News Articles by Matthew and Alastair

In 4.3, we had a contest to publish a news article on our blog.  Everyone went through the writing process to complete a news report (planning with a graphic organizer, drafting, revising, drafting, revising again, drafting again [if necessary], and publishing). Six students chose to submit their final drafts and enter our class contest.  Everyone in the class used a writing checklist to evaluate and compare the 6 entries, and everyone in the class voted on the article of their choice.  The result of our vote was a tie.  Congratulations, Matthew and Alastair on being our first blog reporters!  

Disclaimer: I have had to edit both articles a bit in order to protect our privacy (mostly by abbreviating some words).

Amazing News Reporter Visits Our School

By Matthew

Yesterday, 19^th of May, 2011 at 14:00 Isabel L. went to our school in K., Germany to talk about her job as a news anchor for N-TV and RTL to the 4^th graders. She went because her job connected to the 4^th graders’ unit of inquiry. Mrs. L. showed a video clip of herself in the studio and talked about what is hard, like waking up early and not being able to see her family very much. She also told them how she keeps food and drink under the desk and has a snack whenever there are pictures showing. Mrs L. told 4th Grade how important teamwork is for news. The fourth graders asked her questions and she answered them thoroughly. The fourth graders said she was the best guest speaker ever.     

News Anchor Visits our School Grade 4 for Job Interview

By Alastair

On the 19^th of May 2011 Isabel L. (Maxim’s Mum) came in to share about her job. She is a Journalist and a News Reporter for N-TV and RTL. She shared with 4^th grade because she is a News Reporter on TV which relates to 4^th grade’s unit because it involves teamwork. 4^th grade’s unit is about teamwork. The interview took place in D., Kaiserwerth at our school in Mrs Copeland’s room (4.1). Isabel said that sometimes she has to get up at 5:00 AM! This is what it would be like for her: 5:00AM: get up 5:30A.M.: check for news on the computer 6:00A.M.: go to work 7:00A.M.: meeting 10:00A.M.: Make up 11:00A.M.: Go on TV 3:00P.M.: Go off TV 4:00P.M.: meeting 5:00P.M.: Go home and have a cup of tea! Isabel only stays in Germany so she can see her family.