2009 Newsletters

Newsletter 21, Fall 2009
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• A Conversation with 2009 READ 180 Outstanding Educator Nancie Brennan
  Meet the 2009 READ 180 Outstanding Educator! This article features an exclusive conversation with Nancie Brennan as she reflects on her experiences with READ 180.
• READ 180 National Summer Institute Highlights
  Read about the experiences of READ 180 educators and administrators at this year’s Institute and look ahead to the 2010 READ 180 National Summer Institute!
• Tips from 2009 Outstanding Educators
  READ 180 Outstanding Educator nominees share some of their best classroom tips and strategies for getting the most out of READ 180.
• Success Begins on Day One
  Meet READ 180 Stage A teacher Scott Toonder and learn about his best practices for starting the school year and achieving success in his READ 180 classroom.
• Acting on an Idea
  Motivated by rBook® workshop "Stolen Childhoods," Tami Shields’s students joined the fight against child labor by organizing a fund-raising event in their school. Read about how Tami extended learning in her classroom by getting students actively involved in the Free the Children organization.
• SRI Awarded the Highest Rating for RTI Effectiveness
  The National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI) has awarded Scholastic Reading Inventory™ (SRI) the highest possible rating for validity and reliability for screening and progress monitoring tools for students in K—12.
• READ 180 React and Write Pages: Teacher-Mediated Writing Support
  Scaffold academic writing during Whole-Group rBook instruction with the React and Write pages, designed by rBook and LBook® author Dr. Kate Kinsella.
• Letter from the Chief Academic Officer
  Francie Alexander, Chief Academic Officer of Scholastic Education joins the READ 180 Community Newsletter with a column offering helpful tips to educators.

Newsletter 20, Summer 2009
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• READ 180 All-Stars
  Meet the winner of the 2009 READ 180 All-Star awards! The All-Star Awards program recognizes the outstanding achievements of students who have overcome reading challenges to succeed in school.
• Expert 21: A New Interactive English Language Arts Curriculum
  Created by the team that brought you READ 180, Expert 21 is a new language arts program, providing educators with everything they need to engage, motivate, and teach a new generation of students.
• Classroom Management is the Key
  READ 180 teacher Justin Lim shares great techniques and tips guaranteed to get you ahead this summer and start your school year off on the right track!
• Differentiating Instruction in READ 180
  This article features steps for setting goals, finding resources, and implementing supports and extensions to ensure you are meeting the needs of all your READ 180 students.
• Get Ready for Summer Reading!
  Avoid the dreaded “summer slump” by arming students with fun and exciting book choices to read this summer.
• Stage C LBook Now Available for Stage C Classrooms!
  Designed to be used in Whole- and Small-group, the Stage C LBook prepares and supports students for the age-appropriate, motivating content in the Stage C rBook.
• Inside your READ 180 Classroom
  With summer rapidly approaching, we at Scholastic and READ 180 want to thank you for what you do every day to raise reading achievement and turn around the lives of students.

Newsletter 19, Spring 2009
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• Feature Article
  High School READ 180 teacher Kim Martin shares tips and strategies for keeping her ninth graders motivated and engaged.
• READ 180 Interactive Teaching System
  With a Premium Maintenance and Support Plan READ 180 teachers get anytime, anywhere, online access to the READ 180 Interactive Teaching System.
• Teacher Talk
  Are you wondering how you can differentiate instruction for special education students in your READ 180 classroom? Mary Keever shares the story of her student Jesse and the ways she has adapted her instruction to help him succeed.
• What’s New With READ 180
  READ 180 is now more powerful than ever!  Here you will get the most up-to-date information about what is new with READ 180 including how to order
  READ 180 classroom incentives, receive your SRC! quizzes through SAM Connect, and effectively get the revised rSkills tests.
• Differentiation Factor: Teaching for the 21st Century: Engaging Students With the READ 180 Interactive Teaching System
  Be more efficient and productive in your planning and presentation with the new
  READ 180 Interactive Teaching System. Learn great tips about how to use the Interactive Teaching System with a projector and whiteboard technology!
• Inside Your READ 180 Classroom with Patrick Daley
  Here’s how you can support the writing needs of your students and differentiate the writing instruction you deliver.

