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K-4Welcome to Newspapers in Education!
Newspapers In Education is a national program that promotes literacy through the use of the daily newspaper as an instructional aid in the classroom. The Daily Sentinel partners with educators and local businesses to encourage literacy, to broaden students' community and global perspectives and to equip area teachers with a powerful tool for teaching at no cost to the teachers or schools.
For more info e-mail circulation@dailysentinel.com or call 970-256-4299.
Online Extras (Updated every Monday)
Resources to help you put The Daily Sentinel to work in your classroom
Daily Science Webcasts
Katydids and Crickets - Thermometer
Out in the woods and wondering what the temperature is? You might give listening a try.
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
This week's lesson:
Mosque debate: Intolerance vs. insensitivity
►Download the lesson►Archive of past lessons
►Teacher comments
►Debate over Islamic mosque near ground zero shows sensitivity of words
►Kenya celebrates its new constitution
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
Proposal would penalize movies showing actors smoking with an R-rating
►Discussion prompts & video archive.
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Aug. 29 - Sept. 4, 2010
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