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We understand how hard educators work to ensure that every student reaches his or her full potential. As your partners in this important work, we guide schools and districts in planning and assessing, and provide them with blended and tailored solutions to their professional learning and coaching needs. Our goal is give educators the freedom to focus on cultivating joyous teaching and learning environments that bring out the best of everyone in the learning community.
Table of Contents
The Scholastic Difference
Family and Community Engagement
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Our Approach
Strategic Planning
Why Partner with Scholastic?
Family Engagement Assessment Professional Learning Courses Dr. Karen Mapp Workshop Series
Leading Authors and Thought Partners
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Scholastic Exchange
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Live Webinars
Literacy Development
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Learning Supports
Core Programs and Supplemental and Digital Resources Foundational and Early Childhood Literacy
The Learning Supports Pathway
Strategic Planning
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Improving Student Achievement through Social-Emotional Foundations: Designing Supports to Address Mental Health, Trauma,
The Science of Reading
Whole Class
and Student Motivation School Climate Series
Small Group/Guided Reading
Independent Learning
Live Webinars
Writing
Transformative Leadership
Social-Emotional Learning through Literacy The Scholastic Coaching Framework
Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning Thought Leaders, Keynotes, and Advisors The Scholastic Leadership Cohort Leading Systemwide Literacy Courses
Literacy Instructional Coaching 49 Live Webinars for Remote and Hybrid Teaching 50 Professional Book Hooks 56 Teaching with Classroom Magazines 62
Leadership Coaching
Live Webinars
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As a professional educator, you know the value of learning experiences that provide opportunities for choice, practice, and feedback. At Scholastic we honor the expertise, knowledge, and skills that our participants bring to each of our sessions and strive to create an environment that values and engages each learner. Our desired learning outcomes are the same as yours, that all students can achieve more when we learn, practice, and apply highly effective strategies.
—Carol Chanter, Senior Vice President of Professional Learning
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The Scholastic Difference At Scholastic, we believe that the development of robust literacy skills is at the heart of empowering children to thrive in school and in life. Our mission is to inspire today’s educators and equip them with the tools and strategies they need to meet the needs of all students —from research-based print and digital resources to research- and evidence-based training and instructional coaching to make your schools exciting, profound, and inclusive spaces where students’ emerging voices are met with the support that they deserve.
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Our Approach A pathway for blended, ongoing, and sustained professional growth
Set the Vision • Discuss the current landscape • Define strengths and weaknesses • Determine goals • Build teamwork and morale Strategically Plan • Establish expectations • Develop an implementation timeline • Determine reporting tools and frequency • Identify communication channels and points of contact Implement • Communicate learning objectives to staff • Confirm product arrival at the site • Deliver training and ongoing coaching • Ensure that teaching and leadership align • Collect data Monitor Progress • Review results throughout the year • Share data • Conduct mid- and end-of-year reviews
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Sustain • Review outcomes • Plan next steps
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The Scholastic Difference
We provide flexible and blended professional learning experiences targeted specifically to the needs of your educators and staff.
Why Partner with Scholastic? We have the experience and knowledge to address your professional learning needs. And we’re here for you through all the stages—from planning and design to implementation and follow-through. Working hand-in- hand with your teachers, coaches, parent coordinators, and school and district leaders, we help deliver comprehensive professional learning solutions for long- term success. Educators need the right partner to deliver the highest-quality instruction for students. Scholastic has a complete ecosystem of consultative services, professional learning courses and coaching, books, and curricular resources to meet your school or district’s needs.
Together, we can:
Transform literacy instruction Empower families to be key learning partners Identify and address barriers to learning and develop students’ social-emotional skills Build and strengthen a culture of support and equity Help bring out the best of educators and the students in their care
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Leading Authors and Thought Partners Scholastic has assembled an all-star team of educators who have transformed schools through their experience, wisdom, and conviction that all students are skilled, creative learners capable of boundless achievement. Our best-selling professional learning authors, advisors, and keynote speakers with award-winning backgrounds in schools and districts across the country share your calling to unite teachers, administrators, students, families, and their communities to inspire each other to new heights.
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Leading Experts and Authors
Our renowned authors and education leaders inform the development of our professional learning services, programs, and teaching resources. They are dedicated to developing and delivering content and learning opportunities that honor educators as professionals and support our mission to prepare all students for lifelong success.
