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Mini Page Archive - August: Issue 32 - 35
Dog Parks! Bow WOW! -- Issue 32 -- Aug. 7
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This week's standards:
Students understand the characteristics of organisms. (Science: Life Science) Students understand the behavior of organisms. (Science: Life Science)
Activities:
- Design your own dog park. Draw a picture of the park showing grassy areas, trees, dog runs and water areas.
- Design a sign that welcomes dogs to your dog park. Use words and phrases from the newspaper that show how much fun dogs will have in the park. Add your own words to your newspaper words. Include drawings of dogs on your sign.
- Find three items in newspaper ads for toys you could take with you to play with your dog at a dog park.
- What kinds of problems can be caused in dog parks by (a) owners bringing food, (b) small children at play, and (c) dog waste?
- Find three different breeds of dogs in the classified section of your newspaper. Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about the characteristics of the dogs. What do they look like? What are their special skills (such as retrieving)? Now write a story about the three dogs having an adventure in a dog park. What does the dog park look like? What problem do the dogs encounter in the park? How is their problem solved? Share your story with family members and friends.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
To the White House -- Issue 33 -- Aug. 14
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This week's standards:
Students understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places by identifying examples of interesting Americans. (Social Studies: History)
Activities:
- Design a library dedicated to you. Draw a picture of the building that will keep your important papers and favorite things. Around your library, draw pictures of at least three things you would keep in your library.
- Look at the presidential libraries in today's Mini Page. Which library is closest to where you live? Which is farthest? Which library would you most like to visit? Why?
- Match three presidents with comic strips you think they might like if they were back in school today. Explain why you think the presidents would like those comic strips.
- Plan some fun activities in your community for the presidents in today's Mini Page. Find (a) a musical event, (b) a sporting event, (c) a school or community project, and (d) a movie. Explain your choices.
- If you could have been a classmate of any of the presidents, which would it be? Why? Write a story about you and that president as classmates in school. Talk about your activities after school as well. Be sure to include information you've learned about the president in today's Mini Page.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Horses That Help Heal -- Issue 34 -- Aug. 21
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This week's standards:
Students understand the characteristics of animals. (Science: Life Science)
Students understand how physical, social and emotional environments influence personal health. (Health: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention)
Activities:
- Use modeling clay to create a horse, a rider and a therapy helper. Show your clay figures to a friend or family member. Use your clay figures to act out a story about the rider, horse and helper.
- Draw a picture of a horse in the center of a piece of paper. Then cut out newspaper words that are related to horses. Be sure to look in the sports pages for team names.
Paste your words around the picture of your horse.
- Make a list of the knowledge, skills and personal qualities a hippotherapist should have. Write a classified ad for a hippotherapist using your list.
- How can hippotherapy help improve riders' (a) muscle development, (b) language skills, (c) self-confidence and (d) emotional well-being?
- Use resource books and the Internet to learn about how horses are part of the Olympics. Use these questions to guide your research: Which Olympic events include horses? What is the history of horses in Olympic events? What is the historical basis of the skills riders and horses have to demonstrate in Olympic events? Write a paragraph discussing your findings.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Research Resources -- Issue 35 -- Aug. 28
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This week's standards:
Students use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge. (English-Language Arts)
Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience. (English-Language Arts)
Activities:
- Draw a picture of something you would like to learn more about. Write three questions you would like to have answered under your picture.
- Prepare yourself for research. Divide a piece of paper into three columns. Use these headings for your columns: (1) Activities I know how to do for research, (2) New activities I will do in the future, and (3) Places I will look to find information. Now fill in your columns.
- Find newspaper stories that give you ideas about topics to research < a topic about science, a topic about history and a topic about cultural activities. List your headlines on a piece of paper. Put a star by the topic that interests you the most.
- How do each of these things help you do research: (a) a library, (b) the Internet, (c) a person who knows about your topic, and (d) a quiet study space?
- Select a topic you would like to research from a newspaper story. Now find information about your topic in each of these resources: (a) the newspaper, (b) an encyclopedia, (c) the Internet, and (d) a nonfiction book. Write a paragraph about your topic using the information from these resources.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
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