Happy Birthday, 'Sesame Street'! -- Issue 44 -- Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2009

This week's standards:
Students understand the ways that stories, music and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture. (Social Studies: Culture)

Activities:
1. Use newspaper words and pictures to make a birthday card for "Sesame Street."

2. Circle all the "Sesame Street" toys in newspaper ads. Check your favorite toy.

3. Ask friends to tell you their favorite "Sesame Street" character. Which character got the most votes?

4. In which country can children (a) see "Sesame Street" without electricity, (b) watch it on a special cart, and (c) see a character with a health problem?

5. Write the names of five "Sesame Street" characters down the side of a piece of paper. What news stories would interest each character? Explain your choices.

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