Center Newsletters
Subject:
Reading, Writing and Art
Age Level: 5
years and up
Performance
Standards Information
Writing
E2d
Activity Goals
- To provide a space that celebrates the artwork and writing of our afterschool participants.
Skills children will learn from the activity
- How to write in multiple literary genres
- How to work using drafts
- How to use graphic software programs
- Basic layout and design skills
- How to use Microsoft Word
- Lined and blank paper
- Pencils/Pens
- Erasers
- Dictionaries
- Thesauruses
- Markers/Crayons
- Computers
- Draft Folders
- Children should be familiar with how to use KidPix.
- Children should be able to write basic sentences.
- Children must be informed of computer room rules.
- Children must know how and where to save their work.
Procedure
- Have the children
sit in a circle or in a group where their faces
are
visible and conversation can be clearly heard.
- Tell the children
what the topic of the newsletter is going to be,
or ask them what they are going to be working on
if they are writing a general newsletter article.
- Then have the
students divided into groups. If you are doing a
special topic newsletter, make sure that all of
the students write a draft first so that you can
proof it before the child begins to work on the
computer. It will make whatever time they spend
on the computer much more productive, and children
will then be able to focus on word processing.
- Have students
open and save their work from their folders on the
people drive.
- Layout the newsletter
in PageMaker and save it on a zip disk for CRC to
catalogue and print.
The best aspect of our newsletter is that it provides a showcase for our children's work to shine. It maintains the necessary elements of structure without hindering the creativity and challenge that our computer activities provide. The newsletter proves to our participants that the work they do is considered important. To supervisors and potential donors, the newsletters show how great our programs and activities really are.