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Volume One: 2003-2004

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Composed by Ed Clarke, these newsletters are a good resource for teachers and provide information on classroom management, literacy, reading strategies and many other topics.

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Volume One 2003-2004 Literacy Newsletters
Date	Topic	Adobe Acrobat File
	Table of Contents	Contents
9/8/03	Classroom management ideas Writing to learn Type 1 Writing	Issue 1
9/15/03	Classroom management ideas Type 2 Writing	Issue 2
9/22/03	Classroom management ideas Word Wall, from Doug Buehl	Issue 3
9/29/03	Classroom management ideas Word Wall, from Doug Buehl Focused timed writing Double entry journals	Issue 4
10/6/03	Classroom management ideas Double entry journals	Issue 5
10/13/03	Pedagogy of Plenty and Poverty Concept mapping, from Doug Buehl	Issue 6
10/20/03	Thoughts and structures exams Concept mapping from, Doug Buehl	Issue 7
10/27/03	What helps students learn Writing across the Curriculum	Issue 8
11/3/03	Classroom management ideas Strategies for unknown words	Issue 9
11/10/03	Signal / Transition words Reading various types of non-fiction	Issue 10
11/17/03	Poor readers and good readers Asking and answering questions	Issue 11
11/24/03	Scoring student writing Holistic scoring	Issue 12
12/1/03	Context clues practice Context clues strategies	Issue 13
12/8/03	Transition words Scoring student writing with CAPT rubric	Issue 14
12/15/03	Rubrics and checklists Analytic versus holistic Practice scoring	Issue 15
12/22/03	Activities to prepare students for standardized tests Reading directions	Issue 16
1/7/04	Essay question directions words Reasons student do poorly and well	Issue 17
1/14/04	Writing effective sentences and paragraphs with transitions	Issue 18
1/21/04	Organizational patterns of paragraphs	Issue 19
1/28/04	Identifying topics, main ideas and supporting details. Levels of comprehension	Issue 20
2/2/04	Strengthening reading comprehension Non-verbal signals Structure of paragraphs transitions	Issue 21
2/9/04	Test-taking tips Tips for classroom, homework and assessments	Issue 22
2/16/04	Reading strategies: Make the text your own Being an active reader Novel reading versus textbook reading	Issue 23
3/1/04	Writing a process essay Writing an essay exam Organizational patterns and key words	Issue 24
3/8/04	Crating vocabulary tables Scoring a student response: a rubric	Issue 25
3/15/04	Problems writing an essay Using roots to increase vocabulary	Issue 26
3/22/04	Expository text - nonfiction Strategies for locating answers	Issue 27
3/29/04	NEASC, our mission statement and literacy	Issue 28
4/5/04	Using punctuation as a guide to comprehension	Issue 29
4/12/04	Using punctuation as a guide to comprehension Adjective clauses Using referents	Issue 30
4/26/04	Context clues: contrast, referents, transitions Understanding complex structures Understanding appositives	Issue 31
5/3/04	Portfolios Scoring portfolios	Issue 32
5/10/04	Promoting self-reflection and metacognition Instructional outcomes for portfolios	Issue 33
5/17/04	Graphic organizers Web sites for graphic organizers	Issue 34
5/24/04	Asking questions Pivotal questions	Issue 35
5/31/04	Problems with questions Handling incorrect responses to questions	Issue 36
6/7/04	SQ3R Method: survey, question, read, recite, review	Issue 37

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11/16/2006

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