Professional Development DVDs
If you're looking for top-quality video of excellent teachers working in exceptional classrooms, consider purchasing a Choice Literacy DVD. Our DVDs and Workshop Kits are designed to be used in a variety of professional development settings.
Choice Literacy DVDs feature accomplished teachers in action with students - all filmed during normal literacy routines. Events are never staged or scripted. The footage is captured by a team of professional videographers, audio technicians, and producers with extensive experience in classrooms.
The viewing guides of print materials are in a full-color format, with advice for using the videos in staff workshops, college courses, and/or in-service programs. Handouts of student samples, brief articles, and supplements written by teachers enhance the viewing experience. These print materials are also available for previewing and downloading from the web, enabling workshop coordinators to plan and design professional development sessions whenever and wherever they have internet access.
If you would prefer to purchase DVDs using a check or school purchase order, you can download our full-color brochure and order form at this link:
http://www.choiceliteracy.com/orderform2010.pdf
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Demonstration Lessons and
Making Assessments Work for You
Buy 2 DVDs Together and Save $99
Offer Expires May 30th
List Price $398 - Sale Price $299
 Buy the Demonstration Lessons and Making Assessments Work for You DVDs together and save $99 off the list prices if purchased separately. more info > > >
The Right Book at the Right Time &
Writers in Transition
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Sale Ends September 15, 2010
 Buy both Franki Sibberson DVDs during our summer sale and save $99 off the list price. more info > > >
Intermediate CAFÉ in the Classroom: Helping Children Readers Thrive in Grades 3-6
Gail Boushey and Joan Moser ("The Sisters")
$199 DVD (Choice Literacy Member Price: $169) B
 Assessing young readers involves more than determining a reading level and moving them onto the next. Gail Boushey and Joan Moser developed the CAFÉ assessment system to help elementary students understand and master different strategies used by successful readers. CAFÉ is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary, and the system includes goal-setting with students in individual conferences, posting of goals on a whole-class board, developing small group instruction based on clusters of students with similar goals, and targeting whole-class instruction based on emerging student needs. The DVD/CD Workshop Kit includes video of many individual conferences, small group lessons, and whole class instruction in Joan Moser's K-2 multiage classroom. The companion CD presents workshop suggestions for use of the video in professional development settings, blank assessment forms for use in the teacher's conferring and planning notebook, student work samples, and profiles of students presented in the video to enhance the viewing experience. more info > > >
CAFÉ in the Classroom: Helping Children Visualize Literacy Goals
Gail Boushey and Joan Moser ("The Sisters")
$229 DVD/CD Kit (Choice Literacy Member Price: $199)
 Assessing young readers involves more than determining a reading level and moving them onto the next. Gail Boushey and Joan Moser developed the CAFÉ assessment system to help elementary students understand and master different strategies used by successful readers. CAFÉ is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary, and the system includes goal-setting with students in individual conferences, posting of goals on a whole-class board, developing small group instruction based on clusters of students with similar goals, and targeting whole-class instruction based on emerging student needs. The DVD/CD Workshop Kit includes video of many individual conferences, small group lessons, and whole class instruction in Joan Moser's K-2 multiage classroom. The companion CD presents workshop suggestions for use of the video in professional development settings, blank assessment forms for use in the teacher's conferring and planning notebook, student work samples, and profiles of students presented in the video to enhance the viewing experience. more info > > >
Mentor Texts: Teaching Reading Strategies and Writer's Craft $159
(Member Price: $129)
 In Mentor Texts: Models for Reading Strategies and Writer's Craft, Aimee Buckner takes viewers into her 4th grade classroom, where children's literature, student texts, and Aimee's own writing serve as mentor texts in daily literacy workshops. The 90 minute video features two programs, one on mentor texts in the writing curriculum, and the second detailing how the strategy of rereading can be taught using a whole-class shared mentor text. more info > > >
The Daily 5 in Kindergarten
Joan Moser
$159 DVD (Choice Literacy Member Price: $129)
 Join Joan Moser of "The Sisters" for a visit to her lively kindergarten
classroom. You'll see Joan in action as she teaches whole-class
