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Happy/Sad

Have each student look through the newspaper for a photo of a person whose facial expression conveys emotion. Ask the students how they think the person in the photo is feeling. List the words they respond with. Are the photo subjects scared, curious, despairing, angry, joyful, suspicious? What else? Finally, have each student draw a cartoon character with a facial expression that depicts an emotion.

Subject:

Visual Arts/Writing Applications

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Drawing

Standard:

Knows how different materials, techniques, and processes cause different responses from the viewer.

Successful Teams

Have students look through the sports section to discover what makes a successful team. Discuss the roles of the coach and support people. What elements are required of a team? Consider defense and attack, as well as fitness, sportsmanship and cooperation. Ask your students to choose a sport and then, reminding them to think carefully about their discussion, have them list their ideal team.

Subject:

Life Skills

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Collaboration

Standard:

Knows the behaviors and skills that contribute to team effectiveness.

News Muse

Have each student choose an article or comic from the newspaper and then write a limerick using pivotal words from that selection.

Subject:

Writing Applications

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Poetry

Standard:

Writes in a variety of genres and forms.

Colorful Celebration

Have your students look through the newspaper for references to Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Ask them to list the adjectives used in the articles. Can they demonstrate how they would use colorful adjectives to advertise a different celebration?

Subject:

Research and Reading Comprehension

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Identifying and using adjectives

Standard:

Uses grammatical conventions in reading, writing and speaking.

Limerick News

Have each student choose an article or comic from the newspaper and then write a limerick using pivotal words from that selection.

Subject:

Writing Applications

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Poetry

Standard:

Writes in a variety of genres and forms.

Imported Goods

Clip three pictures of items in the newspaper. Divide students into groups and have them research whether an item was imported or exported. Let them look for the component parts; Are these available in the USA, and if not, why not? Where might the parts be manufactured? Which country was the exporter?

Subject:

Economics

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Importing and exporting goods

Standard:

Understands that scarcity of productive resources requires choices that generate opportunity costs.

Finding Science

Find an article in the newspaper that describes a scientific event or breakthrough. In small groups, have your students write and present a short play or song depicting their interpretation of the breakthrough.

Subject:

Writing Applications

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Current events and writing

Standard:

Writes in a variety of forms and genres including plays, prose and poetry.

What do kids like?

Have your students make a list of all the things they like about the newspaper. Then have them make a list of all the things they would like their newspaper to add to its content.

Subject:

Research and Reading Comprehension

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Summarizing

Standard:

Uses the newspaper to locate information; summarize data.

Points of View

First person writing is done from the writer's own viewpoint and often uses the words I, my, and we. Third person writing refers to someone other than the speaker and often uses he, she, or they. Find examples in the newspaper of first person and third person writings.

Subject:

Writing Applications

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

First and third person point of view

Standard:

Identifies point of view in expository text.

Tracking Time

Read an article in the newspaper. List the events that happened in the article in the order in which they occurred.

Subject:

Critical Reading

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Sequencing

Standard:

Understands structural patterns or organization in informational texts (e.g., chronological, logical, or sequential order).