Worksheets August 2026
Welcome back, teachers!
We hope you utilize Bear Essential News in your classroom this school year. This free, literacy award-winning newspaper offers free programs and materials for students and parents.
Bear’s August edition just printed. The main feature is all about school fashion, including free clothing resources. This back-to-school edition also offers fun and fascinating news stories, activities (the hidden picture search on the front cover is always a favorite) and features. To request newspapers for your school or to adjust the amount of newspapers your school receives, please call toll free: 1-866-NEWS KID (639-7543).
August’s standards-based Worksheets that go along with this issue are posted on Bear’s website. Teachers can sign up for worksheet notifications through the website: Sign up here
On page 12 of Bear’s Phoenix-edition, third-graders can enter Valley Metro’s Cool Transit STUFF 3rd Grade Art Contest. “Every Ride Tells a Story,” wants third-graders to draw, paint or sketch where your ride would take you because every ride tells a story, and we can’t wait to see yours! Riding a Valley Metro bus, light rail or streetcar are smart choices for families. Winning artworks will be featured on the Valley Metro Transit Education 2027 Calendar. Each winning artist will also receive a fun prize package!
In the Tucson Edition, K–12 students can enter the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan coloring contest on page 16. The winner of this fun color by number contest will receive a four-pack of admission to the Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum.
Teachers and youth organizations can give us a call at 1-866-NEWS KID to set up free 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 different presentations and the grade levels they cover are online under the Teachers tab.
Please encourage students in grades 3 thru 8 to join Bear’s Young Reporters Program and start writing for the newspaper! Details are part of the worksheets this month. 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 brought to you by BEES, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
Next month, Bear Essential News publishes its big Field Trip Guide!
Have a very good year.
Stephen B Gin, editor