lessons, leads small groups, and confers with students during rounds of
Daily 5 in literacy. The video also includes one round of Daily 5
in math, as well as a peek at how the CAFÉ assessment system is
integrated into the daily literacy block. more info > > >
The Right Book at the Right Time
Franki Sibberson
$159 (Member Price: $129)
 It's every teacher's ideal -- children happily browsing books till they
find the one that is just right for them. Yet the skill of choosing
texts independently at the appropriate level of difficulty won't emerge
on its own for most students. They need the guidance of teachers
demonstrating throughout the day how strong readers select appropriate
texts. more info > > >
Inside Leadership: Daily 5 and CAFE Coaching and Collaboration in Schools
Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
$199 DVD (Choice Literacy Member Price: $169)
 Change that endures takes time and comes from within schools, as
teachers help each other master the art and science of literacy
instruction. Inside Leadership highlights two important
components of bringing the Daily 5 and CAFE Assessment to life in
schools -- grade-level team meetings and coaching in classrooms. more info > > >
Simply Room Tours
Inspiring Design for Literacy Learning
$159 (Member Price: $129)
 Teachers love room tours! Choice Literacy asked extraordinary
teachers from across the United States to guide viewers through their
classrooms, demonstrating the links between learning and beautiful
classroom design. Each tour is 5-10 minutes long,
with teachers sharing strategies for design that supports literacy learning. more info > > >
The Choice Literacy Word Work Sampler $159
(Member Price: $129)
 The Choice Literacy K-6 Word Work Sampler brings together examples of teachers from across the country teaching word learning strategies from kindergarten through 6th grade classrooms. Rather than presenting a one-size-fits-all program, the DVD features teachers using many different instruction techniques for conferring, strategy groups, guided writing, and whole-class lessons based on student needs. more info > > >
Demonstration Lessons: Designing, Leading and Debriefing in Grades K-5
Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan
$199 DVD (Member Price: $169)
 Demonstration lessons play a crucial role in professional development
in many schools. In demonstration lessons, teachers observe a colleague
leading a model lesson with students, take notes, and then discuss
their observations together. more info > > >
Synthesizing Butterflies: Teaching Reading Strategies to Kindergartners $99 (Member Price: $79)
 "Synthesis is the beautiful way you live through a book." With these simple words, children are introduced to the concept of synthesis in Andie Cunningham's diverse kindergarten classroom. Viewers will see that even the youngest learners are ready, even eager, to take on the challenge of using strategies to deepen their reading experience. This workshop kit takes viewers into Andie's reading workshop during three consecutive days of instruction. The curriculum is integrated: reading, writing, science, talk, and movement all come together through the study of butterflies. more info > > >
Layered Coaching: Mentoring New Teachers
Jennifer Allen
$229 DVD/CD Workshop Kit (Member Price: $199)
 Literacy coaches are being added to elementary school staffs at an incredible rate. Yet there is little available that shows what the day by day role of a literacy coach looks like. Jennifer Allen's "layered coaching" approach includes gathering and providing resources to teachers, collaborative teaching and observation, study groups, new teacher mentoring, and curriculum mapping. more info > > >
Making Assessments Work for You
Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan
$199 DVD (Member Price: $169)
 Students are assessed more than ever before, but what's a teacher to do
with all those numbers and notes? This DVD features two simple
protocols teachers can use to move from analyzing assessment data to
designing thoughtful lessons. more info > > >
One Morning: The Daily 5 and CAFE in 1st Grade
Gail Boushey and Joan Moser and Featuring Courtney Tomfohr
$159 (Choice Literacy Member Price: $129)
 Joan and Gail visit the classroom of
Courtney Tomfohr, a remarkable first-grade teacher. They let the
cameras run virtually uninterrupted as Courtney leads three rounds of the
Daily 5. Courtney uses her CAFE notes to move adeptly between
read alouds, minilessons, small strategy groups, and individual
conferences, closing her morning literacy block with writer's
workshop. Joan and Gail narrate the video for viewers, providing
insight into the instructional and management decisions Courtney makes
within her thriving classroom of young learners. more info > > >
Readers in the Middle
List Price: $159
(Member Price: $129)
 Reading workshops have become the norm in many middle schools across
the country. In recent years, workshop routines of minilessons,
conferring, and whole-class discussions have been supplemented with
book clubs, strategy instruction, and more emphasis on nonfiction texts.
