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Schools across the country will be reopening this fall, and like you, we couldn’t be more excited. We’re here to help you give students the instruction and support that they deserve when they return to the classroom. Whether you’re looking for literacy curricula, classroom libraries, SEL programs, or interventions for striving readers, we can help you get back on track after an unprecedented year.
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Learning to Read, Loving to Read
Learning to read with fluency and comprehension means mastering a set of complex skills that help readers to decode and understand words in a text. Skilled readers must be proficient in the five foundational reading skills that allow them to translate written words to spoken language, and the ability to make meaning from what they’ve read.
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Build Early Foundations for Lifelong Literacy Achievement
Adaptive Foundational Reading Instruction
Grades PreK–2
Help students secure the foundational reading skills to become fluent readers with strong comprehension. • C ontinuous formative assessment that monitors mastery of phonological and comprehension while plotting an adaptive path for each student • D evelops automaticity of the 44 sounds of the English language through explicit instruction while systematically introducing more complex phonological and phonics skills • T racks progress across skills at the district, school, class, and student level to meet critical reading goals
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Develop Foundational Skills
Grades PreK–2
These short, enjoyable stories provide children with a fun way to develop their phonics skills. • Develops phonemic awareness and makes connections between sounds and letters • Explores how to blend sounds to make words • Helps students recognize high-frequency words that are commonly found in early reading and writing • Develops fluency and an increased reading rate • Available in English and Spanish
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Vocabulary and Knowledge Development
Grades K–5
Promote vocabulary acquisition and deepen comprehension by teaching words in context across the content areas. • Based on the research of Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert, W.O.R.D. focuses on the 2,500 word families in English that make up 90% of the text that students will encounter in school • Introduces students to words and their meanings within context, leading to richer interactions with text • R eal-time data available at the student, class, school, and district level
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Build Early Foundations for Lifelong Literacy Achievement
Dual-Language Videos for Early Learners
Grades PreK–3
The Watch & Learn Library provides real-world videos across the content areas and SEL topics. • M odels important SEL skills to help students understand emotions, set and achieve positive goals, have empathy for others, build positive relationships, and make responsible decisions • B uilds background knowledge and launches discussions and instruction in science and social studies • S upports all learners with full equity in Spanish and English A Comprehensive Literacy Program Grades K–6 Pair standards-informed instruction with high-quality authentic texts. • S upports readers as they learn language and vocabulary and build reading comprehension skills • Incorporates a spiraled curriculum that creates opportunities to master the common knowledge and language needed to develop personal connections to what students are reading, writing, and learning • Integrates both print and digital along with a daily balance of reading, writing, and phonics instruction
Open a World of Wonder and Discovery
PreK
Introduce children to the joy of reading with seasonal nonfiction magazines, videos, and hands-on activities. • N urtures your little learners’ curiosity with vibrant, photo-filled texts written just for them • G rows big vocabularies with key words and encourages phonological awareness with rhyming songs and poems • B rings reading to life with fun videos, games, and hands-on activities • M odels fluency with BIG issues to share during circle time • S aves prep time with ready-to-go lessons on letters, counting, patterns, and more
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Bring Nonfiction to Life
Grade K
Foster early reading success with fun, fresh magazines and digital resources delivered all year long. • E ngages early readers with colorful magazines, videos, text- to-speech audio, and activities that make reading come alive • S trengthens sight word recognition, phonics, and more with simple, predictable informational texts • B oosts foundational reading skills with activities that highlight sorting, letter recognition, and more • S aves prep time with ready-to-go lessons on comprehension, critical thinking, and other core concepts • S trengthens vocabulary, content-area knowledge, and social- emotional skills in every issue Build Proficient Word-Solvers Grades K–8 Dr. Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne provide strategies for planning and teaching word study and phonics lessons. • E xplores how students solve words, how to assess what students know and need to learn next, and what sequence, materials, and activities to use • Introduces six approaches to word study and phonics • W orks with Dr. Richardson’s expert Next Step Forward lesson plan framework
Strategies for Enhancing Phonics Instruction
Grades K–2
Wiley Blevins explains how to identify and leverage quality decodable texts as an essential early learning tool. • P ractical lessons and routines for using decodable texts to build children’s phonics and fluency skills • T ips for selecting strong decodable texts and what to do if you don’t have any • F un and engaging reproducible decodable mini-books
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Build Early Foundations for Lifelong Literacy Achievement
Educator-Created Teaching Materials
Grades K–6
Boost essential language arts and literacy skills with hands-on activities! • U nlimited online access to the best classroom-tested printable teaching materials • R ead-alouds, mini-books, and foundational skill sheets • S ight word worksheets, word sorts, sound-skills activities, writing pages, and spelling and grammar lessons • G ames and puzzles • B elow-level, at-level, and above-level collections to accommodate learning requirements for all students
Foster Literacy Excellence in Classrooms
Educators
Empower teachers to teach foundational literacy with interactive professional learning sessions. • P repares teachers to support the development of early literacy skills through systematic, explicit instruction • S upports teachers in building phonemic and phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension • H elps teachers differentiate instruction for children using important, reliable data and effective instructional strategies
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Focus on Social-Emotional Learning and Culturally Responsive Instruction As students come back together, there is an urgent need to help them develop supportive relationships, empathy for others, and personal responsibility. Students should have books where they can see themselves and their culture. Through culturally responsive stories and instructional resources, educators and families can help students feel valued, supported, and heard.
