Current+Event+Starter


 * CURRENT EVENT STARTER**

This starter targets older elementary, 4 – 6 grade students. This desk top learning experience provides the students with links to current event articles. The students are asked to read the articles and summarize the articles in the area provided below. They are also asked to think about the article and make a comment relating to the article.

The exercise helps students learn more about what is going on in the world around them. It is also an exercise which helps them work on reading comprehension skills. It also asks them to think and expand a bit on the article they just read by making a comment.

This starter can be reused weekly, monthly or at any given time. URL’s with the current event articles or children’s new sites can be added/changed. I used PowerPoint starters with clip art, words, pictures, etc. to help the children visualize the subject of the current events. I tried to add sound, but it doesn't seem to work.

This is the original current event starter.

This is the sample of the starter being used.

This is the second version of the current event starter. The URL's are changed and the clipart, pictures and words are changed to relate to the new articles.

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