Professional Development Catalog-Journal Archive
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2020-2021
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Virtual Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
2020-21 Issue
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“Topics, Texts, and Translanguaging: Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students”
By Carla España and Luz Yadira Herrera
Engage further on this topic with Carla and Luz by reading their book, En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students, and listening to their related podcast.
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“Digging Deeper: Invite Students to Search for Meaning in Their Experiences”
By Liz Prather
Engage further on this topic with Liz by reading her book, Story Matters: Teaching Teens to Use the Tools of Narrative to Argue and Inform. and reviewing her Heinemann blogs and podcasts.
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“Recording My First Audiobook: The Ultimate Math Read-Aloud”
By Steven Leinwand
Engage further on this topic with Steve by listening to his audiobook, Accessible Mathematics: Ten Instructional Shifts That Raise Student Achievement, and listening to his podcast.
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“Moving From Compliance to Equity”
By Robert Kim and Liz Kleinrock
Engage further on this topic by reading Bob’s book, Elevating Equity and Justice: Ten U.S. Supreme Court Cases Every Teacher Should Know.
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“Coming Back to Essentials in Teaching Writing”
By Katherine Bomer and Corinne Arens
Engage further on this topic with Katherine and Corinne by reading their book, A Teacher's Guide to Writing Workshop Essentials: Time, Choice, Response, and listening to their related podcast.
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“A Fellowship of Educators: The Heinemann Fellows 2018–2020”
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Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
2019-20 Issue
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Engage further with Tanny on this topic by reading her book, Ink and Ideas: Sketchnotes for Engagement, Comprehension, and Thinking.
"Inclusion Cannot Be Optional: Using LGBTQ Books in All Classrooms"
By Jessica Lifshitz
Engage further with Jessica on this topic by listening to the Heinemann podcast, "Supporting LGBTQ Students and Teachers" and reading her blog "Crawling Out of the Classroom."
"Renewing Curiosity in Grades 3–8 Readers: Breathing New Life into Book Clubs"
By Sonja Cherry-Paul and Dana Johansen
Engage further with Sonja and Dana on this topic by reading their book, Breathing New Life into Book Clubs: A Practical Guide for Teachers.
Engage further with Minjung on this topic by listening to her Heinemann podcast, "Exploring Identity Work with Heinemann Fellow Minjung Pai."
"Conferring Across the Day: Insight from Students in Writing and Math"
By Carl Anderson and Jen Munson
Engage further with Carl and Jen by reading each of their books on conferring, A Teacher's Guide to Writing Conferences: The Classroom Essentials Series and In the Moment: Conferring in the Elementary Math Classroom.
2018-2019
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
2018-19 Issue
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"Turn & Talk: Two Heinemann authors meet up to talk it out"
Featuring Harvey “Smokey” Daniels and Kristi Mraz, with Ellin Oliver Keene
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Engage further with Smokey, Kristi, and Ellin on this topic and read the full-length transcript of this conversation.
"Crafting a Curriculum that Works for your Students"
By Cornelius Minor
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Engage further with Cornelius on the Heinemann blog and with his new book, We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be.
"Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Q + A"
With Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
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Engage further on this topic on the Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ web pages.
"Learning While Teaching: The Dynamics of Action Research"
By Amy Clark and Lisa Birno
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Engage further with Amy, Lisa, and all of their Heinemann Fellow colleagues on Heinemann’s Fellows web page and blog.
"Using the Power of Pattern in Science and Literature"
By Valerie Bang-Jensen and Mark Lubkowitz
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Engage further with Valerie and Mark by reading their coauthored book, Sharing Books, Talking Science Exploring Scientific Concepts with Children's Literature.
2017-2018
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
2017-18 ISSUE
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"Unchaperoned Writers: Breaking the Dependence Habit by Teaching Strategies, Reducing Scaffolding, and Creating Community"
By M. Colleen Cruz
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Engage further with Colleen on this topic on the Heinemann blog and in her book The Unstoppable Writing Teacher: Real Strategies for the Real Classroom.
"When the World Hands Us a Curriculum: Using the Tools of Inquiry to Help Students Manage Disturbing Events"
By Harvey "Smokey" Daniels
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Engage further with Smokey on this topic on the Heinemann blog and in his book The Curious Classroom: 10 Structures for Teaching with Student-Directed Inquiry.
