Worksheets September 2026
Welcome to fall, Educators!
Thank you for utilizing Bear Essential News in your classroom this year. We look forward to getting your students excited about reading, writing and reporting.
Delivering only the best news to kids and classrooms, this SeptemBear issue is funtastic, with a focus on recess, game ideas and the importance of getting moving with your class. This issue also launches Boomer Bear’s 2026-27 Field Trips & Family Outings guide. To request newspapers for your school, please call toll-free: 1-866-NEWS KID (639-7543).
The standards-based Worksheets that augment this issue are posted on our website. Teachers can sign up here for worksheet notifications through the website.
Bear Essential News has a new website that offers our literacy award-winning content, including great news, Young Reporter stories, some of their TV segments and PDFs of the current Phoenix and Tucson editions.
On page 2 of Bear’s Phoenix edition, third-graders can enter Valley Metro’s Cool Transit STUFF 3rd Grade Art Contest. “Every Ride Tells a Story!” is this year’s theme for third-graders to come up with their best art to encourage others to hop on Valley Metro bus, light rail or streetcar to get to their destinations—the deadline for entries is Oct. 9.
Educators can give us a call at 1-866-NEWS KID to set up free classroom presentations on writing and/or reporting! Visits by Bear editors are made possible by the non-profit Bear Essential Educational Services (BEES). Details of the five presentations and recommended grade levels are online under the Teachers tab.
Teachers or parents can encourage students in grades 3 through 8 to join the free Young Reporters Program and start writing for the newspaper! Students cover the stories that interest them. The YR Sign-Up forms for Phoenix or Tucson are under the Kids tab. Young Reporters receive an official YR Kit to help get them started, and we are looking for a volunteer Adviser at every school.
This program and these worksheets are made possible by BEES, a non-profit educational organization.
Thank you,
Stephen B Gin, editor
