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SCHOLASTIC DIGITAL™

Early Learning

Video Libraries

Informational Texts

Multimedia

Science

Social Studies

General Reference

Classroom Resources

Contents

EARLY LEARNINGWatch & Learn Library™ ................................ 2

INSTRUCTIONAL AND CONTENT AREA LEARNINGTrueFlix® ...............................................................4FreedomFlix™ ....................................................6ScienceFlix® ........................................................ 8

GENERAL REFERENCEScholastic GO!™ .............................................. 10

LEARNING RESOURCESScholastic Teachables ...................................14

Technical Requirements ...............................16Contact ...............................................................17

There is a new sense of urgency to implement digital resources and instructional tools efficiently and effectively in schools and districts across the country. At the core of this movement is the understanding that integrating technology into a child’s education is critical to preparing students for college, career, and beyond.

Enhancing student learning and teacher productivity are the key goals of these new platforms that leverage multimedia, multisensory, and multileveled content.

The Scholastic Digital suite of resources is designed to: ■ Increase student engagement ■ Provide differentiated or personalized instruction ■ Improve technology skills ■ Bring real-world contexts to academic content ■ Transform education outcomes

Our intuitive, easy-to-navigate products allow for innovative teaching practices that maximize the efficiency of both the educator and student.

Welcome to Scholastic Digital.Scholastic Digital is here to help you integrate credible content and skill-building practice with digital accessibility.

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EARLY LEARNING

Grades PreK–3

Watch & Learn Library™ is an exciting new video library from the creators of Scholastic News® and Let’s Find Out® that was created just for kids! Hundreds of curriculum-aligned videos build learning excitement and launch new lessons of discovery. The site’s simple navigation not only saves teachers time, but makes teaching with real-world footage an educational delight!

OVERVIEW

• 200+ early learning concept videos

• Science, social studies, ELA and SEL content

• Vocabulary preview

• Follow-up activities

• English & Spanish

BENEFITS

• Expands content-area vocabulary

• Cultivates background knowledge

• Supports beginning readers and ELL

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS

• Annual

• School-wide

• Unlimited simultaneous use

• Web-based, access from school or home

RECOMMENDED USE

• Launch new whole-class lessons

• Set ground work for small group learning

• Connect real-life concepts to curriculum learning

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New videos added every year

12 general use Think Sheets, in English and Spanish, set a purpose for learning and keep kids focused

Quiz Whiz! tests student knowledge with short, fun quizzes

A library of hundreds of nonfiction videos with real-world footage build science, social studies and social-emotional knowledge

Closed captioning for each video supports ELL and beginning readers

Spanish language versions throughout

Introduce key vocabulary to help students comprehend what they’re watching

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Video topics incude:

Mammals

Reptiles

Birds

Insects

Baby Animals

Life Cycles

Behavior & Adaptations

Habitats

Plants

Weather

Seasons

Earth Science

Space Science

Conservation

Physical Science

Engineering

Science Jobs

Observation & Exploration

People

The United States

Black History

Holidays & Culture

Communities & Economics

Geography

Health

Safety

EARLY LEARNING

Grades PreK–3

Informational Texts

OVERVIEW

• 200 units of study

• Science content

• Social studies content

• ELA skill support

BENEFITS

• Builds content knowledge

• Improves literacy skills

• Develops inquiry-based research skills

• Builds digital reading stamina

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS

• Annual

• Unlimited access

• Unlimited amount of users

• Access from library, school, or home

• Mobile compatible

HIGHER-LEARNING SKILLS SUPPORT

• Strengthens the ability to comprehend and evaluate a range of text types

• Mastering analysis of evidence-based learning

Fiction

Poems

Maps

Current Events Charts and Tables

INSTRUCTIONAL AND CONTENT AREA LEARNING

Grades 3–6

“Reading a number of texts within a topic grows knowledge and vocabulary far faster than any other approach.”

—Student Achievement Partners

Primary Sources

Multiple text types offer an array of perspectives:

Offering 200 complete units on science and social studies core curriculum topics, TrueFlix® is a highly engaging multimedia resource that can be used in the library, the classroom, on mobile devices, or at home. Each unit encompasses 40 or more different texts and media on the subject, giving beginning researchers a well-rounded and in-depth look at each area of study.

The easy-to-navigate and intuitive format of TrueFlix is specifically designed to support beginning researchers as they build their content knowledge. A variety of other embedded tools strengthen literacy skills, build academic vocabulary, and help hone fluency.


