Tag: classrooms
6 cool ways teachers are using The Hunger Games in the classroom
By Lia on April 1st, 2013
Over the past few years, The Hunger Games trilogy has taken the world by storm, inspiring everything from community discussions, book clubs, and theme parties to jewelry, desserts, and even holiday decorations. With the growing popularity of themore… full post
If students designed their schools…
By Morgan on March 13th, 2013
Some students at Monument Mountain Regional High School in Massachusetts created their own school for a semester, and this video interview with them, posted on Boing Boing, is a fascinating look at what it entails. Some of the surprises: no tests,more… full post
Spotlight on mysteries: Using Storia to get kids solving clues!
By Guest Blogger on November 26th, 2012
Laura Murray is back with more great Storia ideas! She’s a fourth grade teacher in Paramus, New Jersey, who first showed us a parent’s peek into Storia, followed by a piece on the “notes” and “highlights” functionality of Storia. Now, she’smore… full post
Take a virtual field trip this Thanksgiving
By Guest Blogger on November 14th, 2012
Welcome aboard the Mayflower! We talk a lot about webcasts, including our virtual field trips, and we’ve had some amazing ones over the years. Consistently, though, one of our most popular virtual field trips has to do with Thanksgiving! So,more… full post
Getting excited about writing: kids in action!
By Guest Blogger on October 19th, 2012
Back in June, the Scholastic Classroom Books Marketing team ran an online contest where we challenged teachers from grades K-8 to get their students excited about writing. The participating students submitted original stories accompanied withmore… full post
Weekly “Pinspiration”: Using Pinterest to get organized
By Lia on October 12th, 2012
I’ll always equate fall with back-to-school. There’s just something about apples and crisp golden leaves, sharp crayons and fresh notebooks that makes fall the perfect time for a clean slate. Forget New Year’s resolutions; I’d much rather makemore… full post
Weekly “Pinspiration”: Using Pinterest in the classroom
By Lia on September 14th, 2012
Here at Scholastic, we’re huge fans of Pinterest, the social network that enables users to “pin” images from around the web to virtual “pinboards”. The site’s popularity has skyrocketed over the course of the past year; in fact, Pinterestmore… full post
A place for printed news
By Guest Blogger on March 8th, 2012
This week is Newspaper In Education Week, an annual celebration devoted to promoting adolescent literacy through newspapers, and the Executive Editor of The New York Times: Upfront (Scholastic’s award-winning high school news magazine) Ian Zack,more… full post
ASD’s: Ten things you can do before Day One
By Guest Blogger on August 9th, 2011
Today we have a guest post from a presenter at The Scholastic Store’s teacher workshops, Barbara Boroson. She has been involved with autism spectrum education for twenty years and currently supports teachers and school districts as theymore… full post
The "gender gap." Who’s being left behind?
By Tyler on May 30th, 2008
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the “boys crisis” in education. And also the “girls crisis.”The so-called “gender gap” has been getting a lot of ink. So, who’s getting the short end of the stick in schools today? Boys or girls? Turns outmore… full post
