All grade levels can use current events as part of their social studies and\/or their morning opening. Here are a few types of news that fit into school curriculum and into family meal time discussions.<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 On this Day in History – a calendar related reference to mark an important or interesting event.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0 Weather- reports, storms, variations in temperature.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 Local sports – student relatives in the news, individuals or teams that interest the class.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 Book Talk – reports on new books, events at local bookstores.<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 Local front page headlines about people, events, volunteerism.<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0 Cartoons, comics, puzzles, word-of-day, and word searches.<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0 Local produce markets, craft fairs, plays, concerts, and programs.<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0 Store ads and specials.<\/p>\n
In each instance, there are chances to find conversation starters, math problems, science facts,\u00a0 social studies topics and arts references. Find further information online, in books and in daily newspapers. News: N<\/strong>orth, E<\/strong>ast, W<\/strong>est and S<\/strong>outh. Give it a whirl.<\/p>\n Not only will it be fun, it will expand vocabulary, increase student involvement and encourage better listening skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All grade levels can use current events as part of their social studies and\/or their morning opening. Here are a few types of news that fit into school curriculum and into family meal time discussions. 1.\u00a0 On this Day in History – a calendar related reference to mark an important or interesting event. 2.\u00a0 Weather-\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,16,50],"tags":[52,121,62],"class_list":["post-344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ideas-websites","category-subject-matter-suggestions","category-teacher-tips","category-thinking-questioning-strategies","tag-resources","tag-use-the-news","tag-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}