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Changing Heads

Sometimes headlines have to be rewritten. An editor may not like the choice of words used by the headline writer. Pretend you are rewriting a headline and use as many synonyms as you can for the words in a newspaper headline. For fun change the meaning entirely by substituting antonyms.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Vocabulary Development

Standard:

Students use a thesaurus to determine related words.

Secret Message

Cut out individual letters and/or words to form a message. Glue it on a piece of paper and send your message to a classmate. Can he/she guess who it is from?

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Applications

Standard:

Students group together related ideas and maintain a clear focus.

URBAN & RURAL

Take two sheets of blank paper. Label one URBAN. Label the other RURAL. Look through the newspaper to find pictures that show things that happen in an URBAN area and things that happen in a RURAL area. Paste them on the appropriate papers.

Subject:

Geography

Grade:

3rd 4th

Skill or Strand:

Environment

Standard:

Students trace the ways in which people have modified the physical environment.

Logo Hunts

Use the business or advertising sections to find the following: a logo that uses no straight lines*** a logo with an animal in it*** a logo with a letter*** a logo with a human.

Subject:

Newspaper

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students identify features of logos.

Technology

Look for articles about technology. Discuss how this technology might change our future. What technologies from the past make these new advances possible?

Subject:

Technology

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Technical Journals

Standard:

Students read technical journals and demonstrate comprehension of technical writing.