This DVD takes you into Katie Doherty's vibrant inner-city middle
school reading workshop. Katie and her students explore the
"new basics" of reader's workshop. more info > > >
Two Workshops:
Contrasting Primary and Intermediate Literacy Programs $159
(Member Price: $129)
 Two Workshops: Contrasting Primary and Intermediate Literacy Programs shows how two different teachers at different grade levels who share common beliefs about literacy and learning implement reading and writing workshops. Many videos on the market feature examples of quality conferring or minilessons, but it's hard to find one that shows all the components of a successful workshop program in action throughout a typical day in an elementary classroom. In Two Workshops, first-grade teacher Katie DiCesare and fifth-grade teacher Karen Terlecky take you into a day in the life of their bustling reading and writing workshops. more info > > >
Write from the Start: Conferring with Young English Language Learners $229 (Member Price: $199)
 How can a teacher confer with a child who speaks a different language? How can teachers confer with many children speaking many different languages, all in the same classroom? In Write from the Start: Conferring with Young English Language Learners, Andie Cunningham and Ruth Shagoury confer with five-, six- and seven-year-olds in Andie's kindergarten writing workshop. Daily conferences are an essential element of the literacy curriculum, helping students see the links between their home language and culture, English, and making meaning through print... more info > > >
Writers in Transition: Teaching Revision Strategies in Grades 3-6
Franki Sibberson
$229 DVD/CD Workshop Kit (Member Price: $199)
 By the end of the primary grades, children have mastered the alphabet, a sense of story, and the basics of writing workshops. What's next for young writers in transition? For many, a unit on revision makes sense because it helps them see a multitude of ways to refine and improve their writing. This video highlights the lessons, strategies, and goals of a writing unit of study on revision in Franki Sibberson's intermediate classroom, as Franki helps students focus on honing their drafts. The DVD includes sample whole-class lessons on fonts, character development, revision tools, goal setting, and titles. These lessons are integrated with inndividual conferences and small group instruction on leads and text features. The companion CD presents suggestions for using the DVD in workshop settings, student samples, and templates to accompany the lessons.
more info > > >
Intermediate Daily 5
Fostering Independent Literacy Learning in Grades 3-6
Gail Boushey and Joan Moser ("The Sisters")
$199 DVD (Choice Literacy Member Price: $169)
 Imagine a classroom where there is a quiet, purposeful hum of literacy
activity during workshops. Students read, write, and work
with classmates independently. All this activity takes place
with little monitoring from the teacher, who is busy conferring with
students or meeting with small groups. more info > > >
Simply Organized: Classroom Libraries and Storage Areas
$99 (Choice Literacy Member Price: $79)
 The Sisters (Gail Boushey and Joan Moser) take on classroom libraries and storage areas as they help two elementary teachers beautify their classrooms. more info > > >
The Literacy Principal in Action:
Supporting Learners of All Ages $159
(Member Price: $129)
Karen Szymusiak
 In The Literacy Principal in Action: Supporting Learners of All Ages, Karen Szymusiak takes you into her world of daily teaching, learning, and professional conversations about literacy at Glacier Ridge Elementary School in Dublin, Ohio. It is here where Karen works as a principal, guiding her colleagues and children in thoughtful, focused, and inspiring initiatives to improve literacy achievement and build lifelong reading and writing habits in children. more info > > >
Simply Beautiful: Classroom Design for Gracious Living and Learning
$99 (Choice Literacy Member Price: $79)
 Classrooms don't have to be dank and dreary places - in fact, teachers are discovering that more inviting classrooms create more opportunities for learning. In Simply Beautiful, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (also known as "The Sisters") visit the classrooms of five new teachers to help each one deal with specific design challenges, from poor lighting to cramped storage areas. more info > > >
Simply Beautiful: Middle School Edition $99
(Member Price: $79)
 The Sisters (Gail Boushey and Joan Moser) work with students and colleagues to makeover a middle school library and 7th grade classroom. more info > > >
The Choice Literacy Sampler $79
(Member Price: $59)
 Want just a taste of the video clips available in Choice Literacy's DVD professional development kits? The Choice Literacy Sampler includes excerpts from six different DVDs. more info > > >
Sisters Sampler $99 (Member Price: $79)
 The Choice Literacy Sisters Sampler gives viewers a taste of "The
Sisters" (Gail Boushey and Joan Moser) at work in kindergarten through
middle school classrooms. The vignettes include excerpts from
previously published DVDs, the Choice Literacy website, and new footage
highlighting the Daily 5 System, CAFÉ Assessment Menu, and "Simply
Beautiful" Design Principles. more info > > >
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