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Happy Birthday

Use the newspaper to find birthday presents for each member of your family. Do not spend over $10 for each gift. Scan the newspaper to find gifts that will suit and please each member of your family. Cut the items and prices out. Make a family gift book. Put a name and paste the appropriate gifts on each page. Total the amount of money spent. BONUS: Figure the tax on each gift. The price plus the tax must be less than $10.

Subject:

Operations

Grade:

6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Decimals

Standard:

Students multiply by decimals to compute tax on a purchase.

Let's Buy a Car

You have an automobile worth $1600. You are planning to purchase a newer model costing between $6000 and $6500. You can borrow money at 14%. Use an auto ad from the newspaper to select a car in your price range. Figure the difference between the purchase price and your trade-in. Use your answer to determine the simple interest for one year.

Subject:

Operations

Grade:

6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Percentages

Standard:

Students apply knowledge of percentages to calculate interest.

Vocabulary & Spelling

Develop a word bank. Decorate a vocabulary box. Choose important words from the news and deposit them in the box. Open the box once a week. Discuss the words*** their meanings and their spelling. Look for interesting origins of words by using the dictionary to see their language of origin.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

7th

Skill or Strand:

Vocabulary Development

Standard:

Students apply knowledge of word origins to determine the meaning of words.

Half Empty or Half Full?

Attitudes are part of mental health. Use the sports or editorial section to find examples of optimistic statements and pessimistic statements. Circle in red all optimistic statements. Circle in blue all pessimistic statements. What conclusions can you draw about attitude?

Subject:

Health

Grade:

8th

Skill or Strand:

Mental Health

Standard:

Students identify that support systems in the community develop critical thinking.

In Your House

On a large sheet of paper draw a floor plan of a house. Be sure you have a kitchen*** living room*** bathroom*** and bedroom. Look through the newspaper and cut out five things that would be found in each room. Paste the words or pictures of these things in the correct rooms on your paper.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Vocabulary Development

Standard:

Students classify grade appropriate categories of words.