JGB Inspire Grade 5 Teacher License (Digital)

This one-year subscription gives you access to all Teacher Materials for Junior Great Books^® Inspire Series 5 and Junior Great Books Nonfiction Inquiry 5 through Junior Great Books Digital Classroom.

The Junior Great Books Inspire Series 5 Teacher Materials feature:

• Instructional frameworks for the full Shared Inquiry sequence to support teachers as discussion leaders, complete with focus and cluster questions to spark lively discussion
• Detailed planning and implementation notes that share key information about each text at a glance
• Guidance for integrating the Reader’s Journal into each session
• Audio recordings of each selection read by professional voice actors 
• Student learning spectrums and differentiated instructions that support and challenge all students across each session of Shared Inquiry 
• Prereading activities, fluency practice, vocabulary activities, writing, and creative response activities, and more to supplement Shared Inquiry
• Extended projects that connect texts to science and social studies curriculums and build research, organizational, presentation, artistic, and interpersonal skills
• Access to printable Online Resources to help you plan, track, and reflect on discussions, as well as assess student growth over time

The Junior Great Books Nonfiction Inquiry 5 Teacher's Guide includes:

• Step-by-step instructions for each activity with point-of-need teacher support
• Unit overviews with activities and options for differentiation and face-to-face learning
• Student learning spectrums for each activity to help with formative assessment
• Connections to concepts in Junior Great Books literature so that students can meaningfully compare texts across genres and curricular areas
• Teacher Resources and Handouts book with student activity handouts and additional assessments, reflections, and comprehension tests for Junior Great Books Nonfiction Inquiry 5.

In Junior Great Books Digital Classroom, teachers can: 

• Receive notes submitted by students, enabling them to track questions students pose as they read. This private communication enables one-on-one support and helps ensure comprehension of the text.
• Play professionally recorded audio of the selections (fiction series only)
• See glossary definitions, which appear alongside the text, of potentially unfamiliar words 
• View student analytics on student progress and time spent within the platform 
• Work with both digital texts and print books seamlessly because both formats match page-by-page

Note: Teacher-resource pages and student handouts, including student activity pages, comprehension tests, reflection forms, and discussion planners, may be printed.

If you are interested in purchasing Junior Great Books Digital Classroom for multiple grade levels, please contact your Great Books K–12 partnership manager.