Dr. Nancy Akhavan Pam Allyn
Dr. Kylene Beers
Dr. Donyall Dickey
Dr. Gholdy Mohammad
Dr. Robert Probst Dr. Jan Richardson
Dr. Linda Mayes
Leading Advisors
Our deep bench of school improvement advisors will work alongside you to tackle your toughest challenges. Through strategic planning and guidance they help leadership teams navigate traditional, remote, and hybrid learning environments, strengthen family engagement initiatives, address barriers to learning, develop effective blended learning opportunities, increase equity, integrate technology in the classroom, and more. See pages 87–88 for more information.
Dr. Eyal Bergman
Dr. Krista M. Bixler Jenni Brasington
Dr. Monica Burns
Dr. Tonya Leslie
Ron Mirr
Dr. Rhonda Neal-Waltman
Dr. Eugene Pringle
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Dr. Adria Klein
Dr. Lester Laminack
Dr. Karen L. Mapp
Dr. Robert Green
Stephanie Harvey
Eric Litwin
Dr. Jacqueline Sanderlin
Dr. Alfred Tatum
Dr. Maria Walther
Annie Ward
Dr. Don Vu
Dr. Kelli Cedo
Dr. Merrianne Dyer Dr. William Gordon
George Guy
Dr. Sabrina Hope-King
Dr. Karen Tatum Dr. Rosemarye Taylor
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We’re Here to Help! Want to book a preeminent speaker for a conference, keynote, or other professional learning initiative? Need a trusted thought partner to help strategize and create systems that maximize your instruction and give every student an equal chance to succeed? For whatever solution that you’re looking for, we can offer an acclaimed author, professor, or practitioner who has dedicated their career to providing it.
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Leading Authors and Thought Partners
Comprehensive Balanced Literacy Donyall Dickey Stephanie Harvey Frank Serafini Whole-Class Reading Nancie Atwell Lester Laminack Laura Robb Sharon Zinke Small-Group Guided Reading Annie Ward Ellen Lewis Maria Walther Adria Klein Independent Reading Pam Allyn Jan Richardson Patricia Scharer
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Equity and Inclusion Sabrina Hope-King
Ruth Culham Sara Holbrook Michael Salinger Libby Jachles Foundational Literacy Wiley Blevins Sharon Zinke Tim Rasinski Family and Community Engagement Eyal Bergman Jenni Brasington Karen L. Mapp Ron Mirr Jacqueline Sanderlin Leadership and Literacy Krista Bixler Kelli Cedo William Gordon Eugene Pringle Rosemarye Taylor Addressing Barriers to Learning Merrianne Dyer Ron Mirr Rhonda Neal-Waltman Karen Tatum
George Guy Tonya Leslie Gholdy Mohammad Rhonda Neal-Waltman Don Vu Laura Ascenzi-Moreno Cecilia Espinosa Julia López-Robertson Early Childhood and Social-Emotional Learning Pam Allyn Linda C. Mayes
Gina Pepin Eric Litwin Technology Monica Burns
Kylene Beers Ernest Morrell Robert Probst Jeffrey Wilhelm Stephanie Harvey Annie Ward Donalyn Miller Colby Sharp
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At Scholastic, we recognize that classrooms are changing. Kids are changing. Learning environments are changing. And more than ever, educators’ professional learning needs are changing. That's why we developed Scholastic Exchange, an online professional learning resource that meets educators where they are and helps them continuously grow in their practice so they can continue to support every student, every day.
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A NEW Kind of Professional Learning
Recommended for: PreK–12 teachers, instructional coaches, leaders Item #: 704419 Individual full-year subscription
We make our high-quality content accessible and flexible to bring you a comprehensive blended professional learning experience. We honor teacher choice , and we want to help schools and districts connect their teachers’ individual learning journeys to larger district-led goals and initiatives. We help you celebrate learning milestones. We connect you to each other.
Scholastic Exchange empowers educators to:
Access trusted and research-based content anywhere and anytime Receive foundational training on key topics that are important to them Earn CEU credit and badges Refresh strategies and practices that they can use in their classrooms immediately
Understand how to implement Scholastic’s digital classroom solutions Explore and grow individually Collaborate with peers Track professional learning progress
Content is continuously developed and refreshed!
• Comprehensive courses • Webinar learning paths on various timely topics • Scholastic’s digital program and implementation training mini-courses A growing library of:
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The ultimate goal of instruction is that students be able to independently apply information, ideas, content, skills, and strategies in unique ways. We want to create learners who are not dependent on others for information and ideas. As such, students need practice completing independent tasks and learning from those tasks.
—Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
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Literacy Development Scholastic Education Solutions is dedicated to providing a comprehensive solution to your school’s literacy needs. We offer blended professional learning courses and coaching to ensure that you’re fully prepared to help students become independent and empathetic readers, writers, thinkers, and learners.
