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- Issue 49: May 25, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: What are Context Clues?; "Be the Text"; Lincoln County High School: A LEARNING-FOCUSED Success Story
- Issue 48: May 18, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Setting Goals with Feedback; Writing to Learn and Assessment Prompts: What's the Connection?; Reading Comprehension Strategies Scheduled Reviews
- Issue 47: May 11, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Writing to a Prompt - Expository Writing; The Power of Choice; Using Yourself to Your Advantage
- Issue 46: May 4, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: The Value of Reflection Meetings for Collaborative Planning; Tell It! Don't Always Read It!; Math and Music: A Geometry Example
- Issue 45: April 27, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Snapshots; Some Tips on Helping English Language Learners; Making Connections: Interdisciplinary Units and the LEARNING-FOCUSED Model
- Issue 44: April 20, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: The Essence of Reading Comprehension Strategies; Memory Tricks; What to expect at LEARNING-FOCUSED Conferencing Days
- Issue 43: April 6, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Assessment Prompts Assist Supervisors; Writing to a Prompt - Narratives; What is the Point of Flexible Groups?
- Issue 42: March 30, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: How Do I Move At-Risk Students Forward Quickly and Effectively?; A Powerful Connection Between Assessment Prompts and Distributed Guided Practice; A Master Teacher Talks about LEARNING-FOCUSED
- Issue 41: March 23, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: The Building Blocks of Reading; Preparation for Summative Writing Assessments; School-Based Coaching and the Text Based Seminar
- Issue 40: March 16, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Structured Unit Review for State Standardized Tests and End-of-Course Exams; Benchmark Assessments Connections; The Writing Continuum
- Issue 39: March 9, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Using Interactive Word Walls in Science; Using the Strategies Wisely; Transforming the Student Learning Map into Instructional Practice
- Issue 38: March 2, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Ten Questions for Leadership; An Exclusive Questioning Technique; Helping Our Children Learn to Read
- Issue 37: February 23, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: How Do Assessment Prompts Promote Learning?; Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats?; Working with Words
- Issue 36: February 16, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: One Size Does Not Fit All; Self-Selected Reading; Why Is It Important To Create Quality Assignments?
- Issue 35: February 9, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: 21 Classroom Walkthrough Tips; Making Connections: Science, Research, and Graphic Organizers; How Best Practices are Best Met in Middle and High School
- 2009 LEARNING-FOCUSED National Conference Special Issue
- Issue Features: Beyond Direct Vocabulary Instruction; Scenes from the 2009 LEARNING-FOCUSED National Conference; Administrative Planning for Effective Conferencing
- Issue 34: January 26, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Previewing Vocabulary: Who, When and How; Walkthrough Advantage; Acceleration - Who's Doing It
- Issue 33: January 19, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Building Your Organization with Popsicle Sticks; Using a Modified Jigsaw for Reading; Why AREN'T You Writing in Math Class?
- Issue 32: January 12, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Positive Thinking; Doing Mathematics; Can Standing Up Boost Thinking?
- Issue 31: January 5, 2009 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Translating Information into a Condensed Form: Simply Summarizing; Motivating the Unmotivated Student: Ideas For Classroom Teachers; The Importance of Vocabulary Instruction in Middle and High School Mathematics-Extending Thinking
- Issue 30: December 15, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: The Power of the Acquisition Lesson Framework; So Many Strategies, So Much to Teach; Making Writing Connections to Comprehension Strategies
- Issue 29: December 8, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Using LEARNING-FOCUSED Strategies in a World Languages Classroom; From Frustration to Understanding; Eleven Questions for Leadership
- Issue 28: December 1, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Math and Writing Connections; Learning-Focused and the Performance-Based Classroom; Read, Read, Read!
- Issue 27: November 17, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: State of Toolbox; What Moves You?; Red Mill Elementary Leads the Way in Implementing Learning-Focused; The Non-Fiction Connection to Persuasion
- Issue 26: November 10, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Test Taking Strategies - A Closer Look ; Connecting Classroom Structures; Success for All!
- Issue 25: November 3, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Using Picture Books in the Middle and High School Classroom; Writing During the Lesson; Rationale for Conducting Walkthroughs
- Issue 24: October 27, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Using Draw, Shade, Link and Paste to Scaffold Graphic Organizers; Reinforcing Effort; Facilitating the Change Process
- Issue 23: October 20, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Making Thinking Visible; This Isn't English, Why are We Writing; Writing Realistic Rubrics
- Issue 22: October 13, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: An Interview with a Learning-Focused Teacher; Previewing with a K.I.S.S. Approach; What's the Signal?
