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Scholastic News<sup>®</sup> Grades 5/6

Scholastic News®

Grades 5–6

Current Events
24 Issues

Price per student: $4.49

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Subscribers receive FREE access to Scholastic News Online. Learn more

 

Bring new and challenging nonfiction into your classroom every week

Here's how Scholastic News supports your curriculum:

  • Current Events: News stories connect to your social studies and science curriculums and engage students with compelling photos and clear, informative writing. 

  • Common Core Aligned Nonfiction: High-interest nonfiction articles at a wide range of lengths include informational text features such as maps, graphs, and charts. Throughout the year, articles increase in difficulty to cover the entire grades 5 and 6 bands of text complexity. Learn More.

  • Digital Teaching Tools: FREE Digital Editions of each issue feature background videos, vocabulary slideshows, debates, interactive quizzes, and more—perfect for your whiteboard, projector, or classroom computer!

  • Test Prep: Reading-comprehension quizzes and vocabulary reviews simulate state tests. FREE Online Reading Skills Practice Tests reinforce standardized testing skills.

  • Printed Teacher’s Guides include time-saving lesson plans and skill-building reproducible activities that reinforce key reading comprehension strategies.

Place your FREE-Trial order now to bring Scholastic News into your class.


Take a look at the high-interest current events Scholastic News Edition 5/6 has in store for next year.


Scholastic News Edition 5/6 Calendar

With your order of 10 or more subscriptions, you get FREE access to Scholastic News Online. The interactive learning supplement includes:

 

Digital Editions

Every issue is available in an innovative digital format with integrated teaching tools; You can enlarge maps and graphs, watch videos, hear audio definitions of vocabulary words, and much more!

 

Videos

Bring Scholastic News to life with exciting videos that build background knowledge and enhance your lessons.

 

Interactive Student Activities 

 

Skills-based activities and reproducibles reinforce the themes of each issue and get students participating. 


Leveled Reading for Differentiated Instruction

Each cover story is available online at an alternate lower reading level. Tailor lessons to your class’s needs and match the right reading level to the right student.
 

Text to Talk Audio Feature

Highlight any text in the cover story and the Text to Talk feature reads it aloud. Perfect for auditory learners or struggling readers.

 

Interactive Games

Test your students' knowledge of each issue in a fun way with our weekly Know the News quiz game and more.


Top News Stories

Breaking news coverage in our kid-friendly format gives you access to the most current stories as they happen. Now you don’t have to wait to address important news events, just log on and you’re ready to go.
 

Words to Know 

Teach essential vocabulary with age-appropriate definitions, audio pronunciations, and explanatory photos. 


 


Scholastic Classroom Magazines help teachers make the transition to the new Common Core Standards. Take an in-depth look at how Scholastic News aligns to this new state initiative.


Scholastic News Common Core Highlights-Grade 5

Scholastic News Common Core Highlights-Grade 6

Scholastic Classroom Magazines help students practice their reading and analytical skills as well as address issues that are relevant to both their academic and personal lives. Perhaps equally as important, magazines are great for motivating students to want to learn! Our downloadable Skills Development Flyer describes the specific literacy and content area skills addressed in Scholastic News Edition 5/6.


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