Literacy Website #1

Mary Jane Cruz
ED683-40
Fall Intercession 2018
Dr. M. Rivera
IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website #1

     Scholastic (http://www.scholastic.com/home/) website is for teachers, parents, kids, administrators, and librarians. It started as a classroom magazine in 1920 and has evolved into publishing, selling, and distributing books and educational materials for children, teachers, parents, and schools. Scholastic’s mission is “to encourage the intellectual and personal growth of all children, beginning with literacy.” 

             Registration is free however; you may purchase items such as books, magazines, teaching and classroom materials. On the homepage there is the Scholastic Book Club where you can use the flyers given by the teacher or librarian and purchase the books online. The homepage also has the Scholastic Classroom Magazines and Scholastic News that you can subscribe to. On the top homepage you will see tabs for teachers, kids, parents, administrators, and librarians. Each tab will take you to another homepage filled with numerous literacy content. 

           The teacher’s homepage provides teachers with the Scholastic Book Club, lesson plans, teacher tool kits, videos, and more. Scholastic provides lesson plans for grades K through 12 in all subject areas and links books that you can use and purchase. The teacher tool kit gives teachers access to purchase teaching materials. Scholastic has thousands of videos such as virtual fields trips, holiday, historical figures, books, and authors. It has Scholastic Teachables which provides teachers with printables, Mini-Books, lessons, and clip arts that they can download for free or purchase by subscribing. 

               The kid’s section has two homepages, Family Playground for ages 3-7 and Scholastic Kids ages 8-12. The Family Playground has games such as I SPY, Word Girl, Magic School Bus, and more. Kids can play games based on storybook characters. They also have a section of stories such as Clifford and Alice in Wonderland. In Scholastic Kids, students are able to search for books of their interest, play games such as Tombquest and Spirit Animals, and download apps like Shadow House or Horizon. Lastly, they have a message board on numerous books where students can community with others about books they have read. 

          The parent homepage offers parents to purchase books, read articles, and print out free printables for their child. It also provides a book list that parents can browse through seasonal books, classic books, and popular books. The articles that Scholastic offers are relatable to family life such as, integrating technology with reading, different ways your child learns, and even healthy and easy recipes. The administration homepage shows how Scholastic has partnered with school districts on literacy instruction and professional development. The librarian homepage provides librarian’s author videos, fall book previews, and monthly newsletter updates. 

               Scholastic is a great website because it has been here for generations and has expanded to an online access. It is the word’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books. Scholastic is serving customers in more than 165 countries and 45 languages. The website provides lesson plans, games, articles, blogs, printables, and videos to enhance literacy.