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March is
Newspapers
in Education
Month
Join the millions of
teachers worldwide who use
newspapers to teach lessons
that are relevant, current
and help student test scores.
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The Newspaper Train
Make a “train” on a bulletin board and have
students “load” each car. Label the boxcars
ANTONYMS, HOMONYMS, SYNONYMS,
PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES. Have students find
example of each in the newspaper, cut them out
and
glue them onto the appropriate boxcar.
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Standards Link: Language Arts/Word Analysis: Identify antonyms,
homonyms, synonyms, prefixes and suffixes.
Are you observant?
Here is a game to improve your students powers
of observation. Have students find a partner and
pick a picture in the newspaper. They should study
the picture for one minute and then cover the
picture. Then have them write down everything
they can remember about the picture. Which
student
could remember the most details?
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Standards Link: Science/Investigation: Follow instructions for an investigation.
To order newspapers for your classroom, call:
Fastest Ever
Write a paragraph
about a fast animal or
machine, include at
least three facts and
one opinion.
Deadline: March 6
Published: Week of Apr. 3
How I
Earn Money
How do you earn
money? Do you do
chores? What kind of
jobs do you do?
Deadline: March 13
Published: Week of Apr. 10
I’m Green
Here are some quidelines to
give students a better chance
of being published.
Explain what you do to
help the environment.
Why is it important to
you?
1. Keep length between 50
and 100 words.
The
Cutest
Animal in
the World
3. Make sure entries are
legible.
Deadline: March 20
Published: Week of Apr. 17
Which animal do you
think is the cutest
animal in the world?
Why? Write a paragraph
to convince other
children of your opinion.
2. Follow directions for the
topic. Creativity is great,
but is the entry on topic?
4. Students’ name, school and
grade should be on each
entry.
5. Screen for appropriateness.
We try to avoid potentially
embarassing entries, but
sometimes it is not
obvious.
Deadline: March 27
Published: Week of Apr. 24
© 2016 Vicki Whiting. Teacher Scoop is an NIE newsletter edited and published by Vicki Whiting, P.O. Box 1802, Sonoma, CA 95476
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ST PATRICK’S DAY
Celebrate St. Patrick’s
Day with a Kid Scoop
page packed with
puzzles, games,
history and more!
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WEEK OF MARCH 27
BUNNY BUDDIES
BABY BIRDS
Promote cross-age learning
with the annual Bunny Buddies
page. It is a page of Easter
themed activities designed
for older and younger
students to do together.
A great activity to do
with your buddy class!
This week Kid Scoop gets the scoop on
baby birds and bird nests. What should
you do if you discover a “orphaned” bird?
Printable activity sheets of every issue of
Kid Scoop are available for easy photocopying for
classroom or home use at www.kidscoop.com. Search
our archives and find fantastic learning tools fast!
© 2016 Vicki Whiting. All. rights reserved.
Have a “No-Books” day and spend the
day doing learning activities with the
newspaper! This week, Kid Scoop will
provide a variety of games and lessons
that teach with the newspaper.