Project ideas to build research skills

Read aloud feature to support struggling readers and ELL students

More than 2,300 editorially vetted and maintained websites to explore further

Introductory videos to build crucial background knowledge and introduce key vocabulary

Digital flipbooks with nonfiction text features to build content knowledge

Activity Center with games and quizzes

Lesson plans for every unit

Explore More feature offering thousands of additional resources in multiple text types

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Content Units:

ApacheComancheInuitIroquoisPuebloSiouxAncient ChinaAncient GreeceAncient MayaAztec EmpireInca EmpireMesopotamiaHarriet TubmanMartin Luther King Jr.Rosa ParksAbraham LincolnThe Civil WarThe Thirteen Colonies (13)The Continents (7)The Bill of RightsThe Declaration of IndependenceThe U.S. Regions (6)Respiratory SystemDigestive SystemCirculatory SystemNervous SystemMammalsReptilesAmphibiansEcologyGeologyMeteorologyOceanographyPaleontologyThe SunThe MoonThe Planets (8)Black HolesThe Solar SystemMeteor ShowersEarthquakesFloodsTsunamisWildfiresThunderstorms

And dozens more!

INSTRUCTIONAL AND CONTENT AREA

LEARNING

Grades 3–6

OVERVIEW

• More than 70 content clusters

• Social studies

• Multiple text types and media

• More than 6,500 assets to explore

BENEFITS

• Builds content knowledge


• Develops inquiry-based learning skills

• Promotes collaborative work

PURCHASING TERMS

• Annual subscription





HIGHER-LEARNING SKILLS SUPPORT

• Encourages the ability to identify and articulate points of view

• Requires the ability to comprehend and evaluate complex texts across a range of types and disciplines

• Promotes the strategic and capable use of technology and digital media

FreedomFlix™ is an exciting digital resource with more than 70 social studies units that span ten areas of core curriculum. Each unit includes an introductory video, a dynamic e-book, related articles, primary sources, and vetted weblinks that expose students to a range of text types and media on the same subject.

Project ideas and games offer more opportunities to learn and engage in class-wide discussions and activities.

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Poems

Maps

Current Events

Primary Sources

Multiple text types offer an array of

perspectives:

Biographies

Informational Texts

INSTRUCTIONAL AND CONTENT AREA LEARNING

Grades 4–8


Whiteboard activities with timelines, maps, matching games, and more

Introductory videos to build crucial background knowledge

Writing prompts to assess comprehension

Editorially vetted and maintained websites on

related subjects to further learning


Explore More feature offering

multiple text types for a deeper level of understanding

Virtual tours to bring students behind the scenes

Dramatic readings of letters and first-hand accounts

Digital flipbooks with nonfiction text features that build content knowledge


Content Units:

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Egypt

Ancient China

Declaration of Independence

Boston Massacre

Revolutionary War

Jamestown Colony

U.S. Constitution

Bill of Rights

Branches of U.S. Government

Louisiana Purchase

California Gold Rush

Trail of Tears

Ellis Island

Underground Railroad

Abraham Lincoln

Emancipation Proclamation

Gettysburg

Great Depression

Industrial Revolution

Panama Canal

Brown v. Board of Education

World War I

World War II

Vietnam War

Civil Rights Movement

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

And dozens more!


LEARNING

Grades 4–8

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OVERVIEW

• More than 70 content units of study

• STEM content

• Multiple text types and media

• More than 10,000 digital assets

BENEFITS

• Builds core curriculum content knowledge


• Develops inquiry-based learning skills

• Promotes collaborative work

PURCHASING TERMS

• Annual subscription





HIGHER-LEARNING SKILLS SUPPORTS

• Promotes a deeper understanding of science concepts and ideas

• Offers opportunities for hands-on learning

• Requires users to navigate and comprehend varying text types

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ScienceFlix® is transforming the way that students access science topics, acquire scientific knowledge, and build an abiding interest in science, technology, and engineering. Integrating curriculum-driven leveled content, interactive features, and intuitive navigation, ScienceFlix is a highly engaging, mobile-ready digital resource.

Each core idea is thoroughly covered through practice, exploring essential questions, investigating, analyzing data, computing, and evaluating. Crosscutting concepts are repeatedly emphasized to help provide students with a broader view of the scientific world and an understanding of how interrelating knowledge can then be applied across all science disciplines.

