Stenhouse Newslinks
August 23, 2006
C O N T E N T S
1) Introducing our fall lineup
2) Author Conversations: Janet Allen
3) The ups and downs of teaching writing in tween classrooms
4) PD Corner: Connecting kids with books
5) Three simple secrets of school-based coaching
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1) Introducing our fall lineup
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We've just listed six new fall titles on our website--follow the
links below for details on each one. You can preorder titles that
are not yet available and we will ship them to you as soon as they
arrive from the printer! And look for our new fall catalog,
arriving in mailboxes this week.
One Child at a Time: Making the Most of Your Time with Struggling
Readers, K-6 * Pat Johnson * Available in October
http://www.stenhouse.com/0434.asp?r=n95
Introduces a framework for assessing struggling readers and
planning instruction, helping teachers impart strategies to
understand text and solve words. Filled with examples to
illustrate what teaching struggling readers looks like.
Boy Writers: Reclaiming Their Voices
Ralph Fletcher * Available in November
http://www.stenhouse.com/0425.asp?r=n95
Drawing on his experiences as staff developer, children's book
author, and father of four boys, Ralph Fletcher encourages
teachers to imagine the writing classroom from the perspective of
boys and to create a stimulating environment for them.
Responsive Literacy Coaching: Tools for Creating and Sustaining
Purposeful Change * Cheryl Dozier * Available in November
http://www.stenhouse.com/0463.asp?r=n95
Provides both a theoretical framework and practical tools for
literacy coaches, with vignettes that bring coaching interactions
to life. Emphasizes the importance of reflecting broadly on
coaching goals and possibilities.
Teaching Adolescent Writers
Kelly Gallagher * Available in December
http://www.stenhouse.com/0422.asp?r=n95
Shares a host of classroom-tested strategies that enable teachers
to motivate young writers, model good writing, provide choice, and
assess writing effectively.
Family Literacy Experiences: Creating Reading and Writing
Opportunities That Support Classroom Learning
Jennifer Rowsell * Foreword by Dorothy Strickland
from Pembroke Publishers * Available in September
http://www.stenhouse.com/8207.asp?r=n95
Explores the power of the home-school connection and invites
teachers to recognize diverse literacy experiences outside the
classroom and how they can drive meaningful reading and writing
instruction.
Reading Doesn't Matter Anymore...
David Booth
from Pembroke Publishers * Available in September
http://www.stenhouse.com/8202.asp?r=n95
Argues that teachers must redefine reading as an activity that
embraces the needs and interests of students, and outlines twelve
simple steps to help teachers revolutionize the way they view and
encourage children's reading.
And these two new titles, previously announced, are available now
both in print and for browsing online in their entirety:
"The Words Came Down!": English Language Learners Read, Write, and
Talk Across the Curriculum, K-2 * Emelie Parker & Tess Pardini
http://www.stenhouse.com/0414.asp?r=n95
Outlines structures that support ELL students in the classroom and
throughout the school, and shows how to implement workshops in
writing, reading, social studies, math, and science.
Ladybugs, Tornadoes, and Swirling Galaxies: English Language
Learners Discover Their World Through Inquiry
Brad Buhrow and Anne Upczak Garcia
http://www.stenhouse.com/0400.asp?r=n95
Two primary teachers from a diverse school describe practical ways
of using nonfiction inquiry to help ELL students become
independent thinkers and lifelong learners.
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2) Author Conversations: Janet Allen
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"I got rid of all the vocabulary workbooks that were in our
school...and I used all of that extra time for students to read.
The research clearly supports that the number one indicator of
vocabulary growth and academic achievement is volume of reading."
In this audio podcast, Janet Allen describes the philosophy that
informed her book Words, Words, Words, and how systematic
vocabulary instruction can be achieved without word lists or
workbooks:
http://www.stenhouse.com/html/mp3janetallen1.htm
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3) The ups and downs of teaching writing in tween classrooms
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Bruce Morgan and Deb Odom write about the challenges and rewards
of teaching tweens in their 4th and 6th grade classrooms in the
April issue of ASCD's Educational Leadership:
http://www.ascd.org/authors/ed_lead/el200604_morgan.html
Bruce and Deb are coauthors of Writing Through the Tween Years.
Follow this link for details and to read Chapter 1, "Understanding
Tween Writers":
http://www.stenhouse.com/0406.asp?r=n95
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4) PD Corner: Connecting kids with books
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Looking for ways to entice your students to explore new books? Try
displaying them face out. In this excerpt from The Read Aloud
Handbook, author Jim Trelease shares the marketing strategy of
product placement and how book covers influence our choices:
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/rah_chpt6_p4.html
Teri Lesesne's new book, Naked Reading, is loaded with ideas for
engaging tween readers. Chapter 4 outlines six ways to reconnect
kids to books, and the Appendix includes a list of over 100 great
books for tweens:
http://www.stenhouse.com/0416.asp?r=n95
(Scroll down to the links to Chapter 4 and the Appendix in the
Table of Contents.)
Choosing culturally relevant books can help English language
learners become more interested in reading. In this article from
NCTE's Talking Points, David and Yvonne Freeman present six
questions that can help educators choose culturally relevant texts
(109KB PDF file):
http://www.stenhouse.com/rdrelevant.htm
The Novel Experience by Larry Swartz is a practical guide for
choosing and using fiction in the classroom, and includes an
Authors Hall of Fame and a collection of Top Ten Lists. Browse the
entire flipbook online:
http://www.stenhouse.com/8200.asp?r=n95
(Scroll down to link under the Table of Contents.)
In their article, "Hooking Struggling Readers: Using Books They
Can and Want to Read," Lori Rog and Paul Kropp show how to engage
struggling readers with high interest, accessible, quality books:
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/374
Rog and Kropp are coauthors of The Write Genre: Classroom
Activities and Mini-Lessons that Promote Writing with Clarity,
Style, and Brilliance. Get details and read Chapter 1 here:
http://www.stenhouse.com/8172.asp?r=n95
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5) Three simple secrets of school-based coaching
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"Written on a sticky note stuck to the edge of my laptop are three
phrases: listen first, teach by example, be patient. Three things
I've learned as a school-based literacy coach. My notes on these
simple but essential guidelines are a scaffold for the coaching I
do, a reminder to be focused on the needs of the teachers and
their students, a collection of what I've learned over 15 years."
Juli Kendall, coauthor (with Outey Khuon) of Making Sense and
Writing Sense, offers advice to coaches in this short article from
the Teacher Leaders Network:
http://www.teacherleaders.org/diaries/JK01.html
The Teacher Leaders Network website includes a long list of high-
quality online resources for teacher coaching and mentoring:
http://www.teacherleaders.org/Resources/coaching.html
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