TRUEFLIX WATCH READ EXPLORE Bringing NonFiction to Life

TRUEFLIX WATCH, READ, EXPLORE Bringing Non-Fiction to Life Ages 8 -11 Now in NEW Web Platform:

What is True. Flix™? • Online resource focusing on engaging subjectarea content in science and social studies • Contains titles from Scholastic’s award-winning non-fiction True Book series • Each title is scaffolded with a deep and diverse reservoir of related content and primary sources: – – Video Audio Images Text

Why True. Flix™? • Leverages non-fiction content to help students: – Hone literacy skills – Build knowledge of subject-area content – Cultivate 21 st Century skills through the inquiry process • Allows students to graduate from learning to read to the crucial and more complex contentarea knowledge they will need in the areas of science and social studies

Five Big Ideas About True. Flix™ • Whiteboard Ready: introductory videos and media types, leveled texts, voiceover reading features, and soft assessments • Students graduate from “learning to read” to “reading to learn” and master contentarea knowledge

Five Big Ideas About True. Flix™ • Multiple text types and a cross-curricular, nonfiction focus with a soft assessment feature • Cultivates the use of 21 st Century Skills with its inquiry-based units and its prevailing theme to “Find the Truth!” • Covers in-depth core curriculum areas in science and social studies in creative and dynamic ways to provoke interest and engagement among students

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True. Flix™ Research Base • Students benefit from having customized digital supports to better access both content and meaning. • Well-designed digital learning environments also provide guidance and support to help students build content area knowledge and expertise more effectively. • Digital text offers the kinds of flexible customization of the learning environment that can contribute to improved student outcomes. • Learners who struggle to comprehend can benefit from having strategy prompts and vocabulary links embedded within the texts. (Proctor, Dalton, & Grisham, 2007; Rose & Meyer, 2002)

True. Flix™ is now in Scholastic Learning Zone Now when you subscribe to True. Flix, you will find it in Scholastic Learning Zone, Scholastic’s new web-based platform that provides teachers and students one-stop access to an ever expanding portfolio of Scholastic digital education resources.

Scholastic Learning Zone Features o Single Sign-on. Access all Scholastic web-based products with one user name and password. o Class Management. Organize students into classes and groups. o Reporting. Easily monitor student usage. o Messaging. Communicate with administrators, teachers, students and parents – in the Zone. o Anywhere, Anytime. In school, in the library, at home – anywhere with Internet access.

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