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Three reading levels support a variety of abilities while

providing the same content:

Level 1: 600–800 Lexile

Level 2: 801–1000 Lexile

Level 3: 1001–1200 LexileINSTRUCTIONAL AND

CONTENT AREA LEARNING

Grades 5–10


Experiments to develop a student’s ability to follow multistep procedures

Quizzes to gauge comprehension


Spanish articles for every unit

Vetted, safe, maintained websites to learn more

Dive deeper articles to encourage a deeper level of understanding

Phenomenon-based learning videos to engage students while building their background knowledge

Anchor articles to build content area knowledge

Three reading levels for every Anchor and Dive

Deeper article

Careers section to inspire budding

scientists

Teacher resources

including lesson plans, rubrics,

and more

News stories with study guides



LEARNING

Grades 5–10

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Content Units:

Alternative EnergyAnimal BehaviorAnimal KingdomAtoms and MoleculesBiomesCellsChemical ReactionsClimate ChangeConservationContinental DriftDiseaseEarth’s InteriorElementsEndangered SpeciesEngineering DesignExercise and FitnessExtreme WeatherForce and MotionForensic ScienceFossil FuelsGenetics and HeredityGeologic TimeHuman BehaviorInventors and InventionsLife CyclesLightNumbersNutritionOceans of the WorldPlanet EarthPlant KingdomPlant ScienceRocks and MineralsSensesShapes and SolidsSimple MachinesSolar SystemSoundSpace ExplorationStarsStates of MatterSystems of the BodyTransportationVolcanoesWater

And more!

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OVERVIEW

• 120,000 informational texts

• Core curriculum content

• Multiple Lexile levels

• Maps, videos, and other text and media types

BENEFITS

• Establishes a base knowledge across a wide range of subjects

• Builds strong content knowledge through varying points of view

• Supports reluctant readers and ELL students

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS

• Annual



• Access from school, library, home, or mobile

HIGHER-LEARNING SKILLS SUPPORTS

• Reinforces close reading skills

• Practice in using digital media strategically and capably

RESEARCH

Grades 2–12

Scholastic GO!™ has been re-engineered and redesigned with an increased focus on search and search returns—now both students and teachers can spend less time searching and more time teaching or learning. Too much time is being spent on searching for content. With more than 120,000 perfectly leveled nonfiction texts, users can be confident that what they find within Scholastic GO! is credible, accurate, reliable, and written on a level that matches their reading ability.

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Search


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RESEARCH

Grades 2–12

Return...

Search by subject. Explore by media type. Designed with repeat usability in mind, the improved search function offers enhanced delivery, organization, and presentation of articles, images, videos, websites, and other media—for more efficient research and discovery.

Our new search results deliver all the relevant content—in every type of media and text type—in one clean, easy-to-navigate layout. Images, articles, videos, factboxes, sidebars, maps, and web sites are returned at once—and can be filtered by reading level!

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Subjects Covered Include:

PlanetariumsFlowering PlantsTornadoesDolphinsBatsAdolf HitlerMichelangeloRevolutionary WarIrelandCalifornia Gold RushMartin Luther King Jr.Mohandas GandhiHurricanes and TyphoonsEgyptSouth AmericaAbraham LincolnHinduismHolocaustHarriet TubmanBullyingTigersAmoebaRetrovirusesVictorian LiteratureOscar WildeGreek ArtArmeniaAardvark AtmosphereGreat DepressionSoccerModernismFrench RevolutionAirplanesThe Decline of the BuffaloJackie RobinsonClara BartonPolar BearsKing PenguinsHelen KellerSummer OlympicsEiffel Tower

And 100,000+ more!

RESEARCH SHOWS:

Students need trusted sources to discover information.

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120,000 expertly written articles covering every core curriculum subject are sortable by Lexile level

Learn

Hundreds of videos give visual learners a chance to build their background knowledge and familiarize themselves with the vocabulary that they will encounter in the articles

Contrary to popular belief, students do not instinctively know how to navigate the abundance of information available to them through traditional and digital sources.

of students don’t verify the accuracy or reliability of the information they find.

of students have no idea how to locate the

articles and resources they

need for their research.

