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Opinions

Read the Letters to the Editor and find one that gives an opinion on a topic young people might find interesting. Do you agree or disagree with the writer? Defend your answer. Write a response back to the editor. Dear Editor: I think that thirteen-year-old kids should be allowed to drive.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Writing Applications

Standard:

Write persuasive essays that state a position and use supporting details.

Expressing Opinion

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

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Opinion and Fact

Standard:

Students distinguish between opinions and facts in text.

Transportation

Look through your newspaper to find pictures of different ways people travel. Paste these pictures on a piece of paper with the title MODERN TRANSPORTATION. On another piece of paper draw or collect pictures or words of ways people used to travel before the 1900s'. Title it TRANSPORTATION OF THE PAST. Are there some methods that appear on both pages?

Subject:

History

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th

Skill or Strand:

Time

Standard:

Students differentiate between those things that happened long ago and yesterday by comparing and contrasting.

Play Ball!

Practice math facts by using sports scores! Find the score of a game. Create a math fact or number sentence about that score. For example if the Giants beat the Cubs 9-3 the number sentence would be 9-3=6.

Subject:

Operations

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Whole Numbers

Standard:

Students write and solve number sentences from problem situations that express relationships involving addition and subtraction.

Obituaries

Find the obituary section in your newspaper. Who is the oldest person who died recently? How old was that person? What had the person accomplished in his or her lifetime? What changes do you think they saw in the world while they were alive?

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students read for facts and demonstrate comprehension by finding answers in the text.