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STANDARDS

Meet State and National Standards

Every issue of Scholastic News includes correlations to Common Core, NGSS, TEKS, and California state standards. But don't worry if you don't see your standards listed; we cover skills that are universal to first-grade standards across the nation. Plus, we've got more state correlations on the way! In the meantime, find out how you can use Scholastic News to meet standards year round:

CALENDAR

Cover Essential Grade 1 Themes

2024-2025 Planning Calendar

Here's a quick look at what we have planned for 2024–2025. In addition to all of these great articles, subscribers get access to 100s more articles in our digital archive. 

BLENDED LEARNING

Engage Every Student — Anytime, Anywhere and On Any Device with Flexible Digital + Print Resources

Scholastic News’s dual format provides print magazines with powerful digital resources. Every digital feature helps you customize instruction and reach your students no matter where they are.

 

Watch & Learn Videos

Introduce each issue with a skill-building video that builds background knowledge.

 

Play & Learn Games

Review each issue with fun learning games your students will love!

 

Spanish Translations

Give your ELLs the support they need with Spanish translations of every issue, video, and activity sheet.

 

Listen & Read Issues

Support reading instruction with Text-to-Speech audio, which highlights the text as it is read aloud.

 

Print & Project Activities

Boost skills with 96+ activity sheets that you can send home or complete in class.

 

Archive

Didn't get around to teaching an issue you really liked? Access it any time with an archive of all Scholastic News resources from the past year. 

TEACHING SUPPORT

Get Inspired with Timesaving Teaching Support

Each monthly bundle of Scholastic News comes with a Teacher's Guide to help you make the most of the magazine in your classroom. Teacher's Guides and Support include:

  • Creative lesson ideas
  • Fun activities and crafts
  • Standards alignments
  • Reading-checkpoint questions

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Build the Skills Your First Graders Need Most 

Scholastic News is built on a firm foundation of skills that reinforces your curriculum and supports state standards. Throughout the year, your students will develop cross-curricular knowledge as described in the Science of Reading, as well as core reading and writing skills. 

Here are just a few of the skills and topics we'll be covering next year. To view a detailed skills list, click here.

Science

  • Life cycles
  • Habitats
  • Characteristics of organisms
  • Earth and sky
  • Science as inquiry

Social Studies

  • Culture
  • Long ago and today
  • U.S. history and symbols
  • Holidays
  • Reading a map

Reading Comprehension

  • Main idea/detail
  • Sequencing
  • Predicting
  • Posing questions
  • Nonfiction text features

Learning Development

  • Develop listening skills through shared reading.
  • Practice following directions.
  • Learn and use new content vocabulary.
  • Practice strategies to determine word meanings.

Writing

  • Print words and sentences.
  • Recognize capitalization and punctuation.
  • Use graphic orgaziners.
  • Use interrogative and declarative statements.
  • Answer different types of written questions.