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Scholastic Literacy Training Modules Core Programs and Supplemental and Digital Resources
Scholastic Literacy: Overview & Whole-Class Reading
This module will introduce participants to the Scholastic Literacy resources and instructional techniques and prepare them to teach whole-class reading through modeling and hands-on practice. Learning outcomes: • Explain the foundations of Scholastic Literacy • Understand and use Scholastic Literacy resources to support whole-class reading instruction • Facilitate an interactive read-aloud • Use text-dependent questions to anticipate and address student misconceptions • Support student learning with anchor charts and think-alouds
Recommended for: K–6 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 742000 Virtual: 743447 Participants: Up to 30
Scholastic Literacy: Whole-Class Writing & Word Study
This module will prepare participants to teach whole-class writing, leverage resources and strategies for teaching phonics and word study skills, and create Scholastic Literacy launch plans. Learning outcomes: • Lead writing instruction with mentor texts and model writing • Understand and use Scholastic Literacy resources to support writing and word study instruction • Use research-based strategies to teach phonics and word study skills • Prepare students for Scholastic Literacy with Getting Started lessons • Create a Scholastic Literacy launch plan
Recommended for: K–6 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 742001 Virtual: 743449 Participants: Up to 30
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Scholastic Literacy: Small-Group Guided Reading
This module will introduce options for Scholastic Literacy small-group instruction and prepare participants to form guided reading groups, select texts, and plan and deliver guided reading lessons. Learning outcomes: • Explain the purpose and options for Scholastic Literacy small-group instruction • Understand and use Scholastic Literacy resources to support small-group instruction • Use student data to form guided reading groups • Describe the components of an effective guided reading lesson • Use text complexity characteristics to select a text and instructional focus for guided reading • Plan and deliver a guided reading lesson
Recommended for: K–6 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 742002 Virtual: 743450 Participants: Up to 30
Scholastic Literacy: Independent Learning
This module will explore options for accountable independent learning, including personalized learning technology, and prepare participants to launch and manage effective literacy workstations.
Recommended for: K–6 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 742003 Virtual: 743451 Participants: Up to 30
Learning outcomes: • Define the criteria for effective, productive independent learning • Understand and use Scholastic Literacy resources to support independent learning • Manage literacy workstations that extend learning and support independent practice • Assess student learning in independent literacy workstations • Create a plan to prepare students for independent learning
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Scholastic Literacy: Digital Deep Dive
This module will examine the Scholastic Literacy digital components for teaching and learning and guide participants in accessing and using data to drive instructional decisions. Learning outcomes: • Understand the purpose and components of Scholastic Literacy digital solutions • Navigate digital tools for planning, grouping, and teaching
Recommended for: K–6 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 742004 Virtual: 743452 Participants: Up to 30
• Use data to inform instructional decisions • Create a plan for integrating digital learning
Scholastic Literacy: Assessment (select one of the three options listed below)
Option 1 We will introduce the Scholastic Literacy Assessment for Learning Cycle and suite of assessment tools. It will prepare participants to administer the Next Step Guided Reading Assessment and analyze results. Learning outcomes: • Understand the purpose of Scholastic Literacy assessment tools • Review assessment data to determine grades • Describe the purpose and components of the Next Step Guided Reading Assessment • Administer the Next Step Guided Reading Assessment and analyze results Option 2 This module will introduce the Scholastic Literacy Assessment for Learning Cycle and suite of assessment tools. It will prepare participants to administer running records and use the data to make instructional decisions. Learning outcomes: • Understand the purpose of Scholastic Literacy assessment tools
Recommended for: K–6 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: Option 1: 742005 Option 2: 742006 Option 3: 742007 Virtual: Option 1: 743453 Option 2: 743454 Option 3: 743455 Participants: Up to 30
• Review assessment data to determine grades • Assess, analyze, and group with running records • Use running record data to make instructional decisions
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We will introduce the Scholastic Literacy Assessment for Learning Cycle and suite of assessment tools and guide participants in creating individualized assessment timelines.
