A Comprehensive Approach to Standards-Informed Literacy Instruction to Create Independent Thinkers, Readers, and Writers.  Scholastic Literacy is a unique blended learning approach to standards-informed comprehensive literacy instruction with a focus on balancing the rigor and flexibility that educators need to meet today’s high expectations. With unparalleled access to authentic and culturally relevant texts in every area of the literacy block, Scholastic Literacy is designed to engage readers, support social-emotional development, and help students become lifelong independent thinkers, readers, and writers.

Literacy instruction that incorporates authentic texts supports young readers in their quest to learn language and vocabulary and build reading comprehension skills. Through Scholastic’s unparalleled collection of print and digital content, students interact with authentic texts each day during whole-class, small-group, and independent reading. Scholastic Literacy includes up to 1,200 authentic texts per classroom. Authentic texts are real, living language written to engage, entertain, inform, or persuade readers. They also: Invite active reading, robust problem-solving, and deep analysis. Instruct on their own with rich content and language. Provide natural scaffolding for the reader—the structure and patterns of real language support comprehension. Help students understand how language works in the real world and invite them to take part in that world.

Themes through the grade levels:

Literacy Kindergarten

• Unit One – Community and Relationships, Being a Friend
• Unit Two – Folklore and Literacy Traditions, Telling Tales
• Unit Three – Living Things, Trees and other Plants
• Unit Four – A sense of Self, Feelings
• Unit Five – Inspired by True Stories, All Kinds of Jobs
• Unit Six – Genre Study, Concept Books

Literacy First Grade

• Unit One - Community and Relationships, My family and Me
• Unit Two - Folklore and Literacy Traditions, Stories With a Moral
• Unit Three – Living things, Strong and Healthy
• Unit Four – A Sense of Self, What I Can Do
• Unit Five – Inspired by True Stories, It Happened to Me
• Unit Six – Genre Study, Animal Stories

Literacy Second Grade

• Unit One – Community and Relationships, It Happened in School
• Unit Two – Folklore and Literacy Traditions, Wishes and Promises
• Unit Three – Living Things, Search and Survive
• Unit Four – A Sense of Self, Like No One Else
• Unit Five - Inspired by True Stories, Animal Watch
• Unit Six – Genre Study, Realistic Fiction

Literacy Third Grade

• Unit One - Community and Relationships, Brothers and Sisters
• Unit Two - Folklore and Literacy Traditions, Trickster Tales
• Unit Three – Living Things, Life Depends on Water
• Unit Four – A Sense of Self, Courage
• Unit Five - Inspired by True Stories, Sports Stars
• Unit Six – Genre Study, Mystery

Literacy Fourth Grade

• Unit One - Community and Relationships, What’s the Problem?
• Unit Two - Folklore and Literacy Traditions, Cinderella Tales
• Unit Three – Living Things, Amazing Animals
• Unit Four – A Sense of Self, Taking Responsibility
• Unit Five – Inspired by True Stories, The Artist’s Eye
• Unit Six – Genre Study, Fantasy

Literacy Grade Five

• Unit One - Community and Relationships, Better Together
• Unit Two - Folklore and Literacy Traditions, Watch Out!
• Unit Three – Livings Things, Under the Surface
• Unit Four – A Sense of a Self, Dealing with Change
• Unit Five - Inspired by True Stories, It Takes a Leader
• Unit Six – Genre Study, Historical Fiction