Online Extras for our youngest readers.
Announcements for 5/20/2013
Celebrate Michigan!
Thanks to funding provided by our 2012 BIDS for KIDS online auction sponsors, donors and bidders, Michigan K.I.D.S., the Detroit Newspapers in Education nonprofit for The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, was able to produce the 16-page “Celebrate Michigan” student supplement. The supplement, which was commissioned by DNIE from the writers and designers of our Yak’s Corner news magazine, is available for viewing and download by all Michigan teachers, students and parents. And a printed version will be delivered to current DNIE participants throughout the state during Michigan week.
High School teachers, your next lesson could change the world!
Challenge your students to feed the hungry. The World Hunger Leadership Challenge encourages students to hone leadership skills by working on a service learning project to solve hunger issues. This is a free program with $500,000 in prize money. Teams can win a cash prize of
$1,000 - $25,000 for their selected local non-profit hunger related organization.!
►Register NOW at lead2feed
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Featured Programs
Yak's Corner
An 8-page weekly news magazine for ages 6-13 published on Thursdays through May 30.
Breakfast Serials®
Serialized stories published in Monday e-Editions of The Detroit News through May 20
Electronic newspapers
Fully-sponsored access to e-Editions of the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News are available via a username/password set for a classroom or via a school's IP address for school wide access.
Print newspapers
Customer paid delivery of Thursday and Friday editions of the Detroit Free Press or The Detroit News Fully available for 25 cents per copy, minimum of 5 copies per delivery day.
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"Let's Read" with Yak & Friends!
Designed for elementary school students, this is a one hour program that demonstrates that while reading is important, it is also a lot of fun
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Mentoring Opportunities
We're pleased to connect people interested in mentoring kids with organizations dedicated to making a difference in their lives.
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Michigan K.I.D.S. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides digital editions of the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, related teaching materials and teacher guides, and other services to schools across Michigan.
Online Extras for students and teachers (Updated every Monday)
Words in the News
Today's word: initiate
Definition: To set going by taking the first step; begin.
Words in the News Vocabulary Quiz
►Elementary
►Middle
►High School
Geography in the News Quiz
►Mayan pyramid destroyed in Belize
Use the News Lessons
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NewsBytes: Custom eEdition Lessons
►For grades 2-5, 6-8, and 9-12
News Video: Topics for Discussion
►Google Glass Causing Congressional Privacy Concerns
Front Page Talking Points
►Federal safety board urges tougher drinking-and-driving cutoff limit to match other nations
This Week in History ►Topics for class discussion
NIE Special Report
Whether its from the simple desire to help others, our environment, or our way of life, innovation is a process that begins with imagination and results in the creation of something of value for society. NBC Learn, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the National Science Teachers Association, explores the process of innovations in this compelling 11-week video series.
May is Garden for Wildlife Month!
Plant a Schoolyard Garden at Your School
To help reconnect today's children to the outdoors, National Wildlife Federation assists schools in developing outdoor classrooms called Schoolyard Habitats®, where educators and students learn how to attract and support local wildlife.
These wildlife habitats become places where students not only learn about wildlife species and ecosystems, but also outdoor classrooms where they hone their academic skills and nurture their innate curiosity and creativity.
Disasters put focus on regulations
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Questions based on stories in your Detroit News to spark classroom discussions.
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Audio
Daily Science Webcasts
Will We Colonize Mars?
The Apollo astronauts reported seeing strange flashes of light, a clue that high levels of radiation could effect futue space flight and colonies.
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-- May 20, 2013
NEW - NASA's Space Place
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students