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- Have a scavenger hunt. Find something to eat, drink, wear, a house, a toy, hot, cold, big, small, electric, number, male, female, store, happy and sad.
- Circle as many days of the week that you can find.
- Find a picture of the President. Write about him.
- Circle the name of the month as many times as you see it.
- Circle, with crayon, all of the words you know in large print.
- Make a list of the words you see beginning with: bl, cl, pr, sl and st.
- Use the index to find the comics, movies, TV horoscope, sports and weather.
- Read two cutlines (words under the photograph); tell the who, what, when, where and why.
- Classify newspaper words or pictures under the headings of toys, tools, people and animals.
- Cut out large letters to spell words. Paste them on paper.
- Circle ones in red, tens in green, hundreds in orange, and thousands in blue. Underline any decimal numbers in yellow.
- Find different shapes. Cut them out; paste them on paper and label them.
- Cut out sets from the newspaper such as shoes, cars, tires, and toys. Then write out how many are in each one.
- Using the food section, cut out foods for less than $1.00.
- You have $10.00. Spend it on groceries for lunch. Use the ads to plan a meal. List the page numbers and the total cost by the different foods that you select.
- Find the highest and lowest temperature for today. What is the difference?
- Buy a gift for someone. Use the ads. Ad tax and figure the cost.
- How many pictures are in the paper today? (Don't use the ads.)
- Find someone in the news that cares for another. Write about it.
- Can you find someone in the news that you trust?
- Can you find pictures of different ways to travel?
- Find pictures of clothing you need for swimming, rain, snow, playing, and sports.
- Cut out five vowels and paste them on paper. Find five words that begin with each vowel.
- In the newspaper, find your favorite foods, sports, comics, and people.
- Find words that end in -ing or -ed added to the root word.
- Find words that sound the same (their-there).
- Find compound words. Make a list of the two words. (Example: news paper)
- Cut out all the letters of the alphabet. Paste them in sequence.
- Circle all of the words that begin with the following prefixes: un, in, il, re, mis, ex, com, con and pre. List them.
- Find the name of the publisher, editor and managing editor.
- Cut out the letters and numbers for your name and address. Paste them in order on construction paper.
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