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Scholastic Professional Publishing offers best-practice support from literacy leaders on a range of topics that matter to teachers, whether teaching in the classroom, remotely, or with a hybrid approach. A combination of topic-focused videos and lesson-support materials provide professional resources that will help teachers excel.

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Selecting Culturally Authentic Children’s Books

“Children’s literature can be used to expand children’s knowledge about their own culture as well as other people’s cultures.”

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Highlights From Previous Weeks


Book-Matching With Getting-to-Know-You Preview Stacks

“Book-matching is vital in putting striving readers on a reading path.”

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Creating Video Book Trailers to Build Background Knowledge

“If literacy is freedom, then every child in America should have equal access to it.”

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Environmental Print

“We believe that the role of the teacher is to unleash, not mute, the powers that all children bring to school.”

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The Personification Framework

“Figurative language brings language to life, adding depth, vitality, and meaning to both reading and writing.”

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Silly Songs

“Rhythmic texts such as poems, songs, and chants are naturals for building reading fluency. Songs in particular are perfect because melody is a form of prosody, or expression.”

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The Family Story Project

“Your history, culture, and experiences are valued in our classroom. They are a part of the knowledge that we believe all children should know.”

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The Movie Read

“A BFB is a book that students treasure and want to experience again and again. Much like a real best friend, it takes students time and repeated visits to recognize the depth of what a BFB has to offer.”

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Shared Retelling

“Retelling, a foundational comprehension strategy, helps students understand story and shows teachers how well students comprehend what they read.”

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Formal Miscue Analysis

“Miscue Analysis provides a window into the reading process.”

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Power Up Home Reading With Preview Stacks

“Book-matching is vital in putting striving readers on a reading path.”

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Create Super Readers With the 7 Strengths Model

“It is time for a new paradigm for the teaching of reading—a strength-based approach that is fueled by the child's own voice in the world, the choices she makes as a reader, and the time to experience reading in a safe and supportive environment.”

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The Book Talk: An Enticing Invitation to Read

“Think of a book talk as a short commercial about a book, aimed at convincing other readers to pick it up and give it a try.”

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Can Students Plan for Their Future Now? Why Not?

“Your school’s ‘why’ is your cause! I believe, as leaders, it is probably the most important thing we can come to terms with.”

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Boost Phonics Skills at Home with the Making Words Strategy

“When students learn to solve words in the most efficient manner possible, their reading comprehension and fluency also improve.”

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Promote Deeper Reading at Home with the Book, Head, Heart Framework

“We want kids to realize that reading should involve disrupting thinking, changing their understandings of the world and themselves.”

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The Textual Lineage Tree

“We have so long prescribed and written what others think is best for youth in schools, all while leaving out the ways communities of color have historically acquired and used literacy. The Historically Responsive Literacy Framework serves to reorient literacy to our students’ lives and asks educators to implement an equity framework that aligns with and accounts for our rich history and exalted literacy legacy.”

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