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Curated OER

Math News

For Teachers 8th - 12th
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...
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Curated OER

Writing Newsletters!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reading of Gail Gibbons’ Deadline! leads to a discussion of the differences between newspapers and newsletters. Class members then choose a favorite topic and create the front page for their own newsletter.
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Curated OER

Media in Time

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders type a newsletter addressing selected historical events. The newsletter is typed in the present tense, as if they are reporting the event or events live. Students are graded on historical content, grammar, focus, and...
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Printables
Teacherfiles

Monthly Newsletter - September

For Teachers K - 8th
What's going on in your class? Spread the news with a fairly basic template that includes the month name, clipart for some color, and lines for writing all your class news. See the materials tab for the rest of the months of the year.
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Curated OER

What's Going On?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create their own newsletter. In this newsletter writing lesson, 6th graders write about current events and special events at their school. Students take pictures to add to the newsletter. Students can also put the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Middle Ages Gazette

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research and obtain information about topics from the Middle Ages and write news reports that be compiled into a Gazette or newsletter. The reports can be on feudalism, castles, jousts and tournaments and/or the Crusades.
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Curated OER

Novel News

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students, working in groups create a newspaper based on the events that take place in a novel. Groups complete sections of the newsletter based on criteria and publish it using newsletter publishing software.
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Curated OER

Newsmakers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars create a newsletter that tells others about themselves and their family. They use publishing software to create their newsletters.
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Curated OER

Family

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars use Microsoft Word to create the family newsletter which can be mailed out with the family Christmas cards.
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Curated OER

Searching for Information

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the use of technology to search for information. They search for information using the internet. Students select information to include in a newsletter. They copy and paste the information to a word document.
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Curated OER

Constructing a Newsletter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers 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.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ancient History Cyber-Journalists

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research a major historical event from the ancient world and write a newsletter about the event.
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Article
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Create a Newsletter With Ms Word [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a two-page PDF article with instructions to "Create a Newsletter with MS Word" by Marilyn Western. It provides step by step instruction for creating a newsletter using Microsoft Word.
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Social Security Administration

Social Security Online: The Townsend Plan Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site that includes information about Townsend and the Townsend Plan, links to the different sections of the text of the Social Security Plan, links to issues of the newsletter that was published by Townsend, editorial...
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Article
Other

Company Newsletters: Cost Effective Newsletters

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from CompanyNewsletters.com provides some advice on how to choose the right articles and format to make your newsletter better.
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Website
Teachnology

Teachnology: Teacher Guide to Publishing and Book Making

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With the proper computer equipment and desktop publishing software students can create professional level newsletters, brochures and advertising documents. This site provides lesson plans and software tutorials for bringing desktop...
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Website
University of Minnesota

Minnesota Writing Project: Newsletters and Annual Updates

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is an archive of the Minnesota Writing Project Newsletters.
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Article
Other

How to Increase Sales With a Customer Newsletter

For Students 9th - 10th
Newsletters are an important customer communication tool. This site offers excellent guidelines for preparing a good newsletter.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using Google Docs to Write for Audience

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students write and digitally publish a weekly newsletter using Google Docs. The content will be a synthesis of interesting issues from their class as well as some outside news and issues which directly impact students. The target...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Creating a Newletter

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students enrolled in computer applications, computer literacy, or desktop publishing classes learn the basics of creating a newsletter.
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Other

Lyme Net Newsletter

For Students 9th - 10th
This LymeNet newsletter is no longer being published, however,the back issues are still availabe at the bottom of the page. Focus is Lyme Disease.