"Makerspaces Bring STEM Lessons to Life: Improve Engagement and Understanding Through Experiential Learning"
By Jo Anne Vasquez, Michael Comer, and Joel Villegas
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"Reaching the Brilliant & the Bored: Centering the Literacy Lives of Young People of Color in Our Classrooms"
By Kimberly Parker
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Engage further with Kimberly on the Heinemann blog.
"The Power of Inquiry: Tackling Tough Issues Through Inquiry Circles"
By Jessica Lifshitz
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Engage further with Jessica on her documentary blog, Crawling Out of the Classroom.
2016-2017
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
2016-17 ISSUE
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"Seeing Anew: An Invitation to Teacher Research"
By Thomas Newkirk
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Engage further with Tom by reading his essay in The Teacher You Want to Be: Essays about Children, Learning, and Teaching .
"The Heinemann Fellows: Reflections from Our First Class"
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"Content Literacy: Building Knowledge Through Thinking-Intensive Learning"
By Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis
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Engage further with Stephanie and Anne by browsing their Comprehension Toolkit landing page.
"The Power of Listening: When Not Talking is Your Best Teaching Move"
By Sara Ahmed
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Engage further with Sara by reading her coauthored (with Harvey “Smokey” Daniels) book Upstanders: How to Engage Middle School Hearts and Minds with Inquiry and invite her to consult at your school or district through Heinemann's On-Site PD.
2015-2016
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
2015-16 ISSUE
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"Innovation, Old-School Style"
By Nancie Atwell
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Engage further with Nancie by reading In the Middle, Third Edition.
"Meeting Words Where They Live: Help Students Enlarge Their Vocabulary Through Reading"
By Carol Jago
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"The New Picture Book: For All Ages"
By ReLeah Cossett Lent
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"The New Equation for Teaching Math: A Q&A with Master Math Teacher Susan O'Connell"
By Susan O'Connell
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Engage further with Susan by enrolling in her On-Demand Course Putting Practices in to Action.
"Listen, Lead, and Live: Tips to Steer a Solid School Community"
By Meenoo Rami
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Engage further with Meenoo by reading her book Thrive.
Fall 2014
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
2014-15 ISSUE
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"Outside the Realm of Time?"
By Georgia Heard
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Engage further with Georgia on the topic of poetry in the classroom by reading Climb Inside a Poem: Reading and Writing Poetry Across the Year.
"Think Big. Teach Smart"
"Think Big. Teach Smart"
By Regie Routman
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Engage further with Regie on this professional development topic and others at www.regieroutman.org.
"Going Beyond Motivation to Engagement"
"Going Beyond Motivation to Engagement: Small Distinctions Make All the Difference"
By Ellin Oliver Keene
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As a companion to this article and its sidebar list of behavioral markers of deep understanding and engagement, Ellin developed these charts of the observable cognitive components of engagement.
Addendum charts: The Outcomes of Understanding: Cognitive evidence (children think aloud) of understanding and engagement.
Engage further with Ellin on this topic by reading her foundational book Mosaic of Thought and her later titles To Understand and
Talk About Understanding.
"Eliciting Joy"
"Eliciting Joy: Exploring New Territories through Reading Conferences"
By Patrick Allen
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Spring 2014
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
Spring 2014
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"Mere Mortals"
"Mere Mortals: Teachers Are the True Superheroes of a School's Success"
By Joe Mills and Lorilee Cabrera Liberato
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Engage further with Joe and Lorilee and their work at Cornerstone Literacy at cornerstoneliteracy.org.
"A Cautionary Tale of Gun Violence, Test Scores, and Leadership at P.S. 277"
"A Cautionary Tale of Gun Violence, Test Scores, and Leadership at P.S. 277"
By Dan Feigelson
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"What the Heck Do Principals Really Do?"
"What the Heck Do Principals Really Do?"
By George Shea
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Fall 2013
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
Fall 2013
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"Where It All Started"
"Where It All Started: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of Don Graves' First Book That Set the Course for Creating Writers"
By Tom Newkirk
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Engage further on this topic with Tom Newkirk's latest work (coedited with Penny Kittle).
