Books published by publisher Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies)

Build word power with these 24 ready-to-reproduce, 3-page lessons. Each lesson includes research-based activities that tap students' prior knowledge for greater understanding and give them multiple encounters with new words so they really remember them. Lesson topics include synonyms, antonyms, compound words, homophones, root words, prefixes and suffixes, and much more. Watch reading skills soar! For use with Grade 6.

With the rigorous reading standards called for in the Common Core State Standards, teachers need easy access to reading passages at an increasing level of complexity so students will have opportunities to read closely and stretch their skills as the school year progresses. This collection of passages offers just that. Each of the 25 passages comes with text-dependent comprehension questions, including open-ended questions that require students to use higher-order thinking skills when writing their responses. The lessons include teaching tips that target the challenges students will encounter in the passage and provide text-complexity information— quantitative (Lexile level), qualitative, and reader and task considerations—to help teachers meet the needs of their class. For use with Grades 7-8.

Kids will LOVE these ten super-engaging stories that teach parts of speech, proper use of commas and quotation marks, and so much more. Include a skill-building 120-page teaching guide filled with lessons, reproducibles, and mini-book versions of each story. A great way to help every child learn meet the language arts standards and become a strong, confident writer! Also includes a sturdy storage unit. For use with Grades 3 & up.

Reach struggling readers with this 12-week collection of research-based phonics intervention activities—perfect for meeting the requirements of Response to Intervention (RTI) Tier 2. The approach is simple, quick, flexible, and effective. Each two-sided activity sheet targets and teaches a key phonics skill crucial for rapid decoding. The activities follow a consistent format, providing students with multiple opportunities to practice the skill, apply what they learn—and succeed! Includes a Skills Tracker chart to record students' progress on daily and weekly assessments. For use with Grades 2-3.

Mastering short and long vowels is easy with these playful, no-prep packets! Just photocopy and they’re ready to use―at every child’s own pace. Each packet focuses on a single phoneme―such as short a―and includes an array of fun activities to introduce and reinforce the sound. Includes handy review and assessment tools. Perfect for independent learning in class or at home. For use with Grades K-1.

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!

According to the Common Core State Standards, students should be able to read closely to determine what a text says explicitly, make logical references from it, and cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text.Each of the 40 short, fiction and nonfiction passages in this collection includes companion comprehension questions that target these critical reading skills and give students the repeated practice they need to build mastery in identifying main idea and details, using context clues, distinguishing between fact and opinion, and more. For use with Grade 6.

Help students meet the Common Core with these common-sense lessons and activities from master teacher Marilyn Pryle. She shares simple practices—such as the Quote Wall, Genre Index, and Allusion Wall of Fame—that can be woven seamlessly into your weekly routine to develop deep reading habits. She also presents engaging reading response activities that prompt students to interact with text in meaningful ways, close reading to trace character development, explore relationships between events and ideas, discern point of view, discover themes, and so much more! For use with Grades 5 & Up.

Highlighting sophisticated map-reading techniques such as projections, latitude and longitude, meridians and grids, and geopolitical borders, this activity book encourages students to think critically about how the world is organized, from Antarctica to the Indian subcontinent. Kids go even deeper by analyzing vegetation maps of Africa, worldwide locations of oil fields and population density, and maps showing rain forests. For use with Grade 6.

Enrich center time with easy-to-make-and-store kits! These 30 skill-building games and activities help kids practice working with beginning and ending sounds, consonants, long and short vowels, blends, digraphs, and more. Each box can be assembled with readily available materials and includes reproducible labels, easy-to-read student directions, and reproducible game boards, learning mats, and worksheets. Meets Common Core State Standards. For use with Grades K-2.