Grades K-8, with parental supervision
This website from DOGO Media provides visitors ages 5-13 with continually updated news articles featuring current events and interesting non-fiction content sure to keep them coming back for more time and time again.
When arriving at the link, visitors will find the latest articles. Articles can be sorted by age levels by selecting the “Grades” button in the upper right or articles can be sorted and searched by categories such as:
- Current Events
- Science
- Sports
- Social studies
- Did you know
- Green
- General
- Entertainment
- International
- Amazing
- Fun
- Video
After selecting an article to read, you will also find colored icons above the article which, when selected, provide lesson plan suggestions for Common Core Standards and how the article meets the National Academy of Science Standards and the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. There are also icons with links to other grade-level articles, links to puzzles, ways to share the article, and the option to print it out.
In addition to colorful images and sometimes videos accompanying the engaging news story, there are comprehension questions, a critical thinking challenge question, vocabulary, and geography information.
If parents would like to sign up for a free teacher’s account, they can:
- Build lesson plans that use the news articles
- Construct reading lists
- Add favorite websites
- Make an online class calendar
- Encourage social learning
- A free student’s account allows the student to:
- Design an avatar
- Receive badges and points
- “Follow other DOGO users”
- Share thoughts about the articles
- And more.
Be sure to bookmark this site and check back often as new content is added daily. This website not only provides an abundance of resources to use with your history studies of current events but also can be used to supplement your language arts studies.
When you are finished investigating this website, be sure to check out the other DOGO sites using the links in the upper menu.
