Five New and Updated Digital Programs from Scholastic Support Personalized PreK-6 Literacy Instruction
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education, and media company, has announced a suite of digital solutions designed to support PreK-6 literacy instruction. The new research-based instructional programs Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. (Foundations in Reading, Sounds & Text) and Scholastic W.O.R.D. represent key shifts in instruction by helping students build foundational reading skills starting with letter sounds and morphological word families. Scholastic Literacy Pro, Watch & Learn Library, and the updated BookFlix, support effective independent learning and whole-class instruction during the literacy block and beyond through access to hundreds of high-quality videos and thousands of authentic texts.
To learn more about the full range of Scholastic digital solutions, visit: http://www.scholastic.com/digitalsolutions.
All Scholastic digital solutions are site-based annual subscriptions and are accessible anytime on any device. Scholastic Literacy Pro, Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. and Scholastic W.O.R.D. can also be found in Scholastic Literacy, the Company's new comprehensive literacy curriculum for K-6, launching this year. These three programs are also equipped with educator tools that provide real-time data to inform instruction in whole-class and small-group lessons, enhancing opportunities to provide personalized instruction. The full suite of digital solutions includes:
-- Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. (Foundations in Reading, Sounds & Text) An
Adventure on Ooka Island (Grades PreK-2) 2018 EDDIE Award Winner: Early
Elementary Literacy Skills WebsiteBased on educator and researcher Dr.
Kay MacPhee's more than 25 years of research linking reading
difficulties to sound differentiation, Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. is a
game-based foundational reading program. Scholastic F.I.R.S.T.'s highly
adaptive technology takes students on an interactive reading adventure
through Ooka Island, focusing first on teaching the 44 sounds of the
English language, followed by a systematic introduction to progressively
more complex phonetic skills--creating effortless reading,
comprehension, and fluency for all students.
-- BookFlix (Grades PreK-3) 2018 EDDIE Award Winner: Early Learning Reading
Skills eBookBookFlix is a digital literacy resource that thematically
pairs storybook classics and nonfiction titles to reinforce early
reading skills and develop essential real-world knowledge. Students
build reading confidence and curiosity as they watch Weston Woods
storybook animations, listen to read-alouds, complete comprehension
activities, and explore more than 1,100 curated websites for deeper
learning. New enhancements to the program include a reimagined,
user-friendly design, "Meet the Illustrator" biographies, an educator
resource center, and more.
-- Watch & Learn Library (Grades PreK-3) From the editors of Scholastic
News® and Let's Find Out® classroom magazines for PreK-3, the new
Watch & Learn Library features more than 230 curriculum aligned science,
social studies, and social-emotional videos to help teachers launch
lessons, build context for further learning, and introduce content-area
vocabulary. The engaging and developmentally-appropriate videos feature
real-world footage and are available in both English and Spanish.
Closed-captioning, Think Sheets, short quizzes, and vocabulary builders
help reinforce comprehension as students build their knowledge and
vocabulary across key curriculum topics.
-- Scholastic W.O.R.D. (Grades K-5) Literacy educator and author Dr.
Elfrieda Hiebert analyzed over 10,000 texts to uncover the 2,500
morphological word families that make up 90% of all texts students will
encounter. Scholastic W.O.R.D. leverages Dr. Hiebert's research to help
students build a solid understanding of these core words through 10
thematic units, deepening student world knowledge and reading
comprehension. Students strengthen their critical vocabulary skills as
they complete game-based activities, while educators utilize the
Scholastic W.O.R.D. dashboard to observe individual and class progress
and identify opportunities for additional support.
-- Scholastic Literacy Pro (Grades K-6) 2018 EDDIE Award Winner: Upper
Elementary Literacy Skills WebsiteScholastic Literacy Pro is a new
management tool that empowers teachers to provide students with 24/7
access to over 2,000 fiction and nonfiction ebooks for purposeful
independent reading, in and out of school. Educators can monitor and
track student reading activities, behaviors, and achievements through
real-time reporting, while providing students with a sense of ownership
as they select and read paperback and ebooks that reflect their personal
interests using the Scholastic Literacy Pro reading recommendation
engine.
"Personalized instruction and independent reading are critical predictors of students' academic success and because of that, it's more important than ever to provide students with year-round access to fun and engaging instructional materials that support their journeys to becoming critical thinkers and avid readers," said Beth Polcari, President, Scholastic Magazines Group. "With a new suite of digital resources, Scholastic is giving educators the power of purposeful, personalized learning at their fingertips combined with robust real-time data that helps transform how they approach and inform daily English language arts instruction at school and with families at home."
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Contact: Brittany Sullivan, 212-343-4848, bsullivan@scholastic.com
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