Junior Reporter News on Channel 3B

The 3rd graders were having a lesson on news, and as the activity for the portfolio piece, we did a junior reporter presentation. Students were assigned with a newspaper report, then to analyze it with 5W+1H questions and finally to retell it in a form of a news report. They could choose whether they wanted it to be news anchor presentation, or junior reporters in which students became the reporter, eyewitness, victim, police officer, or whoever was involved in the events reported.

I provided the microphone so the voice will be loud enough, and the students got really enthusiastic -- they said, "Ms, it's like a real newscast!" and recorded the presentations with my BB.

Some students were able to comprehend the news as well as reported it without reading the script they prepared, but some were not that advanced. Either way, they had fun and learned something.

I added an opening, title, and news banner recently. Unfortunately, two presentations got really low voice volume even though I maximized the volume in the software.

Take a look and let me know what you think about them!