Scholastic
Scholastic is the third IRA literacy website I
wanted to explore. Scholastic is the largest publisher and distributor of
children’s books in the world. They’re the leader in educational technology and
services and children’s media, and serve customers in 45 languages and more
than 150 countries.
Scholastic has been around for more than 90 years, delivering
outstanding books, magazines and educational programs to schools and families
through channels that have now become childhood traditions – Scholastic Book
Fairs, monthly Reading Club flyers, and Scholastic News classroom magazines.
Today, Scholastic is in more than 90% of schools in the U.S. – because building
a partnership with educators is something they cherish very much. More than
half of the teachers in the U.S. have an active account with Scholastic,
tapping into free offerings like our teaching resources, Scholastic.com
activities and lesson plans, and ordering through Club Ordering Online (COOL),
The Teacher Store Online and the Scholastic Store Online.
Scholastic
is also known for their characters and series, such as Clifford the Big Red
Dog, The Magic School Bus, Goosebumps, Harry Potter, I Spy, and the Hunger
Games. These characters and series play a big role in inspiring a love of
literacy and learning in children throughout the world, delivered to kids and
families where they live and play through print, audio, television, and digital
applications.
Scholastic’s
mission is to encourage the intellectual and personal growth of all children,
beginning with literacy, the cornerstone of all learning. Scholastic is
committed to providing quality, engaging educational content in digital and
print formats for the next generation of learners, and the families and educators
who guide them.
Scholastic’s
website offers so many useful resources for all classroom teachers. The website
offers student activities, resources and tools, strategies and ideas for
teaching content, lesson plans, and so much more. A great resource that I
discovered is a calendar of activities for winter (one is posted for each
season/ month), listings holidays and activities that could be done in class to
celebrate and learn about these holidays. Scholastic also offers a “Teacher
Update Newsletter” with free teaching ideas, lesson plans, online activities,
and tips for the classroom. On the website, tabs are posted for parents,
teachers, kids, administrators, and librarians- each tab offers resources to
benefit each role.
I
read something that struck me as I was exploring the Scholastic website and I
found it to be very inspiring, it is – ‘Through each of Scholastic’s divisions,
from book publishing and distribution to media, from educational technology to
classroom magazines, literacy remains the cornerstone of all that we do.
Because now more than ever, literacy – the ability to read, write and
understand- is a necessity, not only to succeed but to survive.’
Information
Source: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
Image Source: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/independent_reading/scholastic_reading_counts/images/logo.png
The final quote is so very true.
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