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Headline Race

Using 10–15 newspaper headlines, cut apart the words and lay them face up on a table. Time your students to see how many sentences they can create in one minute, two minutes, and longer intervals. Since headlines are often incomplete sentences, include some blank cards for writing additional words that may be needed.

Subject:

Written Conventions

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Skill or Strand:

Grammar

Standard:

Writes a variety of sentence structures and lengths.

Which am I?

Here’s a game for each student and their buddy. The student picks a story or picture in the newspaper. To discover which one, the buddy asks “yes” or “no” questions until correctly identifying the story or picture.

Subject:

Listening & Speaking

Grade:

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Listening & Speaking Strategiess

Standard:

Understands the main idea or message in visual media (e.g., newspaper photographs)

Ad Space

Working with a partner, students examine a section of the newspaper and figure out a way to measure the amount of space devoted to advertising and the amount devoted to editorial content. Then they compare the ratios in different sections of the newspaper.

Subject:

Measurement

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Area

Standard:

Measure objects using standard and non-standard units; estimate volume.

Presidential Advisor

Let your students imagine that they have been selected to advise the President on the concerns of their community or neighborhood. Let them find articles in the newspaper showing issues your community is concerned about. Then have students list ways they think the President could help solve the problems.

Subject:

Civics

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Citizenship

Standard:

Students know that one's civic life concerns taking part in the government, such as helping to find solutions.

Library Month

February is National Library Month. Have each student select his or her favorite book and write a review of the book for the newspaper.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Skill or Strand:

Writing Applications - Response to Literature

Standard:

Writes in response to literature (e.g., summarizes main ideas and significant details; relates own ideas to supporting details; advances judgments; supports judgments with references to the text, other works, other authors, nonprint media, and personal knowledge)

Who plays sports?

Without looking at the newspaper, have your students estimate how many stories they might find about females in the sports section, how many about males and how many with both male and female participants. Over three days, count the participants and make a chart showing the number of stories in each category. How close were the estimates? Discuss with your students if both genders are equally represented.

Subject:

Data Analysis

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Skill or Strand:

Display Data

Standard:

Gather, organize and display data in a chart.

The Race is On

Wind power, waterpower, solar power—the race is on to find a viable alternative to gasoline and other sources of energy. Start an ongoing list of energy sources. Have your students use the newspaper regularly to explore the news and keep clip stories about developments for each kind of alternative energy. Have students read and write a summary of each article.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Skill or Strand:

Writing Applications - Summary

Standard:

Use the newspaper to locate information: Writing Applications: Write expository compositions that summarize main idea and important details.

Leap Year News

Have your class create a Leap Year News—a newspaper that features reports and information about leap year in your school or neighborhood. Interview people to find out how they will use their “extra” day this year. Tally responses and let your readers know what is the most common activity.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Skill or Strand:

Writing Applications - Summary

Standard:

Write in a variety of genres including expository compositions, reports of information and summaries.

Meal Planner

Have students use the grocery ads to plan a meal that includes one serving from each of the food groups. Next, let them plan a meal using foods without packaging or foods with recyclable packaging.

Subject:

Healthy Choices

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Food Groups

Standard:

Know the nutritional value of different foods in food groups.

Positive People

Have students select an article about a person in their community who is working to improve that community or the local environment. Have students list who, what, when, where, why and how from the story they chose. Then have them either draw a cartoon or write a letter to further support this cause.

Subject:

Reading Comprehension

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Finding Information

Standard:

Understands why civic responsibility is important and recognizes example of civic responsibility.