Tag: literacy
Using poetry to ignite kids’ imaginations
By Megan on March 29th, 2013
As part of Scholastic’s global literacy campaign, Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life., we’ve identified organizations that work every day to see that children learn to read, love to read, and have access to books. We call them “Literacymore… full post
A message from Scholastic employees about the books we love (Happy International Literacy Day!)
By Scholastic on September 8th, 2012
Across the world today people are celebrating literacy. We try to do that every day, through the books we publish and distribute, the teachers and administrators and librarians we support, and the parents and families we love. The employees whomore… full post
Using books to reach 2 million kids in Asia
By Morgan on August 20th, 2012
One of Scholastic’s literacy champions – those people and organizations we partner with to share the message of literacy and learning – has some big news to share. And their work is going to reach millions of kids. The Asiamore… full post
Putting out fires vs. igniting a learning support system: A guest post from Windy Lopez
By Guest Blogger on June 27th, 2012
Scholastic’s Director of Community Affairs, Windy Lopez, has some great stories to share about the work Scholastic’s Classroom and Community Group is doing in communities across the country. This week, Windy joins school administrators in Baltimoremore… full post
Raising a reader: Read every day
By Michael on June 15th, 2012
A few years ago, I was introduced to a quote from author Emilie Buchwald: ‘Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.’ This is perhaps the simplest way to describe the opportunity and responsibility we all have as parents to nurturemore… full post
Calling all book people!
By Guest Blogger on May 31st, 2012
Recently, one of our literacy partners, Reading Is Fundamental, launched Book People Unite, a campaign raising awareness about childhood literacy. Today, Jay Brown, RIF’s director of integrated marketing, is here to tell you more about it.more… full post
Grand Avenue School Book Fair: encouraging lifelong learning, creating lifelong memories
By Guest Blogger on April 30th, 2012
Last week, something amazing happened in Florida. Teryl McLane from Scholastic Book Fairs is here to fill you in. Thanks, Teryl! It was an evening to remember at the Grand Avenue Primary Learning Center in Orlando, Fla. last week! Moremore… full post
How important is it WHAT students read?
By Tyler on April 3rd, 2012
This is one in a series of posts examining the Common Core State Standards and the conversation surrounding their impact on teaching and learning. The Philadelphia Public School Notebook and WHYY published a fantastic story this week looking atmore… full post
Balancing fiction and non-fiction in elementary school classrooms
By Tyler on March 22nd, 2012
This is one in a series of posts examining the Common Core State Standards and the conversation surrounding their impact on teaching and learning. What’s the right balance between fiction and non-fiction text in elementary and language artsmore… full post
Justin Tuck is a champion on and off the field
By Guest Blogger on February 6th, 2012
Whether you were ecstatic or disheartened by the results of the Super Bowl last night, one thing is for certain. NFL players are true athletes and champions. No matter how many times they go out on the field, the players always strive to do theirmore… full post
