Digital Walkthrough Guide
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PreK On My Way and PreK On My Way en español are comprehensive, full-year PreK programs that welcome every child into the classroom, building on their strengths as they take the first steps on their learning adventure! These equitable programs feature best practices in early childhood education to support children’s development in literacy, language, math, and all domains of learning.
Visit scholastic.com/prekonmyway.
Table of Contents Overview .......................................................................................................................2 The Teacher Hub ......................................................................................................4
Themes.........................................................................................................................6
Skills..............................................................................................................................8
Resources....................................................................................................................9
Customizable Lesson Planner..............................................................................10
The Family Exchange ...........................................................................................12
Little eReaders...........................................................................................................14
Resources....................................................................................................................16
Song Collection........................................................................................................17
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PreK On My Way includes a wealth of digital resources that support program management and instruction while fostering student and family engagement. These resources can be accessed online 24/7 via smartphones, computers, and tablets. This guide provides an overview of the functionality and benefits of PreK On My Way’s digital resources for teachers, children, and families.
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For Teachers Teachers can access digital resources to target the needs of individual students and tailor instruction to specific skill domains.
For Children Children navigate the Little
eReaders, a digital book collection in English and Spanish, to expand their ability to acquire information and explore their interests.
For Families Families support foundational skill development at home with resources that integrate children’s cultures and experiences while strengthening the home-school connection.
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The Teacher Hub
The Teacher Hub is a central location that provides high-quality instructional supports and resources to reduce teacher prep time and improve interactions with students. The Lesson Planner allows teachers to customize instruction for their large groups, small groups, and independent centers.
The Teacher Hub saves the previous lesson visited for easy access.
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The intuitive Teacher Hub provides a centralized location to access instructional themes, skills, and resources in both English and Spanish.
Child development tips are pulled from daily large-group lessons and highlighted each day.
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The Teacher Hub
Themes Organized by themes, the Teacher Hub helps teachers prepare by navigating through all the lessons and main lesson materials.
Each theme highlights:
The concept question that connects across the entire theme
Family engagement resources
The progression of instruction from the beginning to the end of the week
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Display lesson content during large-group or small-group instruction.
Share vibrant photos with the Vocabulary, Alphabet, and Small Group Cards.
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The Teacher Hub
Skills
Navigate skills and objectives to pinpoint lesson materials that address specific PreK domains, categories, and skills.
Instructional materials are available digitally and can be browsed by skills and outcomes . Directly link to lesson materials to support small-group instruction or individual reteaching.
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Resources
Download weekly observational checklists to help record children’s progress with the skills taught each week. Checklists are also available in the Teaching Guides.
Access instructional resources including a year-at- a-glance overview, printable family engagement resources, songs and fingerplays, conversation starters, and more!
Theme 3 | LET’S INVESTIGATE
LANGUAGE / LENGUAJE
Theme 1
1.1 Family Bulletin/Boletín semanal All About Me is our focus for this week. We will read the book Alma and How She Got Her Name and learn the special meaning of Alma’s name. Todo sobre mí es nuestro enfoque esta semana. Vamos a leer Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre y aprender el significado del nombre de Alma.
My Book / Mi libro
My name is special because . . . Mi nombre es especial porque…
How Can I Help?
Activities Play together as you explore the activities on the PreK On My Way Family Exchange. Songs Sing and dance with songs about what makes us who we are from the PreK On My Way Songs collection. Ebooks Watch and listen to fiction and nonfiction books about what makes us who we are with the PreK On My Way Little eReaders. Chat Band Use the Chat Band conversation starter that your child wears home this week to talk about what your child has learned about All About Me! My Book Use this page to make a folded My Book to encourage your child’s writing and drawing. Remember that scribbles count as writing if they are meaningful to your child. ¿Qué puedo hacer? Actividades Jueguen mientras exploran las actividades en PreK On My Way Family Exchange. Canciones Canten y bailen con canciones sobre quiénes somos de la colección PreK On My Way Songs. Libros electrónicos Miren y escuchen libros de ficción y no ficción sobre quiénes somos en PreK On My Way Little eReaders. Pulsera de conversación Use la pulsera de conversación que lleva su hijo o hija esta semana para hablar sobre lo que aprendió del tema Todo sobre mí. Mi libro Use esta página para hacer Mi libro plegado y así motivar la escritura y el dibujo. Recuerde que los garabatos cuentan como un escrito si son significativos para su hijo o hija.
Fold on the dotted line to make a little book. Invite your child to illustrate the cover and add his or her name. On the inside pages, he or she can draw, write, or dictate a story. Doble sobre la línea punteada para hacer un librito, y pida a su niño o niña que decore la portada y le ponga su nombre. En las páginas interiores, él o ella puede narrar un cuento e ilustrarlo.
