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NIE Institute Educational Resources
As an NIE subscriber, you can access a wealth of free educational resources available through our membership in the national NIE Institute. All are appropriate for classroom instruction when used with the electronic or print edition of The Detroit News or Detroit Free Press.
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CENTSABLES
Online financial literacy features for ages 6-12 teach kids about money, savings, sound financial responsibility and positive behavior through six super-hero friends. You and your students can view 32 school activity pages online here.
Parent Resources (Updated every Monday)
Online Extras geared toward younger children
►Don't forget to check the Student Resources page for activities for older students
Get the Yak here every week
Yak's Corner, is an eight-page mini-newspaper for kids that's filled with local stories, events and people plus current events, Yak is more interactive with activities each week, including science experiments. You'll also find the "Kids in the News" feature that lets your students see how kids across the county are making news.
Yak needs your feedback!
We've created a short survey regarding the 2009-2010 Michigan K.I.D.S. Yak's Corner Program sponsored by the Skillman Foundation. It is essential we receive feedback from teachers and administrators in order to maintain funding for this program - either from Skillman or other sources.
Everyone who completes the survey by June 30th will be entered in a drawing to win one of ten $20 Target gift cards.
►Please take the survey now
Download Yak's Corner and the Yaktivities worksheet here each week
Yak's Corner will be published on 32 Thursdays during the 2009-2010 school year beginning Sept. 17, 2009 with its last issue on June 3, 2010 (excluding Nov. 26, Dec. 24, Dec, 31, Jan, 7, Feb. 18 and April 8).
2009-10 "Yak's Corner Favorite Book Character" Contest Results
Yak's Corner, which is now published by the Michigan K.I.D.S, Inc. educational non-profit for The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, invited Michigan students in grades K-6 to submit drawings of their favorite book character. Nearly 1,500 students participated in the 2009/10 Yak's Corner Favorite Book Character.
First- through fifth-place winners and honorable mentions were selected for each grade. The first- through fifth-place winners will receive Borders Gift Cards in the amounts of $40, $30, $25, $15 and $10 respectively. Winners will receive their gift cards, along with letters of congratulations and certificates of excellence, by the end of February 2010. Certificates of Excellence will also be sent to students awarded honorable mention.
►Click here for a complete list of winners.
Yak's Corner will feature selected winning artwork in the March 4, 2010 issue. For those who do not receive print delivery of Yak's Corner, be sure to check out the online March 4 issue during the week of March 1-5.View a slide show of all the winners
►Kindergarten winners
►1st Grade winners
►2nd Grade winners
►3rd Grade winners
►4th Grade winners
►5th Grade winners
►6th Grade winners
Certificates of Participation, which may be personalized for each student, will be sent to all teachers who submitted a Certificate of Participation Request Form.
Please extend our thanks to all the talented students who shared their favorite book character in pictures and words. Their participation was vital to the success of the contest.
Keep reading, writing and yakking!
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