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Exclamation Points

Count all the exclamation points you can find in each section of the newspaper. Graph your results. Which section has the most? Why do you think this is?

Subject:

Number Sense

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd

Skill or Strand:

Counting

Standard:

Students identify and count exclamation points.

Accidents and Illnesses

Collect newspaper articles about accidents and illness. Paste them in a notebook. Underline or highlight the part of the article that mentions the illness or injury. Discuss whether these could have been prevented and how. Decide what causes more damage: accidents or illnesses.

Subject:

Health

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Safety

Standard:

Students recognize and practice safe behaviors.

People*** Places and Things

Take three sheets of paper. Label one PEOPLE. Label another PLACES. Label the third THINGS. Look through the newspaper. Cut out five pictures whose main idea is about kinds of people. Paste these pictures on your PEOPLE paper. Cut out five pictures whose main idea is about places. Paste these pictures on your PLACES paper. Cut out five pictures whose main idea is about things. Paste these pictures on your THINGS paper.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

1st 2nd

Skill or Strand:

Grammar

Standard:

Students identify nouns as people*** places or things; sort objects.

Movie Madness

Find the page in your paper that tells about the movies that are playing. Rewrite one or two of the movie ads and substitute antonyms (opposites) for the words describing the film. Share your efforts.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Vocabulary Development

Standard:

Students use antonyms to determine the meaning of words.

In Related News

Find an editorial cartoon. Now turn to the news section and see if you can find an article related to the cartoonist's point. Which of the two is more likely to show an opinion? Is this a good way of giving an opinion in the news? Why or why not?

Subject:

Newspaper

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students understand and use the structural features of editorials to gain meaning from text; differentiate between fact and opinion.