Lesson 2: Reading News Articles
Completion requirements
Unit 4
What do kids like to do?
Lesson 2
Reading News Articles
The image to the right shows how the front page of a print form newspaper is layed out. Blue Planet is the name of the newspaper. What's New is a headline and there are news articles surrounding the centre picture.
You will be reading different news articles in this unit about hobbies and activities.
This is one way that you can learn about activities your peers enjoy.
Reader's Notebook
Places You Find News Articles
Read page 8 of Literacy in Action 4B.
Information on this page refers to places you can find news articles.
You may have read news articles similar to those pictured on page 8 about people, places, or events.
Check out the four News Websites for Kids below.
Browse the headlines to find two articles that you would be interested in reading.
Carefully read each article thinking about what you found interesting in each one.
Check out the four News Websites for Kids below.
Browse the headlines to find two articles that you would be interested in reading.
Carefully read each article thinking about what you found interesting in each one.
Websites
Several online news sources have been designed for people your age who like to read exciting stories and current news articles. Click the news source links below to read and discover which are your favourites!
Now download the Reader’s Notebook Reading Strategies worksheet and reflect on one strategy you found useful to help you to understand the articles.
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