• Hi Gillian! Thanks for your comment. Yes, your school can participate! I will email you right now about this.
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• Hi I'm a reading teacher from Trinidad and Tobago. Can international schools in the Caribbean enter the Soclastic Summer Chalange. Scholastic had delivered books to my school though one of...
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• Many thanks for sharing this really interesting idea. We hope that as kids become better readers by reading more, they will discover that reading is its own reward.
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Tag: letters. handwriting

Is cursive something kids should learn?

By Alex on January 23rd, 2013

In honor of National Handwriting Day, I thought it would be interesting to explore a topic that has been popping up in the news lately—is cursive a necessary skill for students to learn? Just last week my coworkers and I got into a conversationmore… full post

April is National Card and Letter Writing Month!

By Kristen on April 3rd, 2012

When was the last time that you sat down at your desk, pulled out a decent piece of paper (maybe even something that could be classified as “stationery”?), and wrote a letter by hand? A few months ago? A few years ago? Well, it may be time tomore… full post