Daily+News+Special+Reports

Project Title: Daily News Special Reports Grade: 4 Name: Melissa Martin, GAB

Project Idea: students will research NC's major industries/companies and their impacts on nc/us/world economies Driving Question: How have companies in NC have impacted our state, country, and the world markets?

Content: **4.e.1.4 analyze historical and contemporary role that major North Carolina industries have played in the state, nation, and world.**
 * - Social Studies **

**- Reading Standards for Informational Text** **__Craft and Structure__** **4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrasesin a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.** **5. Describethe overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.**

**- Math**
 * 4.NBT.2 Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. **

Major Student Product: -Live newscast ("in depth report" on _ industry/company looking at its impact on nc/us/world)

Involving a Public Audience: -Present newscasts to local news reporters during middle of process- ask for suggestions on public speaking, eye contact, reading fluently, length/flow of news report, practice runs of presentations -Record newscasts for insertion (over a number of weeks/days) into daily morning school news program viewed by entire school

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