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“Thank you. Thank you for all that you have done for us this year. The children love, love writing and can’t wait to see what the next writing is every week. I hope some of them will continue to write in the summer and we will definitely write next year although I may be in a different grade next year. Again, thank you, thank you!”
- Patty Rosnick,Fredericksburg Academy
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Summer reading programs are fun and enhance student achievement. So encourage kids to join with Kid Scoop and the Collaborative Summer Library Program to get on board for some rollicking reading adventures this summer.
Smart Fun in the Summertime!
Each summer, the award-winning Kid Scoop page becomes Camp Kid Scoop, the place where learning never takes a vacation. Libraries across the country promote literacy with their summer reading programs. This summer, most libraries are using the theme "Make a Splash." To make a SPLASH can mean to make a difference. With that in mind, here are some great activities that use your local newspaper to promote reading.
A Paper with a Difference
Have your students redesign the front page of the newspaper. They can take out stories and insert ones that they write themselves, change headlines, captions and pictures. They can be so creative, they even change the name of the newspaper!
Standards Link: Language Arts: Gr. 3-8: Use general skills and strategies of the reading and writing processes.
Summer Activities
Let their creativity shine by having students plan a whole week of fun activities. Use the newspaper to find things to do and places to go. Visit the kidscoop.com website to hone in on summer recipes, craft ideas, games and puzzles.
Standards Link: Reading: Gr. 3-8: Use the newspaper to locate information.
Be Cool
Our bodies help us keep cool by sweating or perspiring. Ask your students to look through the newspaper for activities that make people perspire. Cut out these images and paste them on a piece of paper. Now have them look through the paper for ways other than perspiring to keep cool. Cut and paste these pictures next to those of the sweat-inducing activities.
Standards Link: Visual Arts: Gr. 2-5: Knows how different media, techniques, and processes are used to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories.
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Academic Standards Click here for California social studies academic content standards connected to newspaper use in the classroom. |
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Next on Kid Scoop Here's a look at upcoming topics Kid Scoop will feature in the weeks and months ahead. 
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Weekly Writing Corner Prompts Kid Scoop makes the reading-writing connection. Each week, Kid Scoop provides a writing prompt on the page called Write ON! Find out about upcoming topics and guidelines for submissions to your local newspaper. |
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Teacher Guide Want to use the newspaper in your classroom but don't know where to start? Click here. |
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WWC Submissions View stories sent in from schools. |
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