News Media Literacy Storytime

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS NEWS MEDIA LITERACY STORYTIME:

• Recommended for: Grades K-3
• Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (total of about 60 minutes)
• Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
• Editable: YES, all text is editable

***Please note that this Media Literacy Storytime is designed to complement an optional read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! I cannot include a recorded read-aloud due to copyright restrictions.

THIS NEWS MEDIA LITERACY STORYTIME COMES WITH:

• News Media Literacy Slideshow (2 lessons, 43 slides)
• Parts of a Newspaper slideshow (7 slides)
• List of 26 news media-themed Recommended Reads
• Two scavenger hunt activities, differentiated
• Scavenger hunt answer key
• Detailed, pre-filled, editable lesson plan; includes CC, TEKS, and AASL Standards
• Lesson tips and tricks
• Google™ Classroom Basics
• Instructions on how to set up PPT slide timings for Part II scrolling slides

NEWS MEDIA LITERACY LIBRARY STORYTIME, PART I INCLUDES:

Part I is a guided whole-class discussion about news media and current events. It includes differences between media, news media, and current events, local vs. world news, and what to do when the news feels too scary. The slides walk you through the entire class discussion, from start to finish.

• 3 recommended read-alouds + 4 news media-themed video links for K-3.
• Storytime song “The News Song”
• ASL sign language for “write”
• Whole-group discussion about media, current events, and news.
• Slide to introduce your read-aloud (paste the book cover on the slide).
• Checkout reminders slide – add your own reminders!
• “What Should We Do Now?” slide — This is very clear instructions (with images!) on what students should be doing after the media literacy library lesson.

PARTS OF A NEWSPAPER SLIDESHOW

• Six parts of a newspaper page – front page, headline, byline, dateline, above the fold, below the fold

NEWS MEDIA LITERACY LIBRARY STORYTIME, PART II INCLUDES:

The second part is the scrolling slides. Set them on a timer to scroll on a screen during library checkout. Students can use the scrolling slides to complete one of the two Scavenger Hunts. All images and information in the slides relate to the Media Literacy Storytime theme.

• What are facts?
• What are opinions?
• How can we prove facts are true?
• How can we tell when someone is giving an opinion?
• ASL fingerspelling “N-E-W-S”
• Word of the Week – “eyewitness”
• two news idioms – “that’s news to me” and “breaking news”
• Our school counselor (spotlights school counselor, which goes with the Part I slide about scary news)
• Happy Birthday to…
• Can facts change?
• AI images in the news
• Ways to differentiate AI images from real photos