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Engagement Is Just the Beginning
Scholastic News ® is a print and digital magazine that brings high-interest nonfiction into K–6 classrooms all year long. But it’s more than just engaging texts. Each issue helps students practice core literacy skills with short science, social studies, and current events articles—building background knowledge and propelling them toward grade-level proficiency.
“ English language arts curricula that integrate science and social studies content show strong promise in improving reading comprehension outcomes from Kindergarten to Grade 4 . ” —James S. Kim and Zhongyu Wei Harvard University
We Support What Matters Most
90% of our customers would recommend Scholastic News to a colleague. That’s because it’s designed for the things that matter most in today’s classroom: Your Curriculum Effortlessly expand learning with resources that support your existing curriculum. Your Standards Strengthen student achievement in key assessment areas with correlations to your state standards for every article. Your Students’ Knowledge Students build knowledge on the topics and themes they’re already learning about—deepening comprehension across the content areas.
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Scholastic News is a fully scalable solution with grade- specific editions for K–6. For less than the cost of a single book, you can bring a year’s worth of developmentally appropriate nonfiction and skills practice to each student. Scalable Growth Across Classrooms
Each year, Scholastic News builds off the previous one, creating a sense of continuity, consistency, and comfort in Grades K to 6.
Let’s Find Out ® Kindergarten | Weekly 32 weekly issues on seasonal early learning themes Scholastic News ® Grades 1 & 2 | Weekly 32 weekly issues on seasonal science and social studies topics Scholastic News ® Grades 3, 4, and 5/6 Biweekly 20 biweekly issues on current events, science, and social studies
Science of Reading Ready
From decoding to making inferences, students apply developmentally appropriate reading skills and strategies to complex, grade-level nonfiction. Background Knowledge Texts deepen students understanding of curriculum topics and encourage students to apply the knowledge they’ve already built. Vocabulary Students learn and review important academic and content area vocabulary. Language Structures Texts provide practice with text structures like chronology, cause/effect, and compare/contrast. Decoding (Grades K–2) Skills sheets and online games provide phonics and word recognition practice.
“ Scholastic News helps foster a love of reading in my classroom. The content is high- engaging and it’s hard to get my kids to stop talking about everything they’re learning . ” Grace Loew | Grade 1 Teacher
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Meet Standards. Exceed Expectations.
Scan Here for Correlations to Your State Standards
Strengthen student achievement in key assessment areas with correlations to your state standards for every Scholastic News article.
Search by Standard Enter any standards code or description. Or, look at the correlations just for your state with every text.
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Find Matching Resources Choose from high-quality texts created specifically for your grade and content area standards.
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Meet Your Goals Ensure instruction aligns to your state standards with magazines that do it automatically for you!
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Integrate into Any Part of the School Day
Low-prep, high-impact lessons fit seamlessly into classroom instruction and fill gaps in the school day.
Read magazines together. Watch videos and mark up the text using your interactive whiteboard. Lead discussions and debates. Whole Class
Read with selected groups of students. Differentiate instruction. Check comprehension with quizzes. Small Group
Independent
Send magazines home with students to engage families and encourage reading. Share digital access for learning anytime. At Home
Students can read articles independently while teachers are meeting with their small groups or after completing a test or other work.
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Our high-interest topics get kids excited to read. And short, easy-to-digest articles give students a sense of accomplishment that keeps them wanting more. Irresistible to Students
Print Magazines Every child receives their very own print copies packed with texts about interesting animals, amazing technology, and real kids they can relate to.
Videos Learning Videos (for Grades K–5) build knowledge and bring curriculum topics to life. Dance Break Videos (for Grades K–2) provide fun ways to get the wiggles out.
Online Games Give kids a fun way to build and review knowledge and skills.
Vocabulary Slideshows
Introduce new vocabulary with photos, definitions, and audio pronunciations.
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All year long, Scholastic News delivers the supplemental resources teachers need to boost literacy skills. No more searching for texts and building lessons from scratch—we’ve done it for them! Essential for Teachers
Alternate Lexile ® levels for striving and advanced readers Text-to-Speech audio to model pronunciation and support comprehension Digital Differentiation Tools
Spanish translations for multilingual learners
Formative Assessments Quickly check for comprehension
Resource Archive 1000s of past Scholastic News resources give teachers the freedom to teach what they need, when they need.
Ready-to-Go Lesson Plans Clear teaching routines support new and veteran teachers alike.
with quizzes and short assessment activities.
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Using Scholastic News Is as Easy as 1, 2, 3
New classroom resources can sometimes be overwhelming. Scholastic News makes teaching each issue simple for new and veteran teachers alike with 3-step lesson plans. No steep learning curve, no PD, just a clear and easy-to-follow teaching routine.
Prepare to Read (10 minutes)
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Set a purpose for reading. We include one in every lesson plan.
Preview new vocabulary with a slideshow and audio where words are read aloud.
Build background knowledge with real-world videos.
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Read the Issue (20 minutes)
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Read the cover story aloud or have students take turns reading it. Check comprehension with close-reading questions (Grades 3–5).
Complete a Skills Sheet (5 minutes)
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Talk about the article with discussion prompts. Practice writing with short response prompts. Deepen knowledge with a paired text from the Scholastic News archive. Extend the Lesson (OPTIONAL)
Choose skills sheet that best fits your students’ needs. You can send the others home or do them at a different time.
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Add More Science to Your Subscription for Just $1.49
Add Science Spin ® magazine to your Scholastic News subscription and get more STEM content delivered every month. This companion magazine is only available to subscribers and builds essential science knowledge for just $1.49 a student .
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