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Thursday, August 18, 2016 I Vol. 36 No. 33 I 2 Sections, 20 Pages I A1
East Texas Press Donates e-Subscriptions to All
Local Classrooms for the New School Year
Using Newspapers to Educate Kids in the Classroom
Few resources are as inexpensive yet inherently
valuable as the newspaper. For as little as the loose
change in their pockets, readers can get all their local
news.
East Texas Press publisher, Chad Pate, is donating
free e-subscriptions to the East Texas Press to all lo-
cal classrooms. Not only is this a valuable learning
tool, but also an opportunity for teachers to share the
accomplishments in their classrooms with the com-
munity via East Texas Press publications. As long as
the classroom actively participates in this program by
submitting at least one article, announcement, photo,
or individual achievement per month, the e-subscrip-
tion monthly fee is waived for up to one year. Kids
feel a true sense of pride in their accomplishments
when they see themselves recognized in the local
community newspaper.
For educators, newspapers can be a valuable teaching
tool as well. Younger kids typically aren't avid read-
ers, but newspapers are often reader-friendly, with
concise articles that aren't as long-winded as chapters
in a book. Teachers hoping to instill a love of reading
in their pupils can put the local newspaper to work in
a variety of ways.
* Teach kids the "5Ws (and the H)." Most adults
recall the lesson of the "5Ws (and the H)." The 5Ws
and the H are Who, What, When, Where, Why, and
How. Newspaper articles are typically built around
the rule that encourages reporters to answer these six
questions in the first several paragraphs of an article.
Teachers can give their students the newspaper and
tell them to identify the 5Ws and the H. Students are
likely to embrace the reader-friendly nature of news
articles, and might just pick up their Mom or Dad's
newspaper around the house as a result.
* Teach the difference between editorials and hard
news stories. When using the newspaper as a teaching
tool, teachers can give students two different articles,
one news and one editorial. Before explaining the dif-
ference, ask kids to identify the differences. Chances
are, kids will pick up on the main difference, that an
editorial is an opinion piece that uses facts to support
an idea, while a news story simply reports the facts
without giving an opinion. This can prove a valuable
lesson for kids to learn, promoting reading compre-
hension and teaching kids to question the source of
their reading materials in an analytical way.
* Encourage kids to read their favorite sections of
the newspaper. Kids are kids, and they may not be
interested in the front page stories or most of what's
included in section A. However, there are sections in
every newspaper that can appeal to kids, and teachers
and parents alike should encourage their kids to read
those sections that interest them. The entertainment
section might have stories about kids' favorite mov-
ies, while young sports fans are likely to enjoy ar-
ticles about their favorite teams and players. The goal
is to get kids excited about reading, and many parts of
the newspaper are filled with articles kids can enjoy.
* Use the local section as a teaching tool. Kids may
or may not be interested in what's going on in the
world's financial markets or even the nation's capi-
tal. But the local section is something kids can often
relate to, with stories about people and places they're
familiar with in their own towns. Human interest sto-
ries about local residents doing good deeds or about
local businessmen and women setting trends might
give kids a greater sense of pride in their community.
The local newspaper is a wonderful tool for educators
to use with their students. If there's not one already,
teachers should contact their local school board or
East Texas Press to sign up for a free e-subscription
so that teachers can provide their students with the
local newspaper every day.
Educators interested in signing their classrooms up
for a free e-subscription, email news@easttexaspress.
com from their official school email address, request-
ing to be a part of this program. If you have any
questions, please call 936-254-3618 or text 936-254-
5050 By Chad Pate
www.easttexaspress.com
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East Texas Press (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 2016, newspaper, August 18, 2016; Timpson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth899158/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.