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motivating middle schools - mrasberry@istation.com - istation Mail

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motivating middle schools - mrasberry@istation.com - istation Mail

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Gmail is email that's intuitive, efficient, and useful. 15 GB of storage, less spam, and mobile access.

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Istation Success Story: "Istation helped me on the SAT!"

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Istation Success Story: "Istation helped me on the SAT!"

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He was a model 6th grade student at a suburban Texas middle school. He made good grades, exhibited good behavior, and scored high on every test he took. Teacher Julia B. said the only problem was that he'd convinced himself he didn't need anything that Istation had to offer.

"I had to tell him that Istation was a requirement," she recalled. "And when I said to him, 'You've got to do it for me,' he did."

Neither of them imagined what an impact Istation would have until he was offered a chance to take the SAT as a 6th grader.

When he returned to Julia's classroom after the test, she said she remembers seeing his "wry smile." Soon, she was smiling too.

"I asked him what was up, and he said, 'Istation helped me on the SAT!'" Julia recalled, laughing. "I said, 'Really? How?'"

The student explained that being exposed to new vocabulary made a big difference for him.

"Having the knowledge helped me on the test," he told his teacher.

Before moving to middle school, Julia taught 1st grade for five years and said the impact Istation has on a child in early grades is very different from what it offers for older students-namely, expository reading.

"In my heart I'm a reading teacher," she said, "and kids are not reading like we did fifty years ago. We've lost the art of reading."

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Istation Success Story: "Istation helped me on the SAT!"

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He was a model 6th grade student at a suburban Texas middle school. He made good grades, exhibited good behavior, and scored high on every test he took. Teacher Julia B. said the only problem was that he'd convinced himself he didn't need anything that Istation had to offer.

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The 6th, 7th, and 8th graders at the middle school focus on monthly LexileⓇ level growth. Teachers and staff give out PRIDE Bucks when students make progress. PRIDE Bucks are tickets that can be used in exchange for lunchtime snacks, special breaks, or raffle tickets for prizes during December and at the end of the year. The class from each grade level that shows the most Lexile level growth gets a pizza party at the end of the month.

One parent made this cake for her child's class pizza party.
Teams are made up of four teachers per grade level. The team with the most growth at the end of the month gets to wear Istation red capes, and students receive candy.

A few 6th grade teachers from Madison County Middle School pose together on "Istation day."
The grade level that had the most growth in Lexile levels over the year earned an extra break worked into their schedule.

In the school cafeteria, football fields hang on the wall. Teachers and staff track the progress made each month in comparison with the state's required median score (standard from the end-of-year tests). This long term goal is something the school shoots for all year.

The football field posters hang in the lunchroom and is used to track the median score for each grade each month.

Prizes, PRIDE bucks, pizza, candy, capes, and breaks all help incentivize the students at Madison County MS. I learned that the students' favorite part of Istation Reading is the instant data that is provided to them monthly. Teachers get enthusiastic about the growth they see in Istation, and students do too.

A 7th grade student shows off his red cape at a pizza party celebration.

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The 6th, 7th, and 8th graders at the middle school focus on monthly LexileⓇ level growth. Teachers and staff give out PRIDE Bucks when students make progress. PRIDE Bucks are tickets that can be used in exchange for lunchtime snacks, special breaks, or raffle tickets for prizes during December and at the end of the year.

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Meet Google Drive - One place for all your files

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Google Drive is a free way to keep your files backed up and easy to reach from any phone, tablet, or computer. Start with 15GB of Google storage - free.

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Collaborative Learning in the Language Arts Classroom

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Collaborative Learning in the Language Arts Classroom

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Ideas for m.s. teachers but could be modeled in a training

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Experts discusses ways to implement school-level literacy reforms without increasing staff or budgets...

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Making Room for Adolescent Literacy | Professional Development Webcasts | All About Adolescent Literacy | AdLit.org

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In this webcast, our expert panel discusses what research says about good practice and how building-level leaders and classroom teachers can support struggling readers and writers.

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Grouping Students Who Struggle With Reading

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Grouping Students Who Struggle With Reading

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Article about most recent research on best practices to group identified students
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/grouping-students-who-struggle-reading

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Differentiating Instruction in Responsive Middle andHigh School Classrooms

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Differentiating Instruction in Responsive Middle andHigh School Classrooms

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http://education.ky.gov/educational/diff/Documents/Frey.pdf

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Launching Learning Stations In the Middle Grades

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Launching Learning Stations In the Middle Grades

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Ideas for implementation

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Guided Reading in an Intermediate or Middle Classroom - Lesley University

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Guided Reading in an Intermediate or Middle Classroom - Lesley University

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Professional Development - Lesley University

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The Center hosts a variety of literacy professional development opportunities appropriate for individuals and school cohorts (PreK-8). Some offerings include courses that earn graduate credit from Lesley University.

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Guided Reading in an Intermediate or Middle Classroom - Lesley University

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Guided Reading in an Intermediate or Middle Classroom - Lesley University

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Teaching Reading and Writing | Lesley University

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Experienced and informed teaching is important to students' literacy success. Our offerings can help you guide your students to meet and exceed the state standards in English Language Arts. We offer many different professional development opportunities to expand your expertise around the teaching of reading, writing, and language.

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Timeless tales (from drive-outdated, but some good screenshots)

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Timeless tales (from drive-outdated, but some good screenshots)

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https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/0B6_FimW2NUy7QlUyeEFEeTlaeGc

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Could be a fun activity, great to turn around and use in the classroom

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Ground rules for Philosophical Chairs-- Created using PowToon -- Free sign up at http://www.powtoon.com/ . Make your own animated videos and animated present...

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math

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reading