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Get Ready for Your Governor’s Races
Hollister Kids Has Proven Election Materials If you are one of the 37 states with a 2010 governor's race, you will not want to miss the Hollister Kids supplements that teach about these key contests. Available in separate editions for elementary students and those in middle/high school, “Election: The Race for Governor” teaches politics by asking students to become candidates for governor — of their school. The approach challenges students to make decisions on issues, image, advertising, interest groups, campaigning and more. Every page ties to the daily newspaper or e-Edition with NIE activities, and you are free to localize with information about your own governor’s race. Written by a former political writer for one of the nation’s largest daily newspapers, the content of this supplement was honored nationally in the Distinguished Achievement competition of the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP).
These prize-winning materials will be available this fall in e-Book format that can be posted on e-Edition websites, as well as in format for print reproduction.(Online sites must be password protected.) And each curriculum comes with a FREE Teacher Guide that can extend the lessons for additional weeks.
Cost for each supplement is $345 for newspapers with general circulation under 50,000, $605 for 50,000-200,000 and $865 for over 200,000. Or buy versions for both age groups and earn a 15 percent discount.
NIE programs that have purchased Hollister’s prize-winning Election supplements in the past must re-purchase for the 2010 election to renew syndication rights.
Teacher Guide, Too Supplements are powerful teaching tools for elections. But so is the daily newspaper! This Teacher Guide extends the lessons of the Race for Governor supplements with standards-based newspaper activities that connect with any day’s newspaper or e-Edition. Four themed units make it possible to extend learning up to four weeks during the election season with your print or e-Edition. more information
Plan Now for Constitution Day September 17
Constitution Day will be here before you know it, and Hollister Kids has great choices to reach and teach students from elementary school through high school.
The Constitution in the News When we developed this supplement, we felt it was one of the best NEWS pieces we have ever created for NIE. This dynamic supplement for Grades 4-12 teaches students how the Constitution affects their lives by looking at constitutional issues and court cases that have made news in the last several years. And national education judges agreed: It won a gold medal in the Distinguished Achievement Awards competition of the Association of Educational Publishers. On page after page, lessons focus on issues that affect students: free speech in schools, dress codes, music downloading, student privacy on grades, drug testing for student activities and the most recent Supreme Court ruling on school integration. Each page is a self-contained lesson that includes a short news story, plus discussion and writing activities using the newspaper. Pages can be posted as lessons for use with your e-Editions or delivered to teachers by e-mail. With purchase of this supplement your program gets FREE electronic files for a full-color classroom Constitution poster that you can brand with logos from your program or sponsors. more information
The Constitution: Blueprint for a Nation This Grade 4-12 supplement was a double prize-winner in its first year. With lessons on the three branches of government and the Bill of Rights, it won a Gold Medal in the national Distinguished Achievement Competition of the Association of Educational Publishers and was voted “Best New Product for Middle School” by NIE judges for the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. On every page, the supplement connects constitutional issues to today’s news with a special “Constitution & You” feature. With purchase of this supplement your program gets FREE electronic files for a full-color classroom Constitution poster that you can brand with logos from your program or sponsors. more information
The First Amendment There are many great Constitution Day supplements for middle and high school students. And now there’s one for elementary students that engages them like none that have come before! This charmingly illustrated piece explains the rights granted Americans in the First Amendment to the Constitution and how the Constitution set up the national government. Its lively design and activities engage elementary school students by explaining how First Amendment rights play a role in the everyday activities of their lives and the lives of their families. Kids love the cartoon illustrations by the artist who also illustrated Hollister’s prize-winning “Math Carnival.” Full-color centerspread is an interactive “Find Your Freedoms” game that can double as a classroom display. With purchase of this supplement your program gets FREE electronic files for a full-color classroom Constitution poster that you can brand with logos from your program or sponsors. more information
Constitution Plus Once again, Hollister is offering a four-week Constitution series that can be offered in-paper or online. Modeled after Hollister’s award-winning Newspaper Plus feature, each installment looks at a constitutional issue making news and follows up with discussion and writing activities using the newspaper or e-Edition. Pricing is by general circulation at $100, $180, $260 ($25/$45/$65 per unit). more information
Start the School Year Right
The school year will be beginning in a matter of weeks. Help your teachers get off to a good start by offering these proven skills packages. Delivered in print or with e-Editions, they’re proven to give teachers lively activities to hone basic skills and get kids back up to speed.
