| Philanthropy : Inquiring
Minds: News and Philanthropy This unit focuses on philanthropy in current events. Students analyzed the format of the newspaper and other news sources (internet) to identify acts of philanthropy in the news. They also looked at their own communities for examples of philanthropy. We discussed the importance of knowing what is going on in our community (and world). Students now recognize that "news" is a service that helps people understand the world and it helps to prepare for the day (or future). We read a story called "Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper" by Loreen Leedy to help understand the parts of a newspaper. We were fortunate to have our student-editor and the teacher behind our elementary school newspaper and also a reporter from the local community paper here for a question/answer period. |
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In Social Studies the 4th graders are learning about current events. The 4th grade went to a web site called Time For Kids. We looked at current events. We were paired in groups and we had to write about an article we thought was interesting. My partner and I wrote about the story Riding to the Rescue. We wrote about Lee Quinones. Lee rode his bike 1,500 miles to raise money for hurricane victims. He started on October 27, 2005 and rode from New York City to Miami Beach. ...Haley M. |
A couple weeks ago we went on a website called Time for Kids. We were able to go to the web site because we are studying Philanthropy. Philanthropy is giving up your time, talent, and treasure. We had to bring articles in school that had philanthropy in them. ...Nisha |
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The name of the article we read is Riding to the Rescue. It is about Lee Quinones. He rode a bike to Miami Beach, Florida from New York City to raise money for boys and girls clubs of America. He sold his paint brushes for a bike. It made us feel good that he did it. ...Jordan and Nick |
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went on Time for Kids web site. We were there
for current events. I was partnered with Logan. We looked
up the story about the California flood. ...Brittany
H. We went to a web site called Time for Kids. We did this because we were working on philanthropy. The article was on Hurricane Katrina. ...Torrey |
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During Social Studies the class visited Time for Kids so that we could see what was going on in the world. My partner and I read an article about a guy that rode his bike to Miami Beach so he could raise money for kids who need it. ...Justin |  |
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Sami B. and I went to a website called Time for Kids. The 4th grade is studying news and philanthropy. We had to find a current event article about about philanthropy. We had a lot of fun. ...Mikelle |  |
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