Current Events: What's Going on Around the World?

My colleague and I had to present a Current Events Project to our class. We had to choose an article from NewsELA. The project had to include a lesson plan, presentation, and an activity. We chose the task sequencing for our activity. Sequencing is taking events and putting them in a certain order. Everyday life includes sequencing although we may not realize it. We get up, wash our face, brush our teeth, get dressed, eat breakfast and go to class, etc. Sequencing an article is extremely effective inside a classroom. It allows students to read the article and then use sentence strips to sequence the order of events that has taken place. In our presentation we modeled sequencing before the students were assigned the task. Modeling is important because it allows the teacher to make sure the students all understand the instructions and content of the lesson being given. I will definitely use current events in my classroom in the future. I think it is important for students to be aware of world events and this also helps their reading, writing, and critical thinking. Current Events can be engaging by applying different tasks to the post-reading, for example how we used sequencing. Here is the link to our Current Events Project. Hope you enjoy!