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NYNPA niE-News
To Keep Pace with Tomorrow's Education and Information Needs
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Volume 8, Number 10
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October 3, 2016
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The NYNPA Newspaper In Education Program is offering all member newspapers an ongoing series of monthly stand-alone, 4 column x 10", monthly features to help you raise money and awareness for your local NIE efforts. November's feature focuses on the history of Daylight Saving Time and December's honors the memory of those lost at Pearl Harbor 75 years ago.
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 any of these features. Any non-NYNPA members wanting to use a feature contact Mary for pricing.
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This year, observe Columbus Day by helping your students explore Web sites that put the controversial explorer's achievements into historical perspective. Included: Links to online lesson plans for teaching about Columbus across the grades. Education World's website has a number of links to resources at http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/discover.shtml
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This NIE package includes the 13-part series, a teaching guide and audio podcasts, still for only $52 for member newspapers. This series is a great way to launch your newspaper in education school year with strong non-fiction, combined with informational text (your newspaper) to enhance reading, comprehension, vocabulary and writing skills for students.
Listed in alphabetical order, the following individuals are being profiled in the 2015-2016 series:
Primarily targeting school children in grades 4 through 8, the 13 installments can be published in-print or online, as a series or as a special section. Use all or just a few.
The people we profiled offer our students a look at native sons and daughters who contributed to our state, nation and world. Each 500 word profile is accompanied with a photograph/artwork of the person and a New York State locator map. The series comes with a complete set of graphic organizers/teachers' guide and MP3 audio podcasts of each feature!
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Directions: Have students find the following newspaper items (in print or electronic editions). Be sure to tell your students they may need to explain why they made the selections they did. See which student or group of students can complete the list the fastest - or find the most items on the list!
1. The scariest news item you can find.
2. A classified ad for something a witch might use.
3. A picture that reminds you of Halloween.
4. Any word you can find that includes the letters b-o-o in order. Extra credit for the longest word found.
5. Five items that should be included in a secret witch's brew.
7. A pumpkin
8. An advertisement for something that would make an unusual treat.
9. Something shaped like a witch's hat.
10. Something the witch could ride if her trusty broom were broken.
11. 13 things that are alike.
12. Newsmaker or comic character who could get along well with a witch
13. The greeting "Happy Halloween."
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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.
October is National Fire Prevention Month. The National Fire Protection Association' s theme this year is, "Don't Wait - Check the Date! Replace Smoke Alarms Every 10 Years" The Association has free classroom materials and resources you can download from the website at http://www.nfpa.org/public-education/campaigns/fire-prevention-week/teaching-fpw
October is also National Bullying Prevention Month. The NYNPA NIE Program in partnership with Operation Respect and the Cyberbullying Research Center created a six-part series with a teaching guide and audio podcasts. The content was created to give students and readers a general understanding of what bullying and, more specifically, cyberbullying is and how it can affect those involved. It will also explores strategies for preventing it. Contact Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com for camera ready copy of these features.
The Teaching Tolerance Program of the Southern Poverty Law Center offers Civil Discourse in the Classroom. Using these lessons, students will be able to turn their unsubstantiated opinions into reasoned arguments. They also will learn how to effectively challenge an opposing argument-not with fists and fury, but rather with a step-by-step process for refutation.
These tools lay the groundwork for productive, reasoned and lively discussions on a variety of topics. They also will give students "training wheels" for learning how to have reasoned arguments outside the classroom. Although it is primarily designed for young adolescents, the curriculum can be adapted for students of any age.
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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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The National Student/Parent Mock Election gives American students all across the country the opportunity to cast their votes for candidates in both the federal and state elections. They may also vote on the issues they care about.
This program builds on the 36-year history of the National Student/Parent Mock Election. In 2016, national student voting begins on October 24 and culminates on November 3, National Mock Election day, 5 days in advance of the nation's election.
"The National Student/Parent Mock Election is proud to announce a new partnership for 2016," said Gloria Kirshner, president. Win My Vote will be providing online ballots featuring multimedia candidate and ballot issue profiles for this project. Students, parents, teachers and home schoolers will be able to hear directly from each candidate (video) as well as the leading arguments "for" and "against" the ballot issues before casting their vote. The ballots are browser based (no downloaded needed) and can be easily accessible via any internet-enabled device (computers, tablets, smartphones, etc.). The ballots will also provide for real-time voting stats on how the candidates and ballot issues are doing." Have your educators and students ENROLL today. Curriculum guides for 2016 are now available!.
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From edutopia.org - Social and emotional learning expert and longtime Edutopia blogger Maurice Elias pointed us to a fantastic resource to share with parents. Produced by NBC's Education Nation project, the Parent Toolkit website has comprehensive resources and minute-long videos for parents of kids at every age and grade. The content covers a variety of topics, including health and wellness, academics, and the social and emotional development series that Maurice contributed to. I've gathered my favorites from their collection below. All the videos and resources are available in both English and Spanish, and they're great to pass on to parents -- or watch if you're a parent yourself!
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"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.
Mary Miller
Education Services Director
New York News Publishers Association
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