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  1. Reading and Writing Continuums
    Finding the Corner Pieces · Connecting the Pieces · Defining Continuums · Describing the Continuums · Continuum Ages and Grade Levels · Rationale for Continuums · Developing the Continuums · Marking the Continuums · Organizing Continuum and Assessment Information · Continuum Versions ·
    Continuum Support Materials: Chapters 2-12 · Staff Development
  2. Narrative Portraits and Case Studies
    Narrative Portraits · Case Studies · Charts · Reconventional (Ages 3-5) · Emerging (Ages 4-6) · Developing (Ages 6-8) · Expanding (Ages 7-9) · Bridging (Ages 8-10) · Fluent (Ages 9-11) · Proficient (Ages 10-13) · Connecting (Ages 11-17) · Independent · Staff Development
  3. Glossary
    Staff Development · Glossary of Continuum Terms
  4. Books by Continuum Stages
    Book Format · Factors in Leveling Books · Balancing the Lists · Warnings! Continuum Stages · Guided Reading and Other Connections · Staff Development. Key Benchmark Books · Books for Readers at the Different Levels
  5. Assessment Tools
    Charts of Assessment Tools · Analyzing Assessment Tools · Organizational Grid (Creating a Plan) · Creating a Teacher Notebook · Assessment Tools for Reading and Writing for the Ten Stages From Preconventional Through Independent · Staff Development
  6. Anecdotal Notes and Checklists
    Anecdotal Notes · Focus Questions for Anecdotal Notes.Checklists · Staff Development · Forms
  7. Linking Instruction, Assessment, and Student Self-Evaluation
    Connecting to Instruction · Connecting to Student Self-Evaluation · Connecting to the Continuums · Connecting · Instruction to Assessment and Evaluation · Staff Development · Forms
  8. Family Support
    Encourage and Celebrate Literacy at Home · Get to Know Students and Families
    Inform and Educate Families · Value Family Support · Providing Specific Suggestions · Sharing Family Support Documents with Families · Sharing the Continuums with Families · Staff Development. Forms
  9. English as an Additional Language (EAL) Continuum
    Developing the EAL Continuum · Case Studies · Factors that Influence Language Acquisition · EAL Continuum · Student Self-Evaluation Continuum · Narrative portraits an glossary, · AssessmentTools · Sharing the EAL Continuum with families · Staff Development · Forms,
  10. Middle School Challenges
    Challenges · Benefits · Self-Evaluation · Assessing Reading · Assessing Writing · Comparing and Communicating Results · Marking the Continuums · Allocating Time · Parent Communication · Student-Led Conferences · Benefits of Continuums in Middle Schools · Staff Development · Forms
  11. Data Collection and Staff Development
    Developmental Range · Collecting Data Within Your Classroom · Sharing Data with Families · Sharing Data Within a School · Celebrating Growth Over Time · Sharing Data Within a District · Staff Development
  12. Conclusion
    Guiding Instruction and Assessing Students · Involving Srudents in Self-Evaluation · Communicating with Families · Putting the Pieces Together · Missing Pieces References · Index · About the Author
New 2003! Available in October!
LITERATURE CIRCLES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL:
One Teacher’s Journey
Bonnie Campbell Hill
Katherine L. Schlick Noe
Janine A. King

Open the pages of this new guide and put yourself into a terrific literature circles environment — one where the focus is specifically on your middle school learners! Whether you’re a classroom teacher, curriculum coordinator, language arts coordinator, or administrator, you’ll find enough ready-to-use help and realistic strategies to get you started, help you implement, and even improve upon existing literature circles in your classroom.

  • See exactly what literature circles are.
  • See why they are useful — and how you should make the best use of them.
  • Learn from real life examples how literature circles can fit into your language arts instruction.
  • Help students develop their options for choosing what to read.
  • Put to use great strategies for accurately grading student work and participation.
  • Get organized! See just how to get started and take it from there.
  • Learn to choose quality literature selections to use with students.
  • Discover ways to meet the needs of less proficient readers.
  • See how to keep up with what’s new in books for middle school readers.
  • Find out how you can initiate quality literature discussions.
  • Deal effectively with student response — using such strategies as journaling, open response, and focus lessons, and then extending student response through the arts and additional projects.
  • Extend your own knowledge and resources with thorough lists of professional references and recommended adult and children’s book selections.
CD-ROM included!
Included is a CD-ROM with a database containing over 800 young adult book titles. Add your comments to existing entries or add your own titles!

