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Changing Heads

Sometimes headlines have to be rewritten. An editor may not like the choice of words used by the headline writer. Pretend you are rewriting a headline and use as many synonyms as you can for the words in a newspaper headline. Can you change the meaning entirely by substituting antonyms?

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Vocabulary Development

Standard:

Students understand and explain common antonyms and synonyms.

Keeping Cool

Our bodies help us keep cool by sweating or perspiring. Look through the newspaper for activities that make people perspire. Cut them out and paste them on a piece of paper. Look through the newspaper for ways to keep cool other than perspiring. Cut these out and paste them next to your activities.

Subject:

Health

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th

Skill or Strand:

Physical Health

Standard:

Students describe body functions.

Counting Noses

How many pictures of people can you find in today's newspaper? Count all the noses. How many noses are there in all? BONUS: Create a fraction or number sentence out of your information.

Subject:

Operations

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Fractions

Standard:

Students use data collected from the newspaper to create fractions and number sentences using fractions.

Expressing Opinion

Circle all the articles and pictures etc. where an opinion is expressed. Which section has the most circles? Graph and discuss your results.

Subject:

Organizing Data

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Graphing

Standard:

Students use graphs to explain information.

A Penny Saved

Use the grocery advertisements in one newspaper to find cents off coupons. Clip all the coupons and compute the amount of money you could save. Are coupons valuable? Is it wise to shop with coupons? How many would you actually use?

Subject:

Operations

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Skill or Strand:

Whole Numbers

Standard:

Students solve problems involving addition and subtraction of money amounts.