Learning outcomes: • Understand the purpose of Scholastic Literacy assessment tools • Review assessment data to determine grades • Plan an assessment timeline to maximize student learning • Implement effective assessment management procedures
Getting Started with Scholastic Literacy for Leaders
Scholastic Literacy supports independent thinkers, readers, and writers with a curriculum that integrates whole-class reading and writing, targeted and differentiated small-group instruction, and personalized digital learning. These sessions will prepare leaders to identify the characteristics of effective teaching and learning in all areas of the Scholastic Literacy classroom. Session 1 Overview, Whole Class, and Small Group Learning outcomes: • Understand the foundations of Scholastic Literacy in daily instruction • Recognize classroom culture indicators that point to implementation readiness • Identify how Scholastic Literacy looks and sounds during:
Recommended for: K–6 principals, building and district administrators, teacher leaders (all leaders supporting the implementation of Scholastic Literacy) Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 732820 Virtual: 732821 Participants: Up to 30
• Whole-class reading • Whole-class writing • Whole-class phonics • Small-group reading Session 2 Independent Learning and Digital Tools Learning outcomes:
• Identify how Scholastic Literacy looks and sounds during independent learning • Access and use digital resources and tools to support Scholastic Literacy implementation • Monitor usage of learning technology and identify types of learning that can be tracked
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Getting Started with PreK On My Way PreK On My Way equips educators with the tools to support children in lifelong skills development. In this half-day session, participants will work side by side with an early childhood specialist to examine the PreK On My Way research foundations and components, participate in a modeled lesson, and prepare to teach PreK On My Way using developmentally appropriate best practices. Learning outcomes: • Describe the PreK On My Way research foundations and components • Use PreK On My Way resources to support development in all skill domains • Align instruction to best practices for responsive teaching • Plan, teach, and evaluate a lesson • Observe and assess children to monitor progress and inform instruction Access & Equity: Teaching with Rising Voices Webinar The Rising Voices collections provide empowering and engaging fiction and informational texts that highlight underrepresented protagonists while helping all children develop empathy, respect, and understanding. In this webinar, participants will prepare to use the Rising Voices resources to teach critical literacy skills while building more inclusive and equitable classrooms. Learning outcomes: • Foster a learning community of empathy and respect with culturally relevant and responsive teaching • Connect reading to social-emotional learning to promote positive self-image and skills development • Use anchor texts and teaching cards to promote comprehension, discussion, and deep thinking
Recommended for: PreK teachers Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 731353 Virtual: 743456 Participants: Up to 30
Recommended for: K–5 teachers Time: 60–90 minute webinar Item #: 717173 Participants: Up to 30
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Getting Started with LitCamp
Welcome to the world of LitCamp ! This session will introduce you to the typical LitCamp day, build a common language, and explore the program’s philosophy. We’ll dive into LitCamp’s components, practice delivering a lesson, and prepare you to lead a summer experience that brings a sense of joy, community, and accomplishment to students and teachers alike. Learning outcomes: • Understand the thinking behind the LitCamp philosophy and the Seven Strengths • Use LitCamp’s instructional resources • Identify the components and best practices of a typical LitCamp day • Collect data about students’ academic progress
Recommended for: K–8 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 658217 Virtual: 743457 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of LitCamp
Recommended Reading: Every Child a Super Reader by Pam Allyn and Ernest Morrell
Getting Started with RISE & RISE Up In this session participants will examine the RISE framework and components, practice identifying and grouping students who will benefit from the targeted, short-term intervention, observe a model lesson, and prepare to teach each RISE and/or RISE Up station. Learning outcomes: • Understand Jan Richardson's proven Assess-Decide-Guide framework, which informs RISE and RISE Up, and review the program components • Use data to select and group students for RISE and RISE Up with the RISE Online tool • Plan lessons and select teaching resources to target specific reading skills • Teach and evaluate a lesson
Recommended for: K–5 teachers Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 700927 Virtual: 743458 Participants: Up to 30
Recommended Reading: The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson
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Getting Started with LitLeague
LitLeague is an after-school, extended-day, enrichment, and intervention program that fosters a safe environment for children to build their social-emotional and literacy skills. Students engage in read-alouds, group discussions, independent reading, writing activities, games, and songs and celebrate their strengths as they become confident readers and writers. In this session we’ll delve into LitLeague resources and practice planning and delivering lessons that will inspire a lifelong passion for learning. Learning outcomes: • Understand how to promote the Seven Strengths that will help your students
Recommended for: K–5 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 860629 Virtual: 743459 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of LitLeague
become super readers and super citizens • Master the components of a LitLeague unit • Prepare and lead Strength, Skill, and Engage sessions • Support and respond to student work • Customize sessions for students’ interests, strengths, and needs
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Getting Started with LitCamp en español
Celebrate the richness of Spanish-speaking students’ language with LitCamp en español ! This session will walk you through a typical LitCamp day, its wide variety of Spanish and bilingual texts, and the teaching strategies that will help your students develop their fluency in English and Spanish. We’ll dive into LitCamp’s components, practice delivering a lesson, and prepare you to lead a summer experience that embraces your students’ strengths as they become dynamic readers and writers in both languages. Learning outcomes: • Understand how to promote the Seven Strengths that will help your students become super readers and super citizens • Explore the philosophy, structure, and scaffolding of LitCamp en español • Use LitCamp en español to accelerate language and literacy development • Launch a day at LitCamp that builds fluency and creates a mutually supportive environment where all students gain the confidence that their voices are heard • Mitigate instructional challenges through the lens of the Seven Strengths
Recommended for: K–5 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 860953 Virtual: 743462 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of LitCamp en español
Recommended Reading: Rooted in Strength by Cecilia Espinosa and Laura Ascenzi-Moreno and Celebrating Our Cuentos: Choosing and Using Latinx Literature in our Elementary Classrooms by Julia López-Robertson
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Getting Started with Scholastic EDGE
Developed by literacy expert Adria Klein, Ph.D., Scholastic EDGE provides strategic supports for striving readers in Grades K–6 that blaze a path to grade-level proficiency and a lifelong love of reading. In this session we’ll build familiarity with EDGE student and teacher resources, develop lessons, practice instruction with EDGE resources, and create implementation and assessment plans.
