At the beginning of the class, we go through and talk about the different sections of the newspaper. With the younger students, I ask them simple questions about the date, weather, page numbers, etc. Then, I have them go through and cut out pictures or words that describe them. They like to cut out individual letters to spell out their name. They then glue everything to a paper that says All About Me.
I had a few extra newspapers, so some of my 6th graders asked if they could take them home. I didn't mind. Today, one of my students came in and wanted to show off her fingernails. She had used parts of the newspaper to create fingernail art. I had never seen this done before, but apparently it's actually a "thing". Who knew?! Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool!
I'm just glad English could bring a little excitement into their lives!
