Make a morning news show to be aired live to the student body.

Objectives

• Students will write, direct, produce and star in a morning news show to be aired live to the student body three days a week.

Procedure

• Students are assigned parts for the different segments of the news show.
• Scripts are written and prepared by students.
• Using the school's television studio the show is aired live three days a week.
• Fourth graders are the show's anchors
• Fifth graders man the production equipment.

Sunshine State Standards

• LA. C.3.2.3,
• LA. C.3.2.3
• LA. D.1.2.1,
• LA. D.1.2.2
• LA. A.2.2.8

NETS Profiles for Technology Literate Students

• Discuss common uses of technology in daily life and the advantages and disadvantages those uses provide.
• Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, Web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.
• Use telecommunications efficiently to access remote information, communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning, and pursue personal interests.
• Evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of electronic information sources.

Materials

• Television Studio Equipment

Project Title: Panther Prime Time Morning News Show
Teacher's Name: Miriam Needham
School: Dr. N. H. Jones Elementary
District: Marion
Grade Level: 4-5