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Getting Started: Take time to teach ABOUT newspapers BEFORE you begin teaching WITH newspapers.
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I Know! I Read it in the Newspaper!
This 8-page workbook introduces students to newspapers. It is available
with NIE orders. Request a copy for each student when you order newspapers.
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What's News?
Background information on newspaper content with corresponding activities and career information.
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Just Think!
Ten lessons introduce types of news and writing. Activities help develop higher-level thinking and problem-solving skills. Grades 5 & up.
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Reading & Language Arts:
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Thoughtful
Literacy
Engage and empower students with research-based lessons and effective practices of managed choice, multi-source curriculum, multi-task learning and meaningful discussion.
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 Creating
a Classroom Newspaper
Creating Classroom Newspaper: Five days of instruction covers planning, writing news, feature stories and opinions and creating ads. Lessons on three levels for differentiated instruction.
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 The
Essential Question
Lessons enhance critical thinking and comprehension by teaching students to actively build understanding as they read.
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Comic Capers!
31 standards-based activities use comics to target specific reading and writing skills. Each activity has a focus exercise,
extension activity and English SOL correlations for grades 3-8.
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Social Studies:
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Citizens Together
Explore freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights, with emphasis on rights to know, to express one’s opinion, to assemble, to be secure and to the legal system.
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