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Cause & Effect

Find a headline that shows a cause and effect. Find a headline that describes an effect then determine the cause.

Subject:

Investigations & Methods

Grade:

4th

Skill or Strand:

Cause & Effect

Standard:

Students formulate predictions and justify predictions based on cause and effect relationships.

All in a Day's Paper

Use today's newspaper to cut out an example of a story that tells about each of the following:
Health*** Sports*** Local News*** National News*** World News*** Science
Use the index of the newspaper to write down two other kinds of stories found in today's paper.

Subject:

Investigations & Methods

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Layout

Standard:

Students use titles*** headings and indexes to locate information in text.

Use of Space

Practice working with metrics. Measure the front the newspaper from top to bottom and side to side. What is the answer in centimeters? Measure pictures*** column inches and ads. Every issue is filled with more to measure. What is the perimeter?

Subject:

Measurement

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Standard/Metric

Standard:

Students measure the length of an object to the nearest centimeter; compute perimeter.

Highs & Lows

Collect the weather section of the newspaper for seven days. Use one sheet of graph paper to make a bar graph showing the high temperatures for one week. Use another sheet of graph paper to show the low temperatures.

Subject:

Organizing Data

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Graphing

Standard:

Students summarize and display data results in a clear and organized way.

Home Furnishings

Pretend you are going to furnish a room in a house. Use the newspaper to clip advertisements showing the furniture you will use. Be sure to include the price tag. Can you completely furnish the room for less than $1000? Can you furnish the whole house for less than ten thousand dollars?

Subject:

Operations

Grade:

5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Money

Standard:

Students calculate and solve problems using addition and subtraction of money amounts in decimal notation.