Fact Check by Suzanne Zimbler

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 7, No. 8
Date: November 4, 2016
Article: Fact Check
Author:  Suzanne Zimbler
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Questions

1. Which school does Khadija Qanoongo go to in Brooklyn, New York?
2. Who teaches news literacy at Khadija’s School?
3. Who teaches news literacy at De La Salle Academy in New York City?
4. Which organization sends journalists out to speak to classes about what goes into producing news coverage that people can trust?
5. Who started the News Literacy Project?
6. Which news organization made a mistake on the 1948 presidential election?
7. Why is knowing the author’s purpose important?
8. Why are opinion articles important?
9. How many freedoms does the First Amendment to the Constitution guarantee?
10. What was the intention of the lawmakers who wrote freedom of the press in the First Amendment?
11. Why do you think in some countries, the government limits what journalists can report?
12. Who wrote, “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press”?

Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms

Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms

    Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.  Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring.  Snowin’ and blowin’ up bushels of fun.  Now the jingle hop has begun.

What is a jingle bell?

What is a jingle bell rock?

What is “snowin’ and blowin’ up bushels of fun”?

     Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.  Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time.  Dancin’ and prancin’ in Jingle Bell Square.  In the frosty air.

What does “jingle bell chime in jingle bell time” mean to you?

What does “Dancin’ and prancin’ in Jingle Bell Square, In the frosty air” mean?

     What a bright time, it’s the right time.  To rock the night away.  Jingle bell time is a swell time.  To go glidin’ in a one-horse sleigh.

What does “bright time” mean to you?

What do you think “to rock the night away” means?

What does “to go glidin’ in a one-horse sleigh” mean to you?

     Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet.  Jingle around the clock.  Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin’ feet.  That’s the jingle bell rock.

What does this paragraph mean to you?

What is this song saying to you?

What does this song mean to you?

Why is this song important or not to you?