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Scholastic News: Week of 7 21 14 : Can Frogs Fight Back?

For Students 1st - 8th
Find out how scientists are working to increase the lifespan of frog populations that have been under attack by fungus.
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Scholastic News: Quake Shakes Italy

For Students 3rd - 8th
A powerful earthquake shattered the city of Pescara del Tronto near the eastern coast of Italy in August 2016. Find details and images in this article.
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Scholastic News: Taken by Storm

For Students 9th - 10th
Hurricane Hermine presented itself along the east coast states wrecking havoc in some areas.
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Scholastic News: Memories of Mandela

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the life and passing of 95-year-old political leader and civil rights activist Nelson Mandela.
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Scholastic: What Is the Definition of Citizenship?

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief, easy to read definition of citizenship, with links to closely related subjects like how to become a citizen, the definition of naturalization, the Constitution on citizenship, and the history of citizenship in the United States.
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Scholastic: Because of Winn Dixie

For Students 3rd - 8th
Great site for using cross-curriculum sources after reading Because of Winn-Dixie. This site contains a scrapbook, play, information about the author, movie slideshow and much more.
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Scholastic: Confucianism

For Students 9th - 10th
Peruse this general history of the philosophy of Confucianism.
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Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Fossils

For Students 2nd - 8th
Watch a slideshow featuring the makeup and value of fossils and take a quiz on the facts.
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Scholastic: Writing With Scientists

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
After students investigate a topic through research, hypothesizing, observing, and experimentating, teachers can use this lesson to help their students prepare short science reports and publish them online. The Writing with Scientists...
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Scholastic: Ocean Life: Earthwatch Field Sites (Sea Turtles & Dolphins)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover the field sites scientists have visited to study sea turtles and dolphins. Read their reports and view pictures of the turtles and dolphins to learn all about these mammals.
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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 young scholars understand and even create their own myth, folktale, or fairy tale.
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Scholastic: Writing Workshop: Persuasive Writing

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This site has a great unit that leads students all the way through the writing process while composing a persuasive paper. Includes a teacher guide, mini-lessons, assessment rubric, and worksheets to help out at each step of the way.
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Scholastic: Writing Workshop: Research Paper

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A site for both students and teachers to explore the writing of a research paper. Find teacher resources, student interactive mini-lessons, and a review of types of research resources.
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Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Speech Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn steps from the experts on how to write and deliver a great speech. There are tips and graphic organizers for writing. The final step is recording your speech on the Radio Hotline. Listen to other student writing as well.
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Scholastic: Three D's of Speed

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Dive into hands-on aerodynamics experiments and dynamic STEM activities that support core science lessons in force, momentum, and speed. This site provides teacher, student and video resources.
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Scholastic: Something Fishy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and discuss goldfish in this lesson. There is a printable journal page where students can draw and label the parts of a fish and a literature connection with the book The Rainbow Fish.
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Scholastic Instructor: Wonderful World of Whales

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have your students ever wondered what it is like to be a whale swimming in ice cold water. In this lesson plan they can experience that as well as learn other facts about the lives of whales.
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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: Poetry Writing

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
This site comes from the Scholastic website and provides a teacher's guide to writing poetry. This lesson plan is put together very well and provides an outline of the project, learning objectives, assessment information and much more.
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Scholastic: Lesson Plans: We Are Family, Grades K 1

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of activities that help students learn about their families. Includes links to reproducibles that are used with some of the activities.
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Scholastic: Milly and the Macy's Parade

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resource guides the reader through this great book. Choose from different categories in before, during, and after you read. Take a quiz, create a story map, and write a book report.
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Scholastic: Dream in Color, African American Heritage

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the African American Culture and share the information through these lessons with your students. Choose from several different lesson plans and grade levels to help students learn about the African American Culture.
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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.