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Let's Go!

Using the travel section (advertisements and news articles) from your newspaper to plan a trip to somewhere in the United States or Canada (Alaska and Hawaii included). Be sure to include the following: What form of transportation will be used? How much will it cost? What kind of clothes will you need to take? (Clip ads from the newspaper for this.) What special points of interest do you want to see? What special activities have schedules that you do not want to miss? Include a map showing your travel route. This report can be given orally using your visual aids or written.

Subject:

Speaking

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Presentation

Standard:

Students make brief narrative oral presentations.

Be a Scoop Snooper!

The first person to obtain and print the news is said to get a scoop. Scoop your classmates by being the first to find examples of the following in your newspaper: an accident*** a sports score*** news of the economy*** an event in a big city ***a phone number ***a cartoon or comic.

Subject:

Newspaper

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Reports

Standard:

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

Science Pitch

Find ads for products or services that use science issues as part of the sales pitch. For example: Water Purification*** Fertilizer *** Low-fat foods*** Energy saver***etc.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Informational Text

Standard:

Students use titles to locate information in expository text.

Stop the Presses

Pretend you have just discovered the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Write a press release to give your story to the paper. Be sure to tell WHO***WHAT***WHERE***WHEN***WHY & HOW.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Strategies

Standard:

Students use who*** what*** when*** where*** why and how to convey information in a single or multiple paragraph written product.

Onomatopoeias

An onomatopoeia (on o mot o pee a) is a word that imitates the sound it represents*** such as buzz or chirp*** etc. See how many onomatopoeias you can find in the newspaper.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Vocabulary Development

Standard:

Students use word relationships as well as context clues to recognize onomatopoeia.