FACT and OPINION

Cut Fact/Opinion lists apart, laminate, and give to your students to use as Individual Response Cards during Instruction Time.The definitions were put on large poster board, so everyone could see them.

HERE'S THE SCOOP

This is a great way to begin to understand the newspaper.  Begin by having the students make a Pressman's Hat.  All children love origami and this is a cute way to include it in a lesson.  You might want to give the directions and model doing it for the class.  Later, you can publish the directions in your newsletter to your parents.  While students are working on their hats, you need to bring in newspapers.  You might need to send a note home a few weeks in advance to get enough papers.  Discuss the statements on the worksheet before you hand  it out.  Give directions how to use scissors, cutting and gluing neatly, and appropriate noise level for the activity.  Talk about maintaining the border of the paper.  You do not want students choosing pictures that are too large for the page.  Spend an appropriate time to get this job started and a few completed.  Show these to the class to encourage others to complete in a timely manner.  Eventually, this will have to become a center or free time activity.  You can post these papers on a bulletin board, in the hallway, on your website, in a class book... When you are finished remember to put it in the student's Journal/Memory Book.

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

A nice "Getting to Know You" activity that also helps students understand newspapers.
Pass out worksheet. You get nicer pictures and handwriting if you do this as a whole group, taking lots of time as needed. When completed this can be a hallway display and then be put into a class book to be enjoyed all year. At the end of the year, add to the child's Journal/Memory Book to take home.