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Scholastic Teachers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This teacher resource offers lesson plans, worksheets, book recommendations and classroom activities aimed at students from kindergarten through 8th grade.
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Scholastic: The Teacher Store

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource offers articles and books for grades Pre-K to 21. Sign up for the Teacher Newsletter to receive teaching ideas and classroom activities.
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Scholastic Kids: Book Central

For Students 3rd - 5th
Scholastic Kids Book Central contains links to other interactive Scholastic sites on various children's book series. The site also provides information on kids' authors and illustrators, fun activities, and more.
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Scholastic: Gather Data: Experiment With Weather

For Students 3rd - 5th
Simple guidelines for building several weather-related tools: anemometer, wind vane, barometer, rain gauge, snow gauge, and thermometer. After building your tools, follow experiment steps and record your findings on the Scholastic...
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Scholastic Instructor: Vocabulary Stretchers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Here is a list of terrific ideas for teachers to use in the classroom to accompany vocabulary building lessons. These activities are well summarized and easy to understand.
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Scholastic: Teachers: Celebrate Black History Month

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teachers can foster student understanding of African American history with selections from this in-depth list of activities. Includes options for all grade levels and a variety of academic subjects.
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Scholastic: Asian American Heritage: Li Keng Wong's Story

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This Scholastic site features the fascinating story of former Angel Island detainee Li Keng Wong in her own words. There is also a transcript of an interview that took place in May,2003.
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Scholastic: Teachers: Cinco De Mayo

For Teachers 1st - 8th
This collection offers a wealth of resources on Cinco de Mayo. Includes historical information on the holiday, Mexican culture, classroom activity ideas and lesson plans.
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Scholastic: Planet Pilkey: Captain Underpants

For Students 1st - 5th
Downloadable books and activities based on the amusing animated character, Captain Underpants. Fun and surprises for young readers.
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Scholastic: Myths, Folktales and Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Collection of folktales, myths, and fairy tales from around the world. Scholastic provides lesson plans and activities to help students understand and even create their own myth, folktale, or fairy tale.
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Scholastic: Lewis and Clark

For Students 3rd - 5th
An interactive site that has students follow the Lewis and Clark's expedition. As they travel west, they are able to collect objects on their journey and put them in their specimen box. They also take notes on their specimens so they can...
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Scholastic: Global Trek

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This site is for learning about different cultures and countries. Students choose a destination around the world and the Global Trek takes them there. There are activities and journal topics throughout the site.
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Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Perfect Parade

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Help Max and Ruthie set up the band following the mayor's directions. The activity sheet and teacher's guide will help make this into a fun instructional activity.
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Scholastic: Hugo Cabret

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore this great site about Hugo Cabret. Choose from different topics such as learning about the author, chapter summaries, activities, and much more.
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Scholastic: Teachers: Classroom Activities: Mardi Gras

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With these fun classroom activities, teachers can help their students to learn about Mardi Gras traditions. Make Mardi Gras masks and gumbo while enjoying blues, jazz and other traditional Mardi Gras music. Includes book recommendations.
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Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Write a Book Review With Rodman Philbrick

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online activity invites students to plan, draft, revise, and publish a book review. Important writing tips and a professional writing model, provided by the author Rodman Philbrick, are included. Plus, enjoy the online library of...
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Scholastic: Clifford the Big Red Dog

For Students 3rd - 5th
Highly interactive site all about Clifford! Activities available include games, stories, coloring pages, crafts, letter writing, painting, and music. There's even a special section for parents and teachers with teaching and learning ideas.
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Scholastic News: Rebuilding Iraq

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent site for information on efforts to rebuild Iraq. Find basic information about the war buildup, the war itself, humanitarian needs, and the new government. Site provides lesson plans and activities that will aid in teaching this...
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Scholastic: Write It: Memoir

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Write It Memoir offers a complete writing workshop to develop your personal story. Search your memory through the brainstorming activities to launch your piece. Draft a map of the memories along with reading other models. As the process...
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Scholastic: Who Lives in America?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Activity asking students to poll peers to investigate where they are from. Includes graphs of immigration patterns and corresponding questions.
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Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Good Bye Training Wheels!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Take a bike ride with Max and add up the miles he has traveled. Use the teacher's guide, activity sheet, and extra challenges to create an engaging learning experience!
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Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Farmer Fred's Counting Farm

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Add and rhyme with Farmer Fred, then use the activity sheet to work through some more farm addition. The teacher's guide and extra challenges will be helpful in lesson planning.
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Scholastic: It's About Us: Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Teachers will encourage students to understand the purpose and history regarding the U.S. Census with these cross-curricular lesson plans designed for grades K-4. Scope and Sequence, National Standards, as well as activities and...
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Scholastic Parents: Best Bets for After School

For Students 9th - 10th
Some solid advice on extracurricular activities: why they matter, the benefits, the activities to choose from.