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News You Can Use With Ms. Judy!
Explore the news from around the world each week with kid-friendly sources and activities!
Class experience
US Grade 3 - 6
Each week, students will be reading and responding to age-appropriate local and global sources of news. Articles are selected each week so that they are timely, and cover topics such as: sports, world news, history and government. We will spend class time reading the article together and then students will have an opportunity to respond - either verbally or in writing. The articles themselves will have a range of vocabulary. Some articles will be harder than others so that we can practice...
7 lessons//7 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Welcome and Class Overview*Review simple media literacy vocabulary *First news articleWeek 2Lesson 2Reviewing Websites*Spotting fake and biased information *Real vs Fake Kahoot GameWeek 3Lesson 3Sources! Sources! Sources!*Review of trusted sources and information gathering *Activity: Use or Lose?Week 4Lesson 4Entertainment vs Information*Matching Game: Educaplay *Compare/Contrast ArticlesWeek 5Lesson 5Writing News Articles Introduction*Brainstorm ideas for class newspaper *Activity: Write article from assigned photoWeek 6Lesson 6Facets of News Coverage*Review different sections of a traditional newspaper *Students pick section for final project.Week 7Lesson 7Finishing and Sharing Class Newspaper*Students contribute to a finished class newspaper *Final review of articles and photos.
Students will read non-fiction news stories for comprehension, analyze written passages, use textual evidence to support written responses, and define unknown vocabulary terms using context clues.
I am certified by the state of VA as an English teacher, library media specialist, and principal. I have taught a news writing workshop class over the summer that was open to 4th - 6th grade. I have been an elementary library media specialist in an elementary public school system and taught these very skills. I have been teaching online now for three years and am very excited to build on this experience!
All of the articles shared can be found online for free!
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
News articles will be read each week for reading comprehension and reader response questions. Class articles will come from the following sources: https://www.twinkl.com/newsroom https://newsforkids.net/ https://www.timeforkids.com/g56/?age=child https://www.dogonews.com/ https://scholasticnews.scholastic.com/ We will be using the Google suit of products: Google Docs to answer comprehension questions and writing assignments during our meetings and Google Slides to start each week. Each meeting will have an agenda that includes a two articles and one activity. Often these activities will take place on Padlet or Miro, as we meet to share ideas and respond to the articles. Kahoot.com will be used for review quizzes to assess reading and comprehension and does not require a student to create an account. Similarly, Padlet.com will be used as a fun way to have the entire class participating as one. The students will follow a code that I give them, and will not be required to create an account. Bookcreator.com will be used to create stories and an online newspaper simply and easily. Students will not need to create an account for this website. They will be provided a link in class to utilize this resource.
https://www.twinkl.com/newsroom https://newsforkids.net/ https://www.timeforkids.com/g56/?age=child https://www.dogonews.com/ https://scholasticnews.scholastic.com/ Note: NPR, BBC, and Reuters will also be used to cultivate news articles, however students will be using the above resources in class.
Hello! My name is Judy Garner and I have been in the teaching profession since graduating from Virginia Tech in 1995. I have worked as an English teacher, a Library Media Specialist, a college English professor, a tutor, and as a Writing Workshop...
Group Class
$22
weekly or $150 for 7 classes1x per week, 7 weeks
50 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-13
2-8 learners per class
