Lesson Plan : Newspaper Jeopardy
Teacher Name: | Christine Gowen |
Grade: | Grade 5 |
Subject: | Interdisciplinary |
Topic: | Current Events Comprehension |
Content: | Main idea, details, current events, leads. |
Goals: | The students will read and discuss news articles covering recent events. They will identify the main idea of each article and the details that support it. |
Objectives: | The students will work cooperatively to be sure that everyone in the group understands each article. They will formulate and share their opinions in a respectful way. |
Materials: | Student materials: 6 short newspaper articles per group (each group gets the same articles), Build With Details worksheet, highlighters. Teacher materials: 1 copy of the articles, a current newspaper, 5 questions of varying difficulty per article, sticky notes prepared with money amounts for Jeopardy game, whiteboard, chart paper, or chalkboard. |
Introduction: | The focusing question is, How can we use the newspaper to get both quick information and details? Display a newspaper and have volunteers identify major headlines. |
Development: | Hand out Build With Details. Enlist a volunteer to read aloud the first article in the packet. With the class, complete the worksheet based on the article that has been read. |
Practice: | Students work in small groups to read the rest of the articles. The group should work to be sure that everyone understands the articles. Each person should choose one article to fill out a Build With Details sheet on. |
Accommodations: | With some students it is necessary to use an overhead of the Build With Details worksheet in order to model the process. Some classes may need more practice identifying the main idea and details, so the second worksheet may also be done as a class. |
Checking For Understanding: | Using a prepared set of comprehension questions about each article, play a game of Jeopardy with the class. Use values of $100-$500 and label each category with the title of the article. Each group is a team. Three groups is the best number to work with. If you can get a buzzer system that lets kids ring in, the game is a lot easier to play. Or, just have each group take turns answering a question. If they get it wrong, the next group gets a chance. |
Closure: | Hold a class discussion about the articles. Ask students to share what they thought were the more interesting thing they learned by reading them. Ask students to watch a news report or read an article and be prepared to share its main idea and three details at the next class meeting. |
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