CIVICS EDUCATION CORNER
The Center for Civic Education presents 
60-Second Civics is a daily podcast that provides a quick and convenient way for listeners to learn about our nation's government, the Constitution, and our history. The podcast explores themes related to civics and government, the constitutional issues behind the headlines, and the people and ideas that formed our nation's history and government.
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FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION
- TIP OF THE MONTH -
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The Learning Community Even Little Things Make a Difference  Sit with your child while he or she does homework. Just your physical presence helps your child fight restlessness and concentrate better. Being able to discuss the work with you makes homework less frustrating when your child is doing something difficult and even more exciting when your child is working on something interesting. Let your child see you reading, and read to young children whenever possible. This one activity can be essential to your child's academic success. Achievement in all subjects improves with good reading skills.
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| Need or Want Training? | | |
Whether it's training for the newspaper staff to raise money for your program or help working with local teachers on your NIE Program or training for local teachers to use your NIE program, News Media Literacy (from editorial cartoons to close reading) - Contact Mary Miller for FREE training.
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 | Celebrating Law Day 2016
Free 2 col x 10" series of 6 features for May |
The NYNPA Newspaper In Education Program has partnered with the Law, Youth and Citizenship Program of the NYS Bar Association to create a series of six 2 column x 10" features to focus on this year's theme, Miranda: More Than Words.
 This year marks the 50th anniversary of perhaps the nation's best-known U.S. Supreme Court case, Miranda v. Arizona. The Miranda Warning has become ingrained in law enforcement and has permeated popular consciousness through countless recitations in films and television shows.
Yes, we've all heard Miranda but how much do we really understand? The multi-part series of features will dig deeper into the background, meaning, Constitutional principles, rights and protections associated with this year's Law Day theme, Miranda: More than Words.
Complete with an 18 page teaching guide with graphic organizers, this series includes engaging lessons easily adaptable for differentiated instruction. The guide also has a listing of weblinks to many other free, related, educational resources.
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| Two weeks left for students to enter to win $100 for themselves and $100 for their school's library
This year's serial story "When New York Was New" final assessment deadline - Friday, May 13. |
or call 518-449-1667 ext. 701
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May is Teacher Appreciation Month
Free 4 col x 10" feature for May | 
The NYNPA Newspaper In Education Program is offering all member newspapers a series of 12 stand- alone, 4 column x 10", monthly features to help you raise money and awareness for your local NIE efforts.
This month's feature highlights Teacher Appreciation.
June's feature focuses on Flag Day (June 14th) and the NYS Libraries Summer Reading Program is the theme for July. Go to www.nynpa.com/nie/MonthlyNIEFeatures.html to see a preview of each.
Contact Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com or call 518-449-1667 x 701 for a high resolution copy of this feature.
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Free Teaching Resources for May
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Here is a list of NIE and other resources for kids, teachers or parents can use to enhance their students' education.
 From Scholastic - Spring Lesson Ideas
- Find new ideas for teaching spring with these lesson plans, science project ideas, and outdoor activities. Introduce your students to the life cycles of plants, the many kinds of insects and bugs, spring weather patterns, and the great outdoors!
is a series of 10 NIE features with graphic organizers developed in partnership with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Free to all NYNPA member newspapers.
Baseball Scavenger Hunt See how many of the following items you can locate in your newspaper. Next to each item below note the section, page number and general position on the page ( for example: upper right, bottom center, etc.) - Which major league pitcher has the lowest ERA?
- Five different action verbs to describe play.
- A game with extra innings.
- Find 5 different cities that hosted games last night. What states are they in?
- Any article about local baseball or softball.
- An action photograph.
- The team(s) with the best win/lost average in the American League.
- The team(s) with the best win/lost average in the National League.
- Any game with a double play.
- An article about a sports injury
- A word that means 'win'
- The name of a sport other than baseball
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Current word lists and puzzles from MyVocabulary.com:
All MyVocabulary.com content is printable for NIE programs without a charge. Please honor trademarks and copyright, giving MyVocabulary.com attribution.
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| Remember...we're always looking for new young writers for YVNY!
|  The site is intended for kids, 13 years old and younger, who are interested in writing and journalism. It's free to join but requires parental permission. Contact Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com or click here to visit the website for more information. |
"NYNPA niE-News" is an electronic newsletter of the New York News Publishers Association, NIE Program. It is sent to provide you with news of your colleagues, money-saving and money-generating ideas, and educational trends, all in one place - in a format you can quickly scroll through. Feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone you think would benefit from it. If you have an item you'd like to share - a success story, a warning so others don't make the same mistake, or a something you'd like advice on, simply hit the "reply" button on your e-mail service. Remember, you can always send news by emailing Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com. |
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For more NYNPA NIE news and materials be sure to visit our website at www.nynpa.com.
Sincerely,
Mary Miller
Education Services Director New York News Publishers Association
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