2008 Newsletters

Newsletter 18, Winter 2008
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• Feature Article
  Outstanding Educator Joanne Carter Creates a Magical Environment in her READ 180 Class
• Outstanding Insights for Outstanding Educators
  Tips From the 2008 READ 180 Outstanding Educators. Learn great ideas from your peers of how to get the most out of READ 180!
• Professional Development
  Filling in the Gaps for English Language Learners with the new LBook. The LBook provides added support for all your READ 180 students especially, English language learners.
• Teacher Talk
  READ 180 Instructor and District Administrator, Karrie Brown, offers advice on how to build a community inside your READ 180 Classroom.
• SYSTEM 44
  A Conversation with Dr. Marilyn Jager Adams and Dr. Ted Hasselbring, Principal Scientists, System 44
• READ 180 STRETCH
  Ramp Up Rigor for READ 180 Stage C Students! Challenge students to become critical readers, writers, and thinkers, with READ 180 STRETCH.
• Inside Your READ 180 Classroom with Patrick Daley
  Learn the thinking behind the Independent & Modeled Reading Rotation and get advice on how to make it better for you!

• A Conversation with Donna Pappas, READ 180 Outstanding Educator of the Year.
• Highlights from the READ 180 National Summer Institute
• Start your READ 180 year off right
• Outstanding Insights from Outstanding Educators!
• And more!

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• Meet the Nine Student Winners of the 2008 READ 180 All-Star Awards
• Summer Reading Rocks by Scholastic Implementation Consultant, Becky Bone
• Act Like a Teacher, Think Like a Student by READ 180 Classroom Teacher, Katheryn Fitzgerald
• Reading Can Really Take You Places by READ 180 Classroom Teacher, Andrea Barnes
• And more!

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• First ever gold-standard study of adolescent reading intervention reveals significant gains with READ 180® – the treatment that works.
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• Engaging students for success in the rBook
• Success is a package deal from READ 180 Coordinator, Dr. Shirley Elledge
• Introducing Grolier Online READ 180 Edition
• The three M's of effectively differentiating instruction
• And more!

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2007 Newsletters

• READ 180 Teacher Wins Makeover for Herself - and Her Classroom
• Anchoring your rBook Workshops Through Personal Connections
• A Games Approach to READ 180 from Eboni Grant-Burts
• READ 180 Web site Teacher Resources and Support, featuring: rBook Instruction by Dr. Kate Kinsella and rBook Projects
• And much more!

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• Meet the 2007 READ 180 Outstanding Educator: Betty Lewing
• A Letter From the Editor, Patrick Daley on gearing up for back to school with the READ 180 Community
• Nominate a READ 180 Educator in your district for the 2008 READ 180 Outstanding Educator Award
• READ 180 In the News: "Teachers Seek Out Software to Help Students' Reading"
• Teacher Talk: "The Back to School Transition" by Sandra Blair, educator of 2007 READ 180 All-Star, Florentina
• "Put Me In, Coach" by READ 180 Master Educator, Ask Noelle
• Web Resources: Exploring the READ 180 Content-Area Connection Web Links
• On the Web: READ 180 Honors and Awards; nominate a student, educator, school, or district online today
• Expert advise from master READ 180 educator, NOELLE, on student engagement and motivation
• Ty's Tech Tips: Technology Tips and Answers for your READ 180 implementation
• Special Offer for your Striving Readers: 10% READ 180 Enterprise Edition Resources for Content-Area Reading. Offer valid 10/1/2007-11/30/2007.
• READ 180 Community Events: Back to School Fall Raffle. Submit a Tip, Win a Prize!

