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May 17, 2005

C O N T E N T S

1) PD Corner: On notebooks
2) Author Conversations: Debbie Miller
3) Children's Literature
4) Retired teachers serve as mentors
5) New summer comprehension institute in NYC

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1) PD Corner: On notebooks
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*May Quote of the Month*

"The classroom is the site of my public account as a teacher; the 
notebook is the site for my personal account, a refuge for 
articulating and revising my teaching life."
--Tim Gillespie, English teacher, Lake Oswego, OR

Many teachers find daily writing in some sort of log or journal to 
be essential for learning--both for themselves and their students. 
If you're wondering about the difference between a learning log, 
journal, and writer's notebook, check out this one-page primer 
developed by the Australian Department of Education:

http://www.education.tas.gov.au/english/journals.htm

In "Stories and the Teaching Life" (The Quarterly), Tim Gillespie 
recounts the ties between daily writing in his teacher's notebook 
and the need for perspective on classroom events:

http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/234

Are you looking to rejuvenate the use of writers' notebooks with 
your students? Aimee Buckner's new book, Notebook Know-How, is 
chock-full of innovative strategies for launching, sustaining, and 
assessing writers' notebooks. You can now preview the entire text 
of this book on-line:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0413.asp?r=n68

Notebook Know-How: Strategies for the Writer's Notebook
Aimee Buckner * 128 pp/paper * $15.00
Available in late May * Pre-order now!
http://www.stenhouse.com/0413.asp?r=n68

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2) Author Conversations: Debbie Miller
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This issue of Newslinks marks the first installment of a new 
feature: Author Conversations. Over the next several months, we 
will add short video clips of Stenhouse authors to a special page 
on our Web site, and introduce each new clip in Newslinks. Here's 
your chance to hear authors talk about their books and answer 
questions that they are frequently asked.

Our first guest is Debbie Miller, author of the best-selling book, 
Reading with Meaning, and the Happy Reading! video series. Debbie 
talks about the challenge of "so much to teach and no time to 
teach it," and the importance of conferences for assessing student 
needs:

http://www.stenhouse.com/conversations.asp?r=n68

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3) Children's Literature
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The Children's Literature Web site is a great resource for 
children's book reviews, author information, and monthly calendar-
centered review collections. The site has links to over 2,400 
children's author Web sites, and dozens of themed book reviews and 
teaching guides:

http://www.childrenslit.com/feat.htm

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4) Retired teachers serve as mentors
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Learn how one Chicago school's "Mentor Emeritus" program has 
helped retain teachers and build a stronger professional 
development community, in this short article from ASCD's Classroom 
Leadership newsletter:

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

And be sure to explore these resources from Stenhouse as you plan 
your 2005-06 mentoring program:

Read, Share, Teach Workshops (free guide with monthly mentor 
meeting plans)
http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/rst_0309.pdf

Mentoring: Guiding, Coaching, and Sustaining Beginning Teachers
Two 25-minute VHS tapes + Viewing Guide * $195.00
http://www.stenhouse.com/0365.asp?r=n68

Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching  
144 pp/paper * $18.50
http://www.stenhouse.com/0309.asp?r=n68

Mentoring Across Boundaries: Helping Beginning Teachers Succeed in 
Challenging Situations * 224 pp/paper * 18.50
http://www.stenhouse.com/0377.asp?r=n68

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5) New summer comprehension institute in NYC
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Join Stenhouse author Diane Snowball and other literacy leaders 
for The Comprehension Institute, July 11-14 in New York City. 
Sponsored by AUSSIE, this intensive course on the latest 
comprehension teaching practices is open to K-12 teachers, reading 
specialists, coaches, and administrators. For more information:

http://www.aussiepd.com/semresources.html
(Click on "The Comprehension Institute" link.)

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