Books published by publisher Scholastic Teaching Resources

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.

Instant, systematic, and engaging! These ready-to-use activity mats give young children the focused practice they need to really learn important high-frequency words. Each side of the double-sided mats targets a specific sight word and provides practice in word recognition, visual discrimination, spelling, writing, reading comprehension, and following directions. Great for independent work, centers, and homework. For use with Grades K-2.

Sharpen critical thinking skills with this fun workbook! Critical thinking is important for cognitive development and mathematical reasoning–this product helps children develop and hone this skill. Children practice visual discrimination, sequencing, patterning, and more. As children progress through the activities they’ll begin to develop an ability to make connections, draw conclusions, make inferences and more. Help little skill seekers build a strong foundation for cognitive development. For use with Grades PreK-1.

In their hit books Notice and Note and Reading Nonfiction, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst showed teachers how to help students become close readers. Now, in Disrupting Thinking they take teachers a step further and discuss an on-going problem: lack of engagement with reading. They explain that all too often, no matter the strategy shared with students, too many students remain disengaged and reluctant readers. The problem, they suggest, is that we have misrepresented to students why we read and how we ought to approach any text - fiction or nonfiction. With their hallmark humor and their appreciated practicality, Beers and Probst present a vision of what reading and what education across all the grades could be. Hands-on-strategies make it applicable right away for the classroom teacher, and turn-and-talk discussion points make it a guidebook for school-wide conversations. In particular, they share new strategies and ideas for helping classroom teachers: --Create engagement and relevance --Encourage responsive and responsible reading --Deepen comprehension --Develop lifelong reading habits “We think it’s time we finally do become a nation of readers, and we know it’s time students learn to tell fake news from real news. It’s time we help students understand why how they read is so important,” explain Beers and Probst. “Disrupting Thinking is, at its heart, an exploration of how we help students become the reader who does so much more than decode, recall, or choose the correct answer from a multiple-choice list. This book shows us how to help students become the critical thinkers our nation needs them to be."

Learning the alphabet is fun with these easy-to-read books on kids’ favorite topics from apples to zebras! Inside this sturdy little box, you’ll find 26 photo-filled nonfiction titles that target and teach the shape and sound of each letter PLUS a mini-activity book, motivating stickers, and more. A one-stop resource to teach your child the ABCs so they can soar as readers! For use with Grades PreK-2.

In their hit books Notice and Note and Reading Nonfiction, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst showed teachers how to help students become close readers. Now, in Disrupting Thinking they take teachers a step further and discuss an on-going problem: lack of engagement with reading. They explain that all too often, no matter the strategy shared with students, too many students remain disengaged and reluctant readers. The problem, they suggest, is that we have misrepresented to students why we read and how we ought to approach any text - fiction or nonfiction.With their hallmark humor and their appreciated practicality, Beers and Probst present a vision of what reading and what education across all the grades could be. Hands-on-strategies make it applicable right away for the classroom teacher, and turn-and-talk discussion points make it a guidebook for school-wide conversations. In particular, they share new strategies and ideas for helping classroom teachers:--Create engagement and relevance--Encourage responsive and responsible reading--Deepen comprehension--Develop lifelong reading habits“We think it’s time we finally do become a nation of readers, and we know it’s time students learn to tell fake news from real news. It’s time we help students understand why how they read is so important,” explain Beers and Probst. “Disrupting Thinking is, at its heart, an exploration of how we help students become the reader who does so much more than decode, recall, or choose the correct answer from a multiple-choice list. This book shows us how to help students become the critical thinkers our nation needs them to be."

Sharpen classification skills with this fun, colorful workbook! Classification skills are the building blocks of important math concepts–this product helps children develop and hone this skill. Children practice sorting and matching objects, foods, patterns, and more into groups. As children progress through the activities they’ll begin to develop vital logical and mathematical reasoning skills. Help little skill seekers build a strong foundation for academic success development. For use with Grades PreK-1.

Make learning beginning sounds fun with this colorful workbook! Alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness are the basis of early reading success–this product helps children begin building that foundation. Children practice identifying letters and their sounds. As children progress through the activities they’ll hone their ability to identify letter-sound correspondences and begin to develop an ability to identify words. Help little skill seekers build a strong foundation for early literacy. For use with Grades PreK-1.