©2003 Paperbound 136pp est. with CD-ROM ISBN: 1-929024-50-9 Order #767 $28.95

The first book to link assessment, instruction, and reporting!
DEVELOPMENTAL CONTINUUMS:
A Framework for Literacy Instruction and Assessment K–8 with CD-ROM and 11 x 17 foldout

Bonnie Campbell Hill, Educational Consultant

The second book in Bonnie Hill’s Corner Pieces of Assessment Series, this guide builds on the first book, Classroom Based Assessment (see page 4 of this Booklist for details) by linking assessment to developmental benchmarks in the continuums. These continuums can be aligned with national, state, and district standards and are based on current thinking about literacy acquisition, while reflecting a child-centered, constructivist, developmental philosophy of teaching and learning . . . yet they are practical and easy to use!

2001 Paperbound with CD-ROM 528pp ISBN 1-929024-30-4 (K-8) Order #762 $65.95

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    Foreword by Kathy G. Short
  1. Treasures in the Attic: Building the Foundation for Literature Circles, Sarah Owens
  2. A Delightful Journey: Literature Circles in First Grade, Christy Clausen
  3. Learning Together: Sharing Control with Emergent Readers, Margee Morfitt
  4. Nurturing Response with Emergent Readers, Katherine L. Schlick Noe
  5. Finding a Balance: Literature Circles and "Teaching Reading," Penny Redman
  6. Sparking a Love for Reading: Literature Circles with Intermediate Students, Anne Klein
  7. Going with the Flow: Getting Back on Course When Literature Circles Flounder, Kary Brown
  8. Literature Circles: Good Intentions, Carolyn Callaghan
  9. Invisible Scaffolding: Fostering Reflection, Patricia Kamber
  10. Choosing Books for Literature Circles, Dianne Monson
  11. Deepening Response Through the Arts, Lisa Norwick
  12. Drawing on the Artist's Perspective: Ventures into Meaning Making, Barry Hoonan
  13. Literature Circles: Assessment and Evaluation, Bonnie Campbell Hill
  14. Goals and Assessment: How They Go in Circles, Sam Sebesta
  15. Time Changes Everything: One Teacher's Story, Nancy J. Johnson Closing Remarks
    About the Authors
    Books for Literature Circles: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
    Author and Title Index
    General Index








NOW VAILABLE! This first-of-its kind book and CD-ROM make setting up literature circles and using them effectively in your classroom a snap!
LITERATURE CIRCLES RESOURCE GUIDE:
Teaching Suggestions, Forms, Sample Book Lists and Database with CD-ROM

Bonnie Campbell Hill, Educational Consultant
Katherine L. Schlick Noe, Seattle University
Nancy J. Johnson, Western Washington University

Here’s all the practical support you need to make literature circles succeed in your classroom! With the valuable resources presented in this new guide, you can get your students to think about their books before discussions . . . save time by using ready-made planning forms for various aspects of your program . . . find just the right theme to use with specific groups of kids . . . and much, much more. Included are: valuable class-room- tested, teacher-developed guidelines and forms for Organization, Discussion, Written Response, and Extension Projects . . . an additional section packed with ideas for involving families in sharing books at home . . . extensive lists of both familiar and more recent books you can use with your students — over 2000 titles in all . . . and a CD-ROM including the forms and teaching suggestions in the book and a database of 2000+ annotated children’s and young adult’s literature titles.

