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Name That Trait

Cut out five pictures from the newspaper. Make a list of traits you can see in each picture. Ask a friend to guess which picture you are thinking of. Have your friend ask questions about the traits in the pictures to guess the correct pictures. Now switch roles with your friend.

Subject:

Listening

Grade:

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Critical Listening

Standard:

Ask thoughtful questions and respond to relevant questions.

Spirit of Freedom

Imagine your students have been asked to design a memorial poster to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Look through the newspaper for pictures and stories that show the freedoms enjoyed by Americans. Students should cut these out and make a poster called "Dr. King and the Spirit of Freedom."

Subject:

Civics

Grade:

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

Skill or Strand:

Human and Civil Rights

Standard:

Students know that liberty for all is an American ideal.

Weather Watcher

Have your students watch the weather report in the newspaper for one month. Then let them graph both the predicted weather and the actual weather. How accurate are the weather reports during the month they documented?

Subject:

Earth Science

Grade:

K, 1st, 2nd

Skill or Strand:

Weather

Standard:

Understand atmospheric processes.

Weather Watcher

Have your students watch the weather report in the newspaper for one month. The let them graph both the predicted weather and the actual weather. How accurate are the weather reports during the month they documented?

Subject:

Data Analysis

Grade:

K, 1st, 2nd

Skill or Strand:

Graphing

Standard:

Collects and represents information about objects or events in simple graphs.

Stay Cool

Animals in the desert have adaptations to stay cool. Ask students to look through the newspaper for five words related to the heat. Now have them use those five words to write five sentences that relate to desert habitat. Next, have them write five words that are antonyms of their original words. Ask them to put these words into sentences describing a cold climate.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

1st, 2nd, 3rd

Skill or Strand:

Writing Applications

Standard:

Write declarative sentences and expository descriptions. Understand antonyms.

Heroes

Students should look through the newspaper for articles featuring people they might consider heroes. Have them highlight the main idea of each story and find five supporting details. Then ask your students to select another person in the news who they view as a hero. Have them write a news story about that hero with a main idea and five supporting details.

Subject:

Civics

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Civic Responsibility

Standard:

Understands why civic responsibility is important, and knows examples of civic responsibility.

Heroes

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Writing Applications

Standard:

Uses strategies to draft and revise written work.

Resolution

Choose a special time in your student's calendar (e.g., beginning of the year, term, season). Have them brainstorm resolutions. Let them clip words form the newspaper and then create decorative posters they can put on the walls to remind them. Discuss ways to keep these resolutions.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

3rd, 4th, 5th

Skill or Strand:

Reading Strategies

Standard:

Students use the skills of the reading process and appropriate grade-level words.

Innovations

Have students clip from the newspaper pictures of ten items that were not available ten years ago. Each student should interview adults to find out what was used in place of the clipped items.

Subject:

Speaking/Listening

Grade:

4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Skill or Strand:

Speaking

Standard:

Students listen for information and ask appropriate questions.

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass died in 1895. Have your students read about his life and accomplishments. How do they think he is remembered today? Have them express their ideas and feelings about Douglass by writing eulogies for him. Have students repeat this activity for other historical figures that they admire.

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Skill or Strand:

Writing Applications

Standard:

Write in a variety of genres; write biographical sketches.