http://portageandmainpress.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:09:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Using Retelling Activities to Strengthen Comprehension and Memory [caption id="attachment_1507" align="aligncenter" width="94" caption="Colleen Politano"][/caption] P&M Press author Colleen Politano is the keynote speaker at the The Early Childhood Education Council of Manitoba SAG conference. Colleen's session, Using Retelling Activities to Strengthen Comprehension and Memory, will provide innovative, practical, easy-to-use ideas for your ... http://portageandmainpress.com/blog/?p=1500 An Invitation Please join David Alexander Robertson, Scott B. Henderson, HighWater Press (an imprint of P&M Press), and McNally Robinson Booksellers for a book launch of Scars, and the pre-publication launch of  Ends/Begins. Scars and Ends/Begins are book 2 and book 3 in the four-part graphic novel series, 7 Generations. David will ... http://portageandmainpress.com/blog/?p=1447 Ziploc Take-Home Activities for the Kindergarten Classroom Kindergarten Plus! author Joni Bowman relates that it is essential that you build an effective partnership between home and school. As educators, we want children to receive the critical message that both home and school value learning. Studies show that children perform better in ... http://portageandmainpress.com/blog/?p=1120 Canadian Graphic Novel Weaves Together Past and Present [caption id="attachment_1423" align="aligncenter" width="99" caption="Edwin"][/caption] "The graphic novel Stone starts with an emergency. A suicide letter is positioned over frames of a mother rushing through traffic, leaving a car door ajar with the cell phone open on the seat." Continue reading the entire review at ... http://portageandmainpress.com/blog/?p=1420 P&M Press author Hetty van Gurp, founder of Peaceful Schools International, speaks about the inclusion of peace education in curriculum at the March 2008 Peacebuilding and Earthkeeping symposium. P&M Press publishes three books by Hetty van Gurp. If you would like more information about these titles please visit www.pandmpress.com. http://portageandmainpress.com/blog/?p=1413 Scars [caption id="attachment_1407" align="alignright" width="152" caption="978-1-55379-228-4"][/caption] By Author David Alexander Robertson and Illustrator Scott B. Henderson For Grades 9–12 Scars introduces White Cloud, a young Plains Cree boy, in the year 1870, when the last great smallpox epidemic swept through the prairies. After witnessing, one by one, the death of his entire ... http://portageandmainpress.com/blog/?p=1403 For Grades 9–12 Scars, book 2 of 4 in the graphic novel series 7 Generations by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson About the book [caption id="attachment_1390" align="alignright" width="150" caption="White Cloud"][/caption] White Cloud, a young Plains Cree boy aged 10, witnesses the death of his entire family from smallpox, victims of the great ... http://portageandmainpress.com/blog/?p=1389 Stone Series Subject Matter [caption id="attachment_1170" align="alignnone" width="108" caption="Stone"][/caption] Recently appearing in Grassroots News is a great article featuring the graphic novel, Stone. Please click on the following link to read. grassrootsnews_article_stone http://portageandmainpress.com/blog/?p=1168 [caption id="attachment_1115" align="alignright" width="196" caption="Call Toll Free: 1-800-667-9673"][/caption] Your 2010 Spring Catalog* is in the mail. Find it in your school sometime this week or view it online by clicking on the link: Spring2010Catalog. The catalog includes our new, bestselling, and upcoming titles. For more information on these titles or to view ... http://portageandmainpress.com/blog/?p=1113 From The More-Than-Surviving Handbook by Barbara Law and Mary Eckes The More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook is filled with practical, effective strategies for settling a new ELL student into the classroom. One strategy is assigning a student-buddy to the newcomer. However, rather than arbitrarily assigning a buddy to help a newcomer and leaving the buddy ... http://portageandmainpress.com/blog/?p=1082