The daily newspaper is an influential and integral part of our society. By building the habit of reading a daily newspaper, you help students become more conscientious and active citizens. Long recognized as a resource for middle and high school social studies, the daily newspaper is an outstanding resource for primary and elementary teachers. Students can learn both reading and writing fundamentals through the comics and headlines. Active young learners can cut, paste and color the newspaper and use clippings for portfolios and bulletin boards.
Advertisements are a great resource to learn basic math skills.
Introducing the Newspaper to Your Class Teaching with newspapers can bring a lot of vitality and diversity to your classroom. To make lesson planning easier, you must first educate yourself about the basics of journalism and be a regular newspaper reader yourself. Once you feel comfortable and familiar with the newspaper and it's organization, you will discover it is easy to pull lessons from a fresh copy that you haven't seen before. Before starting content-area lessons with your class, make sure your students feel comfortable and are able to handle the newspaper effectively. Many may never have seen or read a newspaper before.