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Mini Page Archive - November 2008: Issue 44 - 47
Financial Literacy -- Issue 44 -- November 4, 2008
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This week's standards:
Money makes it easier to trade, borrow, save, invest and compare the value of goods and services. (Economics: Role of Money) Banks are institutions where people save money and earn interest, and where other people borrow money and pay interest. (Economics: Role of Institutions)
Activities:
1. What coins and $1 bills would you use to buy something you wanted? Cut out newspaper pictures of three things you would like to have. Choose items that cost less than $5. Paste your pictures on pieces of paper. Under each picture, draw the coins and/or $1 bills you would need to buy that item.
2. Create a series of "needs" and "wants" trading cards. Cut out newspaper pictures and words for things you really need to live (food, shelter, clothing) and things you'd like to have (games, electronic items). Paste one picture or word on a 3-by-5-inch card. On the back, write either "need" or "want." Have friends separate the cards into stacks of "Things I Need" and "Things I'd Like to Have."
3. Show how you can budget your money. Pretend your parents have given you $50 to spend for a party with six of your friends. Use the store ads in the newspaper to find items you would buy for the party. List each item and its price. Keep your budget under $50.
4. We save money for short-term and long-term goals. Find five items in the newspaper that would be short-term goals and five that would be long-term goals. Explain why you selected each item.
5. Conduct a survey of adult family members and friends. Ask them to discuss how they make decisions about when to pay cash and when to put something on a credit card. What types of bills do they pay in full each month and what types do they pay over time? Ask for their advice for saving and spending money. Write a paragraph discussing what youšve learned from the people you interviewed.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
This Land Is Your Land -- Issue 45 -- November 11, 2008
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This week's standards:
Students understand the human and physical characteristics of places. (Geography: Places and Regions) Students understand the physical processes that shape the pattern of the Earth's surface. (Geography: Physical Systems)
Activities:
1. Choose your favorite national park from today's Mini Page. Write the name of the park in the middle of a piece of paper. Cut out newspaper words that describe the park and paste them around its name.
2. Select one of the national parks that you'd like to visit. Then find 10 items in newspaper ads that you would pack to take with you on your trip. Look for clothing and camping and recreational equipment. Add up the prices of your items. How much would your trip cost?
3. Select five people in the newspaper. (You may use people from news stories or characters from comic strips.) Paste or write their names on a piece of paper. Next to each name, write the name of the national park you think that person might like to visit. Write a sentence telling why you chose that park.
4. Which of the national parks (a) are located on or near water, (b) are examples of geological activity, (c) offer opportunities to study many different forms of animal life, and (d) are in hot, dry locations?
5. Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about a national park. Select one of the parks to investigate. Use these questions to guide your research: How large is the park? What is the climate like? What wildlife lives there? How accessible is the park to visitors? What is unique about it? Use your findings to write a short story about taking a trip to the park.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Staying Ahead of Lice -- Issue 46 -- November 18, 2008
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This week's standards:
Identify common health problems of children. (Health promotion and disease prevention) Describe relationships between personal health behaviors and individual well-being. (Health promotion and disease prevention)
Activities:
1. Draw a picture of yourself washing your hair. Paste newspaper pictures of shampoo and other hair care items around the sides of your picture.
2. Head lice are insects. Look through your newspaper to find words and pictures of other insects. Circle each word/picture with a colored marker.
3. Many household cleaning products are labeled as "disinfectants" they destroy microorganisms that cause disease. Find three examples of disinfectants in the newspaper. Write their names on a piece of paper. Explain where each product is supposed to be used. Why is it important to keep those areas of your house clean?
4. In what ways are head lice like (a) vampires, (b) fleas and (c) sesame seeds?
5. Use the information in today's Mini Page to create your own brochure with facts about head lice. Include these sections in your brochure: a brief explanation of what head lice are, hints for not getting head lice from other people, and what people can do if they get head lice. You could include a short quiz about head lice for your brochure.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Let's Talk Turkey -- Issue 47 -- November 25, 2008
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This week's standards:
Students understand the characteristics and life cycles of organisms. (Science: Life Science) Students understand customs and traditions of their own culture. (Social Studies: Culture)
Activities:
1. Make several "Happy Turkey Day" cards. Fold pieces of paper in half. Then cut out newspaper pictures and words about Thanksgiving. Use them on the outside of your card. Inside, write messages about Thanksgiving.
2. Get two paper plates or draw two large circles on a piece of paper. On the first plate, glue newspaper pictures of foods your family eats at Thanksgiving. On the other plate, create a new holiday menu. Glue on newspaper pictures of other foods you like.
3. What do these numbers tell you about turkeys: (a) 270 million, (b) 45, (c) 14, (d) 3,500 and (e) 690 million?
4. Compare wild turkeys and domestic turkeys using a Venn diagram. Draw two large circles that overlap about 2 inches. In the left circle, write facts that are true about only wild turkeys. In the right circle, write facts that are true about only domestic turkeys. In the overlapped center, write facts that are true for both turkeys.
5. Make a set of Thanksgiving recipe cards. Paste a newspaper picture of a Thanksgiving dish on a piece of paper. Below the picture, write a recipe for the way you think the dish is prepared. Share your recipes with family members.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
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