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Mini Page Archive - June: Issue 23 - 26
Stories of Fathers -- Issue 23 -- June 5
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This week's standards:
Students demonstrate respectful and caring relationships in the family, workplace and community. (Family and Consumer Science: Interpersonal Relationships) Students comprehend and respond to a variety of images and text. (Language Arts: Reading)
Activities:
- Plan a Father's Day menu for a party with your father or an important male family member or friend. Cut out items from the newspaper that you would serve at your party. Paste them on your menu.
- Use the newspaper to identify three places you would like to visit to celebrate Father's Day with an important man in your life. Include one sporting event, one entertainment event and something you would love to do. Discuss your choices with a friend.
- Select three comic strip characters from your newspaper. Select one of the books in today's Mini Page that would be a good choice for each character. Write sentences explaining why you chose those books.
- Which of the books in today's Mini Page are about (a) fathers as animals, (b) magical situations, (c) fathers and their jobs, and (d) real-life fathers?
- Create your own Father's Day story. Begin with your father or an important male family member or friend. Then select several other family members or friends to be in the story. Pick a setting for your story. Think of a problem your characters can face. Now write the story. Describe your characters and the setting. Tell about how the characters solved their problem. Finally, give your story an exciting title. Share your story with your family and friends.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
How Banks Work -- Issue 24 -- June 12
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This week's standards:
Banks, labor unions, corporations, legal systems and not-for-profit organizations are examples of important institutions. Banks are institutions where people save money and earn interest, and where other people borrow money and pay interest. (Economics: Role of Institutions) Money makes it easier to trade, borrow, save, invest, and compare the value of goods and services. (Economics: Role of Money)
Activities:
- Draw a picture of an unusual piggy bank you would like to have. Decorate it with colored markers or crayons. Draw pictures of dollar bills and coins around the outside of your piggy bank. Write a sentence telling why you want to save money.
- Find three comic strip characters who would make good bank workers. Choose a character who would be good at organizing the money in the bank, someone who would be good at working with customers, and one who would be a good bank guard. Paste pictures of your characters on a piece of paper and write a sentence about each one.
- Use newspaper ads to find three items that are so valuable you might want to keep them in a safe deposit box. Remember, they must be small enough to fit in a box.
- Look at newspaper display ads and classified ads to find prices for these items: (a) a piece of jewelry, (b) a house, (c) a car, (d) a piece of electronic equipment, and (e) a toy. Now list the items according to their prices, from lowest to highest. Put a star next to the items you could buy only if you had a loan from a bank.
- Write a paragraph discussing the benefits of having banks in your community. Include at least three reasons that support your position.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Sensational Team Swimmers -- Issue 25 -- June 19
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This week's standards:
Students understand that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and social interaction. (Physical Education)
Activities:
- Select a comic strip character you think would make a good coach. Paste the character's picture on a piece of paper and write a sentence telling why you chose that character.
- Interview family members and friends about what qualities they think a good athlete needs. Collect the answers. Then divide the qualities into physical (such as strength or speed) and mental (such as determination). Which qualities were more important in your survey, physical or mental? Put a star by the three qualities you think are most important.
- Draw a line down the center of a piece of paper to make two columns.Label one column "individual" and the other "team." Look at the stories in the sports pages. List the sports that are reported in your paper by putting the name of the sport under the correct column. For example, swimming is an individual sport, while baseball is a team sport. Which sports are most popular at this time of year according to your lists?
- Why are each of these important if you want to become a major athlete: (a) a coach, (b) officials at meets or events, and (c) supportive family members?
- Use resource books and the Internet to identify another Olympic athlete. Use these questions to guide your research: What is his/her sport? When did this athlete first become interested in the sport? How does he/she train? What special foods are needed during training? How does this athlete prepare physically and mentally for a big event? Write a paragraph discussing your research.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Hurray for Rivers -- Issue 26 -- June 26
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This week's standards:
Students understand properties of Earth materials. (Earth and Space Science)
Students understand changes in the environment. (Earth and Space Science)
Activities:
- Collect pictures and words from your newspaper that show equipment you could use to have fun on a boat trip down a river. Create a river collage.
- Conduct a survey among your family and friends to find out what they know about rivers. Ask each person to (a) name rivers in the state or the country, (b) give three ways rivers make our lives better, and (c) name three things that threaten rivers. Which answers matched what you learned from todayıs Mini Page?
- Collect news stories about waterways in your area. Divide the stories into three categories: stories about recreational uses of the waterways, problems related to the waterways and commercial uses of the waterways. Share your stories with a classmate. What have you learned about local waterways?
- What role do rivers play in (a) providing fresh drinking water, (b) providing energy, (c) providing transportation, and (d) changing the physical environment?
- Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about rivers in your state. What major river(s) are there? Select one river to investigate. Use these questions to guide your research: What is the name of the river? Where did it get its name? Where are its headwaters? Where does the river end? What is its width in different parts of your state? Its length? How is the river used? Write a paragraph discussing your river.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
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