tampabaydotcom.gif
home-mast_07a.gif home-mast_10.gif

Thank You Sponsors!

Allstate-Logo.jpg
BayNewsLogo.gif
bigbrothersbigsisters.jpg
brighthouse_logo.jpg
Cox-Target.jpg
dalilogo200711.jpg
FriendsLibrary-logo.jpg
hillsboroughcounty.jpg
HCPS-Logo.jpg
JWB-new-logo.jpg
lightning.gif
MFA-black.jpg
sponsorPascoCountyLogo.gif
PAsco_Logo_Web.gif
deborahclark.gif
Prolinks Golf League
Raymond-James-logo.jpg
TB-Rays-logo.jpg
Hillsboro County
pinellassteeps.jpg
lightning-hockey-logo.jpg
20ANNVlogo.jpg
tampabaystorm-logos.jpg
nie150trans.gif

Beyond newsprint. In the know. Online. Plugged in. In The Times.

The Times Newspaper in Education program offers students and teachers a world of free learning resources including classroom newspapers and supplements, multimedia reports, podcasting and blogging opportunities.


FAST LINKS ::  Order Online ::  Newsletter ::  NIE Blog ::  Book Battle Blog ::  Contests ::  Downloads ::  Sponsorship :: 

News Flash for January 06, 2009 at 07:20 AM

Breaking News!

Are you looking for your NIE papers?

NIE is starting vacarion a little early this holiday season. Winter break for the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper in Education program will begin on Dec. 14. Print copies of the St. Petersburg Times will not be delivered to classrooms from Dec. 14 through Jan. 4. Your school newspaper delivery will begin again after winter break.

Congratulations to all of our Sizzlin Summer Times Super Readers!

List of Winners


Reader Rewards Card. Support literacy! Donate to NIE and receive your Reader Rewards Card today!

Special offer for Shiny Apple Corps members--purchase your cards for just $5.00 each!

Winter's Tale

A special St. Petersburg Times series about love, science and a cast of indomitable kids.

Get details

Click here to join our blog.


NEW! Get the Scoop!

Click here for Kid Scoop, a weekly learning packet for grades 2-8 with printable, educational activity pages. Each packet focuses on a curriculum-based theme and includes high-interest reading content, vocabulary development activities, math problem solving puzzles and games, writing prompt, newspaper lesson and more.

Go Green with the St. Petersburg Times

Download a list of multimedia projects

NewsFlash Archive

CLASSROOM RESOURCES

Lesson Plans

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



'Maverick', 'Green' and 'Bailout' top the list of words banished for overuse in 2008

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive

This Week in History

Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events. Just click on today's date in the calendar

THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

BROKER

DEFINITION:
To arrange or negotiate a settlement, deal or plan.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"Israel pressed home its ground assault in Gaza in the face of French-led diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire."
Yahoo News, Jan. 5, 2009

wordsinthenewsbutton.jpg

Jan. 4 - 10, 2009

Lesson Plans:

Skills Sheet:

Writing Prompt:

Ask Marilyn:

Current Events Quiz:


supplements.gif

Check out our latest supplements

Get details online here

Place your order online




Zoo Story

Zoo Story: Powerful story. Plentiful resources.

Have you been reading "Zoo Story" by Pulitzer Prize-winning Times staff writer Thomas French? This powerful testament to life on our planet now ends its run in the Times on Dec. 2 but will continue to be available online along with a host of multimedia resources. Click here to go to Zoo Story. ww.sptimes.com/2007/webspecials07/special_reports/zoo/.

For Zoo Story chapters (in their original newsprint format with photos, graphics and maps), lesson plans and resources, click here.


bookbattle.gif

Get connected with our new on-line book club!


Join the NIE Teacher for Free Online Resources!

As a teacher participating in the St. Petersburg Times NIE program, you are eligible for a huge array of instructional resources online. Go to nieteacher.org/sptnie

Downloadable content is available in the following areas:
No Child Left Behind/Reading First
NIE instructional calendars
financial literacy
Language Arts
Journalism
Reading
Social Studies
Government
Civics
1st Amendment
Science
Math
Environmental studies
Critical thinking skills
Gifted
Media literacy
Multicurricular resources and character education

ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Virtual Library Available

The Florida Virtual School (FLVS) Literacy Team released the FLVS Virtual Library, a free interactive resource site for students, teachers and school administrators. Teachers can use the Virtual Library to find information on general education, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and literacy resources. The site also offers students links to educational games, writing centers, study guide sites, college and career advice. To learn more, visit http://www.flvs.net/FLVS%5Flibrary.

Largo Middle School NIE Teacher is Outstanding!

