NewsCurrents Extra
Week of May 12, 2008

Here is this week's issue of NewsCurrents Extra! -- providing you with exciting new content each week to help your students become informed and involved newspaper readers.


We thank you all for participating in the NewsCurrents program and wish you a happy, healthy summer.

We will resume publication for the next school year beginning the week of September 1, 2008.

CONTENTS

  Can your students guess the newsmaker?
The "Who am I?" section features a different news person each week.
  Summer Preview
Look ahead at some of the stories that are sure to be in the news this summer.
Student Activities Encourage your students to use the newspaper.
Fun and challenging activities for you to use with your students -- written on three different grade levels.
Go in-depth
Use these links to learn more about the stories in this week's NewsCurrents Extra!
Test your students' news knowledge
We ask 10 multiple-choice questions about stories that are in the newspaper this week.

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