Author: Jeff Anderson
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: craft, writer, workshop, skill, develop, editing, inviting, students, everyday
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2007-10-16
List price: $18.50
ISBN-10: 1571107096
ISBN-13: 9781571107091

Editing is often seen as one item on a list of steps in the writing process—usually put somewhere near the end, and often completely crowded out of writer’s workshop. Too many times daily editing lessons happen in a vacuum, with no relationship to what students are writing. In Everyday Editing, Jeff Anderson asks teachers to reflect on what sort of message this approach sends to students. Does it tell them that editing and revision are meaningful parts of the writing process, or just a hunt for errors with a 50/50 chance of getting it right—comma or no comma? Instead of

Author: Cheryl Dozier
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: sustaining, purposeful, change, creating, tools, literacy, coaching, responsive
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 1571104631
ISBN-13: 9781571104632

In Responsive Literacy Coaching, Cheryl Dozier draws on twenty-four years of experience as an elementary classroom teacher and teacher educator to present both a theoretical framework and practical tools to enact responsive literacy coaching. Through thoughtful and purposeful coaching, teachers learn effective ways to improve literacy instruction and student achievement. The range of tools offered in the text invite customization based on the reader’s specific instructional context. This framework empowers literacy coaches and teachers through conversation, sustained engagement, and refl

Author: Patrick A. Allen
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: workshop, reader, keystone, conferring
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2009-11-03
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 1571107681
ISBN-13: 9781571107688

Book DescriptionIn his workshops with teachers over the years, Patrick Allen has encountered a long list of “counterfeit beliefs” about the process of conferring with students, including such comments as: “I don’t have time. I don’t know what questions to ask, It’s too hard, I don’t know what to write in my notes, I don’t even take notes, I don’t know how to go deep. .  .” In Conferring: The Keystone of Reader’s Workshop, Allen argues that the benefits of conferring are well-worth the effort of learning to do it well. And then he sets out to show teachers how to overcome

Authors:Linda J. Dorn, Cathy French, Tammy Jones,
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: literacy, apprenticeship
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1571100881
ISBN-13: 9781571100887

This easy-to-read text will guide K-3 teachers as they develop a reading and writing program for all their students. An apprenticeship approach to literacy emphasizes the role of the teacher in providing demonstrations, engaging children, monitoring their understanding, providing timely support and, ultimately, withdrawing that support as the child gains independence.Drawing on authentic classroom examples—student writing samples, class schedules, photographs, and rich transcriptions of teaching and learning interactions—the authors illustrate instruction that is aimed at children’s

Author: Maren Koepf
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: comprehensive, literacy, system, creating, guide, success, practical, synchronizing
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-06-23
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 1571107436
ISBN-13: 9781571107435

"At Moreland Hills Elementary School something remarkable is taking place," writes district literacy specialist Maren Koepf. "Across the past ten years, teachers and administrators have worked together to produce a learning network supporting our students, our staff, and our parents. . . Much like the once-apprehensive peasants in the tale of Stone Soup, folks have gradually emerged from their isolated ’huts’ of offices and classrooms to generate mutual resources, solutions, and innovations. Through joint endeavors, we created a Comprehensive Literacy System." In Synchronizing Su

Authors:Kelly Chandler, Mapleton Teacher-Research Group,
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: inquiry, spelling
Number of Pages: 163
Published: 1999-05-01
List price: $18.50
ISBN-10: 1571103031
ISBN-13: 9781571103031

Author: Debbie Diller
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: differentiation, groups, small, making
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1571104313
ISBN-13: 9781571104311

In her previous books, Literacy Work Stations and Practice with Purpose, Debbie Diller showed teachers how to productively occupy the “rest of the class” while meeting with small groups. Now Debbie turns her attention to the groups themselves and the teacher’s role in small-group instruction. Making the Most of Small Groups grapples with difficult questions regarding small-group instruction in elementary classrooms such as:How do I find the time? How can I be more organized?How do I form groups? How can I differentiate to meet the needs of all of my students?Structured around the fi