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Tip #1:
Create a Bulletin Board Display
Incorporate your students' stories into a bulletin board
mock-up of a newspaper's front page. Print out articles,
headlines, photos, and other images. Study the front pages
of national newspapers to get ideas on how to create a realistic
layout with these elements. Then arrange them on the board
using pushpins. Encourage students to update the classroom
"newspaper" by refreshing it with new stories and pictures
on a regular basis.
Tip #2:
Cut and Paste (the Old-Fashioned Way)
Use scissors and gluesticks to cut and paste students' stories,
images and other newspaper elements onto 11" x 14" sheets
of paper. Photocopy the pages and have children form a production
line to collate and staple them together for distribution.
Tip #3:
Use Publishing Software
Lay out students' articles, photos, and images digitally
using programs such as Microsoft Word, then make photocopies
of your printed pages to distribute in school. You may also
wish to use multimedia software to create an interactive
classroom newspaper that can be viewed onscreen or online.
Such versions may include animated graphics, sound clips
of interviews, and even music.
Tip #4:
Seek Other Venues
Expand your readership by sending students' stories to the
editors of your school newspaper or yearbook for consideration.
Local newspapers and various children's magazines such as
Cricket and Stone Soup may also publish student
writing. Find out what kinds of work they accept and get
their submission guidelines. You may also wish to visit
Scholastic's Teachers Site, which offers online publishing
forums such as News
Writing with Scholastic Editors. Student journals may
be published at the Descriptive
Writing Online Publishing area.
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