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In addition to PDFs of supplements, DNIE now offers e-book versions of selected titles. How are e-books different than a pdf? E-books are interactive, which means that:
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Available e-Book versions
■Champions of Justice: African Americans in the Law
■News Breakers: African American Voices in the Media
■Accidental Mummies of Guanajuato
■Diabetes: A Closer Look Student Supplement
Available downloads
■Detroit Tigers Go to Bat for Fair Play Student Supplement
■Teaching Hispanic Heritage with Your e-Edition Teacher's Guide
■Hispanic Roots Hispanic Homelands Student Supplement
■Bella Bella Teacher's Guide
■The Secret Of Smith's Hill Teacher's Guide
■Study Smart Student Supplement
■CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE: African Americans in the Law Student Supplement
■ CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE: African Americans in the Law teachers guide
■Accidental Mummies of Guanajuato Student Supplement
■Diabetes: A Closer Look Student Supplement
■ Weather Palooza Teachers Guide
■ Constitution in the News for e-Editions Student Supplement
■ News Breakers: African American Voices in the Media Teachers Guide
■ Faces of the Future: Hispanics Who Will Influence the World Teachers Guide
■ The Constitution: Blueprint for a Nation Student Supplement
■ Project Money Smart Teacher Guides
■ Celebrate the Constitution Teacher's Guide
■ Earth Day, Every Day Teacher's Guide
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Additional resources to download for free
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking Through Core Curriculum: Using Print and Digital Newspapers, which is aligned with national learning standards, features a five-subject approach that takes advantage of the wide range of topics covered by newspapers. Topics include financial literacy, nutrition, the environment, character education and information technology. Lessons can be taught individually or as a unit. The guide provides an opportunity to teach critical thinking through subjects that will be vital to students' success as adults.
Teaching Reading With Your e-Edition
Reading is the skill that will help students all through life. And more and more, reading electronically will be the skill most valuable of all. In 19 themed units written to state and national standards, "Teaching Reading With Your e-Edition" uses current events and pop culture to hold students' attention, while covering everything from reading and comprehension strategies, to critical thinking, to ways to build vocabulary. It offers activities that explore instruction techniques such as Read, Wonder and Learn and SQ3R, shows students how to effectively read for information and demonstrates the value of making predictions, sequencing and examining cause and effect. It covers such essential literacy building blocks as parts of speech, root words, signal words and grammar, but also teaches the value of reading for pleasure.
►Download the teaching guide now
Super Skills for eEditions
Over 100 ready-to-use, standards-based activities for building skills in technology, math, science, social studies and language arts.Download your activity sheets here:
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Developing Comprehension and Research Skills With the Newspaper
This teacher guide includes 15 lesson plans, each with a classroom activity that helps students develop comprehension and research skills through newspaper content.
Standards for the English Language Arts include:
1) reading for comprehension,
2) evaluation strategies,
3) communication skills,
4) evaluating data,
5) applying language skills.
NIE Institute Educational Resources
As an NIE subscriber, you can access a wealth of free educational resources available through our membership in the national NIE Institute. All are appropriate for classroom instruction when used with the electronic or print edition of The Detroit News or Detroit Free Press.
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Power Pack: Lessons in Civics, Math and Fine Arts
With newspapers, teachers can engage students with contemporary informational texts that not only bring academics to life but also deepen learning by grounding it in real-world experiences. The NIE Week 2011 "Power Pack" curriculum celebrates the power of newspapers to provide fast, flexible ways for teachers to address topics that need support, and focuses on three areas vital to developing well-rounded, successful students and citizens - civics, math and fine arts.
In each subject area, the NIE Week "Power Pack" provides standards-based activities to enhance student learning in elementary school, middle school and high school. In addition to the 32-page teacher guide, there are also two flip-book lessons on fine arts and civics that can be used with interactive whiteboards, computers or other digital technology.
►Download the 32-page Teacher's Guide PDF
►Download the Civics Flip Book PDF
►Download the Civics Flip Book Companion Guide word doc
►Download the Fine Arts Flip Book PDF
Newspapers, The Ultimate Informational Text
Provided by the NAA Foundation. National and state standards place a high priority on students being able to read, write and think about informational text. Many state assessments include high percentages of informational text. Standards require students to ask questions, locate information to answers and evaluate sources of information. This guide will help teachers use the newspaper to teach students these standards.
Thoughtful Literacy Using the Newspaper
This cutting edge guide was written by Dr. Darla Shaw. It is based on the work of Drs. Richard Allington and Peter Johnston, leaders of the Center for English Learning and Achievement/University of Albany (CELA) research team that is studying effective classrooms. In examining teacher practice, they've identified a set of core teaching characteristics that tend to foster thoughtful literacy and the ability to analyze, synthesize and evaluate information effectively: Managed choice, Multi-source curriculum, Multi-task learning, & Meaningful classroom discussion.
Writer to Reader
(NAA Foundation) The following components are included in this teaching guide:
1) How to incorporate activities into a Writer's Workshop program or into traditional programs.
2) Educational standards related to reading and writing are identified for individual activities in the guide.
3) Detailed lesson plans and student activity sheets for 10 writing topics.
4) Mini-Lessons showing teachers how to use newspaper elements as a model for writing instruction.
5) Writer's Organizer pages provide activity sheets students use to plan, draft and revise their writing. Ideas are offered for using newspapers to generate alternative and authentic writing products.