Math Carnival Math not only provides vital life skills for students. It’s also fun! This supplement for elementary students explores key math concepts by taking kids on a trip through an amusement carnival. As they take on puzzles and numbers challenges, they will build skills that will help them for years to come. Whimsical illustrations make this tab as much fun as a real carnival (and can double as a coloring activity for younger students). All newspaper activities are tied to listed education standards. more information
Ethan and Damon Are Friends This charming, true-to-life package is a great way to refresh or introduce language skills for Grades K-2. As students follow the activities of two young boys, they will build skills with vowels, consonants, syllables, sentence structure, beginning and ending sounds and more. With photos of a wide range of activities, they will get practice in oral and writing skills by telling what is happening in the pictures and what might happen next. This text has been reviewed by elementary reading teachers and given an enthusiastic thumbs up! It also lists all the education standards addressed by the activities for easy reference by teachers. As one reviewer put it: “I really, really, really liked that you included a curriculum skills list. This will ensure a much wider teacher audience in this present teach-to-the-test environment.” Tiered activities provide review opportunities for all ability levels. more information
Build Skills for Reading This package is structured to mirror the format of reading comprehension sections on state tests. Each sample story in the section is followed by multiple-choice questions like the ones students will see on assessment tests. Then students are sent into the newspaper to further explore each topic — and expand their reading horizons! The section concludes with an activity in which students create their own multiple-choice questions from news stories. more information
E-Edition Plus This weekly current events feature is a great way to build reading comprehension with fresh content weekly. Each week a 450-word news feature explores an issue in the news from a kids’ perspective, and multiple-choice questions test comprehension from the reading passage. A “Talk About the News” question can be used as a writing or discussion prompt and “Explore Your e-Edition” activities send students into the e-Edition to learn more. Written to national and state standards; 8.5 by 11 format; pricing by circulation $25, $45, $65 per week, and you may order as few as two weeks at a time. more information
Learn to Write In every state and school district, teachers are being challenged to improve literacy skills and boost student assessment scores. To help them meet this goal, Hollister Kids has created this exciting teaching package for print and e-Editions for elementary and middle school students. With the print or e-Edition newspaper as a model, “Learn to Write” offers detailed instruction on how to improve expository writing, creative writing, opinion writing, descriptive writing and more. Practical activities show students how to get to the point, recognize key details and pick the best words for the best results. more information
Other Great Back-to-School Materials
Hollister Kids’ proven e-Edition Teacher Guides offer a wealth of activities that use your e-Edition to help get students up to speed for a new year. Each guide offers a mix of activities and activity sheets, all tied to national and state education standards.
“Super Skills for e-Editions” This package features more than 100 activity sheets exploring the workings of e-Editions and teaching Language, Math, Science and Social Studies through your e-Edition. Activities are tiered for Elementary, Middle and High School. All activities are written to state and national standards. Technology activities introduce the features of e-Editions and teach students and teachers how to use them. 8.5 by 11 format can be easily emailed or downloaded. Samples available. Pricing by circulation: $345, $605, $865 for package. more information
“NewsBytes for e-Editions” This feature proved a big hit with teachers in its first year. Written live each week off the news and the school calendar, “NewsBytes” includes three separate five-activity sets of activities tiered for Elementary, Middle and High School. One activity in each age group each week explores the technology of e-Editions. All activities are written to state and national academic or technology standards. 8.5 by 11 format can be easily emailed or downloaded. Pricing by circulation: $25, $45, $65 per week. Also available in a Summer Edition. more information
Themed “Teaching With Your e-Edition” Teacher Guides. 36-52 pages each, 8.5 by 11 format, these guides are priced by circulation at $325, $475, $625. Titles include:
Teaching Reading with Your e-Edition
Teaching Writing Skills with Your e-Edition
Teaching Science & Biology with Your e-Edition
Teaching Diversity with Your e-Edition
Teaching Black History with Your e-Edition
Teaching Science, Environment & Geography with Your e-Edition
