Tag: common core
A Common Core theme: Focus
By Tyler on May 7th, 2013
K-8 Publishers’ Criteria for the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics One of the key goals of the Common Core State Standards is to encourage and push students to go deeper: to develop stronger skills and greater understanding. This ismore… full post
The Book Whisperer
By Suzanne on April 22nd, 2013
If you’re at a reading conference, why not speak with someone called the Book Whisperer? I caught up with Donalyn Miller, author of The Book Whisperer and the forthcoming Reading in the Wild, at the IRA convention this weekend in San Antonio.more… full post
The more that you read, the more things you will know
By Suzanne on April 20th, 2013
The charming city of San Antonio seems an unlikely venue for the International Reading Association’s 58th Annual Convention. Texas, after all, is among only a handful of states that have not signed on to the new Common Core Standards. Still,more… full post
Math and reading programs for the Common Core AND a contest!
By Alex on April 15th, 2013
Today we are excited to announce the release of six breakthrough programs built for the Common Core. And if that wasn’t enough, we are also announcing a new contest to celebrate our newest math program and to give you chance to win some prettymore… full post
Common Core: Motivating with magazines
By Suzanne on April 11th, 2013
Literacy expert Elfrieda H. “Freddy” Hiebert tells us why magazine articles are a great way to motivate students to read increasingly complex texts. The president and CEO of TextProject, Hiebert will facilitate “Assessment in the Era of Commonmore… full post
Common Core: What you need to know
By Suzanne on March 27th, 2013
On March 19, my colleague Souzanne A. Wright and I answered teachers’ questions about the new English Language Arts Standards in a Facebook chat on the Scholastic Teachers page. I thought it would be helpful to address your top-10 questions inmore… full post
Instructor Magazine scores a hat-trick with 2013 Neal Awards!
By Alex on March 15th, 2013
We love sharing exciting news happening around Scholastic Headquarters! Just this week Instructor Magazine received not one, not two, but THREE Neal Awards! Tara Welty, Editor and Chief of Instructor Magazine, who you may remember from her interviewmore… full post
Laura Robb on Common Core and the struggling reader
By Tyler on March 14th, 2013
Veteran teacher and Scholastic author Laura Robb (XBOOKS) has an interesting post today on The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet blog: “Common Core: Will it hurt struggling readers?” In it she explains a conflict she sees in the Common Coremore… full post
Helping kids read and understand complex texts
By Alex on March 12th, 2013
Today we are excited to have Dr. Jeffrey Wilhelm, a well-known professor of English from Boise State University and one of our amazing authors of XBOOKS, here to talk about complex texts. There are a lot of things I like about the Common Coremore… full post
A recap of World Read Aloud Day
By Morgan on March 12th, 2013
Clifford, Pam Allyn, and kids celebrate World Read Aloud Day! We all know young kids love being read aloud to, but it turns out, older kids and even teens and adults often love it just as much — and often reap just as many benefits. Last weekmore… full post
