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35To the Teacher
Join us for NIE Week
Celebrate Newspaper in Education Week with an adventure that will help your students
become aware of the world around them, make decisions, plan with their classmates and become
producers as well as consumers of the written word.
NIE Week will transform students into news readers…news gatherers…and news writers.
Creating a Classroom Newspaper enables you to combine reading and writing activities every
day during NIE Week. The week’s lessons culminate with student production of a classroom
newspaper. From kindergarten to high school, students will become newspaper publishers.
Newspaper in Education Week is sponsored at the national level by the American
Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation and the International Reading Association. The
week is celebrated by classroom teachers in the United States and around the world. NIE
programs are offered by more than 700 newspapers in the United States, Canada, South America,
Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
The goal of Newspaper In Education is to introduce educators to the use of the newspaper
as a powerful and cost-effective instructional tool. Newspapers are being used by thousands of
teachers to improve students’ reading skills, to extend knowledge in the content areas and to
enhance thinking skills. The newspaper provides opportunities for students to see writing and
reading connections. It bridges the gap between school-sponsored writing and writing in the real
world.
Rational for Creating a Classroom Newspaper
The activities in Creating a Classroom Newspaper are based on current research findings
in reading and writing. Students who understand the structure of the text they are using, read
with more understanding. Newspaper text structure is predictable. It is concise and well written.
It can become a model for student writing. Students who write, read. Newspaper in Education
activities help students practice skills they learn in language arts programs. Newspaper activities
provide many opportunities for students to collaborate with the classmates. Students working
together to achieve a common goal develop social skills as they learn to accept and appreciate
differences in others.
Here are some pointers to help make your NIE Week program more meaningful:
• Allow time for free reading of the newspaper every day
• Instruct students in the use of writing folders to store and organize their newspaper
writing activities
• Collect examples of styles of newspaper writing
• Refer to the writing styles and genre of the newspaper frequently in your teaching
• Read interesting news stories to your students every day
• Talk with your students about the news: follow one story for several days with them
• Use the newspaper as a stimulus for stories your students write
• Invite newspaper personnel to visit the school and talk to your students
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