Yes. Digital resources are FREE with your subscription to a Scholastic classroom magazine. Therefore, you must be a subscriber to have access to your magazine’s online resources. Subscribe online or call 1-800-SCHOLASTIC.

If you are already registered on Scholastic.com, just log in on your magazine’s home page. (If you have forgotten your account information, click on the link provided and we will e-mail it to you.) Then follow the prompts to create your magazine profile. You will be asked to provide a display name, which will appear after you log in, as well as a class name, which your students will use to log in.

If you are new to Scholastic.com, click on “Register” and follow the prompts to create your account. Then follow the prompts to create your magazine profile. You will be asked to provide a display name, which will appear after you log in, as well as a class name, which your students will use to log in. On future visits, simply log in on your magazine’s home page.

If you do not currently subscribe to a Scholastic classroom magazine, you will need to subscribe before you can gain access to our digital resources. To subscribe, go to www.scholastic.com/classmags or call 1-800-SCHOLASTIC.

If you are new to Scholastic.com, you will need to register to access your magazine’s digital resources. Click on the “Register” link on your magazine’s home page and follow the prompts to create your account. Then follow the prompts to create your magazine profile.

If you are already registered on Scholastic.com, you may log in now.

Go to the URL of your magazine; click “Login” on your magazine’s home page. (If you have forgotten your log-in information, click on the link provided and we will e-mail it to you.)

On your first visit, follow the prompts to create your magazine profile. You will be asked to provide a display name, which will appear after you log in, as well as a class name, which your students will use to log in.

If you are new to Scholastic.com, you will need to register to access your magazine’s digital resources. Click on the “Register” link on your magazine’s home page and follow the prompts to create your account. Then follow the prompts to create your magazine profile. You will be asked to provide a display name, which will appear after you log in, as well as a class name, which your students will use to log in.

Minimum System Requirements

Web Browsers:

• For PC: Internet Explorer 8.x and 9.x; Firefox 3.x or higher; Chrome 3.x or higher
• For Macintosh: Safari 3.x or higher; Firefox 2.x or higher.
• Flash 10 or higher.
• JavaScript and Browser cookies must be enabled
• To get the most out of those parts of Scholastic.com that are rich in multimedia, we recommend a broadband connection. In addition to the technical specifications for an individual computer, it is important to have good Internet bandwidth in your school to access Scholastic News Interactive, which is packed with multimedia assets.
• Note that Scholastic.com no longer supports Mac OS 9 browsers, such as Internet Explorer for Macintosh.

Display Settings:

• 1024 × 768 pixels or higher resolution recommended.
• 256 or more colors.

Other Hardware:

• Speakers or headphones for audio content.

Required Plug-ins, Browser Settings, and Helper Applications:

• JavaScript must be enabled in your Web browser.
• Adobe Flash Player is required for all multimedia on Scholastic.com. Flash Player is a free download from Adobe. Although we do our best to support earlier versions of Flash, we recommend that you download the latest version whenever possible.
• Cookies must be enabled in your Web browser for personalized content.
• For PC: Adobe Reader is required for PDF and PDF Form documents. Adobe Reader is a free download from Adobe.
• For Macintosh: While most PDF documents can be opened directly in OSX, Adobe Reader is required for PDF Form documents and Scholastic Printables. Adobe Reader is a free download from Adobe.
• Scholastic.com occasionally makes use of pop-up windows to present important information such as Help screens. If you are using pop-up blocker software, you may not be able to view these screens. Consult the Help section of your pop-up blocker software to learn how to disable it or to specifically allow pop-up windows on Scholastic.com.

Yes. Students can log in to your magazine’s website at home, in a computer lab, or on classroom computers using a Student Password.

Logging in with a Student Password will take students to the Student View, where they will not see or have access to teacher-specific information, such as the Teacher’s Edition or answer keys.

We have provided a default Student Password that will always take students to the current issue of your magazine. To find your default Student Password, click on the “My Profile/Student Passwords” link just under the welcome message where your name appears after you have logged in.

You may also create Student Passwords for past issues. Click on the “My Profile/Student Passwords” link just under the welcome message where your name appears after you have logged in. Then follow the instructions under Student Password Management to create, change, or delete Student Passwords.

In the Student View, students see and can interact with a complete digital issue of the magazine, but do not see or have access to teacher-specific information, such as the Teacher’s Edition or answer keys.

