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Scholastic: New Teachers
If you are a new teacher, this is a great resource. Features advice and support from experienced teachers, teaching strategies. classroom tools, and hot topics.
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Scholastic Teaching Resources
This site provides lesson plans to use in classrooms. Age group categories, PK-2, 3-5 and 6-8 make this site very easy to navigate and get what you need.
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Scholastic: Get Off to a Smart Start
No matter how many years spent in the classroom, every teacher could use some "first week" ideas. Find quick and easy back-to-school tips to help you with seating charts, tackling the first day of school, classroom management and time...
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Scholastic: Iraq's New Beginning: Voting on a New Constitution
Lots of information and articles about the voting that occurred to create a new Iraqi constitution. Provides examples and information about the new Iraqi constitution that was formed in 2005. Includes teaching materials.
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Scholastic News: Kids in Afghanistan
An excellent site to teach students about life in Afghanistan. Find information on children, the culture, and the government. There is a very interesting slideshow that shows pictures of Afghan children with answers to questions about...
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Scholastic News: Rebuilding Iraq
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: Teachers: Celebrate Black History Month
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: Computer Lab Favorites
Over fifty online learning activities are presented here. An appealing interactive wheel allows students to choose subject area to sort the links. The activities are easily completed in 15 to 30 minute computer lab periods.
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Scholastic: New York Times Upfront: 1936: The Nazi Olympics
Hitler's plans for the 1936 Olympics didn't turn out exactly like he had planned due to American track and field star Jesse Owens. Read about the beginning of the politicization of the Olympics.
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Scholastic: Write It: Memoir
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: 2010 Census: For Kids
Play these fun learning games to uncover facts about the United States you might have never known or download a great story/coloring book for students to learn more about the U.S. Census. Educational resources are also available for U.S....
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Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Farmer Fred's Counting Farm
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: Get Off to a Smart Start
No matter how many years spent in the classroom, every teacher could use some "first week" ideas. Find quick and easy back-to-school tips to help you with seating charts, tackling the first day of school, classroom management and time...
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Scholastic: Problem Solving in Action
Toddlers imitate what they see, preschoolers try hands-on trial and error, and kindergartners tap language and abstract thinking skills to solve problems. This article takes a look at the ages and stages of developing problems solving...
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Scholastic: Helping Young Children Express Themselves
We know that communication is central to the learning process. Communication can be specifically linked to the expanding skills of listening and speaking, as children connect to the reading and writing behaviors that characterize early...
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Scholastic: Hands on Is Minds On
As students put projects together, create crafts, or use familiar materials in new ways, they're constructing meaning. Students love to touch and manipulate materials and this can activate kids' brains. This article gives tips for...
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Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 2: Plans and Goals
Planning is essential to financial success. In this lesson, learners will define the word "budget" and identify the three key components associated with creating a budget, evaluate wants versus needs, and demonstrate an understanding of...
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Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 1: Money Matters
The process of earning money is the cornerstone of financial literacy. In this lesson, students will identify key terms associated with earning money, explore ideas for earning money now, and evaluate various career options as sources of...
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Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 3: Money in Our Community
Lesson focuses on how and why money circulated within our community. Being able to discern the difference between things we need and things we want is one of the foundational concepts for using money wisely. Goods and services are things...
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Scholastic: Setting the Stage With Geometry
Students will learn and reinforce skills for measuring perimeter and area of 2D shapes and measuring surface area and volume of 3D shapes.
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Scholastic: Bars, Lines, and Pies
Middle schoolers will learn and reinforce skills for creating, applying and analyzing pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs.
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Scholastic: Shake, Rattle & Roll
Middle schoolers will learn and reinforce skills for creating and analyzing scatterplots and histograms; using cost-benefit analysis to make predictions from data and using tree diagrams to understand outcomes of events.
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Scholastic: Exploring Expressions and Equations
Teaching unit allows learners to develop key skills in expressions and equations while learning the value of these concepts through the lens of adventure sports.
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Scholastic: Plan, Save, Succeed! Achieving Financial Literacy Goals
Students will understand how a budget is created and how it can support good financial decision-making. They will begin to consider the role that saving plays in financial planning.