Newsletters By Virginia

I also send home weekly class "newspapers". I formatted a simple one-sheet newspaper that contains the week's news, including Student of the Week, homework assignments, and parent reminders. This paper is authored by two first graders each week. (I make sure everyone has a turn to be a "reporter".)

At the end of each day the reporters dictate a sentence containing news for the day. I transcribe it onto a large flipchart. Every Friday I copy the week's news and type it onto the newspaper format I saved on my computer.

I always save an extra copy to be placed in a special binder in our classroom....the children love to reread these.

I have received much positive feedback on these newspapers. Also, I copy the reporters' pictures at the top of each issue to really give it that "professional" look!

I hope this is of help to you.

Virginia