CURRENT EVENTS: News Article Summary, Main Idea, Reading Comprehension | NEWSELA
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Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRI.4.1
CCSSRI.4.2
CCSSRI.4.3
CCSSRI.4.4
CCSSRI.4.10
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- PDF
- Google Apps™
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4 pages
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My students really enjoyed this! I was easily able to edit and add to it, making it perfect for my lesson.
Great template and reference sheet. My students have ended up using the reference for all their summarising and non fiction text information gathering. Thank you!
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Description
This Current Events Summary is an excellent tool for students to get involved with the news and the current events of the week. A simple writing format helps students find, summarize, and write opinions about current news stories and events. I find this activity to be a practical filler for various social studies courses.
What's Included:
- Teacher directions with ideas for implementation and use
- Simple student directions: Find, Highlight, Summarize, Importance, Opinion
- Guided student writing templates (2 pages)
- Grading rubric for teachers
- This resource is available in both printable PDF and online Google Drive formats!
- No prep and easy to use. Perfect for a substitute.
- Perfect to use with NEWSELA
- Helps build skills of main idea, summarizing, critical thinking, forming opinions, creative writing, and more
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Total Pages
4 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
45 minutes
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Standards
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CCSSRI.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSSRI.4.2
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
CCSSRI.4.3
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
CCSSRI.4.4
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
CCSSRI.4.10
By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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