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NYNPA News Media Literacy News
To Keep Pace with Tomorrow's Education and Information Needs
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Volume 12, Number 6
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May 28, 2020
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Every month the NYNPA produces a stand-alone 4 column by 10 inch educational feature. These monthly features are available to NYNPA member publications FREE and can be used in-print or online. All others please contact Mary Miller for pricing information.
This month's features includes two features that can be used in June and July. One highlights Lightning Safety Awareness and the other promotes NYS Summer Reading - especially challenged by COVID-19. Thes and the a
dditional features from previous years mentioned above can be requested free of charge to member newspapers via email. Contact Mary Miller at
mmiller@nynpa.com
or call 518-449-1667 x 701
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These features are FREE to all NYNPA member publications in good standing. All others will be charged $20 per feature.
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Young Voices Contributors continue to share their Covid-19 experiences during the pandemic on YVNY.
Here's a short excerpt from one of the recent reports from 12-year old Aleeza Akhatar from Valley Stream, Long Island:
"....I've also made a whole batch of spaghetti. I think pasta may be the only thing that will always turn out right for me. Pasta is just so simple to make, just add marinara and a side, like veggies, minced meat, etc. I'm trying to discover more styles of cooking, but my favorite, by far, is Italian cuisine.
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We continue to post more stories as students share their experiences with each other and the world. To view this and other stories written by kids 13 years and younger for other kids, go to
https://www.yvnewyork.com/. YVNY accepts new contributors via an ongoing basis a parent permission form can be found at
https://www.yvnewyork.com/about/
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The 11th Annual New York Times Summer Reading Contest
Contest Dates: June 12-Aug. 21, 2020
Every year since 2010 The Learning Network has invited teenagers around the world to add The New York Times to their summer reading lists and, so far, over 60,000 have.
At a time when teachers are looking for ways to offer students more "voice and choice," we hope our open-ended contest can help: Every week, we ask participants to choose something in
The Times that has sparked their interest, then tell us why. At the end of the week, judges from the Times newsroom pick favorite responses, and we publish them. It's as simple as that.
Though our goals include some on many educators' lists - helping students become more aware of the world and their place in it, learning how to navigate sophisticated nonfiction, and practicing writing for a real audience - we also just hope that students will realize that reading the newspaper can be fun. As you'll see in the guidelines below, they can choose literally anything they like that was published on NYTimes.com in 2019 or 2020. We don't care what they write about; we just care about why they chose it.
Click here for contest rules and F.A.Qs. |
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Free Teaching Resources Online
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elow is a list of free online resources for June and beyond:
National Council of Teachers of English - June is Audiobook Month!
You've probably heard that audiobooks serve as a useful resource for struggling readers. Classroom teachers sometimes use audiobooks to help students gain access to material that's too difficult for them to read independently. Audiobooks help novice readers build vocabulary, boost pronunciation skills, and develop fluency.
What you might not have considered is what audiobooks offer proficient readers.
"When we listen to a book, we're forced to slow down. We're more likely to notice details and savor the author's language. Audiobooks ground readers in the here and now. They offer all readers a powerful new way to experience story."
But not all audiobooks are created equal. In this podcast episode, you'll hear about what goes on behind the scenes in audiobook production. You'll also hear samples from an array of distinguished audio titles including YA classics as well as newer works of contemporary realistic fiction, dystopian fiction, historical fiction, and novels written in verse.
Also from NCTE - Ideas for Spending Time with Family
If you are spending time with family, in person or virtually, work together on these activities:
- Create a Game: Playing board games or card games can be a fun activity, so why not make your own?
- Play Bingo! Work together, create a bingo board that can be played while walking around town, going to the zoo or a museum, or traveling on a vacation.
- Write Letters to Friends and Family: Invite young adults to write letters to classmates, postcards from travels, and e-mails to family and friends.
- Recording Family Stories: Teens can take part in the process of building family histories by recording the stories, or memoirs, of family members.
- Creating Family Timelines: Children can interview family members and make an illustrated timeline of the most important family events and memories.
For early educators, we've assembled packets of printable activities to download and share with parents and students. Check out our
PreK-K packet, and
Grades 1-2 packets.
PBS - What is Weather?
- Learn how weather is the combination of four factors-temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds-that occur at a given place and time in this lesson plan from WGBH. The mix of factors is changing all the time; therefore, weather conditions are changing all the time. Students can observe the four factors in various types of weather and identify evidence of weather factors in different weather conditions.
From KQED - Above the Noise - they now have five short videos to help cut through all the information and misinformation about life since COVID-19. Click here to access all of them.
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Current word lists and puzzles from MyVocabulary.com:
All MyVocabulary.com content is printable for NIE programs without a charge. Please honor trademarks and copyright, giving MyVocabulary.com attribution.
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We know this summer may be different due to COVID-19, so we wanted to share some special activities that you can plan to do, wherever you might be. The activities can be completed on your own or with friends and family. They offer you the ability to sharpen your civic skills, give back to charities working to provide essential services, spend time learning with your family, and of course have fun!
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Taking time to check assumptions about family engagement can make a huge difference in the lives of your students and their caregivers.
As educators, we often strive to find ways to increase family involvement in our classrooms. Research confirms that family involvement positively impacts students' academic experiences. And in this moment of crisis, especially, engaging our students means engaging their families: Including caretakers is one way to support our students from a distance.
But what should that inclusion look like? What do we mean, exactly, by family involvement?
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"NYNPA niE-News"
is an electronic newsletter of the New York News Publishers Association, NIE Program. It is sent to provide you with news of your colleagues, money-saving and money-generating ideas, and educational trends, all in one place - in a format you can quickly scroll through. Feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone you think would benefit from it. If you have an item you'd like to share - a success story, a warning so others don't make the same mistake, or a something you'd like advice on, simply hit the "reply" button on your e-mail service. Remember, you can always send news by emailing Mary Miller at
mmiller@nynpa.com
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Mary Miller
Education Services Director
New York News Publishers Association
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