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Skill Building with the Newspaper Unit PlanSkill Building with the Newspaper Unit Plan
Publisher
CJ Hatcher & Associates, Inc.
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5th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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28 days
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Skill Building with the Newspaper

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Extra, extra, read all about it! Use a newspaper as the primary resource in a special education classroom to teach reading, writing, and math skills. The activities help class members build their reading skills as well as their knowledge of the real world.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

main ideas, cause and effect, paragraph writing, map skills, writing organization, locating information, illustrations, descriptive writing, making decisions, future planning, weather forecasting, newspapers, news articles, news headlines, news reporting, fact and opinion

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask your local newspaper to donate complimentary copies of the daily newspaper for this project
  • Have class members save worksheets onto Google docs or a USB drive for a paperless and technology-enriched activity

Classroom Considerations

  • Table of contents lists lessons designed for various grade levels
  • Although designed for children with special needs, many of the worksheets are appropriate for any elementary or middle school class

Pros

  • A project based learning resource designed for the special needs classroom

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.5.1 RI.5.2 RI.5.7 RI.5.10 RF.5.3.a RF.5.4.a W.5.1.a W.5.2.a W.5.3.a W.5.4 W.5.7 SL.5.1.a RI.6.1 RI.6.2 RI.6.7 RI.6.9 RI.7.1 RI.7.7 RI.7.9 RI.8.1 RI.8.3 RI.8.4 RI.8.9 RI.8.10 RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.3 RI.9-10.7 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.3 RI.11-12.7 W.6.1.a W.6.2.a W.6.3.a W.6.4 W.7.1.a W.8.1.a W.9-10.1.a W.11-12.1.a SL.6.1.a SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a

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