Curriculum Guides
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Connect to the World with Newspapers: Helps improve reading comprehension by making connections. Middle and secondary activities begin on page 12. Elementary activities begin on page 42. (62 pages)

Celebrate Constitution Day: A variety of activities including a crossword puzzle and “Constitution Cube.” (12 pages)

Kindergarten Family ABCs: Students work with family members to build skills and learn about newspapers. (26 pages)

Improving Comprehension: Now I Get It!: Twelve lessons to help middle and high school students comprehend newspaper content. Lessons begin on page 16. (67 pages)

Adolescent Literacy: Students build literacy skills while focusing on themselves and their relationships with others. (116 pages)

Keep It Real: Newspapers as a Source of Informational Text: Middle and secondary activities begin on page 12. Elementary activities begin on page 33. (50 pages)

Just Think: Using newspapers in developing higher-level thinking skills to reason and solve problems. Lessons begin on page 9. (34 pages)

Constitution Lessons: Using the newspaper to teach the five freedoms of the First Amendment. Additional activities provided in “First Things First” listed below. (6 pages)

All Together Now: Using the newspaper as a resource in developing literacy skills in a multicultural society. Lessons begin on page 11. (38 pages)

Creating A Classroom Newspaper: Activities help students write and organize content and better understand process of preparing a newspaper.  (35 pages)

First Amendment Booklet: Using the newspaper to teach the five freedoms of the First Amendment. (41 pages.)

Middle School Math: Teaching mathematical concepts through relevant text. (48 pages)