Sharing Victories Through Books -- Issue 20 -- May 16-21, 2009

This week's standards:
Students comprehend and respond to a variety of images and text. (Language Arts: Reading)

Activities:
1. Find three newspaper photos or stories about people who have done good things. Paste each photo/story on a piece of paper.Write a sentence for each telling about what the person did.

2. Fiction books are make-believe stories. Nonfiction books are about real things. Find three examples of fiction books and three examples of nonfiction books in today's Mini Page.Which type of book do you like to read most? Why?

3. Which books in today's Mini Page would you recommend for your (a) science teacher, (b) social studies teacher and (c) language arts teacher? Explain your selections.

4. With a friend, see how many connections you can make between stories in the newspaper and the books in today's Mini Page. Discuss your choices.

5. Find a book in today's Mini Page that makes you feel a strong connection. Write a paragraph describing why you feel that connection.

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)