Current Events Worksheet – Who, What, Why and My Opinion

All 7 sheets

Report on one news story 3

Current events worksheet with primary lines A headline line and four boxes on three-line primary rows, Who, What happened, Where and When, with a box at the foot for why the story matters. Our suggestion for 1st and 2nd grade.
Current events worksheet, 2 to a page Two half sheets side by side on a page turned sideways, with a cut line between them: headline, source, the five question boxes and a box for What I think.
Current events worksheet: five Ws, summary and opinion Lines for the headline, the source and the day it was published, a box each for who, what, when, where and why, a summary box and a box for the pupil's opinion. Our suggestion for 3rd to 5th grade.

Fact, opinion and two sources 2

Fact or opinion in the news Lines for the headline and the source over two open columns: facts the story states, and opinions it gives or quotes.
Two sources, one story One event as two sources report it: a row each for the headline, who, what, when, where and why, a column for each source, and a line at the foot for what only one of them says. Our suggestion for 5th grade.

A weekly log 1

Current events log, one line a story Eight stories to a page: the date, the headline, the source, a tick for Local, National or World, and the story in one sentence.

Filled-in sample 1

Current events worksheet sample, filled in: the bike path Sample. The boxes of the opening sheet done for a made-up story about a bike path that opens in a made-up town.

How it works

This current events worksheet is a blank template for kids to report on one news story: its headline, where and when it was published, who, what, when, where and why, a summary and their own opinion.

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Choose the story

A report short enough to read twice works best, from a newspaper, a children's news site or a broadcast. Choose it yourself for younger pupils: not all of the day's news is fit for a child.

Facts first, opinion last

The question boxes take facts from the report, and the summary retells them in the pupil's own words. Only the last box asks what the pupil thinks.

One story a week

The half sheets save paper when every pupil reports each week. The log sheet holds eight stories on a page, one line each, with a tick for local, national or world news.

Type the headline before you print when the whole class reads the same story.
Ask for the name of the source and the day it was published, not only a web address.

Questions and answers

Is there a current events worksheet for 3rd grade and 4th grade?

Yes, the sheet this page opens on. The Common Core reading standards ask 3rd graders to tell their own point of view from the author's and 4th graders to summarize a text, and the sheet has a box for each. The grades are our suggestion.

Which sheet is the 2nd grade current events worksheet?

Current events worksheet with primary lines. Its boxes ask who, what, where and when, four of the six questions the 2nd grade standards name, and its last box asks why the story matters.

What makes a 5th grade current events worksheet different?

A second source. The 5th grade standards ask pupils to analyze more than one account of the same event. Two sources, one story sets two reports side by side, and Fact or opinion in the news sorts what a report states from what it argues.