4. Scholastic develops a sense of community

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In coordination with www.Teacherspayteachers.com, scholastic added interactive tools and subscription services so teachers can make lesson plans, download them, and print them. The creator’s hard work on their lesson plans will pay off as other teachers can purchase them, and alter them if needed to cater to their own class’s needs. I think this will make lesson planning easier for some teachers, and they can be confident that the lesson plans are already teacher-tested. However, I believe in Harry Wong’s idea of beg, barrow, and steal; we are all teachers who must create lesson plans in the first place. We should help each other by providing lesson plans free of purchase.