This guide will provide a rational, teaching strategies, and activities for using magazines in the classroom and provide access to ERC magazine subscriptions.
Classroom Magazines Available @ The ERC (Click on magazine for the library record)
Why Use Student Magazines in the Classroom?
High interest, engaging articles
Shorter, manageable chunks of information
Provides context and background knowledge
Students practice reading informational text
Interpersonal communications language skills
Focus on text structures and text features
Students practice close reading
Expand vocabulary
Talk and write about informational text
Textbook supplement
Media literacy
Differentiated reading levels
If you need assistance navigating these resources please contact the ERC email with your questions.
The ERC subscribes to high-quality print and digital magazines. Click on the Flipster link to access the following e-magazines. They are also available in print. To find them ask for assistance at the ERC Circulation Desk.
Designed for grades K-5 students. 100 full-text magazines and newswires. Includes Blackbirch Press curriculum support references, graphs, charts, maps, and 2,500 searchable images.
Designed for middle school students. Curriculum-aligned magazines, newspapers, videos, and primary sources covering literature, science, social studies, U.S. and world history, and more.
This database is designed for high school students, in grades 9-12, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
