Worksheets March 2026
Things are heating up, Educators!
Bear Essential News’ super-popular Summer Camp editions just distributed to Phoenix and Tucson schools and libraries. The new worksheets that go with this issue are on Bear’s website. If you’d like newspapers for your school or organization, please call toll free: 1-866-NEWS KID (639-7543).
These worksheets and free classroom presentations on writing and reporting are provided by the non-profit Bear Essential Educational Services. Thank you for utilizing the newspaper and the worksheets with your students, and please encourage them to join our FREE Young Reporters Program (details below)!
For Southern Arizona, Bear is putting on its SUMMER CAMP EXPO as part of TMC’s Safety First Saturday at Tucson Mall on Saturday, March 7 from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. The event is free and several of Bear’s camp advertisers will be on hand with fun activities and prizes, camp information with some giving away a free week of camp.
The Tucson edition also includes a 4-page pullout guide to the Tucson Festival of Books from 9:30 to 5:30 on March 14 & 15 on the UofA mall. This guide focuses on the Children & Teen activities and authors/illustrators AND on the mind-blowing Science City, occupying the UofA Mall east of Cherry. Bear has its usual tent at the entrance of the kids area between Modern Languages and the Mall.
In the Phoenix Edition, Bear’s center spread features fabulous events of the Arizona SciTech Festival, which is going on all over the state now through April. This special section includes a list of some fun-n-fabulous-n-free Signature Events. Bear Essential is a proud sponsor of the SciTech Festival. Go to AZSCITECH.COM for a list events that will spark your students’ interests!
Bear Essential News is excited to partner with Phoenix Fan Fusion! We have a super fun-n-creative text bubble contest starring Fan Fusion stars Sunset & Meteor. The contest is for kids 12 and under. You can win a Family 4-pack of Passes for the big event! Go online to BearEssentialNews.com for a printable PDF. Readers can enjoy the Adventures of Sunset & Meteor on pages 8 & 9 (Valley edition) and 10 & 11 (Tucson edition). Fan Fusion happens May 24 thru 26, so check out fanfusion.com.
Please encourage your students in grades 2–8 to join our free award-winning Young Reporters Program. Reporters can choose the stories they cover or you can help make suggestions. Or kids can specialize in covering STEM-based stories as Science Reporters as we partner with the SciTech Festival.
The list of free classroom presentations is under the Teachers Tab. Call 1-866-NEWS KID if your school or organization would like free presentations by me on writing or different aspects of reporting!
Stephen B Gin, editor
