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Newspaper Games

How quickly can your students use the newspaper to find and circle:a distance, a time in minutes, a first place finisher, a final score, a timed event, a final time.

Subject:

Measurement and Geometry

Grade:

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Measuring Time

Standard:

Understand time intervals and units of measure.

Team Building

Imagine you were asked to create a sports team from some of the international sports stars in the newspaper. Who would you pick and why? What would your team be called?What sport would they play?� Describe a game in which your team is victorious.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Summarizing

Standard:

Write expository essays using descriptive language to clarify ideas.

Problem Solving

Have your students identify a problem in their local environment. It could be a problem at school or in their local city or town. Have students find a newspaper story about the problem and identify the solution. If this doesn�t exist, have them write an article for the newspaper stating the problem clearly and outlining a possible solution.

Subject:

Civics

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Community

Standard:

Identify problems in your community and possible solutions.

Missing Link

Have each student select a story from the newspaper. Now, ask students to block out with a black pen all the verbs (or nouns, or adjectives, or prepositions) in the stories. Students then exchange stories and write out the story they�ve received, adding in the missing words.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Writing Conventions: Grammar

Standard:

Understand and use the correct part of speech in writing and speaking.

First Amendment

There is no better place to witness our freedom of speech than a newspaper�s editorial page. Have your students each write a letter to the newspaper expressing a deeply held opinion.

Subject:

History

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Letter Writing

Standard:

Understands the significance of the Bill of Rights and its specific guarantees.

Newspaper Scavenger Hunt

Time your students as they search through the newspaper for: an example of alliteration a preposition a conjunction a comparison a contraction a quotation an exaggeration

Subject:

Word Analysis & Vocabulary

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Parts of speech/grammar

Standard:

Identifies parts of speech.

Newspaper Scavenger Hunt 2

Time your students as they search through the newspaper for: an example of a noun an adjective an adverb a question a quote a verb an exclamation

Subject:

Word Analysis & Vocabulary

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Parts of speech/grammar

Standard:

Identifies parts of speech.

Subject:

Grade:

Skill or Strand:

Standard:

Food Math

Use grocery ads to create real-world math problems. For example: Round prices to the nearest dime or dollar. Select several food items to purchase, and total the cost. If a food is priced by the pound, calculate the cost for three or more pounds.

Subject:

Mathematics

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Problem solving with money and measurement

Standard:

Uses math to solve real world problems.

Philanthropy

Using the newspaper, list all fundraising events happening in your community. Record what each event is raising money for. Put the events on a calendar.

Subject:

Civics

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Citizenship and volunteering

Standard:

Recognizes examples of civic responsibility.