LITERACY AND LEARNING ACROSS DISCIPLINES
Building literacy skills across disciplines is of critical importance in the classroom, and Scholastic Magazines+ covers a range of subject areas that include both fiction and nonfiction texts that support learning from early childhood to high school. In My Big World™ , students in Pre-K will encounter developmentally appropriate seasonal nonfiction and fun school- readiness activities, while students in grades 1–6 can read about captivating current events in Scholastic News ® . Scholastic Action ® contains engaging stories and powerful support for striving readers in grades 6–12, while Junior Scholastic ® articles delve into news, history, and civics to support social studies in grades 6–8. Scholastic MATH ® (grades 6–9) and Science World ® (grades 6–10) provide engaging math and science articles that offer skill-building practice problems and news that support STEM education. Scope ® , a Scholastic magazine dedicated to elevating ELA instruction, is filled with powerful multi-genre stories that foster discussions about world events, timely debates, and compelling nonfiction articles to support instruction. Like other Scholastic ELA magazines, Scope ® provides print and digital tools that help build the language arts skills students need in order to become analytical readers and writers. Many teachers supplement social studies or science textbooks, which can become dated or which students may find intimidating or dense, with more current sources of information (Olson, Gee, & Forester, 1989). Teachers can supplement lessons from traditional texts with newer, more accessible magazine material. For example, 30% of biology teachers surveyed said they used conservation magazines in their classrooms (Chipman & Brody, 1993). Teachers in this sample were interested in using the magazines as a resource to supplement their curriculum by providing “applied and basic current research, opportunities to discuss ethical issues surrounding environmental conservation, and local illustrations of basic ecological principles” (Chipman & Brody, 1993, p. 10). It may be challenging and time-consuming for teachers to find high-quality supplemental materials that cover a range of reading levels and present content in an objective and balanced way. Scholastic Magazines+ fills this gap in a timely and cost-effective way by offering up-to-date, objective coverage of issues across a wide range of topics and reading levels that can be used across disciplines.
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