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Scholastic Education Solutions Announces New Collection, Our Stories Decodables, for Early Reading Instruction

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Mercoledì, Maggio 8, 2024
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NEW YORK, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education, and media company, announced the pre-order of Our Stories Decodables, a collection of 24 culturally affirming decodable books designed for young readers. The collection, which will be available for classrooms in September, supports children in grades K-2 who are learning the foundations of sounds and spelling, as well as students who need additional support through grades 3-5. To ensure the collection represents diverse children and their families, the titles were written by authors representing various backgrounds including first-time writers responding to a call for entries from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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  • Our Stories Decodables aims to bridge this gap for teachers and students, particularly for early readers as they begin their literacy journeys.
  • In addition, the collection provides 18 decodable student texts, six review books, a teacher's guide, oral reading rubric, and downloadable take-home books.
  • Through these texts and resources, students are able to practice sounds and spellings, recognize themselves in the stories, and increase confidence in their reading capabilities.
  • Educators can use the collection as a supplement to a comprehensive phonics program and aligns with all Scholastic Ready4Reading™ modules.

Complex Canada Partners with Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum to Launch "Hidden Gems" Digital Series and Multiplatform Campaign

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Mercoledì, Luglio 28, 2021
Companies, Corus, Master blender, Rum, W Network, Jamaican Patois

Four-Part Series Celebrates Jamaican Excellence in Canada Featuring Talented Creatives Exploring Jamaica, Winnipeg, Montral, and Toronto

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  • Four-Part Series Celebrates Jamaican Excellence in Canada Featuring Talented Creatives Exploring Jamaica, Winnipeg, Montral, and Toronto
    TORONTO, July 28, 2021 /CNW/ -Complex Canada, operated by Corus Entertainment Inc., announced today its new digital series Hidden Gems, produced in partnership with Appleton Estate Jamaican Rum, celebrating Jamaican excellence in Canada.
  • As part of the partnership with Complex Canada, Hidden Gems debuts with a 360-degree marketing strategy amplified by Corus' powerful megaphone of assets.
  • The series will also be promoted across Complex Canada's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter platforms with episodic teasers, static images, and a series of custom reels driving to the series.
  • Along for the journey in the series is Appleton Estate Jamaican Rum Master Blender Joy Spence who brings lessons and learnings from her four decades at the Estate.

Joseph Acquired by Urban Home Entertainment for Video-On-Demand Distribution Worldwide

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Giovedì, Dicembre 24, 2020
Contents, Articles, English language, Ashanti, GHANA, Jamaican Patois, Tragedy

The film, Joseph, is the winner of the 2020 "Best Diaspora Narrative Feature" award at the Africa Movie Academy Awards.

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  • The film, Joseph, is the winner of the 2020 "Best Diaspora Narrative Feature" award at the Africa Movie Academy Awards.
  • Joseph is a dramatic feature film about Joseph King, a young Jamaican doctor with a burning desire to re-connect to his family's roots with the Ashanti tribe in Ghana.
  • A serious tragedy, a chance meeting and an unfulfilled promise drive Joseph towards an uncertain destiny.
  • https://www.soulidifly.com/
    A distribution brand of Urban Home Entertainment, TRIAL X FIRE, LLC (TXF) is a privately owned company that specializes in Movies, Television, and Musical programming.

The Jamaican Pot, Inc. Announces the Opening of Its Newest Restaurant within Detroit's New Center One Area

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Martedì, Febbraio 25, 2020
Countries, Food and drink, Articles, Jamaican Patois, Jamaican culture, Jamaican cuisine, JAMAICA, Restaurant, Coffee

Join us during our launch phase for lunch and dinner, when we will be open for limited hours and with limited menu items.

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  • Join us during our launch phase for lunch and dinner, when we will be open for limited hours and with limited menu items.
  • Like famed TV33 personality, Edgar Lowman (The Coffee Man Show) says, "If it's from The Jamaican Pot, BOOM!"
  • At The Jamaican Pot, we take pride in providing customer service second to none and food prepared uniquely The Jamaican Pot way come see and taste it for yourself.
  • Our first restaurant was started with $400.00, faith, and the belief that there was a demand for our style of Jamaican food in Metro-Detroit; we were right.