The Somerset Foundation recently approved a grant requested by our 5th grade teaching team to purchase the Junior Scholastic news magazine. Junior Scholastic features news debates and articles on current events, geography, American history, and world civilizations. Full color photographs, charts, graphs, maps, and timelines also provide different formats for presenting information and enhance learning. Each issue is used in conjunction with accompanying assessments and worksheets to support the MCPS social studies curriculum. The 5th grade teachers use this news magazine as a tool to help students improve reading and writing skills on informational text, provide interesting discussion topics, increase vocabulary, and expand knowledge about the world around us. Thank you to our donors for making grants like this possible!