Tish Craft & Caroline Dean presented the Scholastic website.
Tish began by showing us some of the teacher resources and how to navigate the site to find specific lesson plans for a given grade level and topic. She then showed us a section that included teaching strategies to implement more technology use in the classroom. Other strategies include information & tools for classroom management, graphic organizers, rubrics, etc. There is also a nice section for new teachers which Tish mentioned would be good for the new teacher and their mentor.
From the home page click on teaching resources, browse by grade, browse by subject to find units, etc.
The Student Activity tab has many online activities which can be selected by subject. One problem seemed to be that the print for selecting the subject was in white which made it difficult to read.
Gypsy noted that much of the information seemed to be what is contained in the scholastic magazines, yet this site is free. Caroline did point out that the site is not loaded with ads so the students can concentrate on their task. Claudia commented on the quiz challenges as being a positive feature. Caroline & Tish pointed out that books and authors not published by Scholastic are not included in lesson plans, etc. There is also a nice area for students to create flash cards for their own review.
For LA teachers there is a good section for book reviews to help students find books that they would enjoy. The reviews are done by students.
Good site! Tons of resources.
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On the way home from school yesterday, My older daughter was trying to explain to my younger daughter how to get to the trolls game on Scholastics webpage. SO the kids obviously love the site too.
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