The Kids' Newsroom

Our classroom will become a working newsroom as we write and publish a class newspaper! Don’t like that new school lunch they’re serving? Express your feelings on the editorial page. Going to the school soccer game? Bring your camera and reporter’s notebook and become a beat reporter for our sports section. Going to the new Frozen sequel? Write a glowing or scathing review. A new teacher at school? Sit down with the new music teacher at school and conduct a hard-hitting interview. Our Right Brain Curriculum instructors will teach you the craft of journalism, including investigative writing, research and editing. The Kids' Newsroom: It's hot off the press!

• Learn about the history of newspapers
• Work as part of a team that publishes its own newspaper
• Learn how reporters organize and write stories
• Write news stories on local, national and personal events
• Learn about the difference between editorials and news stories and write their own editorials
• Play a "Headline Hunters" game in which they race to find facts in famous newspaper headlines
• Learn how to revise and edit their own and other reporters' stories
• Help to "publish" the class newspaper

Class Specifications:

• Elementary (Grade 2-5) or Middle School (Grades 6-8) versions available
• 12-hour program (can be offered in a variety of intervals)
• The Kids' Newsroom can be implemented as an after-school program, summer camp or in-class project
• Purchase includes teacher training, unlimited support as program is implemented, lesson plan, powerpoints, project guides and marketing materials