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WEEKLY READER IN YOUR CLASSROOM—JANUARY
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PRE-K EDITION
Hello, Polar Bears! Weekly Reader kicks off the new year with an issue filled with polar bears—playing, swimming, and interacting. Encourage children to make personal connections.
Ask them to describe similar activities that they might do with a parent or sibling. Later this month, use the issue about Martin Luther King Jr. to teach his message about getting along. Display the photos showing children getting along in the Big Issue. Then ask how they get along in preschool, in the playground, and at home. Learning to get along with others not only helps build character, but also helps you maintain a friendly preschool environment. A Make-a-Book about rhyming words helps build vocabulary and developing phonemic awareness skills. Teaching about Groundhog Day is a great way to introduce the concept of the four seasons. As children discover what a groundhog does during winter, spring, summer, and fall, ask them what they do during those seasons.
Attention Teachers: Download the Teacher's Guide for more information.
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Print out this month's reproducible BLAST! (Balanced Literacy Activities and Skills for Today!). Create a center with a variety of plush animals and word cards with the name of each animal. Then invite children to look at the pictures of animals on the activity sheet, say the animals' names, and draw a line to match the baby with the grown-up. This will reinforce visual discrimination skills and build vocabulary.
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 KINDERGARTEN EDITION
Happy New Year! Get children excited about the new year. Write the number 2006 on an easel pad and invite children to repeat it after you. Then encourage them to say the name of each day of the week. Ask them to share specific things that they do on each day. Also featured this month is an issue about Martin Luther King Jr. and his role as a leader. Extend the lesson by inviting children to name the qualities of a leader and people at school that are leaders. List the names of those people and ask children how they know that those people are leaders. Teach children how to stay healthy by discussing the tips in the issue about health and the human body. Introduce and encourage children to learn the names of parts of the body. Use the vivid photos in the Make-a-Book issues to teach children about animals that make their homes underground.
Attention Teachers: Download the Teacher's Guide for more information.
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Print out this month's coloring page featuring Zip at a baseball game. Invite children to color the picture.
Print out this month's reproducible BLAST! (Balanced Literacy Activities and Skills for Today!) Invite children to practice saying, spelling, and writing the days of the week.
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 GRADE 1 EDITION
What's the weather? Winter is a season where the weather changes in nearly every place in the world. Use the issue about maps to introduce children to the concept of how the weather changes in different parts of the country. Explain that where you live determines what kind of winter weather you will get. Other topics this month cover the life and message of Martin Luther King Jr. Discuss how students might follow his message of peace by getting along with others, by using words, and by sharing and caring in the classroom community. We hope your students will get excited when they see the issue about dinosaurs. Find out what they know about other kinds of dinosaurs and create a chart of those facts to add to the lesson.
-----A Notice to First-Grade Teachers-----
The February Week 3 issue of Weekly Reader Edition 1 was designed to be an easy-to-use Presidents' Day flip book about President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately, the pages of the issue were not formatted correctly and the book cannot be put together as intended.
We apologize for any inconvenience, and we have now corrected the problem. We will be reprinting the issue and mailing it out to you in advance of Presidents' Day.
Neal Goff
President, Weekly Reader
Attention Teachers: Download the Teacher's Guide for more information.
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Print out this month's reproducible BLAST! (Balanced Literacy Activities and Skills for Today!). Name the Dinosaur! After reading about dinosaurs, use the activity to encourage children to apply what they have learned.
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 GRADE 2 EDITION
In the cold month of January, students will be learning about how and why snow forms. Students will discuss the differences among the five types of snowflakes and learn about how some places in the world use snow and ice to build buildings and homes. Later in the month, students will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by learning about him and other famous African American leaders. Students will discover some characteristics of a leader, and apply them to their own lives. The last issue in January highlights several popular sports played during the Olympic Winter Games. This issue also gives students a brief history of the Olympics and its importance in our society. Each issue includes a Whiskers's Corner for an important lesson in citizenship and an activity that tests students' understanding.
Attention Teachers: Download the Grade 2 Edition, Issue 15, Teacher's Guide for more information.
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 GRADE 3 EDITION
In our first issue of the new year, students will learn about Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday and why people across the United States are honoring this great American. The next cover story in January will teach students about changes at the Arctic due to global warming and how those changes affect polar bears and other animals. Our last issue in January is a theme issue all about the Olympic Winter Games, which begin February 10. Happy New Year and happy reading!
Attention Teachers: Download the Grade 3 Edition, Issue 15, Teacher's Guide.
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 GRADE 4 EDITION
How did Benjamin Franklin help shape the United States? This month, your students will find out in our special classroom play, celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of this amazing American. In other issues this month, students will read about a huge push to eradicate polio in Asia and Africa. Health officials hope that 2006 will be the year that they will wipe out the paralyzing disease. As students get ready to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, they can learn about this famous civil rights leader and how people will commemorate the holiday through community service projects. And don't miss our sports-filled issue at the end of the month. Weekly Reader profiles several up-and-coming Olympic athletes and sends a kid reporter to the Super Bowl! Each issue this month is packed with reading comprehension questions, along with maps, graphs, and charts. Happy New Year!
Attention Teachers: Download Grade 4 Edition, Issue 15, Teacher's Guide.
 SENIOR EDITION
Weekly Reader's Topics for Teaching
This month, Senior Edition honors one of America's most famous citizens—Benjamin Franklin! January 17 is the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth. Students will learn about Franklin through a classroom play focusing on some of the key moments in his life. You'll also receive a classroom poster designed to look like a special anniversary edition of Franklin's newspaper, The Pennsylvanian Gazette.
In other issues this month, students will learn about the mystery of the Great Pyramid. Scientists are going to send a robot to explore passageways in the pyramid that some people think may lead to the tomb of Khufu, an Egyptian king. Students will debate whether grizzly bears should be protected by the Endangered Species Act, and will read about modern pirates and U.S. teens hoping to win big at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Each issue is packed with pictures, charts, maps, and graphs to help bring the stories to life.
Attention Teachers: Download the Senior Edition, Issue 15, Teacher's Guide for more information.
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From the Find the Mistakes student practice book series, Editing Skills for Grade 2, Editing Skills for Grade 3, and Editing Skills for Grade 4 feature engaging, age-appropriate nonfiction articles for identifying and correcting errors in punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Reading comprehension, proofreading, and writing activities build editing, Daily Oral Language, and reading skills.
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Sharpen Your Students' Editing Skills!
From the Find the Mistakes student practice series, Editing Skills for Grade 5 features engaging, age-appropriate nonfiction articles for identifying and correcting errors in punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Reading comprehension, proofreading, and writing activities build editing, Daily Oral Language, and reading skills.
Each book includes:
- 32 pages
- full-color articles taken from Weekly Reader magazines
- hidden language, spelling, and punctuation errors for students to identify
- follow-up reading comprehension quizzes
- reading and writing sections that encourage problem solving and creativity.
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–Martin Luther King Jr.
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