Theme 1 Week 1 | Family Bulletin
Use printable Chat Mats for each theme to support conversation and learning during snack time and mealtime.
Print weekly Family Bulletins and Chat Bands to help spark family conversations at home.
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The easy-to-use PreK On My Way Lesson Planner helps teachers customize their lessons with access to all the resources needed for large groups, small groups, and independent centers. Customizable Lesson Plan The Teacher Hub
Teachers can use the Lesson Planner to:
View and link to lesson instruction and resources such as Large Group Cards, Vocabulary Cards, and more
Customize instruction for a full or half-day
Print or save lesson plans
Customize lessons to fit classroom needs
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The Family Exchange
PreK On My Way prompts continued conversation and concept exploration at home and invites children to bring their home culture, language, and experiences into the classroom. The Family Exchange strengthens the home-school connection by engaging families to support foundational skill-building at home.
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Families can easily switch between English and Spanish to access resources in both languages.
Families can access songs, downloadable resources, and exciting stories and videos.
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The Family Exchange
Little eReaders
Accessible to children at school and at home, these 32 narrative and informational digital books are theme- aligned—and toggle between English and Spanish! Each Little eReader can be automatically read aloud to children with high-quality recorded audio.
Children can explore the Little eReaders
at a computer or tablet station in
your independent centers , or you can share them during large-group time on your interactive whiteboard or invite families to read them together at home .
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Books come to life with award- winning animated read-alouds that families and children will love.
Little eReaders help children explore concepts of print and improve their fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
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The Family Exchange
Resources
Families can download Family Bulletins and Family Activities that are connected to each theme and week and full of suggestions for extending learning at home through songs, conversation, reading and writing, and other activities.
Family Activity
Family Bulletin
LANGUAGE / LENGUAJE
Theme 1
1.1 Family Bulletin/Boletín semanal All About Me is our focus for this week. We will read the book Alma and How She Got Her Name and learn the special meaning of Alma’s name. Todo sobre mí es nuestro enfoque esta semana. Vamos a leer Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre y aprender el significado del nombre de Alma.
My Book / Mi libro
My name is special because . . . Mi nombre es especial porque…
How Can I Help?
Activities Play together as you explore the activities on the PreK On My Way Family Exchange. Songs Sing and dance with songs about what makes us who we are from the PreK On My Way Songs collection. Ebooks Watch and listen to fiction and nonfiction books about what makes us who we are with the PreK On My Way Little eReaders. Chat Band Use the Chat Band conversation starter that your child wears home this week to talk about what your child has learned about All About Me! My Book Use this page to make a folded My Book to encourage your child’s writing and drawing. Remember that scribbles count as writing if they are meaningful to your child. ¿Qué puedo hacer? Actividades Jueguen mientras exploran las actividades en PreK On My Way Family Exchange. Canciones Canten y bailen con canciones sobre quiénes somos de la colección PreK On My Way Songs. Libros electrónicos Miren y escuchen libros de ficción y no ficción sobre quiénes somos en PreK On My Way Little eReaders. Pulsera de conversación Use la pulsera de conversación que lleva su hijo o hija esta semana para hablar sobre lo que aprendió del tema Todo sobre mí. Mi libro Use esta página para hacer Mi libro plegado y así motivar la escritura y el dibujo. Recuerde que los garabatos cuentan como un escrito si son significativos para su hijo o hija.
Fold on the dotted line to make a little book. Invite your child to illustrate the cover and add his or her name. On the inside pages, he or she can draw, write, or dictate a story. Doble sobre la línea punteada para hacer un librito, y pida a su niño o niña que decore la portada y le ponga su nombre. En las páginas interiores, él o ella puede narrar un cuento e ilustrarlo.
Theme 1 Week 1 | Family Bulletin
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Song Collection
Sing and dance at home to continue the learning! Music and songs provide opportunities for engagement, movement, creative expression, pattern recognition and creation, working memory, alliteration, rhyme, syllabication, language learning, and more. The PreK On My Way Song Collection includes songs in English and Spanish from award-winning artists that help celebrate and extend each theme at school and at home.
Families can sing along to English and Spanish songs by award-wining artists!
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A New Comprehensive PreK Program
Teacher Hub
Little eReaders
Connects teachers with families through access to songs, bulletins, activities, and more The Family Exchange
A central location for all resources to plan and teach
32 theme-aligned narrative and informational digital books in English and Spanish
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To learn more about the PreK On My Way digital resources or to request a demo, visit scholastic.com/prekonmyway.
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