Welcome to www.scholastic.com/sn2, the Web site for Scholastic News Edition 2. You can use this Web site to extend your print issues of Scholastic News every month.
Scholastic News is a wonderful tool for nonfiction reading instruction. This supplement provides tips on teaching reading with Scholastic News Edition 2.
Tips for using each feature on this site:
• Print a Fun Page
How It Works:
Just click on Print a Fun Page on the bottom right of the main page. You can print out the page and photocopy it for your class.
Purpose:
Print a Fun Page is a fun way to build students' skills in topics related to their Scholastic News issues. This feature also extends the topics covered in Scholastic News for advanced students who have finished the regular activities, or for other students who could use a little extra help.
• What Do You Think?
How It Works:
Students click on the text or issue cover on the main page to vote on a question about each Scholastic News issue. A pop-up window will allow students to answer the What Do You Think? question. Then they are immediately taken to a bar graph comparing their answer to other students' answers.
Purpose:
What Do You Think? allows students to make personal connections to a topic, while encouraging the higher-order thinking skill of evaluation. Students must evaluate responses to a question and then make a choice. They bring their prior knowledge as well as their own personal experience into their evaluation process as they decide upon their answer. This feature also teaches children about bar graphs. These bar graphs are high-interest because they show students' opinions. Children can click on "What is a bar graph?" for a kid-friendly explanation of bar graphs.
• I Can Read!
How It Works:
Your students will listen to the sentence on the screen. Then they will be asked to click on a word in the sentence. If they click the right word, they will be given another sentence. If they click on the wrong word, they can try again.
Purpose:
I Can Read is a game that gives children practice with high-frequency sight words. (The game uses the words on the Dolch and Fry list.)
