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Saving Energy

Find an article or advertisement encouraging energy savings. Tell what kind of energy would be saved. Why is this important?

Subject:

Earth Science

Grade:

4th

Skill or Strand:

Ecosystems

Standard:

Students apply knowledge that organisms*** including humans*** can change the physical condition of the environment.

Punctuation

Collect news pictures from your newspaper that represent a question mark (?) an exclamation point (!) or a period (.). Make a Picture Punctuation booklet. Write an original sentence for each picture of the booklet.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Skill or Strand:

Punctuation

Standard:

Students use a period*** exclamation point*** or question mark at the end of a sentence.

What We Wear

The clothes we wear are made of natural fibers*** animal fur or man-made fibers. Cut out ads showing examples of clothing made from these materials. Compare the prices. Which material usually costs the most? Why? Does cost influence what we wear? How does climate influence the kind of material from which clothes are made? Where might you find the most clothes made from animal furs? Natural fibers? What advantages would there be in using man-made fibers?

Subject:

Life Science

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd

Skill or Strand:

Plants/Animals

Standard:

Students observe that living things have needs.

Opinionated

Study the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR section on the editorial page of the newspaper. Each letter tells how the person who wrote it feels about a certain subject. Find a letter to which you would like to respond. Your comments may support or oppose the letter you choose. When you write your answer remember to state clearly why you feel as you do. Start an OPINIONATED column for your classroom or school newspaper. Invite your classmates to write letters of opinion in response to the editorial page.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Expository Critique

Standard:

Students determine the adequacy and appropriateness of an author's evidence for his or her conclusions.

Funny Roots

Finding root words can be fun when you look in the newspaper. Take a page from the paper and circle all of the root words you can find. BONUS: Underline prefixes in blue and suffixes in red.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Spelling

Standard:

Students identify and spell roots*** suffixes and prefixes correctly.