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Mini Page Archive - March 2010: Issue 09 - 13
Newspapers at School -- Issue 09 -- Feb. 27-March 5, 2010
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This week's standards:
Students read and understand a variety of texts. (Language Arts: Reading)
Activities:
1. Draw a line down the middle of a piece of paper. On one side, paste newspaper pictures/words showing things you need. On the other side, paste pictures/ words of things you want.
2. On a paper plate, paste newspaper pictures of things from these food groups: fruits, vegetables, meat/fish, milk or cheese.
3. Circle things in the newspaper that you can recycle in red and things you can reuse in blue.
4. Paste on a piece of paper three newspaper stories of people doing good things. Write a sentence telling why you admire these people.
5. Compare a print copy of your newspaper with its online version. List three advantages of each version.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Go Yoga! -- Issue 10 -- March 6-12, 2010
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Students understand that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and social interaction. (Physical Education)
Activities:
1. Use newspaper words and pictures showing yoga equipment or information about yoga classes to make a poster encouraging people to try yoga.
2. Interview five friends. Ask them if they have tried yoga. What other types of exercise do they do?
3. Find three people in the newspaper whom you think would benefit from yoga. Write a sentence explaining why you chose each person.
4. Which yoga postures help improve your (a) legs, (b) breathing, (c) shoulders and (d) balance?
5. Practice yoga poses for one week. Keep a journal. Write about how you feel physically and emotionally.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
We All Count -- Issue 11 -- March 13-19, 2010
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This week's standards:
Students understand the ideas, principles and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic. (Social Studies: Civics)
Activities:
1. Collect newspaper headlines that show numbers of people or things, such as "Three Students Win Prizes." Make a poster with your headlines.
2. Make up a survey to give your classmates. For example, what are their favorite TV shows or snack foods?
3. Conduct a comics census. How many characters (a) are male/female, (b) work outside/inside the home, and (c) are adult/school age?
4. Find newspaper stories that discuss how the census will affect your community. Make a list of the ideas you find.
5. Use the Internet to research congressional districts in your state. How did they change from 1970 to 2000?
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Supervolcanoes! -- Issue 12 -- March 20-26, 2010
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This week's standards:
Students understand changes in the Earth and sky. (Science: Earth and Space Science)
Activities:
1. Make a poster with newspaper words and pictures of things that are big and powerful.
2. Divide a paper into two columns. Put newspaper words for things that help the Earth in one column. Put newspaper words for things that hurt the Earth in the second column.
3. Find three people in the newspaper who could be helpful if a volcano erupted near your city. Explain your choices.
4. How do supervolcanoes cause harm to (a) forests, (b) people, (c) animals and
(d) machinery?
5. Use the Internet to research the volcano nearest to where you live. What is the history of the volcano?
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
A "Little House" Anniversary -- Issue 13 -- March 27-April 2, 2010
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This week's standards:
Students use biographies and stories to understand the individuals who are honored by the nation. (Social Studies: History)
Activities:
1. Draw pictures of five things you would take with you if you had to move.
2. Find newspaper pictures that show three different kinds of houses people live in today.
3. In the newspaper, find three jobs from Laura's time that people still do today. Find three jobs that did not exist when Laura was growing up.
4. List three jobs that Laura did in her lifetime. Now find items in the newspaper that would have made her jobs easier.
5. Ask an older family member about growing up. Write a story about his/her childhood and jobs he/she did.
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
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