, visit 
Just Think. This organization offers programs and curricula for 
teachers, community leaders, and parents, with the goal of 
breaking youth stereotypes that are propagated by negative media. 
Their Web site is rich with resources and examples of creative 
media production projects:

http://www.justthink.org/index.html

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4) Words of advice from a veteran
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Author and school superintendent Shelley Harwayne offers this 
list of advice to begin the new school year, drawing on her many 
years in education (from the August 2002 issue of Instructor 
magazine):

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/inspiration.htm

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5) Still looking to land a new teaching position?
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Here's an excellent article from Education Oasis that will help 
prepare you for some of the challenging questions that may come 
your way during the interview:

http://www.educationoasis.com/resources/Articles/tough_interview.htm

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