☰ Year plan · Discover (Science and Social Studies)

Newspapers, interviews and messages

Week 28 · Axis 4, Chapter 3 Connecting with Community (A) · 3 lessons
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Inside a newspaper

Discover P3 Term 2: Axis 4, Chapter 3
GoalName the parts of a newspaper, find them on a scavenger hunt, and write an invitation with what, when, where and why.
New words
headline · the short, bold title of an articlebyline · the line that says who wrote the articlearticle · a piece of writing that tells the newscaption · a short line that explains a picture
Explanation

A newspaper tells a community what is happening near them and far away. It has many parts. The front page shows the name of the newspaper and the most important news. Each article has a headline, which is a short bold title that tells what the article is about. Under it is the byline, which says who wrote it, for example “by Salma”. Then comes the article itself, which tells the news. A photo has a caption, a short line that explains it. There is a weather box that tells the weather for the next days, and a sports page that tells about matches. Advertisements are notices that try to sell something. A cartoon tells a funny or thoughtful story in drawings. The pages are numbered so that readers can find things. An invitation is a short notice that asks people to come to an event. It tells what the event is, when it is (the date and time), where it is, and why it is happening.

PartWhat it tells
headlinewhat the article is about
bylinewho wrote it
articlethe news itself
captionwhat the photo shows
Worked examples
PartWhere I found it
headlinebig words at the top of the article, page 1
bylinejust under the headline
weathera box in the corner of page 2
sportspage 4
advertisementa box with a price, page 3
cartoonon the last page
A scavenger hunt in a school newspaper: where each part was found.
QuestionAnswer
What?Our class newspaper party
When?Thursday at 10:00
Where?our classroom
Why?to show families our newspaper
An invitation to a class event. It answers what, when, where and why.
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Pages in a newspaper. A newspaper has 12 pages and 3 of them are about sports. That is 3 out of 12 pages.
Class activity

Scavenger hunt. Look at a newspaper or a school newsletter and find: a headline, a byline, the weather, sports, an advertisement and a cartoon. Write where you found each one, for example the page number. Find two other things that interest you and add them to your list. Do not cut a newspaper that belongs to someone else. Then make an invitation to a class event with What, When, Where and Why. Take it home and ask your family two questions: Will you come? What would you like to read in our newspaper?

Practice
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What does the byline tell the reader?
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What is a caption?
3
What should we write in the part of the invitation that says Why?
QuestionAnswer
What?A book fair
When?Monday at 9:00
Where?the school hall
Why??
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A newspaper has 16 pages and 4 of them are sports. How many pages are not sports?