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November 17, 2004

C O N T E N T S

1) Great teaching defined
2) A cry for reform in teacher education
3) PD Corner: Understanding Tweens
4) Academics expand in kindergarten
5) See you in Indianapolis

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1) Great teaching defined
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What if you could travel the country, visiting classrooms, 
exploring what works and what doesn't, and identify a handful of 
key teaching structures that lead to success? Harvey Daniels and 
Marilyn Bizar have done just that in their new book, Teaching the 
Best Practice Way, now available in print:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0405.asp?r=n58

Fully updating and expanding Methods that Matter (Stenhouse, 
1998), Teaching the Best Practice Way adds the stories of twenty 
more celebrated teachers and a brand-new chapter focusing on 
reading as thinking. Lively and conversational, Daniels and Bizar 
present seven methods that embody exemplary instruction across all 
grades and subjects, with stories, examples, and practical 
classroom materials.

Teaching the Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12
Harvey Daniels and Marilyn Bizar * 360 pp/paper * $24.00
Available in print now * Review the entire book on-line
http://www.stenhouse.com/0405.asp?r=n58b

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2) A cry for reform in teacher education
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"We have a sacred responsibility to the young men and women who 
step forward to declare: 'I want to be a teacher.' Our part is to 
help them become good teachers--excellent teachers--and when they 
do, to reward them accordingly."

In this Education Week opinion piece, Carnegie Corporation 
president Vartan Gregorian takes universities to task for failing 
to adequately prepare teachers, and describes the Carnegie reform 
effort Teachers for a New Era, which has enlisted participation 
from 11 colleges and universities:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2004/11/10/11gregorian.h24.html
(Free registration required.)

For more information on the Teachers for a New Era initiative, 
visit its Web site:

http://www.teachersforanewera.org/

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3) PD Corner: Understanding Tweens
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*November Quote of the Month*

"The tween stage is when children are either launched--
educationally, socially, and emotionally--or get lost and left 
behind."
--Ann Hulbert, author of Raising America

Teachers of children ages 8-12 have long known that this is a 
uniquely important stage of development. Ann Hulbert's provocative 
article in Slate, "Tween-Age Wasteland," challenges some of the 
assumptions of the research and conventional wisdom on tweens:

http://slate.msn.com/id/2087714/

Teachers launching a writing program for tweens can look to the 
new Stenhouse book Writing Through the Tween Years by Bruce Morgan 
with Deb Odom. You can now review the entire text on-line--the 
book will be available in print later this month:
 
http://www.stenhouse.com/0406.asp?r=n58c

The National Middle School Association has scores of resources for 
teachers of older tweens, with short articles perfect in length 
for reading and discussing in workshops. Follow the links below to 
pages on the NMSA Web site where articles can be accessed.

Middle School Journal (selected article from each issue available 
on-line)
http://www.nmsa.org/services/midjournal.htm

Middle Ground (selected article on-line, plus Web links to 
teaching resources from each issue)
http://www.nmsa.org/services/midground.htm

Middle Matters newsletter (issues available in their entirety)
http://www.middlemattersonline.org/

The Family Connection (ready-made parent newsletter content)
http://www.nmsa.org/services/family/

Research articles
http://www.nmsa.org/research/research.html

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4) Academics expand in kindergarten
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A recent Washington Post article describes the changes taking 
place in U.S. kindergartens, as many schools move to a full-day 
program and want students to establish basic reading skills before 
they enter first grade:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62371-2004Oct25.html
(Free registration required.)

For help in supporting kindergarten students as writers, check out 
the new professional development video from JoAnn Portalupi and 
Ralph Fletcher. In the Beginning: Young Writers Develop 
Independence captures the sights and sounds of writing workshop in 
a busy kindergarten classroom that includes many English language 
learners, and demonstrates how a master teacher helps her students 
develop into independent writers.

In the Beginning: Young Writers Develop Independence
JoAnn Portalupi and Ralph Fletcher * 1 30-minute VHS tape * $95.00
Available Now!
http://www.stenhouse.com/0398.asp?r=n58d

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5) See you in Indianapolis
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Stop by the Stenhouse booth (#605-609) at the NCTE Annual 
Convention this weekend in Indianapolis, where you can shop our 
wide selection of professional books and videos, and meet our 
authors:

Friday, 11/19
 3:00- 4:00 * Bruce Morgan * Writing Through the Tween Years
 4:00- 5:00 * Kathleen Fay * Becoming One Community

Saturday, 11/20
 9:00-10:00 * Cris Tovani * Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?
10:00-11:00 * Kathy Collins * Growing Readers
11:00-12:00 * Janet Allen * Tools for Teaching Content Literacy
12:00- 1:00 * Harvey Daniels & Marilyn Bizar * Teaching the Best 
Practice Way
 1:00- 2:00 * Franki Sibberson & Karen Szymusiak * Bringing 
Reading to Life

For a list of sessions that include Stenhouse authors, go to this 
page:

http://www.stenhouse.com/NCTEsched.htm
(Scroll down below the calendar to view session details.)

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