See What A Difference Scholastic Action

Can Make In Your Classroom

In addition to helping striving readers succeed, Scholastic Action meets English language arts standards at both the state and national levels.

Action’s dual format pairs high quality print magazines with powerful digital resources.  Every online feature helps you customize instruction and reach your students no matter where they are.

We've done the prep work for you! Every issue comes with a Teacher's Guide and Support, including:

• Step-by-step lesson plans with instructions for before, during, 
and after reading
  
• Text complexity factors to help you easily evaluate each article for 
classroom or individual use
  
• Cross-curricular connections 
  
• Close-reading and critical-thinking questions to deepen comprehension
  
• Questions that prompt students to explore text features
  
• Tips for making articles more accessible to English language learners
  
• ELA standards correlations for each article and activity
  
• Answer keys

Need help funding your subscription? Use these documents to request funds through your school, your PTA/PTO, Title 1 program, and even crowdfunding sites like Donors Choose!

Be sure to attach to your letters our Planning Guide and standards alignment documents (Common Core or TEKS) to inform funders of the value that Action adds to your classroom.

• PTO/PTA Funding Letter
  
• Crowdfunding
  
• Principal Funding Letter
• Federal Funding/Title 1

• Every article in the magazine is a complete skill-building kit.
  
• In-magazine activities in every issue build comprehension 
and foundational ELA skills such as text features, text evidence, compare and contrast, inferencing, summarizing, 
and more.
  
• Embedded comprehension supports, including a question to 
set the purpose for reading and prompts to pause and think, 
are provided directly in the text.
  
• Printable online skills sheets provide the essential practice your students need to reinforce key reading and writing 
strategies.
  
• Articles build knowledge and connect to science and social 
studies curriculums. 
  
• Each article includes academic and domain-specific vocabulary words and practice resources. By the end of the 
year, your students will have learned essential words every 
reader needs to know.