Current Events for 4th Grade

How do we make our students become aware of the headlines around the world?

The social studies teacher assigned three current event homework for the 4th graders two months ago. They are supposed to write a summary of a news article and what they feel about the event. In addition, they are also required to quote the source of the article.

Yesterday, the S.S. teacher told students who have not submitted this homework that they have until the S.S. first semester exam to do so. One of the students has not turned in all three assignments, so I helped her to get one done after school. All praise be to Allah SWT it took her ten minutes to finish one assignment and she was glad that it was not a difficult task. Allah SWT willing today she will finish the other two assignments during lunch.

I think one of the reasons why students have not turned in this homework is because they are unsure how to get it done and did not have access to news or magazine articles. This make me realize that I need to get DD1 and DD2 get use to reading different formats of printed materials e.g. newspaper, magazine, and promotional brochures as soon as they are able to read. All praise be to Allah SWT my mother always encouraged us to read newspapers and magazines since we were in primary school. Allah SWT willing I hope to pass on the love of reading to my kids by sharing good books and read with them.