60%


80,000 curated and editorially vetted websites

support further learning through additional credible sources

Career sidebars offer quick fact guides on hundreds of professions

Factboxes, sidebars, and interactive maps further support research and content area knowledge

Additional features include:

Curriculum correlations

Lesson plans and educator resources Photographs

Tables and charts

Subjects Covered Include:

CheetahsGiant PandasLionsBlue WhalesHenry HudsonRosa ParksHenry FordTitanicTruman DoctrineAmerican RevolutionPearl HarborUgandaMexicoAncient RomeLewis and Clark ExpeditionHarriet TubmanCivil Rights MovementMesopotamiaBasketballPlutoChemical ReactionsDinosaursJean Baptiste LamarckMuscular SystemEarthquakes ConifersAir PollutionElephantsBlack HolesSolar PowerGreat Wall of China GovernmentsBlizzardsRoaring TwentiesWilliam ShakespeareHiroshimaWinston ChurchillAphroditeFrederick DouglassAmelia EarhartGenomes

And 100,000+ more!

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RESEARCH

Grades 2–12

OVERVIEW

• 25,000 printable and projectable lesson support resources

• Includes more than 2,000 mini-books

• More than 200 Leveled Learning Collections for differentiating teaching

• Hundreds of classroom management tools

BENEFITS

• Easy access to quality resources saves teachers time

• Instantly create leveled classroom libraries with mini-books

• Aligned to standards

• Hundreds of new assets added monthly

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS

• Annual

• School-wide

• Unlimited simultaneous use

• Web-based, access from school or home

LEARNING RESOURCES

Grades PreK–6

Scholastic Teachables is an online database of tens of thousands of searchable and printable educational materials for all subjects. Our teacher-authors create and vet thousands of high quality, ready-to-use resources so that your teachers spend less time searching for reliable content to support their instruction.

S C HO L A ST I C

Teachables

of users would recommend Scholastic Teachables

to a colleague!

94%


Leveled Texts, both fiction and informational, for guided reading levels A-Z

Test Prep including practice tests, quizzes, and test-taking strategies

Lesson plans and lesson ideasIncludes hundreds of classroom management and teacher toolsGraphic Organizers

25,000 classroom resources for all grades and subjects covering grades K–6

Sort by grade, subject, theme, or resource type

Skills Sheets including 200 Leveled Learning Collections

Search, Select, Print!

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Support every lesson with our top-quality resources covering:

Reading Comprehension

Reading Response

Phonics and Word Study

Sight Words

Addition and Subtraction

Fractions and Decimals

Glyphs

Multiplication and Division

Word and Story Problems

Grammar and Punctuation

Spelling

Vocabulary

Earth Science

Life Science

Physical Science

Communities and Ways of Life

Geography

Map Skills

U.S. History

World History

Handwriting

Writing Prompts

Early Learning

And much more!

LEARNING RESOURCES

Grades PreK–6

Technical RequirementsScholastic Digital resources are supported on the following

operating systems, browsers, and mobile devices:

FOR WINDOWS

Operating systems: Browsers:

Windows 7 and Windows 10 Mozilla Firefox, latest two major versions*

Google Chrome, latest two major versions*

Microsoft Edge, latest two major versions*

FOR MAC

Operating systems: Browsers:

OSX11 (El Capitan) or higher Apple Safari, latest two major versions*

Google Chrome, latest two major versions*

Mozilla Firefox, latest two major versions*

FOR MOBILE DEVICES

Devices:

iPad and iPhone Mobile iOS 10 and higher with Google Chrome, latest two versions

Pad and iPhone Mobile iOS 10 and higher with mobile Safari

Android 8 (Oreo) and higher with Chrome, latest two major versions*

*As of August 2018: Chrome: 66, 67; Edge 16, 17; Safari: 10,11; Mozilla Firefox: 59, 60

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Classroom Technology and Learning Goals: By the Numbers

of teachers are regularly sourcing videos and using them in their classrooms to stimulate class discussion and bring real‑world contexts to academic content.

Scholastic Digital products offer hundreds of authentic and curated videos to build background knowledge, introduce subjects, and explain difficult concepts.

75%

of principals agree that the effective use of technology within instruction is important for student success.

Scholastic Digital resources include implementation manuals and ongoing webinar trainings to ensure that digital resources are fully and efficiently utilized.

84%

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of the nearly 37,000 teachers surveyed said their technology skills are average.

Scholastic Digital resources are intuitive, simple to navigate, and easy to integrate into any blended learning model.

66%

Source: Project Tomorrow Speak Up Report, 2016

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