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May 10, 2007

C O N T E N T S

1) Author Conversations: Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli
2) PD Corner: Supporting new teachers
3) Teri Lesesne wins the 2007 ALAN award
4) Get a free PD booklet at IRA in Toronto
5) A tribute to Marie Clay

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1) Author Conversations: Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli
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We've just posted a new Author Conversations audio podcast featuring
Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli, authors of the new book Mentor Texts:
Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6. Lynne and Rose
discuss literary borrowing, the importance of teachers practicing and
taking risks with their own writing, and learning how to read like a writer:

http://www.stenhouse.com/html/mp3dorfmancappelli1.htm

You can browse Mentor Texts in its entirety here:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0433.asp

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2) PD Corner: Supporting new teachers
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"It is in identifying yourself with the hopes, dreams, fears, and
longings of others that you may understand them and help them."
--Wilferd A. Peterson

Do you identify with new teachers? In this PD Corner
we highlight resources for new teachers and teacher mentors.
It's never too early to start thinking about how you will
support new teachers or teachers who will be new to your
school next year.

Supporting Beginning Teachers: How Administrators, Teachers,
and Policymakers Can Help New Teachers Succeed is a concise
booklet that outlines the benefits of induction programs
and gives teachers and administrators tips for helping
new teachers thrive:

http://www.nwrel.org/request/may01/"
(Use the text links in the left column to browse
the publication, or scroll to the bottom to download a PDF version.)

Middle-level educators will find Rick Wormeli's book
Day One and Beyond to be an ideal anchor text for an
induction program. Read Chapter 1, "The Unique Nature
of Middle School Teaching":

http://www.stenhouse.com/0355.asp

The Mentoring Leadership and Resource Network (MLRN)
offers a model mentoring program and over seventy articles
and resources on mentoring:

http://www.mentors.net/03articles.html

Thinking about becoming a mentor or wondering how you
can mentor new teachers at your school? The first chapter
of Mentoring Beginning Teachers is a helpful resource that
answers common questions. The book moves from mentoring rationales
and benefits to concrete strategies you can use to help others:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0309.asp
(Scroll down to the Chapter 1 link in the Table of Contents.)

Finally, check out the New Teacher Center at the
University of California, Santa Cruz. The Resources
section of their website has links to articles,
monographs, and archived newsletters:

http://www.newteachercenter.org/resources_overview.php

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3) Teri Lesesne wins the 2007 ALAN award
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Congratulations to Stenhouse author Teri Lesesne,
who has been chosen to receive the 2007 ALAN award by
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents. The award will
be presented at the NCTE Annual Convention in November. Past honorees
include Marc Aronson, Virginia Monseau, Jerry Spinelli, Jacqueline
Woodson, Patty Campbell, and M.E. Kerr.

You can browse sample chapters of Teri's books Making the Match
and Naked Reading online:

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

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4) Get a free PD booklet at IRA in Toronto
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Come to the Stenhouse booth #1812 at the International
Reading Association Annual Convention in Toronto next week where you can:

- pick up a free 32-page PD booklet featuring excerpts from the books
Responsive Literacy Coaching and Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent
Males--just bring a copy of this coupon to the Stenhouse booth:
http://www.stenhouse.com/assets/PDFs/coupon.pdf

- browse and buy a wide selection of books and videos from Stenhouse and
Pembroke Publishers;

- meet some of your favorite authors--follow this link for a complete
schedule of author signings and conference sessions:
http://www.stenhouse.com/irasign.asp?r=112

If you know any colleagues who will be attending IRA, we encourage you
to forward this information
(and coupon link) to them!

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5) A tribute to Marie Clay
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Marie Clay, who died last month at the age of 81,
profoundly influenced educators worldwide. As the developer
of Reading Recovery she was instrumental in establishing that
early identification and intervention can help struggling
readers and that children begin to learn literacy concepts
at a very early age (emergent literacy).

In this short and lively interview with Kim Hill of Radio
New Zealand, Dr. Stuart McNaughton, a student of Marie Clay
and professor of education at the University of Auckland, reflects
on Clay's aversion to labels, how Reading Recovery emerged from her
early work, and how she "skirted the Reading Wars":

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/20070421
(Scroll down to the "Dr Stuart McNaughton" link.)

Read more about Marie Clay's accomplishments and legacy
in this profile by Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas from
the March 2006 issue of NCTE's Language Arts:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdncteclay.htm
(1.5MB PDF file--download time may be long for slow connections.)