Recommended for: K–6 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 677540 Virtual: 743463 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Scholastic EDGE
Learning outcomes: • Identify the characteristics of an EDGE reader • Select appropriate EDGE resources for students • Plan and teach an EDGE lesson • Evaluate the effectiveness of an EDGE lesson • Establish a system to track student progress
Recommended Reading: From Striving to Thriving by Stephanie Harvey and Annie Ward and Intervention Reinvention by Stephanie Harvey, Annie Ward, Maggie Hoddinott, Suzanne Carroll
Getting Started with Scholastic EDGE for PreK
Scholastic EDGE for PreK provides strategic support for budding readers, clearing a path from exploring foundational concepts of print to building core reading skills and a lifelong love of reading. In this session we’ll dive into this program’s student and teacher resources, explore the relationship between emergent reading skills and social-emotional development, practice teaching lessons with EDGE for PreK resources, and create action plans. Learning outcomes: • Explore the emergent reading and social-emotional skills that EDGE for PreK promotes • Use EDGE for PreK resources to support emergent reading and SEL skills • Plan and teach an EDGE for PreK lesson • Establish an action plan to implement EDGE for PreK and promote reading at home
Recommended for: PreK–K teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 860169 Virtual: 743467 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Scholastic EDGE for PreK
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Getting Started with Leveled Bookroom 5
Leveled Bookroom 5 provides the tools and resources to effectively differentiate instruction and set students on a path to becoming independent readers. In this session we’ll explore how to use Leveled Bookroom 5 components to support best practices in guided reading, examine resources for assessment and differentiation, and practice using the Accelerator for planning, management, and instruction. Learning outcomes: • Make connections between guided reading best practices and Leveled Bookroom 5 components • Enhance planning, management, and instruction with the Leveled Bookroom Accelerator • Use Leveled Bookroom 5 resources for instruction and assessment to support student achievement • Plan a week of guided reading instruction using Leveled Bookroom 5 resources
Recommended for: K–6 teachers, instructional coaches, and librarians Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 732822 Virtual: 743464 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Leveled Bookroom 5
Getting Started with Scholastic Literacy Pro Webinar
Make independent reading time meaningful and engaging with Literacy Pro ! With Literacy Pro software, students develop a sense of ownership, purpose, and self- discovery as they create their personal independent reading pathway and track their progress toward self-selected reading goals. During this webinar we’ll dive into Literacy Pro from a student’s perspective and explore teacher tools and data sets that support and monitor student achievement. Learning outcomes: • Understand how Literacy Pro supports independent readers • Set reading goals and reading levels • Learn how to use Literacy Pro to match your students to books they’ll love • Track student reading progress • Set up Literacy Pro for classroom and at-home use
Recommended for: K–6 teachers and instructional coaches Time: 90-minute webinar Item #: 684110 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Scholastic Literacy Pro
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Getting Started with Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. Webinar
Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. builds foundational reading skills for students in Grades PreK–2 with a variety of motivating games that bring reading to life through carefully planned scaffolding. During this webinar we’ll dive into the instructional framework behind F.I.R.S.T. and explore the program from a student’s perspective. Participants will learn how to use F.I.R.S.T. data to track student progress and plan tailored instruction.
Recommended for: PreK–2 teachers and instructional coaches Time: 90-minute webinar Item #: 684111 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Scholastic F.I.R.S.T.
