Making a Newsletter Teacher Resources

Students submit their newsletter articles and a newsletter team proofreads them. Revisions are suggested. Writers revise their articles. Using a template from a word processing program, articles are typed in final form.

Young writers design and publish a newsletter with articles that demonstrate knowledge of mathematical concepts. They explain mathematical procedures and basic operations in a news article format. Next, they compile several articles to...

Statements can be taken out of context and interpreted or used to support a very different view than the one originally intended. Young journalists start thinking about leading questions, sentence structure, context, and how they all...

A class newsletter? The possible extensions for this activity are endless. After examining examples of news print-outs from hotels or workplaces, class members develop their own articles and produce a newsletter. A great way to keep...

Listen to the sound of children's fingers flying across their keyboards as they perform these fun typing lessons. From creating alphabet books and multimedia presentations to researching presidents and writing class...

The world is a big place—discover it! A series of challenge activities designed to accompany Theme 4: Person to Person encourages learners to explore the world around them. Project-based activities promote research and writing skills in...

Students brainstorm names for a class newsletter. They perform the job of journalists by interviewing, writing paragraphs, and editing. Students scan photographs, add appropriate graphics and look for errors in the final copy.

Students analyzing characters from a story by creating an article about one.  In this story analysis lesson plan, students read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, and pick one character to write descriptively about....

Students explore human migration, refugees and human rights. They read articles about immigration, create a migration journal, and participate in a mock human rights commission meeting. After collecting information about immigration,...

Students are introduced to the concept of photosynthesis. As a class, they brainstorm a list of what they already know about plants and individually grow a plant on their own in the classroom. They record their observations daily and...

Students work in small groups to identify the following categories of news articles: hard news, features, announcements, and opinion/personal reflection.

Students research tall buildings and identify the geometric shapes used in the construction of the buildings. They compare shapes and infer why some are better than others in building. They produce a multimedia presentation of geometric...

Students study and write about local history. In this local history lesson, students learn about their local history before visiting a group of senior citizens to discuss what they know. They practice the questions they will ask the...

Students participate in a service project. For this stewardship lesson, students review the concepts of philanthropy and environmental stewardship. Students practice being good stewards by researching public areas in their school or...

Learners watch a PowerPoint presentation about how to create a brochure using Word.  In this word processing instructional activity, students create a three-fold brochure about a topic of their choice. 

Students use a Flip camera to complete various projects about Christmas. In this Christmas and technology lesson, students write and record letters to Santa. Students write letters to Christmas characters and record them. Students make...

Learners interview veterans at a local homeless shelter. They publish their interviews in a class newspaper. They also present their information in different forums.

Second graders research textbooks and weblinks for information related to objects in a time capsule. They use the information to construct a timeline of the events and people connected to the objects in the time capsule.

This site from CompanyNewsletters.com provides some advice on how to choose the right articles and format to make your newsletter better.

After organizing their thoughts using a graphic organizer, students write a narrative essay which relates an autobiographical incident. Students present their essays in a slideshow which allows their classmates to practice predicting an...