English Newspapers and Learning

One of my favorite activities to do with my students involves newspapers.  Last month, I had my father save 20 newspapers and ship them to me.  Shout-out to the Dubois County Herald.

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!