Learning outcomes: • See how F.I.R.S.T. supports foundational literacy development • Understand the instructional framework of F.I.R.S.T. • Use F.I.R.S.T. data to track student progress • Support classroom and at-home use
Getting Started with Scholastic W.O.R.D. Webinar
Scholastic W.O.R.D. is a software program that supercharges vocabulary knowledge. Students in Grades K–5 work at their own pace through a series of interactive vocabulary games designed to help them master the 2,500 words that make up 90% of the English language. In this webinar we’ll discuss the research that drives the program, explore the software from a student’s perspective, and analyze the data that W.O.R.D. gathers while students learn.
Recommended for: K–5 teachers and instructional coaches Time: 90-minute webinar Item #: 684114 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Scholastic W.O.R.D.
Learning outcomes: • Explain how W.O.R.D. supports vocabulary development
• Explain the instructional path of W.O.R.D. • Use W.O.R.D. data to track student progress • Support classroom and at-home use
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Getting Started with Cozy Corner Webinar
Create a positive learning environment with Cozy Corner where preschool children have fun while developing their language, literacy, and social-emotional skills. Cozy Corner is designed to delight and inspire with a variety of themes that align to and supplement typical curriculum goals. In this webinar we’ll dive into Cozy Corner’s resources and explore how to use them to support classroom instruction. Learning outcomes: • Understand the instructional flow of a Cozy Corner theme • Use Storytime plans to teach Cozy Corner lessons • Use Cozy Corner themes to build key literacy skills and support social and emotional learning • Align Cozy Corner with existing literacy instruction
Recommended for: PreK teachers and instructional coaches Time: 90-minute webinar Item #: 860955 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Cozy Corner
Comprehension Clubs Implementation Training
Comprehension Clubs is a reading program that fosters dynamic, intellectually charged conversation about books. This course explores how to implement the program through interactive read-alouds, book clubs, and other Comprehension Clubs components. Learning outcomes: • Understand the purpose of Comprehension Clubs • Use Comprehension Clubs to deliver effective read-aloud lessons • Build a unit plan for Comprehension Clubs
Recommended for: K–8 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 652567 Virtual: 743466 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Comprehension Clubs
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On the Record: Implementation Training
Support students as they build higher-order thinking, reading, research, and writing skills while empowering them to find their voices and write about their personal experiences with On the Record . Designed in partnership with Erin Gruwell, who created the Freedom Writers Foundation to inspire students to realize their roles as vital members of their communities, On the Record includes resources to support close-reading, writing, vocabulary, and discussion skills. In this session we’ll explore how to incorporate its materials and instructional strategies into your core ELA curriculum. Learning outcomes: • Understand the purpose of each component of On the Record • Use On the Record resources to plan and teach ELA lessons • Craft a plan to incorporate On the Record as part of literacy instruction
Recommended for: Grades 5–8 middle school teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 640268 Virtual: 743468 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of On the Record
Traits Writing Implementation Training
Explore the components of Ruth Culham’s Traits Writing , which peels back the curtain on the techniques that great writers use to educate and enthrall their audiences. With this program’s classroom-tested scoring guides for each trait of the writing process, educators can assess students’ work to make instructional decisions and provide feedback that empowers students to become great writers of their own. We’ll work through that process and also delve into the day-to-day planning and preparation that ensures a successful implementation of the program. Learning outcomes: • Understand the core research behind Traits Writing • Explore the traits model and why it’s so effective • Examine the print and digital components of Traits Writing for teachers and students
Recommended for: K–8 teachers Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 824458 Virtual: 743469 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Traits Writing
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Traits Writing Follow-Up Training
This follow-up training takes the implementation of Traits Writing to the next level. We’ll answer the questions that you have about the program and dig deeper into the many layers of support it offers to students as they master the art of writing. We’ll also assess your students’ papers together, brainstorm how to confer with them about their progress, and target your instructional next steps.
