Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.5A Grade 3 CPI 1

 

Standard: 3.5 - Viewing and Media Literacy

 

Strand: A - Constructing Meaning

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will begin to demonstrate an awareness of different media forms and how they contribute to communication.

 

Grade: 3

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       Creating a Classroom Newspaper

 

This lesson provides students with the opportunity to write authentic newspaper stories. Students will enjoy this creative, exciting, and stimulating lesson in writing. As they are transformed into reporters and editors, they will become effective users of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in order to publish their own classroom newspaper. Various aspects of newspapers are covered, including parts of a newspaper, writing an article, online newspapers, newspaper reading habits, and layout and design techniques.

 

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