Newspaper Activity
This activity requires your child to
do some independent, interpretive thinking. It also encourages creativity.
Step 1: Cut out some
articles with headlines from an old newspaper. Separate the headlines from the
articles, creating two groups.
Step 2: Have your
child read each article (without the headline) and describe the Who, What,
Where, When, and How of the situation. This helps build great study skills!
Step 3: Have your
child write up a different headline for each article.
Step 4: Finally,
present the group of original headlines cut from the articles and have your
child match up the correct headline with the correct article. Also ask him or
her to compare the original headline with the one she wrote.
Activities written by Howard I. Berrent,
Ph.D. with Caren Churchbuilder of Steck-Vaughn/Berrent
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