Recommended for: K–8 teachers Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 824459 Virtual: 743470 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Traits Writing
Learning outcomes: • Review your current implementation practices, including pacing • Provide solutions to your implementation questions and concerns
• Practice assessing student papers and develop strategies for feedback and conferences • Develop lesson plans based on assessment findings
Recommended Reading: 6+1 Traits of Writing by Ruth Culham
Trait Crate Plus—Getting Started
This course is designed to help you mine the riches of Trait Crate Plus . We’ll study the traits and their key qualities, the benefits of using mentor texts to teach writing, and strategies for teaching narrative, informational, and opinion writing. Our facilitator will carry out a lesson from the program to model of what instruction looks like in action and help you develop your own trait-based lesson plans. Learning outcomes: • Define the term “mentor text” and see why it’s a highly successful tool for teaching writing • Examine the traits, their key qualities, and the modes of writing • Maximize the components of Trait Crate Plus • Deliver instruction based on the steps in a Trait Crate Plus lesson • Explore the companion website and how to use its digital resources to enhance the classroom experience
Recommended for: K–8 teachers Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 660830 Virtual: 743471 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Trait Crate Plus
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Trait Crate Plus—A Deeper Dive: Thinking Outside the Crate
This session provides a more in-depth look into Trait Crate Plus . We’ll review the best-selling book The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing by Ruth Culham to build your knowledge of the traits and their key qualities. We’ll also explore how to design lessons and select mentor texts that inspire incisive student writing. Learning outcomes: • Identify the writing traits in the mentor texts that you bring to the session • Define the narrative, informational, and opinion modes of writing in your mentor texts • Understand the components of a successful writing lesson • Develop trait- and mode-specific lesson plans inspired by the mentor texts from your classroom libraries
Recommended for: K–8 teachers Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 660831 Virtual: 743472 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Trait Crate Plus
Conventions and Craft: Initial Learning
Conventions and Craft is a full year of micro-workshops that builds an essential understanding of grammar, sentence structure, and word study. In this session we’ll practice a five-day routine embedded in the program and explore the components of Conventions and Craft, the role that conventions play in writing instruction, and what the first week of instruction will look like. Learning outcomes: • Name ways to recast conventions as tools for raising the quality of writing • Craft a four-to-six week schedule for implementing the program • Deliver a Conventions and Craft lesson • Develop lesson plans based on assessment finding
Recommended for: K–5 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 675602 Virtual: 743473 Participants: Up to 30 Requires the purchase of Conventions and Craft
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Literacy Development
Foundational and Early Childhood Literacy
The Environment, Dramatic Play, and Centers
Environments matter, and teachers need to be intentional about the environments that they create. In this session we’ll work together to create plans for a literacy-rich classroom that includes time for dramatic play appropriate for PreK children. We’ll also explore how combining learning and play supports early learners’ development.
Recommended for: PreK–K teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 652560 Virtual: 743474 Participants: Up to 30
Learning outcomes: • Design a literacy-rich classroom environment
• Brainstorm opportunities for dramatic play that help students communicate with receptive and expressive language, identify patterns and relationships, make connections, build creative thinking, and engage in positive social interactions • Plan literacy centers that develop children’s independent reading and writing skills • Use a variety of data to track student progress
Addressing the Whole Child
As the National Institute for Early Education Research says, “All of the domains of a child’s development—physical, social-emotional, cognitive, language, and literacy— are interrelated and interdependent.” In this session we’ll explore how story time, music, dance, dramatic play, visual arts, and active conversations help children develop social-emotional and early literacy skills. Learning outcomes: • Identify behaviors that indicate literacy readiness • Explore the role of literature, music, dramatic play, art, and dance in developing social-emotional skills • Conduct conversations that support social-emotional skills • Plan instructional opportunities that address social-emotional skills and encourage children’s natural creativity • Collect and analyze data on children’s social-emotional and creative development • Engage with families to nurture their children’s creativity and social-emotional skills
Recommended for: PreK–K teachers, paraprofessionals, and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 652561 Virtual: 743475 Participants: Up to 30
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Foundational and Early Childhood Literacy (continued)
Supporting Early Literacy Development
Are you looking to build continuity from PreK to kindergarten to first grade? In this session you’ll discover creative ways to use a lesson plan for small groups as a bridge to guided reading for your youngest learners. We’ll explore how students can work with names, letters, sounds, books, and writing to build their early literacy skills. Learning outcomes: • Facilitate activities that address each area of the lesson plan • Use early literacy assessment data to evaluate the skills addressed in each lesson • Create and deliver a lesson
Recommended for: PreK–K teachers, paraprofessionals, and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 651266 Virtual: 743476 Participants: Up to 30
Recommended Reading: The Educator's Guide to Understanding Child Development by Dr. Linda C. Mayes
Comprehension and Read-Alouds