There are two ways to access the Student View: by logging in as a student using a Student Password, or by clicking on the yellow “Go to Student View” button on the upper right of your magazine’s home page. If you access the Student View from the yellow button, you can return to the Teacher View by clicking on the red “Back to Teacher View” button on the upper left.

Share your Student Password for the current issue or a past issue. Students will enter the password in the student log-in area of your magazine’s home page. They will be prompted to select their state, school, and your class name to complete the log-in process. (Once logged in, they will be in the Student View, where they will not see or have access to teacher-specific information.)

You may provide your Student Password and log-in instructions to parents so students can use your magazine’s digital resources at home. We’ve provided a printable letter for you to send home so that you can easily share the information. You’ll find a link to the letter on your Profile page (click on “My Profile/Student Passwords” just below your name after you’ve logged in).

Once you’ve logged in to your magazine’s website, click on the “My Profile/Student Passwords” just below your name.

Then follow the instructions under Student Password Management to create, change, or delete Student Passwords for past issues.

Some browsers are set to save PDFs in a temporary location, which may be hard to locate. To view the documents you download, change your browser’s “Download” settings or identify the folder to which your browser saves documents. It may be called “Downloads” in your “My Documents” folder. Once you have opened the PDF in your browser or Adobe Acrobat, you may choose to print the file.

Only certain quizzes and activities inside the digital issue are interactive. These can be used as self-assessments. You may use your interactive whiteboard markers to complete noninteractive quizzes inside the digital issue.

Yes! Your complete digital issues—with all their related assets—remain available to you all year in your Magazine Archive. Simply click on the Magazine Archive button on the left side of your magazine’s logged-in home page. You will see a thumbnail image of each issue. You may search the archive by issue date or by keyword. Click on the thumbnail image to access the digital issue and all its related assets.

All of the videos as well as the complete digital issues of your Scholastic classroom magazine are available within the Magazine Archive. Simply click the “Magazine Archive” button on the home page.

You will see a thumbnail image of each issue. You may search the archive by issue date or by keyword. Click on the thumbnail image to access the digital issue and all its related assets.

Look for the Teaching Resources button on the upper left of your magazine’s home page.

Click on this button to find a downloadable version of your print Teacher’s Edition, as well as other teaching resources for each issue.

If you are using an interactive whiteboard, touch the screen above or below the pages to scroll the digital issues. Touching the left side of the screen, above or below the page icons, will scroll toward the left; touching the right side of the screen, above or below the page icons, will scroll toward the right.

Scholastic Classroom Magazines websites require that you enable pop-ups in your browser settings. If you see the message “Did You Notice the Information Bar?” use the pull-down menu and select “Always allow pop-ups from this site.”

Because your magazine’s digital resources are a supplement to your print subscription, pages from the digital issues are not printable. You may print skills sheets (“Printables”) as well as your Teacher’s Edition. Some magazines also offer alternate-level versions of certain articles within their digital issues. These alternate-level articles are printable.

You have the ability to save digital sticky notes within the digital issues of your magazine. Click the Digital Sticky Notes icon on the toolbar and type in a note. That note will be saved on your Profile page and in that issue. Click on “My Profile/Student Passwords.” You may hide your notes so they are not visible after you have saved them.

The loading time will vary depending on a user’s Internet connection and the number of teachers accessing the same issue simultaneously.

If your computer does not load all pages of an issue, select the “Show All Pages” icon in the toolbar and select any page of the digital issue. This icon is to the left of the “Home” icon. When you select a specific page, it will load that page more quickly and continue to load the rest of the digital issue.

Some magazines also offer alternate-level versions of certain articles within their digital issues. Locate the “Level” or “Lexile” button to toggle between different versions of the article. Alternate-level versions are printable.

Consult the User’s Guide on your magazine’s home page for more information on this resource.

Many school networks do not have enough bandwidth for many students to play the same video simultaneously. The video performance will vary depending on your Internet connection and the number of users accessing digital resources simultaneously.

If you are able to access your magazine’s website prior to teaching, you can load the video into the memory of your computer in advance. Simply click the video button and then press pause. The pause button is on the bottom left of the video-player toolbar. The pause button toggles between pause and play. When the video player is in the paused mode, the video will continue to load. When you are ready to begin your lesson, simply press play to begin the video.

You can load the video a few minutes prior to a lesson or hours in advance.

Click here for a printable guide on viewing the video successfully.