The Middle School module provides a more sophisticated interface that helps students formulate effective search queries while also allowing access by source, from a single home page.

Content includes:

  • Full-text archives of classroom magazines from Weekly Reader from September 2000 to the most current issue: Weekly Reader Senior, Science Spin Senior, Current Events, Current Science, Current Health 1 (grades 5-6), Current Health 2 (grades 7-8), Writing, Career World and Know Your World Extra (a high-interest, low reading-level periodical). Student content is linked to corresponding Teacher's Guide material and activities; activities are linked to the  corresponding answer keys.
  • Curriculum Alignment: Weekly Reader classroom magazine articles are aligned to curriculum standards in all 50 states.
  • TextHelp text-to-speech toolbar reads classroom magazine articles aloud, for beginning readers, aural comprehension, and ESL practice.
  • The World Almanac and Book of Facts
  • The World Almanac for Kids, from 1999 through the latest edition, with associated grade-specific activities from Teacher Created Materials™.
  • Reference Library, featuring an Atlas, the illustrated Wordsmyth™ Beginners, Children's, and Advanced dictionaries; grade-appropriate reference book series from Gareth Stevens, a browsable Picture Gallery, and The Oxford American Children's Encyclopedia (second edition).
  • Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia: over 9 million words

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