The Newspaper in Education program is a free service from The Press Enterprise

1. Students match upper and lower case letters found in the newspaper.

2. As groups, students find pictures of things that begin with certain letters of the alphabet and then write the letter on a sheet of paper and paste down the pictures.

3. Have students look for numerals from 1-20 in the paper. Have them paste the numerals onto a sheet of paper in numerical order.

4. Have students race through the newspaper! Give them five minutes. See how many numbers from 1-25 they can find. Have them circle each as they find it.

5. Students choose a picture from the newspaper and write a story about it. Post on the bulletin board or make a class book.

6. Have students find numerals for the numbers 1-10 in the paper. Have them paste each numeral at the top of a piece of paper. Under each numeral paste that number of objects. Have them assemble these pages into a number booklet.

7. Have students look at the front page together and count the number of columns, number of headlines, number of pictures, and number of articles.

8. Have students count how many sections are in the paper. Now have them count how many pages are in the paper. Which section has the most pages?

9. Have students find different geometric shapes in the newspaper, i.e., squares, circles, rectangles. Color each shape a different color.

10. Have students look through the newspaper for pictures of the different kinds of snacks listed below. Paste each picture next to the category in which it belongs.

1. Fruits
2. Vegetables
3. Grains
4. Proteins
5. Dairy
6. Grains
   
7. Something new you’d like to try

11. Have Students write a cut and paste poem or story using words clipped from the headlines of the newspaper