Current Events Guidelines
TIPS FOR FINDING CURRENT EVENTS:
Kid friendly news sites:
- The New York Times blog for kids: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/
- Time for Kids: http://timeforkids.com/
- PBS for kids: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
- Weekly Reader: http://www.weeklyreader.com/subcategory/74
- Smithsonian Mag: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/?source=kidscastle.si.edu
- DOGO News: http://www.dogonews.com/
- Nick News: http://news.nick.com/
Additional tips:
- Before you start reading the first article you come across, check the length. Is it something you can handle or will the amount of information be overwhelming?
- Make sure the article is on your reading level. Read the first paragraph – do you understand the article so far? Are there several vocabulary words you don’t know? If you’re already confused, it might be a good idea to move on and pick something else.
- Use my blog as a model for what your current events post should look like. You need to have enough detail in your “What” and “Why Do We Care” sections for your reader to understand the basics of the event.
- ALWAYS CITE YOUR SOURCE! If you publish your current events without a source, I won’t grade it until you add the source. If it’s an online article, copy and paste the link. If it’s from another source, list as much information as you can (the name of the source, the title of the article, the author, the section of the newspaper, and the day you found it).
