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Alphabet Worm

Use a large sheet of construction paper or several sheets of smaller paper to draw a worm with 26 round sections. Write one letter of the alphabet in each section of your worm starting with A. Find a picture or word from the newspaper beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Glue them in the proper sections of the worm. Make sure the final worm is in alphabetical order.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd

Skill or Strand:

Decoding

Standard:

Students identify letters and words; distinguish initial sounds. Arrange words in alphabetical order.

Get It Together!

How good are you at putting things back together? Test your skills on today's comics. Find three story strips. Don't read them. Cut them apart and mix up the panels. Now read the dialogue and put the strips together the way they should go. Check your work in another paper.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Making Predictions

Standard:

Students understand sequence of a story: beginning*** middle and end.

Shop For a Literary Character

Set an imaginary budget of $500. Shop the classified ads to buy items for a character in a book or story you have read this year. List each item and the cost and the reason the person would need it. Do not spend more than $500.

Subject:

Operations

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th

Skill or Strand:

Whole Numbers

Standard:

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

Whatever Crops Up

To crop a picture is to cut away or eliminate part of it so it fits a particular size or emphasizes a specific item. Practice cropping pictures from the newspaper. Cut out ten pictures from the paper. Crop the picture until you have an image you think is just right. Does the cutline have to be changed or does it still convey what the picture is about?

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Informational Text

Standard:

Students understand the use of illustration to clarify text.

According to the Polls

Polls and public opinion surveys have become a way of life in America. Government and entertainment and manufacturing are just a few of the industries that use public opinion polls. Choose a controversial article or issue from the newspaper. Create two questions about the issue or people's beliefs or feelings related to it. Predict your poll results and then poll students in your school. Did your predictions mirror the results?

Subject:

History

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Research

Standard:

Students pose relevant questions about the period they are studying; students conduct analysis of current events.