Stenhouse Newslinks
October 19, 2007
C O N T E N T S
1) Take your class outside
2) Teachers drive professional learning, turn their school around
3) Review the entire text of three new books from Pembroke Publishers
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1) Take your class outside
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"The schoolyard needs to be viewed as more than just a play area; even the edges and unmowed grass can become sites for academic learning, reflection, community involvement, and recreation."
Herb Broda encourages you to use the most powerful audio-visual tool around--the outdoors--to complement your indoor instruction in his new book Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning.
After making the compelling case for outdoor learning, Herb provides an overview of terminology and supporting educational theory and research. He then guides teachers in every aspect of a successful outdoor classroom: planning, enhancing your site, tapping community resources and funding, class management, and activity ideas for every content area.
Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning will be available in print in early November, but you can review the entire book online now:
http://www.stenhouse.com/0729.asp?r=n124
Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning: Using the Outdoors as an Instructional Tool, K-8
Herbert W. Broda * 192 pp/paper * $17.50
Available in early November
http://www.stenhouse.com/0729.asp?r=n124
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2) Teachers drive professional learning, turn their school around
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The Spring 2007 issue of JSD from the National Staff Development Council includes a case study of Conrad Ball Middle School in Loveland, Colorado, where teachers used weekly meetings for professional book studies including Strategies That Work and I Read It, but I Don't Get It. These studies helped teachers build background knowledge and were part of a collaborative school-wide effort to improve instruction:
http://www.nsdc.org/publications/articleDetails.cfm?articleID=1445
(Click the "Download now" link on the right side of the page.
Access will expire in two weeks. We thank NSDC for making this article available to Newslinks subscribers.)
Article coauthor Missy Matthews is also a coauthor (with her Denver-based PEBC colleagues Lori Conrad, Cheryl Zimmerman, and Patrick Allen) of a forthcoming book from Stenhouse on using comprehension strategies to help students with test taking. Stay tuned for details early next year!
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3) Review the entire text of three new books from Pembroke Publishers
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We've just posted online the entire text of three new books from Pembroke Publishers. Enjoy browsing!
The Writing Circle: A Powerful Structure that Supports Writers and Promotes Peer Interaction
Sylvia Gunnery * 96 pp/paper * $18.00 * Available Now
http://www.stenhouse.com/8217.asp?r=n124
Provides an ideal way for students to learn from each other.
Gives you everything you need to support writing circles in your classroom.
Reclaiming Reluctant Writers: How to Encourage Students to Face Their Fears and Master the Essential Traits of Good Writing
Kellie Buis * 144 pp/paper * $18.50 * Available Now
http://www.stenhouse.com/8220.asp?r=n124
Features classroom-tested activities that take struggling students from isolated skills to a deep understanding of the form and function of language, and the confidence and motivation to write.
The Literacy Principal, Second Edition: Leading, Supporting, and Assessing Reading and Writing Initiatives
David Booth and Jennifer Rowsell
128 pp/paper * $19.50 * Available in early November
http://www.stenhouse.com/8216.asp?r=n124
Revised and expanded to keep leaders current on the keys to successful district- and school-wide literacy programs. The important role of literacy coaches and mentoring teams are presented as models of cooperative approaches.
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