2001 Paperbound with CD-ROM 175pp ISBN 1-929024-23-1 (K-6) Order #766 $39.95
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    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments
    Book Overview
    Introduction
    Section 1: Teaching Suggestions and Forms
    Part 1: Literature Circles Organization
    Literature Circles: Change Over time
    Yearly Literature Plan: Second Grade
    Overview of a One-Year Plan: Sixth Grade
    Literature Circles with Poetry
    Literature Circles with Nonfiction: The Nile Diner
    Literature Circles Ballot
    Literature Circle Bookmark
    Focus Lesson Checklist: Literature Circles Procedures
    Focus Lesson Checklist: Reading Strategies
    Focus Lesson Checklist: Writing and Response Strategies
    Focus Lesson Checklist: Literature Qualities
    Focus Lessons
    Literature Circles Checklist
    Literature Circles Reflection
    Literature Circles Self-Evaluation
    Book Club Rubric
    Part 2: Oral Response: Discussions
    What Makes a Good Discussion
    Tools for Discussion
    Preparing for Discussions
    Literature Circles Guidelines
    Questions for Discussion
    Literature Circles Discussion Starters
    Discussion Etiquette
    Bookmark
    Bookmark
    Literature Circles Discussion Log
    Literature Response Log
    Literature Circles Evaluation
    Discussion Evaluation
    Literature Discussion Self-Evaluation
    Discussion Summary/Group Feedback
    Literature Circles Debriefing
    Discussion: Self-Reflection
    Rubric
    Discussion Rubric
    Focus Questions for Anecdotal Notes: Literature Discussion
    Anecdotal Records for:
    Literature Discussion Notes
    Part 3: Written Response: Journals
    Journal Prompts
    Journal Response Forms
    Golden Lines
    Response Journal Rubric
    Rubric for Literature Circle Journals
    Journal Response Rubric
    Journal Comments
    Assessing Response to Literature: Primary
    Assessing Response to Literature: Intermediate
    Part 4: Extension Projects
    Getting Started Literature Extension Projects
    More Complex Literature Extension Projects
    Extension Project Focus Questions
    Book Projects and Genres
    Nonfiction Book Project Letter
    Scoring Rubric for Nonfiction Book Report
    Extension Planning Sheet
    Extension Celebration Plan
    Literature Circles Extension Plan
    Extension Project Plan: Story Quilt
    Response Project
    Project Evaluation
    Response Project Self-Evaluation
    Response Project Evaluation
    Story Quilt Evaluation
    Setting Pamphlet Evaluation
    Response Project Rubric
    Presentation Evaluation
    Two Stars and a Wish
    Presentation Rubric
    Presentation Rubric
    Part 5: Families and Literature Circles
    Literature Circles Family Letter: Sample #1
    Literature Circles Family Letter: Sample #2
    Literature Circles Family Letter: Sample #3
    Literature Circles Family Letter: Sample #4
    Parent-Child Literature Circles Guidelines
    Evening Book Clubs
    Part 6: References
    Section 2: Sample Book Lists
    Book List Format
    Using the Book Lists
    Levels
    Themes
    Grades
    Genres
    Time Periods (Historical Fiction and Nonfiction)
    Part 1: Primary Book Lists
    Themes
    Genres
    Time Periods
    Part 2: Intermediate Book Lists
    Themes
    Genres
    Time Periods
    Part 3: Upper Intermediate/Middle School Book Lists
    Themes
    Genres
    Time Periods
    Part 4: Sample Author Studies
    Primary
    Intermediate
    Upper Intermediate/Middle School
    Meet the Author Collection from Richard C. Owen Publishers
    Books about Authors/Illustrators
    Section 3: Bibliography of Professional Resources for Literature Circles
    Part 1. Professional Resources on Literature Circles and Response
    Part 2: Professional Book Publishers
    Part 3: Web Site Resources for Literature Circles
    About the Authors
LITERATURE CIRCLES AND RESPONSE

Bonnie Campbell Hill, Nancy J. Johnson, and Katherine L. Schlick Noe, Editors

This much-needed resource helps you build a structure in which your students can explore books together. Packed with examples and ideas.

1995 Paperbound 260pp ISBN 0-926842-48-X (K-6) Order #765 $38.95

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    Table of Figures
  1. Framing the Puzzle
    Corner Pieces of Assessment Series
    Structure of This Book
    Using This Book
    Contributors
    Starting the Puzzle
  2. Getting the Whole Picture
    Seven Educational Components
    Turning Over the Pieces
  3. Organizing Assessment
    Teacher Notebooks
    Assessment Tools in Primary Grades
    Assessment Tools for Intermediate Grades
    Organizational Grid
    Adapting Teacher Notebooks
    Assessment Files
  4. Observing Students
    Anecdotal Notes
    Creating a System for Anecdotal Notes
    Managing Anecdotal Notes
    Other Ways of Organizing Anecdotal Notes
    Anecdotal Notes by Others
    From Anecdotal Notes to Checklists
  5. Observing Spelling Growth
    Developmental Stages of Spelling Spelling Assessment Forms
    Other Spelling Assessment Techniques and Concerns
  6. Observing Emergent Writers
    Art and Writing
    Process and Product
    Assessing Emergent Writing
  7. Observing Writing Growth
    Section One: Assessing Writing Content and Strategies
    Writing Folder Forms
    Writing Conference Forms
    Section Two: Assessing Writing Process
    Section Three: Self Evaluation
  8. Observing Emergent Readers
    Early Literacy Development
    Analyzing Miscues
  9. Observing Reading Growth
    Section One: Reading Strategies
    Self-Evaluation: Reading Strategies
    Reading Conference Forms
    Miscue Analysis
    Section Two: Assessing Reading Comprehension
    Assessing Oral Response to Literature
    Assessing Written Response to Literature
    Retelling
    Self-Evaluation: Comprehension
    Section Three: Reading Range
    Reading Logs and Records
  10. Assessment in Content Areas
    Observing Students and Their Written Work
    Observing Growth Over Time
    Checklists, Rubrics and Rating Scales
    Planning for Assessment
    Reporting Results
  11. Developmental Continuums
    Description of Continuums
    Rationale for Continuums
    Reflections
  12. Putting the Pieces Together
    References
    About the Authors








