Current Events Worksheets

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429 Current events Worksheets
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5th - 7th Grade
Rated 2.0/5 Stars.

In this current events worksheet, students use a graphic organizer to answer who, what, when, where, why about an article that they have chosen. The organizer gives questions in each segment to prompt the students to explore the article in order to answer.

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5th - 6th Grade
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

In this language arts worksheet, students choose a current event topic and look for newspaper and magazine articles. Students read the articles, highlight key points and important words, take notes and write a summary. Students design a poster that informs others about what they have learned.

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4th - 5th Grade
Rated 3.0/5 Stars.

In this current event worksheet set, students complete current events recording sheets. They record the 5 W's of an article along with the title on each sheet. They examine how to question the text and how to act as a reporter while writing an article about the current event.

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8th - 9th Grade
Rated 2.0/5 Stars.

In this word search worksheet, students locate 10 names of people related to current events that took place in 2004.  People include Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, and John Kerry.

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4th - 7th Grade
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

In this current events worksheet, students will use a who, what, where, when and why, graphic organizer to analyze a current event from another source and then synthesize the information into a short article.

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7th - 9th Grade
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

In this current events worksheet, students fill in details on a graphic organizer from a current event. They include the title of the article, the author, the source, and the date. They fill in boxes about "who", "what", "where", "when", "why" and "how" in relation to the article. They write a summary and opinion about the article.

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3rd - 4th Grade
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

In this current events worksheet, students find an article in a newspaper, magazine, TV or Internet. Students write a summary and an opinion about this article.

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5th - 6th Grade
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

In this investigating the details worksheet, students read a current event and fill in the who, what, when, where and why parts of the worksheet. Students retell the story in their own words on the lines provided.

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7th - 8th Grade
Rated 4.0/5 Stars.

In this current event report, students write the title, source, article date, and news type. They summarize the article in paragraphs and give a personal response to the article.

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4th - 6th Grade
Rated 5.0/5 Stars.

In this current events worksheet, students use a newspaper or the internet to answer main idea, the 5 Ws, prediction and analysis questions. Students answer thirty-three questions.