- Issue 21: October 6, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: How to use Learning Styles in your Classroom to Differentiate Higher Level Thinking and Learning; Learning-Focused in Action; "Writing to Learn"
- Issue 20: September 29, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: It's Not About the Text-It's About the Learning!; Mileposts & Checkpoints; The Missing Piece of the Jigsaw Puzzle
- Issue 19: September 22, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Implementing Learning-Focused; This Takes Too Much Time!; Motivating Students through the R.A.P. Club
- Issue 18: September 15, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Activating Background Knowledge in English Language Learners; Tips on Questioning Techniques That Challenge Minds; Motivating Students in the Science Classroom
- Issue 17: September 8, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Extending Thinking, Graphic Organizers, and Writing; Curriculum Mapping;
Formative Assessment - Issue 16: September 1, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Test Taking Strategies - Start Them Early!; What is Scaffolding, Exactly?; Why is it Important for Administrators to Empower Teachers?
- Issue 15: August 25, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Four Easy Ways to Add the Personal Touch and Connect with the Disconnected Student; Make the Most of Your Time; Making Connections Beyond Text
- Issue 14: August 18, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Mismatch Analysis; Evaluating and Measuring Student Writing; Summarizing in Silence: Using "Chalk Talk" as a Tool
- Issue 13: August 11, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: The Power of Graphic Organizers; Notes on Taking Notes; Leaders Exceeding Expectations
- Issue 12: August 4, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: The Importance of Vocabulary Instruction in Middle and High School Mathematics; The Coolest Test Taking Strategy Yet!; Where Do We Go Next?
- Issue 11: July 28, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Can You Teach Memory?; Teaching Text Structures; Transforming Learning in Your School
- Issue 10: July 21, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: The Power of Curriculum; Why Use Collaborative Pairs?; "Save Room" for Test Taking Strategies; The Automatic Vocabulary Lesson Plan
- Issue 9: July 14, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Acceleration/Previewing:Worth the Effort!; Easy List; Assessment for Learning; Starting Early in Math Makes a Difference
- Issue 8: July 7, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Restart the Attention Clock and Ensure Learning; How to Create Effective Instructional Materials for All Students; The Goal of Writing; Note taking: How to Teach and Scaffold this Skill
- Issue 7: June 30, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Critical Literacy: Reading Vann's Sneakers, MTV or Georgia O'Keefe; Why Map Your Curriculum?; Higher Level Questioning; Leadership
- Issue 6: June 23, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: What About Word Walls!; Summary Point Writing; Suggestions for Reading Text; Tips for the Learning-Focused Coach
- Issue 5: June 16, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Squirm to Learn; Assessment Prompts (making sure they are structured); Effective Praise as Feedback; Connecting Classroom Structures
- Issue 4: June 9, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Media Center Uses Graphic Organizers to Teach Reading Comprehension; The School-Based Learning-Focused Coach; "If I teach Reading in Math Class, will the Reading Teachers teach Math in Reading Class?"; The Scope and Influence of Learning-Focused
- Issue 3: June 2, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features:Distributed Summarizing's Impact on Progress; Question Out the Door; The Writer's Block; The Ten Commandments of Learning-Focused
- Issue 2: May 26, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Exemplary Leadership;The Challenge of Student Engagement; Helping Our Students to Remember; Student Learning Map Questions-Essential Questions and Assessment Prompts
- Issue 1: May 19, 2008 Connections Newsletter
- Issue Features: Why Connections?; New Learning-Focused Website; Just Teach Them to Think; The Search for Real Rigor; Elaboration in Vocabulary Instruction; Did You Know?; Monthly Review = Achievement + Fun
- Volume 1: 2007 Edition Connections Newsletter
- Featured Articles: Why Connections?; What is Learning-Focused?; Unit Study; Presenting Learning-Focused to Parents
- Volume 2: 2007 Edition Connections Newsletter
- Featured Articles: Creating and Sustaining Change; Getting the Most From Your Curriculum; Vocabulary Instruction: Which Words?; A Principal Looks Back: Standards Matter
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