Canadian Reader and What in the World? Magazines

The Canadian Reader is a classroom-ready current events resource. This publication combines current Canadian events and issues with geography to expand students’ knowledge of Canada while enhancing their ability to read and understand informational text. 

Published eight times during the school year (Sept to May), each issue focuses on one of six key reading comprehension strategies – making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, summarizing, and synthesizing/transforming – and includes:

• three news stories written at a level students can understand;

• detailed literacy-based lesson plans, including ready-to-use graphic organizers and criteria for assessment;

• a map assignment featuring a region of Canada highlighted in one of the articles;

• Did You Know? – a non-fiction comic strip featuring background information related to one of the news stories, accompanied by a lesson plan and supporting material.

What in the World? is a photocopiable current events resource for Canadian students Level 1 (Gr. 5 - 7)) and Level 2 (Gr. 8 - 10). It enhances students' understanding of and interest in current Canadian and international events and issues. This publication addresses numerous curriculum outcomes while saving teachers valuable time.

What in the World? is published eight times a year. Each issue focuses on recent top news stories and includes:

• Four news articles, written at a level students can understand;

• Relevant background information to enhance understanding of each event or issue;

• On-the-line, between-the-line, and beyond-the-line questions;

• Analyzing a political cartoon assignment;

• Examining a news photo assignment;

• Crossword;

• Quizzes;

• Map assignment;

• Answer key.