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Welcome to Newspapers in Education!

Newspapers in Education is a program that promotes literacy through the use of the newspaper as an instructional aid in the classroom. The Portales News-Tribune partners with educators and local businesses to provide classroom copies for local and area teachers to use as a teaching tool at no cost to the schools or the teachers. We can help diminish the battle with literacy one classroom at a time.

For more information or to order classroom copies or curriculum guides e-mail Lynn Berry at lberry@cnjonline.com or call 575-769-1996.


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Resources to help you put the Portales News-Tribune to work in your classroom

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Classroom Caption Contest!
Win a book by creating a caption for this week's lesson

This week's lesson:

Disasters put focus on regulations

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Archive of past lessons
Teacher comments


Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.


Federal safety board urges tougher drinking-and-driving cutoff limit to match other nations

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive


Enhance vocabulary and written/verbal skills with over 2,500 pages of puzzles, themed features, word lists, SAT, ACT test prep and word games.

Created by:
Jan and Carey Cook
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Daily Science Webcasts


Science Diary: Healthy Ocean - Update

Some fish species are in hot water, ecologically speaking, but as consumers we can help turn the tide.
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-- May 24, 2013



Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:


Helping Kids Cope with Natural Disasters

Unfortunately, natural disasters do happen, and people are often affected adversely. It’s a traumatic time for everyone, but can be especially distressing to children. As a parent, caregiver or educator, you can help children cope by monitoring their emotional state, answering their questions, and creating opportunities to connect with family, friends, and the larger community.

Click here for some ideas for getting through this difficult time

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.

View this weeks video : 3-D Printing



Google Glass Causing Congressional Privacy Concerns

Discussion prompts & video archive.



Mayan pyramid destroyed in Belize

Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

Archive of Geography quizzes


This week's word in the news: INITIATE

DEFINITION:
To set going by taking the first step; begin.


FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Troopers initiated a pursuit of the vehicle at the rest area on Interstate 71 just north of the Ohio 123 exit east of Lebanon, troopers said.
The Dayton Daily News -- 05/20/2013