Teaching Collections
Grades K–8 Culturally Responsive Collections: Disability and Neurodiversity There are many ways of seeing and moving through the world, and introducing students to that idea cultivates empathy and inclusivity. These collections bring together some of the best and most nuanced children’s books about disabled and neurodivergent characters—inspiring understanding and self-acceptance for all children. Includes a Diverse Classroom Library Resource Guide and book bins! Grades K–12 Culturally Responsive Collections: Latine & Hispanic Edition Give Hispanic and Latine children the opportunity to see themselves as the heroes of their own stories with these carefully curated collections about characters like them! Plus children of other backgrounds will love reading these engaging titles and learning about the cultures and stories of their Latine and Hispanic classmates. Includes a Diverse Classroom Library Resource Guide!
Grades K–8 Optimistic Library
Research shows that when children can recognize and manage their emotions, they create a positive classroom environment for everyone. The Optimistic Library helps students better understand their emotions and the emotions of others with stories on mindfulness, hope and optimism, resilience, empathy, and social responsibility . Includes an educator letter to support the classroom reading environment!
Grades K–5 Core Knowledge Sequence Collections
The Core Knowledge Sequence is a blueprint of knowledge-based schooling designed to advance excellence and equity in education. These content-rich collections support the principles of Core Knowledge by cumulatively building students’ knowledge and cultivating academic progress across the curriculum.
Grades K–5 Scholastic Text Sets
Text Sets Animal Adaptations
Welcome to the Text Sets Collection: Animal Adaptations . This sole source collection provides a range of reading levels appropriate for Grade 1 and offers science and social studies content in a highly flexible configuration created to supplement your present reading instructional plan. It provides one Read-Aloud, one Anchor Text, and Supporting Texts tied to the theme.
This Text Set can be used for small-group instruction, whole-class teaching, or independent reading. By starting with the Read-Aloud to engage all children in the topic, then moving to the Anchor Text for modeling close reading of complex text, and finally inviting children to explore more with the Supporting Texts, your children will discover how animals interact with their environment and successfully adapt to it.
Text Features to Notice 3 Highlighted Words Help children locate examples of boldfaced words or words in color and explain that authors highlight words to focus attention on words that are important to know. 3 Questions and Answers Note that sometimes an author asks a question and then answers it. Point out that this is a good way to provide information. 3 Photos and Captions
Deepen students’ content-area knowledge and improve their informational text reading skills with Scholastic Text Sets. Each set provides students with a range of texts on a single science, social studies, or math topic and encourages them to deepen their understanding by making connections between texts and perspectives. Includes student response sheets and a teacher implementation letter!
Each Text Set includes:
Read Aloud (1 copy) Anchor Text (30 copies) Supporting Texts (6 copies of each of 4 titles)
When reading these Text Sets, children will
Make sure children understand how captions and photos work together to provide information that helps readers understand the subject.
• build strong content knowledge to help them become proficient readers of informational text. • gain strategies for approaching complex texts. • analyze texts to compare and contrast text features and content. • deepen communication skills through discussion and writing.
3 Labels
Call attention to the labels that give information to help readers name what is being shown in the photos.
Scholastic Classroom Libraries Program Guide 17
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