For very young readers, reading comprehension and listening comprehension are synonymous, and that’s why prekindergarten teachers rely on read-alouds to prepare students to understand the texts they’ll read. In this session we’ll delve into the key elements of read-alouds and explore strategies to build comprehension in whole-group and small-group settings. Learning outcomes: • Describe the criteria of an effective read-aloud • Write questions that support a “text talk” classroom • Plan and deliver a read-aloud lesson that strengthens comprehension and builds vocabulary • Conduct whole-group and small-group read-alouds
Recommended for: PreK–K teachers, paraprofessionals, and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 652564 Virtual: 743477 Participants: Up to 30
• Develop a plan to track students’ reading comprehension • Help families take part in effective read-alouds at home
Recommended Reading: The Power of Joyful Reading by Eric Litwin and Dr. Gina Pepin
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Literacy Development
Personalizing and Differentiating Instruction
As educators we know that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to literacy development. Each student’s journey to reading success is unique, and addressing so many different needs in a busy classroom can seem overwhelming. In this session we’ll explore how to use assessment results to identify student reading needs, then build a manageable plan for differentiating and personalizing literacy instruction. Learning outcomes: • Plan lessons that tailor early literacy instruction based on pacing, instructional content, and skills practice • Use assessments to determine readiness levels and target instruction • Identify practices for managing personalized instruction in the classroom • Integrate routines and technology to maximize literacy learning and engagement for all children
Recommended for: K–3 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 684134 Virtual: 743478 Participants: Up to 30
The Science of Reading
The Science of Reading: Building Phonological Awareness
In this session participants will learn how research demonstrates the importance of phonological awareness and concepts of print are to readers’ development and what that means for classroom instruction. Participants will take a close look at how to assess and analyze concepts of print and phonological awareness and what instruction looks like in whole-class and small-group settings. This session allows for deliberate practice, modeling, and collaborative thinking as we dive into the science behind early reading skills. Learning outcomes: • Name the role that print concepts and phonological awareness play in the science of reading and how they affect early literacy development • Define print concepts and phonological awareness • Assess and analyze students’ print concept and phonological awareness skills • Plan and facilitate data-informed instruction for print concepts and phonological awareness
Recommended for: K–5 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 684133 Virtual: 743479 Participants: Up to 30
Recommended Reading: The Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics by Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne
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The Science of Reading (continued)
The Science of Reading: Phonics Instruction That Leads to Orthographic Mapping
Learn how the work of cognitive scientists should shape classroom instruction to ensure that students go beyond letter-sound connections to orthographic mapping. Participants will examine how to assess and analyze students’ phonic knowledge and decoding skills. We'll also explore practical phonics activities for whole-class and small-group settings that will keep students engaged while providing systematic and explicit instruction. Learning outcomes: • Name the role that phonics plays in the science of reading and how it affects early literacy development • Define phonics
Recommended for: K–5 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 737913 Virtual: 743480 Participants: Up to 30
• Assess and analyze students’ phonics skills • Plan and facilitate data-informed instruction for phonics
Recommended Supplement: Rime Magic: Phonics Powered Prevention and Intervention by Sharon Zinke
The Science of Reading: Supporting Fluency Development In this session of the Science of Reading Series, participants will learn the science behind how fluency helps build students' reading comprehension. Participants will learn strategies for improving reading fluency and leave the session with a practical plan for incorporating fluency-building activities into their instruction. Learning outcomes: • Understand the science behind how fluency supports comprehension • Practice instructional strategies that build fluency • Create a plan for developing high-impact fluency instruction
Recommended for: K–5 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 684131 Virtual: 743481 Participants: Up to 30
Recommended Reading: The Megabook of Fluency by Timothy Rasinski
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The Science of Reading: Expanding Oral Vocabulary and Creating Vocabulary Consciousness
Vocabulary is essential to learning to read, understanding what is read, and communicating effectively. Research demonstrates that both indirect and direct instruction are necessary for vocabulary development. In this session we will examine the connections between oral language, vocabulary, and knowledge, and explore instructional strategies for developing them. Learning outcomes: • Describe the role that oral language, vocabulary, and knowledge play in literacy development for early readers • Implement research-based strategies to build oral language skills and encourage word play • Plan vocabulary instruction and learning experiences that deepen and broaden knowledge to support comprehension
Recommended for: K–5 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 684132 Virtual: 743482 Participants: Up to 30
The Science of Reading: Instructing for Text Comprehension
Text comprehension is the reason for reading. This course will examine research- based strategies for text comprehension such as self-monitoring, using graphic organizers, generating and answering questions, recognizing text structure, and summarizing. Participants will develop plans for implementing the strategies in their instruction. Learning outcomes: • Identify and describe the text comprehension strategies that are supported by research • Plan lessons to teach comprehension strategies through direct instruction and cooperative learning • Use a gradual release model to help readers flexibly and appropriately use comprehension strategies in all of their reading
Recommended for: K–5 teachers and instructional coaches Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 737914 Virtual: 743483 Participants: Up to 30
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