Tennessee Science Studies Weekly - Challenger

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Science Studies Weekly—Challenger

8 Reasons to Adopt Science Studies Weekly K-5

#1. Science Studies Weekly is a K-5 Basal Science ProgramThe Tennessee DOE has listed Science Studies Weekly for BASAL adoption, it is one of your choices to use as your core science program from 2009-2015.

#2. Science Studies Weekly covers 100 percent of Tennessee Content Standards, GLEs, Checks for Understanding, and SPIs
When a textbook  program covers 100 percent of required standards, but there’s only time to get through 60 percent of the book and its ancillaries in a school year, the Effective Rate of Standards Coverage is 60 percent.

Studies Weekly basal material is always manageable in one school year with very little prep time required. The Effective Rate of Standards Coverage is 100 percent because it’s designed to fit the class time available.

#3. Science Studies Weekly Has Built-In Assessments and Summative TCAP Assessments Included in Workbook Format and Electronically
Each grade level has appropriate assessments plus blackline masters, graphic organizers, and enrichment activities that support the learning objectives of each weekly unit.

#4. Science Studies Weekly Adoption Includes All Teacher Resources For Every Teacher
There are no extra ancillaries that come only by additional purchases. Every teacher gets every component of the program.

#5. Science Studies Weekly Requires Very Little Prep Time
You don’t have to search through a dozen different ancillaries trying to figure out how to efficiently cover all the standards. Science Studies Weekly is concise and covers all the standards before state testing begins. Use
one unit per week for 28 weeks during the school year.

#6. Science Studies Weekly Correlates With Higher Scores
On State Exams

In 2006, 70,092 students in South Carolina in grades 3-5 who used Studies Weekly publications scored 8.4 percent higher on state science exams than approximately 129,700 students who did not use Studies Weekly.

After two years of using Studies Weekly in grades
K-2 in every classroom, Sevier County first grade and
second grade science and social studies scores went up
approximately 30 percent!

#7. Science Studies Weekly Includes Interactive Technology
Components That Reinforce Learning Objectives

The eStudies Weekly online component provides a searchable electronic version of all the publications. Students have their own login and can practice taking exams, all under their teacher’s supervision and complete control. There’s also an online reading fluency tool where students can
practice reading at adjustable speeds from 75 to 750 words per minute.

 #8. Science Studies Weekly Delivers the Standards at Half the Cost

There is a dramatic fiscal advantage to purchasing Studies Weekly. A six year subscription is initially priced about 26 percent less than a textbook. Then, instead of paying for lost and damaged textbooks every year, your
basal periodicals are replaced yearly at no additional cost—including  teacher materials. The overall savings is approximately 48 percent.

comes in 28 colorful newspapers that look and feel like real newspapers. These are shipped in four shipments, or quarters, each containing 7 weekly science curriculum newspapers.

2008-2009 Prices:
1 Student: $24.95  
2-9 Students: $9.80  
10 or more Students: $4.90