TEKS Tribune - 5th Grade Edition - SPANISH

The TEKS Tribune (5th Edition for 5th grade) is an engaging way to assess the knowledge base a student has regarding grammar, parts of speech, capitalization, and punctuation. All of the ELAR TEKS are addressed throughout the Tribune. (11Di-11Dx)

Guised in the form of a fun newspaper, students will use the passages of your choice or their choice to extract an example of each of the defined TEKS.

The Tribune can be utilized on an individual, paired, or small group level. After its completion, which could take upward of a month, students will then trade newspapers with one another. They will have the opportunity to read each other’s findings.

This is a fun opportunity to practice being an excellent editor.

Create a TEKS Tribune each month and see how your students grow through the year.

This is a four page (2 pages front to back) document on regular-size typing paper. It must be run front to back and then placed in order to create a newspaper feel. To round out the true feeling of reading a newspaper, tape the two pages together in the center and then fold them in half. Fold in half one more time so that only the top half of page one is showing. This will create a newspaper effect.

Another idea is to run the pages front to back and then place them in sheet protectors. This will allow for students to reuse them from time to time. To create additional durability, you could also adhere them to a manila folder. This will provide added strength due to repeated use.

The TEKS Tribune is designed to accompany the Teach BIG editing seminar. If you are interested in learning more about this training, please call 281–549–4466. You can also visit our website at teachbig.com.