Books with author Scholastic Teacher Resources

Put young children on the road to learning success with this collection of fun, reproducible skill-building practice pages. Perfect for home or school, these age-appropriate activities teach and reinforce key skills, such as alphabet and number recognition, colors and shapes, visual perception, classifying, fine-motor skills, and so much more. For use with Grade PreK.

Motivate reluctant readers with this collection of easy-to-read passages that cover a wide range of high-interest topics. Grouped according to the key reading strategies they reinforce, each reproducible passage comes with test-formatted comprehension and vocabulary questions, as well as writing activities. A great supplement to your reading program! For use with Grades 4-5.

From the acclaimed Scholastic News magazines, this collection of compelling informational texts comes with a variety of comprehension questions, including multiple choice, short response, and essays. Each captivating article comes in three Lexile levels to support all students. Topics include invader species, hiking the Amazon, drones, an underwater Egyptian city, and more. Perfect for test practice!

In this introduction to maps, children are guided by a friendly bear named Buddy to think about the very idea of what a map is―a drawing that shows where things are―and then learn to use symbols, work with cardinal directions, and make the globe-map connection in a variety of fun, colorful, and eye-opening activities. Hand-drawn room and neighborhood maps, as well as treasure maps, prepare kids for understanding more formal maps of states and countries. For use with Grade 1.

Start the school year right with this irresistible poster template that prompts children to tell about themselves in words and pictures. Young learners will have blast tooting their own horns by filling in favorite animals, foods, colors, books, writing a self portrait, and more. A great way to build self-esteem, motivate reluctant writers, and help kids get acquainted! Includes thirty 17" x 22" posters of 1 design. How to use this product: Discuss the concept of self-portrait. Ask students to think about what they want their self-portraits to communicate about themselves. Perhaps they wish to show themselves surrounded by some of their favorite things. Children are also welcome to include a photo.

Your students’ comprehension abilities will soar with this big collection of no-prep, literary text cards! Each reproducible card contains a high-interest mini-passage and five key questions to hone must-know skills—in just ten minutes a day. Cards provide guided support to help students master the concepts of character, setting, theme, mood, tone, point of view, and much more. Includes a variety of genres to motivate every child you teach.

Ready-to-go practice pages ensure that kids get lots of practice with each letter of the alphabet – all with the help of friendly AlphaTales creatures! Introduce and reinforce each letter’s upper- and lowercase formation as kids experience each letter in a variety of ways. Kids will trace letters, form their own letters, and discriminate between similar letters. They’ll also develop phonemic awareness as they recognize and copy letters that represent initial sounds, play with alliterative sentences, and develop a sight word vocabulary. Great for alphabet or writing centers! For use with Grades PreK-1.

Make mastering word families fun with this colorful workbook! Word families are one of the most effective vehicles for strengthening emergent literacy skills and for teaching spelling―this product helps children develop and hone these skills. As children progress through the book, they’ll familiarize themselves with word families building their spelling and reading skills. Help your little skill seeker build a strong foundation for literacy.

PReady-to-go task cards feature high-interest mini-passages with key comprehension questions that prompt students to identify and cite text evidence/PpFinding text evidence is a very important skill all students are expected to master. This collection of ready-to-use task cards can help! Each card features high-interest short passages with five comprehension questions that prompt students to identify and effectively cite text evidence across a variety of genres. This set:/pp• Includes durable, ready-to-go task cardsbr /• Is perfect for seatwork, centers, or meaningful homeworkbr /• Includes Comprehension Helper Cards that help kids master key reading skills/p

Junior tour guides Jordan and Jamie take second graders along on a trip that includes mapping neighborhoods and states, using a compass and designing maps with keys and symbols, working with grids and scales, and understanding national boundaries (political maps) and landforms. Activities are both challenging and fun, putting to use kids’ math, reading, science, and critical thinking skills! For use with Grade 2.