Printable News Articles Worksheets
Printable news articles worksheets for 4th and 5th grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 2 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as fill in the blank, sorting activities, and tracing sheets.
Targeted Practice by Skill
About News Articles
What this skill is
Journalism writing worksheets cover news reporting architecture. Students learn the Inverted Pyramid structure: Lead Paragraph (answering Who, What, Where, When, Why), Body Paragraphs (supporting facts and quote interviews), and Headline (bold title summary). Lessons emphasize objective factual reporting. Regular practice with these sheets helps children build writing confidence, organizational structure, and foundational communication readiness for upper elementary grade levels. Regular practice with these sheets helps children build writing confidence, organizational structure, and foundational communication readiness for upper elementary grade levels.
When children learn it
News article writing is taught in 4th and 5th grade language arts and media literacy units. Early exposure and guided practice prepare children for success across elementary language arts and writing composition curricula. Early exposure and guided practice prepare children for success across elementary language arts and writing composition curricula.
Teaching Tips
- Read a short newspaper article together, highlighting answers to Who, What, Where, When, and Why in different colors.
- Practice writing 3-word bold headlines for household news events (e.g. 'Dog Finds Missing Ball').
Common Mistakes
- Burying the main news event deep in the article instead of answering the 5 Ws in the lead paragraph.
- Inserting personal reporter opinions into what should be an objective news report. during daily writing practice sessions.