The newspaper is a familiar tool to many teachers. This book explores another use for the newspaper in the classroom. As an aid in the teaching and remediating of basic mathematics skills, the newspaper adds variety to classroom instruction. The suggested newspaper activities and teaching ideas presented here are specifically designed to reinforce the Minimum Student Performance Standards identified by the Florida Department of Education for grades three and five. Activities included for third grade are: reading and writing numerals; rounding; putting numbers in order; operations of whole numbers; measurement; identifying shapes; and solving money problems. Activities for fifth grade include: reading and writing numerals; rounding; fractions; operations of whole numbers; measurement; real world problems and money problems. The corresponding skill number, needed materials, newspaper activities for skill reinforcement, and an activity sheet are provided in each activity. (YP)