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Develop Social-Emotional Skills ... Celebrate Students’ Cultural Backgrounds
Build Early Learners’ Essential Skills PreK Engage children with skills they need to flourish as readers, writers, and explorers of the world. • B uilds on the strengths of every child while supporting the development of their literacy, language, and math skills • T argets key academic, social, and emotional domains • O pportunities to build self-concept, self-regulation, relationships with others, and social awareness • E ngages children with culturally diverse read-alouds, guided activities, and purposeful play that promote kindness, maturity, and resilience Every Voice Has a Story Grades K–5 Each library provides high-interest, culturally relevant texts that celebrate the historically underrepresented. • F osters a classroom community that supports positive representation and equity • A uthentic texts that are representative of students’ complex and multifaceted cultures • C ulturally responsive instruction that celebrates the academic, social, and linguistic backgrounds of all students • S ocial-emotional learning that teaches the importance of empathy and an understanding of people whose stories have not historically been told
Diversify Classroom Collections Grades K–8
Connect students with language that will capture their interests and provide content that’s personally meaningful. • Celebrates a wide range of cultures • Reflects positive values, strengths, and ideals • Accurately represents characters’ cultural heritages • Portrays characters as problem-solvers
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A Flexible, Powerful SEL Program Grades K–5
Students participate in SEL activities, read-alouds, group discussions, independent reading/writing, and games/songs. • H elps build social-emotional, literacy, and engagement skills • F lexible lessons designed to create a sense of well-being, community, and belonging for all students • Interactive literacy experiences that help students become confident readers and writers • S trength-based units that encourage students to read independently, express themselves, share with others, and develop a deeper understanding of themselves in the world Promote SEL with Stories of Resilience Grades PreK–12 Teach SEL across the content areas with relatable magazine articles and activities in print and digital formats. • G rades PreK–2: Understanding and managing emotions, respecting others, listening and communicating • G rades 3–5: Friendships, responding to bullying, and building self-confidence • G rades 6–8: Cultivating a growth mindset, self-discipline, resistance to peer pressure, an appreciation of diversity, seeking help • G rades 9–12: Independence, responsibility, solving problems, self-motivation, making constructive choices A Culturally Responsive Equity Framework Grades K–12 Dr. Gholdy Muhammad presents an equity framework that’s grounded in history and restores excellence to literacy education. • P romotes four learning goals for personal, intellectual, and academic success: Identity Development, Skill Development, Intellectual Development, and Criticality • P rovides self-reflective questions for teachers and students • Includes culturally and historically responsive sample plans and text sets across grades and content areas • C an be paired with a Scholastic-facilitated Professional Book Hook session where your team explores the framework
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Develop Social-Emotional Skills ... Celebrate Students’ Cultural Backgrounds
Choosing and Using Latinx Literature Educators Promote Latinx children’s literature and literacy in classrooms and libraries.
• D r. Julia López-Robertson’s advice for infusing our classrooms with literature by a range of Latinx authors and illustrators— voices that reflect our students and provide a window into the cultures of people from Spanish-speaking countries and communities
Healthy Academic and Emotional Growth Grades PreK–3 This resource will help you to teach children with more insight and confidence, and offer support and guidance to caregivers. • Accessible information on child development based on a deep understanding of brain research and psychology • H elps educators understand the nature of a problem, how they can address it, and when and where to go for help • A ddresses concerns such as learning disabilities, bullying, sibling rivalry, depression, and anger
Develop Resilient, Empathetic Readers Educators Our courses help teachers infuse social-emotional learning into the bedrock of foundational literacy instruction. • E nhances literacy instructional skills to help foster confident, courageous readers • H elps teachers develop students’ social-emotional skills within comprehensive literacy instruction • P rovides strategies to create a supportive and responsive classroom environment
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Create a Community of Readers in Your Classroom Access to books is instrumental to developing students’ love of reading and their writing and vocabulary skills. Books help build content knowledge, motivate, and inspire while opening worlds of exploration and imagination. Every student deserves access to diverse, appealing books that reflect their interests, develop critical thinking skills, and instill a desire for lifelong learning.
