READ 180 STRETCH
READ 180 Community Newsletter – Winter 2008
Ramp Up Rigor for READ 180 Stage C Students
Challenge READ 180 Stage C students to become critical readers, writers, and thinkers with READ 180 STRETCH. READ 180 STRETCH is a supplemental instructional program and rigorous library for Stage C classrooms. Designed to fit seamlessly into your READ 180 instructional model, READ 180 STRETCH extends rBook instruction to prepare high school students for lifelong reading, research, and writing.
Rigorous Reading: READ 180 Stretch Library
READ 180 STRETCH engages Stage C Level 3-4 readers with a high-interest collection of fiction and nonfiction in the Lexile® range of 700-1200. READ 180 STRETCH includes a fiction and nonfiction title for each workshop extension. Each STRETCH title has Scholastic Reading Counts! (SRC!) Higher Order Thinking (H.O.T.) quizzes.
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Comprehensive Instruction:
READ 180 STRETCH Strategy Guide
READ 180 STRETCH is designed to support Stage C students with strategies to think critically, read deeply and research and write analytically. The STRETCH Strategy Guide includes three core instructional components: STRETCH Strategies, Rigorous Reading, and Extended Research and Writing.
The READ 180 Strategy Guide Provides Instruction in:
1. CRITICAL THINKING
STRETCH Strategies for Whole-Group instruction teaches step-by-step critical thinking strategies that can be applied across all academic subjects.
2. THOUGHTFUL READING
Resources for Independent Reading and Small-Group instruction promote deep understanding through guiding questions that lead students through fiction and nonfiction titles connected to rBook Workshop themes.
Socratic Seminars, essential questions ACT/SAT-style writing prompts, H.O.T. (Higher Order Thinking) Pages, and SRC! H.O.T. Quizzes challenge students to think critically.
3. RESEARCH, STUDY SKILLS, AND WRITING
Writing lessons for Whole- and Small-Group instruction help teach focused research and study skills and extend the genre taught in by the rBook by providing an opportunity for more extensive writing.
Enrich Your Student's Research Resources
Purchase READ 180 STRETCH today and receive on year of FREE access to Grolier Online READ 180 STRETCH Connections! Grolier Online Digital Reads bring online sources together for your student's research.
- Online nonfiction articles, Lexiled from 800-1300
- Linked to the READ 180 STRETCH Writing Topics
- Reliable, accurate sources for your students to use in research and writing
To learn more about READ 180 STRETCH please call 1-877-234-READ.
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This online course is designed to instruct, reinforce, and provide optimal approaches to manage a Read 180 classroom. It will strengthen teachers' understanding of how this program effectively addresses below-level readers' need for phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction. Intended for use by both new and experienced Read 180 teachers, the course explicitly addresses the benefits of Read 180, what it does, and how to use it. Teachers will learn at their o
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READ 180: Best Practices for Reading Intervention
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READ 180: Best Practices for Reading Intervention
Scholastic RED Online Course:
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READ 180: Best Practices for Reading Intervention
The course discusses how to use Scholastic's READ 180 materials to provide systematic, explicit instruction in decoding, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing, with the goal of raising student achievement in reading. Online sessions are supported by lesson plans and classroom resources to ensure that course content is seamlessly integrated into READ 180 classrooms. Teachers learn at their own
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