In order to give an idea of the type of professional development reading that frames my teaching, I am going to start a working list of the books that I choose to read for personal professional develop. I started blogging about professional books the fall of 2008. There are many books and experiences that I had prior to my blog that remain strong in influencing what I do everyday. Sometimes I will add books to the list even if I did not do a comprehension review of the resource, as I revisit resources and rediscover all that they have to offer. I have also included a few instructional DVDs that are distinguished from books by an asterisk after the title.
My two favorite publishers are Heinemann and Stenhouse.
Allen, Jennifer
A Sense of Belonging
Allington, Richard
What Really Matters for Struggling Readers
Allen, Patrick
Conferring
Allison, Nancy
Middle School Readers
Allyn, Pam
Pam Allyn's Best Books for Boys
Anderson, Jeff
Everyday Editing
Mechanically Inclined
Atwell, Nancie
Lessons that Change Writers
Naming the World: A Year of Poetry Lessons
The Reading Zone
Bear, Donald R. (see Templeton, Shane)
Boushey, Gail and Joan Moser ("The Sisters")
The Daily Five
The CAFE Book
Intermediate CAFE in the Classroom*
Buckner, Aimee
Notebook Connections
Notebook Know-How
Burke, Jim
What's the Big Idea
Carter, Marcia, Anita Hernandez, and Jeannine Richison
Interactive Notebooks and English Language Learners
Cooper, Sarah
Making History Mine
Culham, Ruth
Traits of Writing
Diller, Debbie
Spaces & Places
Dorn, Linda J. and Carla Soffos
Small Group Intervention*
Edmonds, Kathryn P. (see Wild, Monique D.)
Fletcher, Ralph
Boy Writers
Breathing In, Breathing Out
Pyrotechnics on the Page
Fountas, Irene C. and Pinnell, Gay Su
Literacy Beginnings
The Fountas and Pinnell Prompting Guide
The Spanish Fountas and Pinnell Prompting Guide
Freeman, David and Yvonne
Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers
Gallagher, Kelly
Article of the Week*
Readicide
Graham, Steve, Charles MacArthur, and Jill Fitzgerald
Best Practices in Writing Instruction
Heard, Georgia
Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School
A Place for Wonder
Hernandez, Anita (see Carter, Marcia)
Hicks, Troy
The Digital Writing Workshop
Invernizzi, Marcia (see Templeton, Shane)
Jacobson, Jennifer
No More "I'm Done!"
Johnson, Pat
Catching Readers Before They Fall with Katie Keier
Johnston, Francine (see Templeton, Shane)
Kajder, Sara
Adolescents and Digital Literacies
Keier, Katie (see Johnson, Pat)
King, Stephen
On Writing
Kist, William
The Socially Networked Classroom
Kittle, Penny
Write Beside Them (*Book also includes a DVD with classroom footage.)
Public Teaching
Layne, Dr. Stephen
Igniting a Passion for Reading
Lesesne, Teri
Reading Ladders
Mayeaux, Amanda S. (see Wild, Monique D.)
Miller, Donalyn
The Book Whisperer
Miller, Lisa
Make Me a Story
Moser, Joan (see Boushey, Gail)
Nehring, James
The Practice of School Reform
Newkirk, Thomas
Holding on to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones
Overmeyer, Mark
What Student Writing Teaches Us
When Writing Workshop Isn't Working
Palmer, Erik
Well Spoken
Pappano, Laura
Inside School Turnarounds
(see Carter, Marcia)
Richison, Jeannine
Smith, Michael W. and Jeffery D. Wilhelm
Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements
Templeton, Shane, Donald R. Bear, Maria Invernizzi, and Francine Johnston
Vocabulary Their Way
Wilbur, Dana J.
iWrite
Wild, Monique D.
TeamWork
Wilhelm, Jeffery D. (see Smith, Michael W.)
Hi! What a great teacher's blog! I'm currently in a masters of ed program in Chicago and find your thoughts and resources really valuable. I found your blog because I was researching education in Michoacan, Mexico and came across an article about rural education in Michoacan by a person by the same name as you. I wanted to see if she had written anything else about education in Mexico, so I googled her, but your blog popped up instead! You don't happen to be the same person? If so, do you have any other articles or books you could recommend about education in Mexico, and Michoacan in particular? I'm trying to make contacts with teachers in Michoacan b/c I would love to spend a year interning with a teacher there before teaching in Chicago. My hope is to get to know the Michoacan culture and education system better before teaching in Chicago where almost 60% of my students will hail from Michoacan. I'm trying to better understand their "funds of knowledge," cultural identity, and academic background (sort of along Cummins' concept of CUP). Any books or articles you can recommend? Or any schools you know of that I contact? Once again, I'm not sure if you are the same person as the article, but I just thought I'd try :)
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Mary