Today's Classroom Activities :

Journals, Newspapers, and More

Journal Starters
Writing Put a star at the top of the next blank page in each student's journal. That will serve as the story starter for this day. They may write about what the star reminds them of, why we use various symbols, how hard they work to get one, etc.

Creating a Classroom Newspaper
Students will enjoy this creative, exciting, and stimulating lesson in writing as they create authentic newspaper stories. As they are transformed into reporters and editors, they will become effective users of ICT in order to publish their own classroom newspaper. Various aspects of newspapers are covered, including parts of a newspaper, writing an article, online newspapers, newspaper reading habits, and layout and design techniques.

Journal Writing
Using the published diaries of Anne Frank, or Zlata Filipovic, you can introduce students to journal writing. Students will learn how to record personal thoughts, feelings, and experiences.

Art RX Journal
In this lesson, to exercise their artistic creativity, students keep a day-by-day art journal. Each page should be a simple statement of a different idea or small thought for the day.

Traveling Community Journal Project
Students learn about communities and their cultures by creating an email (or U.S. mail) “community journal.” How far do their journals travel?