Our classroom has a subscription to a magazine called Time for Kids (like Time Magazine, but for kids!). It includes current events in a kid-friendly way, as well as general concepts, and science and social studies topics we study. It gives us a chance to practice reading a magazine and noticing features like titles, introductions, headings, captions, etc. The magazines usually provoke a lot of interest in the topic at hand. Today we read one about ocean animals and how they communicate. We realized a lot of us see our pets communicating with us all the time, letting us know what they need or want, and sea creatures have some really interesting ways of communicating. After reading the magazine, we read a little more on the topic on a supplemental sheet and practice the hard, important work of finding answers to questions within a text. You'll see Time for Kids come home now and then throughout the year.
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