Today's Classroom Activities :

Newspapers in the Classroom

The Daily News
Reading/Current Events Introduce students to different parts of the newspaper. Headlines, subtitles, date lines, captions, by-lines, body, etc. Provide several different papers for them to find samples of various parts. Have each student take a picture of something going on around the school. They can use what they learned about the newspaper articles to create their own newspaper. Limit each to one page, then put the newspaper together in a booklet for others in the building to read.

Read all about these awesome math activities that involve the newspaper in Extra! Extra! by Michael Naylor.

In The Real World students can get a healthy dose of "real-life" living with these activities involving current events.

Your Editorial
Writing Read to your class several editorials from local papers, as well as a newspaper article of current local interest. Have each student write his or her own editorial to read aloud to the class. Have an open discussion on the pros and cons of each issue.