Worksheets November 2025

The Holidays Are Heating Up!

 

The government shutdown just ended, but many Arizona families continue to struggle. So Bear Essential News highlights the state’s two top food banks—St. Mary’s and the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.

 

And as Thanksgiving nears, the main feature is Culinary Kids. It is a challenging job path, but these programs teach kids the concepts, skills and creativity needed to get cooking.

 

This issue also has Bear’s Holiday Events Guide! As a classroom activity, please consider having your class do our Holiday Coloring Contest, where they can win family tickets to holiday performances and fun places! If you don’t have the paper, you can print either the Tucson or Phoenix version from Bear ’s new website: https://www.bearessentialnews.com/contests/

 

The standards-based Worksheets that go along with the November issue are posted on Bear’s website. Teachers can sign up for worksheet notifications through the website here.

 

Please encourage your student in grades 3 thru 8 to join our Young Reporters Program! Students cover the stories that interest them, and those stories are edited before being published in Bear Essential News. Please call 1-866-NEWS KID if you have any questions or if your school needs to change the amount of newspapers it is receiving.

 

Through the non-profit, Bear Essential Educational Services, you can have Bear editors visit your school or organization to conduct free presentations on writing and/or reporting for kids! Details are online under the Teachers tab. Call the toll-free number to schedule or if you have questions.

 

This program and these worksheets are brought to you by the 501(c)(3) non-profit Bear Essential Educational Services.

 

Gobble, Gobble!

Stephen B Gin, editor