Children Want to Write: Donald Graves and the Revolution in Children's Writing »
What progressive educators can gain from Children Want to Write
Children Want to Write: Chapter 3 sample clip
"A True Friend & A Good Writer"
"A True Friend & A Good Writer"
By Nancie Atwell
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Engage further with Nancie on the topic of writing workshop and experiences working with Don Graves in these video clips.
Nancie Atwell reflects on her earliest experiences with Don Graves
Take a seat in Nancie's writing workshop with this sample from her Writing in the Middle DVD
"The Teacher as Learner"
"The Teacher as Learner: The Research of Donald Graves "
By Mary Ellen Giacobbe
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Spring 2013
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
Spring 2013
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"Best Practice and the Common Core"
"Best Practice and the Common Core"
By Harvey "Smokey" Daniels
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Engage further with Smokey Daniels on this topic by reading the opening chapter of his latest book
Best Practice, Fourth Edition:
Best Practice, Fourth EditionSample Chapter
"Igniting a Sense of Wonder"
"Igniting a Sense of Wonder: Helping Students Find Joy in Informational Texts"
By Linda Hoyt
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"Building Knowledge Through Informational Text"
Fall 2012
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
Fall 2012
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"The Children in Front of Us"
"The Children in Front of Us: Set Reading Goals for Individual Students First, Then the Group"
By Jennifer Serravallo
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Engage further with Jennifer Serravallo on this topic by downloading and referencing this study guide:
Study Guide for Teaching Reading in Small Groups
"Engaged in Books"
"Engaged in Books"
Literary Interpretation in Students' Independent Reading
By Randy Bomer
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Engage further with Randy on this topic by reading samples chapters from his latest Heinemann book.
Building Adolescent Literacy in Today's English Classrooms
"Go Straight to the Source"
"Go Straight to the Source: Enhance Your Reading Strategies with Student Reflections"
By Jennifer McDonough
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Spring 2012
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
Spring 2012
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"Considering the Crossroads"
"Considering the Crossroads: Setting a Course to Maximize the
Potential of CCSS"
By Gretchen Owocki
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Engage further with Gretchen Owocki on this topic by reading her latest book:
The Common Core Lesson Book, K-5
"Explore the Common Core"
"Explore the Common Core"
A special advance excerpt from Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement
By Lucy Calkins
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Engage further with Lucy on this topic by reading samples chapters from these other important new works.
Lucy Calkins and Colleagues' Curricular Plans for the Writing Workshop, K-8
Lucy Calkins and Colleagues' Curricular Plans for the Reading Workshop, K-8
"Paying Attention"
"Paying Attention: An Introduction to Slow Reading"
By Tom Newkirk
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Engage further with Tom by reading his latest opinion piece regarding the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, The Text Itself
Fall 2011
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
FALL 2011
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"Voyages in Writing"
"Voyages in Writing: Challenge Writers to Make Choices"
By Penny Kittle
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Engage further with Penny Kittle on this topic by viewing this video ».
"Learning to Read and Loving to Read"
"Learning to Read and Loving to Read: Early in the Year Possibilities for Both"
By Debbie Miller
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Debbie Miller developed these additional materials for you to download and use in your classroom.
Texts that Engage and Delight Young Readers
"Rethinking a School District’s Literacy Approach"
"Rethinking a School District’s Literacy Approach"
By Jennifer Phillips
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Engage further with Jennifer by listening to this podcast »
Explore how Heinemann custom PD plans come together »
Spring 2011
Heinemann Catalog-Journal
Professional Development Services
for K-12 Educators
Spring 2011
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"Planning for What You Can't Know"
"I Can't Know But I Can Project: Planning Units of Study in the Writing Workshop"
By Matt Glover and Mary Alice Berry
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Podcast: Engage further with Matt and Mary Alice on this topic by viewing their podcast.
Projecting Units of Study—Part 1 »
Projecting Units of Study—Part 2 »
Projecting Units of Study—Part 3 »
"Connecting Point-and-Click Kids to the Power of Novels"
"Reading Literature as a 21st Century Skill"
By Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst
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Podcast: Engage further with Kylene and Bob on this topic by viewing their podcast, Connecting Point-and-Click Kids to the Power of Novels »
"See the Brilliance in All Student Writing"
"Build a Writing Curriculum from Strength, by Noticing and Naming the Brilliance in Every Student's Writing"
By Katherine Bomer
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See the Brilliance in All Student Writing »