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Build Your Classroom Libraries
Develop Lifelong Readers and Thinkers
Grades K–6
Provide explicit support for developing independent readers. • H igh-quality texts with targeted instructional resources • A diverse collection of titles that engages students in meaningful reading experiences • H elps students understand and manage emotions, feel empathy, establish positive relationships, and make responsible decisions • Includes culturally relevant texts to engage all students
Access to More Than 2,500 Authentic eBooks
Grades K–8
Ensure that every student has access to the books they want to read when and where they want to read them. • M ore than 2,500 ebooks and connections to thousands of print books found in most classroom, school, and public libraries • Instructional support with conferring questions and Teaching Tip Cards to enhance vocabulary, critical thinking, comprehension, and writing skills • T hree built-in assessments and detailed reports at the student, class, school, and district levels
Fiction and Nonfiction Thematic Pairs
Grades PreK–3
BookFlix pairs animated stories with nonfiction ebooks to build a love of reading, knowledge, and literacy skills. • E ngages children with delightful stories paired with informational texts that increase content knowledge, many available in Spanish • S upports English learners and beginning and striving readers with text-to-speech with word highlighting • R einforces comprehension and vocabulary with age- appropriate learning games
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Engaging Texts that Build Knowledge Grades PreK–12 Magazines+ provides fresh, high-interest content that ignites learning in print and digital formats. • H undreds of quality texts paired with learning extensions • O riginal videos that build background knowledge and draw students into the topics • D ifferentiated reading levels, text-to-speech, vocabulary builders, and ELL supports • A ctivities that build close-reading, critical thinking, and writing skills • Q uizzes, games, and customizable activities to assess progress • E xceptional teacher support with ready-to-go lessons and resources A Volume-Based Approach to Reading Grades PreK–8 These research-based strategies will help your students become independent readers. • E xpands on the research, theory, and practice featured in From Striving to Thriving • A n easy-to-use guide that begins with foundational actions for increasing reading volume • F eatures a decision-tree process to ask targeted diagnostic questions, review instructional options, and select targeted practices that launch students into a cycle of reading success
Book Access for All Kids Grades K–8 Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp show how providing children with access to books can change their lives. • E xplores the tools and information that administrators need to increase children’s meaningful engagement with books
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Build Confidence and Skills
Small-group instruction not only allows you to differentiate learning, it’s also the perfect time to encourage your students to share their strengths with one another. Through research- based programs and supports, teachers can meet the needs of every student, no matter where they are in their literacy journey, and help them develop the skills they need to be successful, joyful readers.
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Enhance Reading Success with Small-Group Instruction
Give Striving Readers a Winning EDGE Grades K–6 This inclusive small-group solution keeps striving readers within the classroom’s reading community. • H igh-interest age-appropriate texts • C ustomized lessons and innovative teaching strategies that address the needs of striving readers, setting them on a path to success • S caffolds instruction with multiple English language supports and unique Pre-A levels to empower young readers • H elps children understand their emotions with social- emotional discussion prompts • D igital supports for whole-class connections Propel Students to Independent Learning Grades K–6 Integrate small-group instruction, assessment, and independent practice into your classroom. • E ngaging authentic texts that invite active reading and problem solving while keeping students engaged • Instructional supports that provide the research and tools needed for effective implementation • T eaching Cards that include writing activities, ELL support, and comprehension strategies • M ore than 1,000 high-interest authentic titles that foster the invaluable skills, knowledge, and strategies that students need to read a short or long text with deep understanding • S trategies that help scaffold lessons, highlight key vocabulary and comprehension skills, and enhance students’ academic language • P ersonalized learning that encourages understanding through a series of comprehension questions • 5 2 professional titles and 24/7 digital access to the Leveled Bookroom Accelerator Your Whole-School Small-Group Solution Grades K–6 Our complete solution combines research-based instruction and digital management to differentiate instruction.
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Enhance Reading Success with Small-Group Instruction
Powerful Short-Term Targeted Intervention Grades 1 and Up RISE and RISE Up facilitate targeted small-group instruction for striving readers.
