Activities

=__Smith Elementary School Newspaper Production __= =1. Students will be presented with the entry document (scenario). In a whole class discussion, a chart will be constructed with contributions from the students to include "what we know about the problem" and "what we still need to know." This will extend into students creating 1-2 driving questions for the problem.= =2. Students will be introduced to their cooperative learning groups. Social contracts will be signed and roles of each member defined (team leader, recorder, reporter, encourager).= =3. Students will explore the features of print newspapers to identify the newspaper name, headlines, sections, publication dates, etc.= =4. Students will explore the features of online newspapers by accessing [|www.dallasmorningnews.com]. They will work in their cooperative groups using a venn diagram to compare/contrast online newspapers and print newspapers.= =5. Minilessons will be presented on sentence construction, punctuation, and capitalization. Teacher modeling and guided practice will be offered through the textbook and interactive grammar sites.= =6. Guest speakers from the newspaper industry will speak to the students about their work.= =7. Students will use the cut/fold templates from common links folder to create their newspaper articles ([|www.readwrite.think.org])=