CLASSROOM BASED ASSESSMENT

Bonnie Campbell Hill, Cynthia Ruptic, and Lisa Norwick

See how other elementary school teachers weave assessment into their daily routines — and how you can too — in this resource and CD-ROM, both packed with new classroom-based assessment ideas and forms. Here’s what you need to make assessment work and to use authentic assessment to guide instruction and to prioritize, organize, and integrate what you already do.

1998 Paperbound with CD-ROM 328pp (K-8) ISBN 0-926842-84-6 Order # 761 $59.95


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    List of Forms v
    Preface xi
    Acknowledgments xiii
    Chapter 1 Framing the Puzzle 1
    Chapter 2 Getting the Whole Picture 5
    Chapter 3 Putting the Pieces Together 17
    Chapter 4 Organizing Portfolios and Assessment Information 31
    Chapter 5 Observing Students 53
    Chapter 6 Observing Emergent Writers and Readers 61
    Chapter 7 Observing Writing Growth 75
    Chapter 8 Observing Reading Growth 107
    Chapter 9 Assessment in Content Areas 149
    Chapter 10 Involving Students in Assessment 163
    Chapter 11 Involving Parents in Assessment 203
    Chapter 12 Involving Special Students in Assessment 215
    Chapter 13 Reporting Student Growth 233
    Chapter 14 Missing Pieces 259
    References 261
    APPENDIX A Checklist of Assessment Tools and Techniques 265
    APPENDIX B Checklist of Assessment Tools and Techniques 267
    Index 269








PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT:
Putting the Pieces Together

Bonnie Campbell Hill and Cynthia Ruptic

Over 140 assessment tools and forms on emergent literacy, writing, reading, spelling, the content areas, and more.

1994 Paperbound 272pp ISBN 0-926842-36-6 (K-6) Order #760 $29.95


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    Introduction / The Structure of This Book
  1. Literature Circles in My Middle School Classroom
    Why Literature Circles?
    What Are Literature Circles?
    How Can Literature Circles Meet the Needs of Middle School Students?
    What Is the Role of Literature Circles in My Middle School Language Arts Program?
    The Grading Challenge
    Successful Literature Circles in Middle School
  2. Organizing Literature Circles
    Getting Started
    Determining a Yearly Plan for Literature Circles
  3. Choosing Books
    Keeping Up With New Books
    Obtaining Multiple Copies
    Selecting Different Books for Different Grades
    Meeting the Needs of Less Proficient Readers
    My Secret Weapon: The Read Aloud
  4. Supporting Quality Discussions
    Benefits of Discussion
    Providing Guidance for Discussions
    Beyond Role Sheets
    Preparing for a Discussion
    Developing Discussions Over Time
    Debriefing: The Key to Successful Discussions
    Focus Lessons for Discussions
    Teacher Evaluation
    Student Self-Evaluation
    My Own Goal for Discussions
  5. Supporting Quality Written Response
    Purpose of a Written Response
    Different Ways to use Writing
    Developing a Written Response Over Time
    Writing Response Journals Today
    Focus Lessons for a Written Response
    Responding to and Evaluating Student Writing
    Student Self-Evaluation
    My Own Goals for Written Response
  6. Extending Response Through the Arts
    What Are Extension Projects?
    Purpose of Extension Projects
    Sample Extension Projects
    Teaching the Process
    Exploring Literary Elements Through Projects
    Setting a Timeline for Extension Projects
    Focus Lessons for Extension Projects
    Evaluating Extension Projects
    Conclusion
    Appendix A: State Standards and Literature Circles
    Appendix B: Additional Literature Circle Books
    References
    Professional Books
    Young Adult Books