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The Leader-Tribune Wednesday, February 27, 1991
E tion sociation Newspaper er y March the in Foundation. Education International 4*8 and is Publishers National Week the Reading sponsored American Newspa- Associa¬ As¬ NEWSPAPERS
week newspaper Your in local this are reading area. sponsoring To council encourage and the The
this observance, schools and ^4
taking newspapers Day". part in across "Living Georgia Textbook are Living Textbook 500 QHAm.L 0 N 500
On Living Textbook Day teach¬ 14
ers are encouraged to use the i
newspaper as the primary instruc¬
tional tool and teach lessons from First and Second Grades 2 1
the ones offered here. These les
sons have been designed to teach
or reinforce Georgia Criterion Ref¬ 500
erence Test objectives for grades Objective: Student determines amounts of money in the context of academic materials and
K-12. everyday activities.
u Living Textbook Day" will in¬
crease student awareness and per¬ 1. Have students find several advertisements in today’s newspaper for items that they
ception of the newspaper and, at might need to purchase.
the same time, reinforce skills be¬ 2. Students will determine cost and value of items based on information in the newspa
ing taught in the classroom. per.
Objective: Make predictions in the context of academic materials or everyday situations.
K 1. Have students select and cut a picture from the newspaper which vividly shows a
indergarten character's facial expression.
2. Students will study the facial expression in the picture and write or dictate a sentence
about what the person's facial expression is communicating.
Objective: Identify individu¬
al letters of the alphabet,
high-interest phrases. words and pp, Third and
1. Have students find and Fourth Grades /
cut out the letters of their
first name from newspaper
headlines and advertise¬ Objective:
ments and paste them on a Interpret instructions in the context of aca¬
piece of paper. demic materials.
2. Have students cut out / 1. Have students choose and cut out a picture that
as many words as they can shows action from the newspaper. '■'U
recognize that begin with 2. Students are instructed to look at the picture care¬
each letter of their name. 5 fully and follow a list of written instructions as follows:
a. Write or dictate three sentences: one to
Objective: Arrange objects —__tell what happened just before the scene in the picture;
in an order based on differ¬ b. One to tell what is happening in the pic¬
ences. ture now;,.
1. Have students cut sev¬ J >c. One to tell what might have happened
eral pictures from today’s i next (after the scene in picture).
newspaper. Students will ar¬
range pictures in numerical Objective: Determine amount of money in the context of
order based on the number academic tasks or everyday situations.
of objects or people appear¬ 1. Using advertising found in the newspaper, have stu¬
ing in the picture. dents determine several items on sale in today's newspa¬
* There may be more per that they might like to purchase.
than one picture for a single 2. Have students add the costs of the items together
number. to see if the gifts are affordable. s
Fifth and Sixth Grades »% 11 \
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Wm Objective: Recognize explicitly stated main ideas, details, sequence of events, cause and effect
relationships. Jr
Jj 4' 1. Students are to look through the newspaper to find and cut out an article that is of interest to
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2. Have students write the question words who, what, when, where and why along the left mar¬
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♦ 3. Students are to answer the questions according to information found in the article. vS t
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/ Objective: Select the appropriate operation for a given problem situation in the context of aca¬
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\ 1. the ads section and a list of questions to answer such as: t. *
RE a. If you are going out to dinner at 7 p.m. and it takes approximately two hours to N ft
eat, which movies could you choose to see? Which movie would you select? If you want to eat mzmL
dinner at 7:30 p.m., which movie would you be able to see? (Allow time for travel from restaurant
3b to theater.)
b. Choose any movie you would like to see and write the title on a piece of paper.
Choose the time of the showing you want to go to and write that down. Suppose you heard that
this was a popular movie and that there would be a 45 minute wait in line to buy your ticket. What
1 would be the latest time you could arrive to get in line and still be able to buy your ticket in time to
see the movie?
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r*S . Objective: Recognize propaganda techniques in the context of academic materials. as §p§L
1. A study of propaganda techniques (name calling, glittering generalities, card stacking, trans¬ Sf
[h * N 4 it fer, dents plain classify folks a talk, collection testimonials of newspaper and bandwagon advertisements. techniques) can be developed by having stu¬ asp n ..
Jt'i * 2. Have the students make up original products and write their own advertisements in newspa¬ Si
per style. At r MS
Objective: Identify nft
customary or metric <+, V
units to measure length, area, volume, ssl r- r *
weight, time and temperature. 535
1. Using advertising in the newspa¬ H
£ per, circle several products that adver¬
tise cost, amount saved, etc.
2. Write the standard rf*
or metric unit
you would use to buy the item or inter¬
pret the item.
High School
Objective: Compute the whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percents.
1. Ask students to use the sale ads from the newspaper to buy something they want.
2. Calculate the amount saved by buying those items on sale.
Objective: Apply proportions.
1. Have students select fractions from the stock market reports in the business section and
write at least three equivalent fractions.
Objective: The student distinguishes between fact, opinion, assumption, definition of values, etc.
1. Have students select an editorial and a news article related to the same topic.
Sponsored By: 2. Students will read both articles and answer such questions as: Which article contains more
Peach County Board of Education fact than opinion? Which article would not belong on the front page of a newspaper?
and Superintendent Gene Sheets 3. Have students write down three facts and three opinions found in the articles and identify
the article from which th© statemcr?" ~ ... ,wl
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