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2006 Newsletters

Newsletter 10, August 2006
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• Meet the 2006 All-Stars
• A Letter From the Editor: Overcoming First Day Apprehension
• "$16.6 Million Grant to Help Struggling Readers at Massachusetts Schools"
• "READ 180 and English-Language Learners: When do you bring them together?"--A READ 180 teacher from Pelham, AL shares her story
• READ 180 In the News: "Students Reverse Course In Reading" by Ruth Roberts, Brentwood Press, Brentwood, CA
• "The Power of Results": Scholastic proudly announces a new search tool on www.read180.com
• Expert advise from master READ 180 educator, NOELLE, on motivating returning students to the READ 180 classroom
• Ty's Tech Tips: Technology Tips for your READ 180 Implementation
• Special Offer for your Striving Readers: 10% Off Scholastic Action Book Collections

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Newsletter 9, June 2006
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• Four International Center for Leadership in Education Scholarships Awarded to READ 180 Students
• High School Roundtable Puts New Ideas Into Action
• "Working Together Is the Key"--Two READ 180 teachers from Hammond, IN share their stories
• New and Improved Message Boards Go Live!
• New to the Adolescent Literacy Resource Center: Reading Next: Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High Schools
• READ 180 In the News: "Turning Readers Around" by Barbara Hollingsworth, The Capital Journal, Topeka, KS
• Expert advise from master READ 180 educator, NOELLE, on integrating new students into the READ 180 classroom
• Ty's Tech Tips: Technology Tips for your READ 180 Implementation
• Upcoming Events: Join Us for Scholastic's Inaugural READ 180 National Summer Institute
• Special Offer for your Striving Readers: Save 10% Off Scholastic Reading Collections and Materials for your Striving Readers

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Newsletter 8, January 2006
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• Phoenix Union High School District Increases Test Scores by 33%
• Phoenix Union High School District Increases Test Scores by 33%
• Phoenix Union High School District Increases Test Scores by 33%
• Visit READ 180's New Community Pages
• Help Your Students Select the Right Books
• A look at Ernest B. Fleishman, Ed.D.'s, "Adolescent Literacy: A National Reading Crisis"
• Providing Your READ 180 Students with More Choice through several supplementary independent reading libraries
• Ty's Tech Tips: Technology Tips for your READ 180 Implementation
• Scholastic Reminds you about the many Upcoming Publishing Events
• Special Offer: 20% Off FX Books

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2005 Newsletters

Newsletter 7, September 2005
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• Introducing READ 180 Enterprise Edition
• Setting Up Your READ 180 Classroom for a Successful Year
• Best-Practice Implementation: A Guide for The First Three Weeks of READ 180
• Getting Parents Involved in READ 180, by Peggy Mulvihill, Kansas City, MO
• Ty's Tech Tips: Technology Tips for your READ 180 Implementation
• School Success Story: J.J. Jones Intermediate School, Mount Airy, NC
• Student Success Story: Julio Amaga from Newport Mesa Unified School District, CA

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Newsletter 6, May 2005
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• The 2005 READ 180 All-Star Award Recipients
• READ 180 success stories
• READ 180 and classroom management, written by a READ 180 teacher
• How to make SRI work in your class
• Student book reviews
• READ 180 mini-conference held in Anaheim, CA
• Tips for wrapping up your classroom for the year end

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• How to nominate a student to be a READ 180 All-Star
• READ 180 and English-Language Learners
• Getting Parents Involved
• Enhancing Your READ180 Collections
• Introducing READ 180 Plus - new for Stage A
• Student Success Story, written by READ 180 teacher, Kristi Worthington

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2004 Newsletters

Newsletter 4, December 2004
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• Third annual READ 180 Advisory Board meeting in New York City
• Connecting with the READ 180 community online
• Using READ 180 as a summer school program
• A High School Success Story: An interview with Lori Lambert, District Reading Facilitator, Huntington Beach, CA
• READ 180 Keeps Turning Lives Around: Profiles on six READ 180 students
• Tips on assessment and reporting

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Newsletter 3, October 2004
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• Keeping Up the Good Work
• READ 180 Just Got Even Better: NEW READ 180 content
• Monitoring Your Progress
• Classroom Setup
• Technology Tips for the READ 180 User
• Tips for Involving Parents

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Newsletter 2, June 2004
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• New READ 180 Topic CDs and Paperbacks
• High School Literacy Summit
• Tips on Encouraging Summertime Reading
• End of Year Closing Tips
• Using Read Aloud Plays for Fluency and Phonics Instruction
• All-Star Award Winners

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Newsletter 1, March 2004
Find articles and information on:

• Installing READ 180 Version 1.5
• Liz Ramos’s Success Story
• Solutions for English-Language Learners (ELLs)
• Test-Taking Strategies for Struggling Readers

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