Please join us in congratulating Leslie Pohley, who has spent her entire 30-year science teaching career in the same classroom at Largo Middle in Pinellas County. She has been named the state�s 2008 Outstanding Middle School Science Teacher by the Florida Association of Science Teachers. The award was presented at the State Science Teachers Conference in Orlando. Pohley received a wall plaque, $100 from the Florida Association of Science Supervisors and $500 from the Florida Association of Science Teachers. For more on the story, visit http://www.fldoe.org/SuccessStories/2008/11-07.asp.

Are you new to NIE?

Click here to see what our programs can bring to your classroom.

Whether you are a new teacher wanting to get started, or a current NIE teacher who needs to update your order, you can do it all right here. New teachers should select "create a new account" and returning teachers should sign in under "returning users".


Join the Shiny Apple Corps!

Join the Shiny Apple Corps!

HELP NIE HELP YOU!

New ways to support your favorite literacy provider

The St. Petersburg Times Newspaper in Education (NIE) is proud to provide daily newspapers and educational curriculum to your classroom. You are not required to pay for your classroom newspapers because we work with sponsors who make contributions to support the program. The annual cost of providing these free resources for Tampa Bay area teachers is $500,000. That cost is growing as more teachers find out about the high quality and tremendous number of free resources we provide to your classrooms. In order to continue this level of service, we ask that you read and share the following fundraising opportunities.

Get details

Please Thank Our Sponsors!

One of the requirements we make of teachers who receive these free resources is that they ask their students to write thank you notes to our sponsors.


Five days of Sunday!

Are you looking for fresh ways to engage your students this year? Then it's time to try the Sunday St. Petersburg Times, FREE to your classroom. The Sunday paper, delivered to classrooms on Mondays, provides even more of the Times' trademark in-depth news coverage, analysis, features, sports and business reporting, as well as PARADE magazine. Sunday Times teachers love the PARADE Classroom lesson plans, which are updated weekly and are downloadable or available by e-mail.

This year look for special materials designed to enhance your classroom practice when using the Sunday St. Petersburg Times. Click here to download a flyer full of ideas!

Click here to add Sunday NIE delivery to your account. Fill out the order form from "Teacher name" through #5, and be sure to write in the special requests/questions box at the bottom of the form: Adding Sunday delivery.

2008 Friends of Education

NIE wishes to thank the following classroom sponsors who have generously given donations between January 1, 2008 to June 30,2008:

Achieva Credit Union

Jenni Adams in memory of Alice Leinbach

MaryWyatt Allen

American Legion Auxillary Unit 252

Jean Mary Arnold

Bruce and Tracy Baldwin

Pearl Berry

Susan and Peter Betzer

Carolyn & Tony Bond

Catalina Marketing Corporation

Jeanne C. Chorpenning

Deborah Cochran

Kimberly Cooper, Commuter Bicyclist

Dr. and Mrs. Guillermo Cosma

Claude and Sue Corty

Don Davis Educator

Devine Communications Corp.

Henry Dolenga

Susan P. Dragon

Robert Enerson

Mrs. Nancy Faillo

Fisher & Sauls, P.A.

Flattyhood

Franklin Templeton Investments

General Dynamics-OTS

James R. Gillespie

Bob Haiman

Mr. & Mrs. Jerold Hamilton

R.W. Harris, Inc.

Harvey's 4th Street Grill

Dr. and Mrs. David D. Hill

Troy and Judy Holland

Carol Ison

Dr. Robert & Sharon Jackson

Bob and Punky Jeffrey

Junior League of St. Petersburg

Dr. Clinton N. Kaminis

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Kelland

Mark and Marianne Mahaffey

Mary Ann and Bruce Marger

Mr. and Mrs. Hans and Dorothy Mengering

The Mis Splits

Joy Mitchell

Dr.s Pamela and Robert Muller

Osinga Construction, Inc.

The Phoenix Agency, Inc.

Jack C. Picker

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Placzek

F. Wallace Pope, Jr.

Mr. Tim Reilly

Rodael Direct, Inc.

Mildred Sanderson

Joyce Schmidt

Dr. Morris & Dr. Stephanie Sperber

Cyrus Spurlino

Gus & Frances Stavros

S. Harriett Strum

Deb Talbot

The Champions Fund, Inc.

Cris Tovani

Carol Upham

Dr. Ruth M. Walsh

Elizabeth Whitney in Memory of Kenneth S. Whitney

Jean Giles Wittner

Karen K & Frank R. Wright, Jr.

If you would like information about sponsoring a classroom, please call Maria Walkiewicz at 727-893-8969.

© 2009 • All Rights Reserved • St. Petersburg Times
490 First Avenue South • St. Petersburg, FL 33701 • 727-893-8111
Contact the Times | Standard of Accuracy | Terms, Conditions & Copyright