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Teacher Review For Science News for Kids

scispeak
Classroom teacher
Washington High School
Charles Town, WV

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My Rating 4

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My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time 5-15 minutes

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How I Use It

I try to find interesting articles that may be relevant to recent events or recent topics we have covered or sometimes to introduce topics. We read the articles out loud (in a general setting), taking turns reading a paragraph or two. Then students would summarize and write their reaction to the article. This would satisfy my school's requirement to have a weekly writing assignment.

My Take

Science News for Kids has a lot of articles in many different fields. You can search by category and age. There are a collection of archives that aren't exactly "news" but are still well-written articles that you can read with students or they can read independently. There are many interesting topics that keep kids interest and are written on a level they can understand. They will usually have a few good vocabulary words you can highlight and discuss.

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