NIE Lesson PlansThe A Section: It´s not just for current events any more!
The section provides a multitude of opportunities to teach your students critical thinking skills such as differentiating between fact and opinion, understanding bias, problem-solving, and decision-making.
Wayne Sampson, a teacher at New Smyrna Beach High School, writes up lesson plan for students, Thursday, September 12 ,2002. (Photo: N-J/Roger Simms) | |
Keys to Success
Activities designed for the Sunshine State Standards. They are presented by week.
Bright Ideas
In cooperation with the Volusia County Reading Council, the NIE program sponsors a contest to solicit from teachers best practices using the newspaper. Elementary, middle, high school and exceptional education teachers annually enter the Bright Ideas contest. Winning teachers receive classroom subscriptions to The News-Journal and a year´s membership in the Reading Council.
The Mini-Page
Each Monday The News-Journal publishes Betty Debnam´s syndicated feature, The Mini-Page - a full page of activities and information revolving around a theme of interest to students. Parents, teachers and students use The Mini-Page as an integral part of student learning activities.
USA Weekend
USA WEEKEND in Education provides free educational materials for teachers, geared towards middle-school and high-school students. The four page guides include two pages of teacher directed classroom activities and two pages of take home activities for students. New Teacher´s Guides are available every Monday, complete with monthly themes highlighted in a weekly lesson and a monthly activity sheet.
Write What´s Right
The beloved Dr. Seuss was born March 2, 1904. To celebrate, schools and families all over America are encouraged to spend March 2 enjoying the books of Dr. Seuss. Newspapers In Education Week is also celebrated in March. We have a list of activities to help you tie these two fun reading events together. We hope you have a great time!
Stetson Lesson Plans
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