Five new articles are posted each day with kid-friendly language and supportive features (for example- capability to have text read aloud, access to a map indicating the location of the "news", ideas to "act" and become involved, additional "facts", and...)!
News-O-Matic
- provides readers access to informational text that is meaningful, authentic, and relevant to their lives-world
- facilitates readers' application of reading skills, strategies, and behaviors to construct meaning in a variety of "text" types
- promotes development of knowledgeable, global, and informed citizens
- incites critical literacy skills
- inspires intentional discourse and problem-solving
- and...
News-O-Matic is a Butterfly "BEST" iPad app (a "definite-must have" app) for iPads in the classroom and for iPads at home!
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| a first grader learns about current events with the News-O-Matic iPad app |
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| first graders become informed citizens ...learning about our world through the News-O-Matic iPad app |
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| first graders record reactions to current events ...learning about our world through the News-O-Matic iPad app |