• H elps students gain the confidence, proficiency, and skills they need to meet grade-level benchmarks within six to eight weeks • Improves comprehension, word-solving, fluency, and writing • D evelops the four language processes—reading, writing, speaking, and listening—with daily scaffolded instruction • S upports English learners and students with special needs • O nline access to texts, resources, professional learning videos, and more
Engage Striving Readers with Action
Grades 6–12
Empower your reluctant readers with high-interest, accessible texts about current, teen-friendly topics. • K eeps students’ attention with relatable, multigenre stories featuring real, diverse teens • U tilizes three intervention reading levels with built-in scaffolding for collaborative group work to foster reading confidence and build stamina • E ngages every student and expands background knowledge with video, audio, and slideshows • Inspires long-term success and strengthens ELA skills with differentiated activities and practices
Build Strong Readers, Writers, and Thinkers
Grades 2–6
Inspire students to become confident, successful readers with this thrilling ELA resource. • S parks meaningful conversation in small-group literacy blocks with fascinating authentic texts that span the genres • T argets each student’s needs with powerful, flexible differentiation tools to build confidence and fluency • C an be deployed in any scope and sequence with fresh content all year long plus curriculum-aligned story and activity archives • B uilds knowledge and sharpens ELA skills with engaging, ready-to- teach learning extensions like video, vocabulary practice, interactive slide decks, and essential questions
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Uncover Reading Strengths and Weaknesses Grades PreK–8 Dr. Richardson, Dr. Bates, and McBride help teachers move beyond accuracy rates and observe student reading behaviors. • C lassroom-tested ideas for individual, small-group, and whole-group instruction • S trategies to document a student’s oral reading with a standard set of codes • T ools to calculate students’ accuracy and self-correction rates • T ips to determine instructional next steps • G uidance to assess reading fluency and comprehension • S ample running records Enhance Small-Group Instruction Educators Equip teachers with the latest research-based strategies for enhancing small-group literacy practices. • A dvice for planning and teaching small-group guided reading lessons • C ommon language and practices to build expertise with small-group instruction • T ips to differentiate instruction using data collection and varied text and grouping methods
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Engage Families and Communities in Student Success
When families, communities, and schools work together, students are more successful and the entire community benefits. Research shows that when families are engaged in meaningful ways to actively support their children’s learning and development, students thrive both in and out of the classroom.
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Support Student Achievement through Family Engagement
Support Independent Reading at Home Grades PreK–8 Help build students’ home libraries with book packs that include family engagement activities, tips, and support. • M eets the home literacy needs of children, regardless of their access to technology • C an be delivered to directly to schools or a single site, and are packaged for easy distribution • U p to four theme packs that can be delivered throughout the school year to support independent reading at home
Interactive Family Literacy Events Grades PreK–5
One Kit. Limitless Possibilities. Ages 3–5 These kits help parents prepare their children to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. • R esources that give families everything they need to integrate learning into their daily routines • B uilds foundational skills including phonological awareness and early comprehension through activities conveniently organized by skill • H elps children identify their feelings and emotions • Includes tips for learning with common household objects • Incorporates health and safety advice Everything you need to have a successful literacy event— take-home books, activities, a planning guide, and more! • S upports students’ fluency and comprehension with grade- specific literacy and writing strategies • E ncourages families and children to read together with fun interactive activities • R einforces reading at home with take-home resources including high-interest books and family tip sheets • B uilds sustainable partnerships between educators and families with strategies aligned to the Dual Capacity– Building Framework
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Support Student Achievement through Family Engagement
Support Children’s Early Development Grades K–1 The kits help children prepare for and succeed in kindergarten and throughout their education. • E asy-to-use kits that give families everything they need to integrate learning into their daily routines • A bilingual Family Guide to support the skills that students are learning across the content areas at school • R ich resources that provide guidance for how to develop strong partnerships with schools • A ctivities that help children identify feelings and emotions • L iteracy activities that help students thrive from kindergarten through Grade 1 • A journal to encourage self-expression through drawing and writing
A Read-Aloud Mentoring Program
Grades PreK–7
R.E.A.L. gives you the tools to recruit community members who serve as role models to instill a love of reading in students. • E ngaging, motivating books that foster meaningful discussions between students and community mentors • P romotes reading improvement, academic motivation, improved self-esteem, and ongoing and consistent community involvement • M entor guides that provide book summaries and suggested discussion points • S tudent Guides that include fun activities and help the reader share their ideas about the book
Build and Sustain Community Partnerships
Educators
Mobilize your community to engage with your schools! • T en practical steps for seeking out and developing powerful partnerships • H elps educators turn their goals into reality through ongoing, sustained community partnerships • H ands-on strategies for community-funded school improvements
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Engage Families in Student Learning Educators Build the capacity of school staff and families to support student achievement. • T ips to systemically strengthen family-school partnerships that improve student achievement and school culture • A framework to prioritize family and community engagement as an instructional strategy • B uilds the capacity of staff to engage every family in support of student success The Dr. Karen Mapp Workshop Series Educators Engage families in meaningful partnerships that support student success. • R eframes family and community engagement core beliefs • E xplores ways to help families practice activities that support their children’s learning at home • A dvice for planning and hosting family engagement events that are aligned to student learning goals
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Ready to Kick Off the School Year with Your Scholastic Programs?
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