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Saving Space

Classified ads have lots of abbreviations. Look in the real estate column and circle all of the abbreviations. Make a list (in alphabetical order) of all the abbreviations and their meanings. Example: House Hse.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Decoding

Standard:

Students recognize common abbreviations.

Keeping Cool

Our bodies help us keep cool by sweating or perspiring. Look through the newspaper for activities that make people perspire. Cut them out and paste them on a piece of paper. Look through the newspaper for ways to keep cool other than perspiring. Cut these out and paste them next to your activities.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students extract appropriate information from text.

Getting 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:

6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Main Idea

Standard:

Students connect and clarify main ideas.

Reliable Sources

When you read a newspaper or a magazine you will often find references to a reliable source. That means a reporter got his or her information from someone who did not want to be identified. Find an example of a reliable source in a news story. How do you feel about the story? Find other stories where sources are named. Is one source more believable than another? Why or why not?

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students draw inferences conclusions or generalizations about text.

Math Works

List all the uses of math in the articles on the front page of the newspaper.

Subject:

Problem Solving

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Math Applications

Standard:

Students connect mathematics to real life experiences.