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The Canadian Reader

Description

These magazines (Gr. 3 - 10) are Canadian and the World Current Events Subscriptions.

This Subscriptionsubscription is not available to Enrolled,HCOS andRegistered Flex families.students.

The Canadian Reader ( Gr. 3 - 5)

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

PublishedThe magazine is published eight times during the schoola year (Septfrom September to May),May. eachEach issue focusesincludes:

  • A focus on one of six key reading comprehension strategies – (making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, summarizing, and synthesizing/transformingtransforming)
    • – and includes:

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

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

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

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

This subscription is recommended for Grade 3-5 students.

What in the World? Level 1 (Gr. 5 - 7) Level 2 (Gr. 8 -10)

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

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

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

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

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

  • AnalyzingAssignment to analyze a political cartoon assignment;and examine a news photo

  • ExaminingCrossword aand news photo assignment;

  • Crossword;

  • Quizzes;

  • Map assignment;

  • Answer key.quizzes

This subscription is recommended for Grade 5-7 students (Level 1) and Grade 8-9 students (Level 2).

Logging In 


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 Scroll down to the heading for either magazine and use the username and password to enter the Subscription.

Navigation & Use

YouMagazines noware haveavailable accessin totwo issuesformats: of Canadian Reader Magazine.pdf and the two levels of What in the World? magazine..docx.

Using the Subscription

The PDF.pdf documentfile contains the complete document and cannot be changed. It has helpful information for parents and answer keys at the bottom of the document.

The .docx document (This is the same as a Word document.)file contains only the articles and questions. Students can complete assignments directly in the .docx document.document Youusing canMicrosoft saveWord bothor documentsGoogle to your computer.Docs. 

When printing a copy of the PDF file, please save it to your computer before printing.

The "studentStudent resourcesResources links"Links" button has many supplementary resources. ThisYou tabcan isaccess seenthis beforefeature you log in toon the Subscription.main login page.

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You can toggle between French and English in the screen's top right-hand corner.

Troubleshooting

Questions

You can contact Margaret Basaraba by email for help with any questions.

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