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Change Agent
This subscription-based (online and/or print) social justice newspaper is published twice a year (March and September). The Change Agent includes student-written articles (leveled according to readability), discussion topics, and lesson plans. It is useful for Intermediate, Advanced, and Adult Secondary level students. Read More
Technology Mingle Ideas
Technology mingle ideas recommended by Minnesota STAR teachers. Read More
Teaching and Assessing Understanding of Text Structures Across Grades
This article summarizes the research on teaching text structures and discusses implications for instruction across grade levels. Read More
Teaching Analogy Phonics (TAP, 2015)
Provides reading teachers and tutors with convincing background information and testimonials, a lesson plan model and template, other reinforcement ideas, and over 100 common or sequential phonogram and word family lists for immediate analogy phonics instruction. Read More
Successful Managed Enrollment Strategies
Successful managed enrollment ideas from Minnesota STARs. Read More
Stepping Towards Managed Enrollment
Q & A about managed enrollment structures and steps. Read More
Stellar Vocabulary Ideas
These “stellar” ideas for vocabulary instruction were collected from participating MN STAR administrators and teachers during 2009-2012. Read More
Stellar Organizational Ideas
These “stellar” ideas for organizing STAR classes were collected from participating MN STAR administrators and teachers during 2009-2010. Read More
Stellar Fluency Ideas
These “stellar” ideas for fluency instruction were collected from participating MN STAR administrators and teachers during 2009-2012. Read More
Stellar Diagnostic Reading Assessment Ideas
These “stellar” ideas for diagnostic reading assessment scoring and recording were collected from participating MN STAR teachers during 2013-2015. Read More