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Navigating solutions to the nine most common classroom library gaps is easy. We know the demands of achieving Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) can be a source of ongoing pressure, and we want to help. Regardless of the kind of program you’ve implemented, Scholastic Classroom Books has materials that are sure to meet your specific needs.  We can help you meet Access to Print requirements and fulfill your AYP and program goals. Our products meet the most pressing needs in classrooms today.  Click on the tabs below to find products to fill the most common gaps found in today’s classroom libraries.
About the Content Area Gap
Act Green! Classroom Collections Act Green! Classroom Collections

Grades K-8
Encourage students to "ACT GREEN" with these carefully selected 10-book collections that educate students about the environmental issues that impact our planet.

Brain Bank Brain Bank

Grades K-5

Original Books and Independent Reading Activities That Bring Science and Social Studies to Life! Brain Bank, an independent reading program for Grades K-5, opens the vault to vocabulary, critical thinking, and content areas skills. These enticing science and social studies titles motivate students to read and ensure future success.

Brain Bank Guided Reading Brain Bank Guided Reading

Grades 2-5
Brain Bank Guided Reading supports content-area curriculum with social studies and science books, and supplements Guided Reading instruction with teaching materials for each title.

Core Knowledge Core Knowledge

Grade PreK-8
The natural curiosity of all children is nurtured and respected through this powerful selection of titles in the areas of geography, world history, math, visual arts, music, American history, science, and language arts.

Everyday Literacy Everyday Literacy

SAVE 10%!*
Everyday Literacy is a game-changing program that uses simulated, real-world texts like restaurant menus, maps, ads, game directions, and web pages to take reading from the theoretical to the practical.

When students connect the dots to everyday life, their interest increases—and so does their reading success.
*Offer valid through 05/15/2013.

Fountas & Pinnell Super Reading Block Kit Fountas & Pinnell Super Reading Block Kit

Grades K-6
Authored by Fountas & Pinnell, Guided Reading Text Types and Everyday Literacy grade-level kits each include everything you need for the best in small group and whole class instruction. Both of these great products are now packaged together, offering the best value for covering a wide range of instructional needs.

Guided Reading Guided Reading

Grades K-6
Motivate ALL of your students with an enormous range of outstanding leveled books! Every title is supported with effective teaching strategies to help all children become independent readers who love to read.

Investigators Investigators

Grades K-3+
The Investigators series is a unique set of science readers and inquiry-based instruction for the 21st Century classroom that features interactive whiteboard technology for grade K-3+.

Laura Robb Classroom Libraries Laura Robb Classroom Libraries

Grades 3-9
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Offer students a mix of true-life, recreational fun, cliffhangers, and inspirational tales that meet their developmental needs, provide reading practice, and encourage partner reading so students can construct new meanings and explore ideas.
*Offer valid through 05/15/2013.

Lesson Connections Lesson Connections

Grades K-3
Enrich your core reading program with Lesson Connections, featuring "just-right" leveled text, including fiction and nonfiction, classics, and award winning favorites.

Lexile Leveled Content Area Libraries Lexile Leveled Content Area Libraries

Grades K-8
Expand content area knowledge and vocabulary with new leveled collections! Organized by Lexile level, each of these 20-book collections builds on the success of our popular Lexile Leveled Libraries with age-appropriate content area trade books that students at different reading levels can read successfully and enjoy.

Middle School Classroom Collections Middle School Classroom Collections

Grades 6-9
Choose from four great collections!

  • Nonfiction Libraries
  • Favorite Authors
  • Treasury of Books
  • Award Winners

  • Nonfiction Collections Nonfiction Collections

    Grades K-8
    Compelling nonfiction that will keep kids reading for fun! Over a dozen bestselling collections on sale!

    On The Record On The Record

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    Grade 8
    The remarkable and harrowing stories in On the Record™ share the achievements of reporters, scientists, writers, athletes, soldiers, and artists, and will encourage students to record their own experiences and voices. Based on Dr. Alfred Tatum’s four social justice platforms and Erin Gruwell’s classroom-tested ELA strategies, On the Record™ speaks to kids about character issues—resiliency, engaging others, building capacity, and defining who they are as individuals.
    *Offer valid through 5/15/2013.

    Phyllis C. Hunter Classroom Libraries Phyllis C. Hunter Classroom Libraries

    Grades K-9
    Literacy expert Phyllis C. Hunter has hand-picked the award-winning classics, contemporary fiction, and illuminating nonfiction titles in these collections. Get the best books for developing oral proficiency, academic language and literacy skills.

    ReadAbout: Content Area Library ReadAbout: Content Area Library

    Grades 3-8
    This collection of popular informational books helps students read nonfiction effectively and independently. Students will learn something new every day with authentic literature, as they extract meaning from carefully leveled science and social studies texts. Each title comes with a detailed comprehension skills teaching card.

    Scholastic 24/7: Science Behind the Scenes Scholastic 24/7: Science Behind the Scenes

    Grades 7-12
    24/7: Science Behind the Scenes features informative, content-rich titles for students reading slightly below level. Each book is presented in an accessible, easy-to-read format featuring real-life case studies, photographs, and captivating storytelling.

    Shockwave Shockwave

    Grades 6-9
    Shockwave is a series of informative, high-interest books that make reading across the content areas accessible for all students, including striving and reluctant readers.

    THE 10 THE 10

    Grades 6-9+
    From snakes and spies to ancient sites, students in grades 6-12 will enjoy the compelling content of this 100-book collection. Whether the topic is science, social studies, or the arts, each title will help students to improve literacy with inquiry-based learning.

    TRIO TRIO

    Grades 2-7
    Scholastic TRIO is a series of themed reading collections that engage students at three levels of reading ability – Below, On, Above – all in the same content-area topic.

    Word Forward Word Forward

    Grades 3-8
    Word Forward offers teachers a focused and fun way to build vocabulary and comprehension through captivating read aloud literature and research-based strategies.

    XBOOKS XBOOKS

    Grades 6-7
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    Developed by Jeffrey Wilhelm and Laura Robb, XBOOKS is a collection of compelling nonfiction titles—both print and digital—for middle school readers. Ideal for Common Core aligned ELA classrooms, its content relates to exciting science and social studies topics in a complex text continuum.
    *Offer valid through 5/15/2013.

    Content Area Reading

    Content-area reading books help build the background knowledge and academic language students need to enhance curriculum-based learning. In most classrooms, however, students’ exposure to content-area reading comes from textbooks that are often challenging to read and out-of-date. Authentic content-area reading books facilitate comprehension and motivate students to read by capitalizing on their interests and whetting their appetites for more information, while also providing in-depth coverage and accurate, up-to-date information. Students learn to read while reading to learn about engaging subjects.