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 These lessons go along with The Mini Page, a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children printed in The Denver Post each Wednesday.
(Click here to find out how to get licenses of the eEdition of The Denver Post featuring The Mini Page. The eEdition is provided free of charge to Colorado educators for classroom use. Remember, with the eEdition, you have access to 4 weeks of The Mini Page at a time, plus you can access back issues from April, 2004 in the eArchive.)
Click below for current lessons (click on the date and title).
Aug. 4 -
An Ocean of Oil In April, an explosion set off a leak of crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico that will alter the surrounding area for years, maybe decades, to come. The Mini Page examines what happened, what scientists are doing to stop the leak and corral the oil, and how this disaster affects animals, plants and people in the area.
Aug. 11 -
A New School Year Suddenly, it's back-to-school time again. This issue of The Mini Page reminds kids how to be good students, how to be organized and ready to go the first day, and why we go to school at all.
Aug. 18 -
These Horses Are Wild! Wild, or feral, horses and burros are found in many of the United States, but mostly in the West and Southwest. The Mini Page talks with the Bureau of Land Management about these interesting animals, their background and their future.
Aug. 25 -
Cracking the Word Code Many of the words we use in English come from Latin and Greek roots. The Mini Page helps kids see how root words, prefixes and suffixes work together and how they can use these parts of our language as keys to understanding.
Sept. 1 -
Meet Author Grace Lin The Mini Page introduces the 2010 Newbery and Caldecott Honor Book award winners, along with favorite books from a survey by the Children's Book Council.
Upcoming Themes (Some of the later ones may change or move)
Sept. 8 - What Are the MDGs? Ten years ago, 189 nations set in place a plan to make our world a better place by 2015. The Millennium Development Goals are central to this endeavor. The Mini Page examines the eight MDGs along with successes already accomplished, and tells how kids are helping to achieve the goals.
Sept. 15 --
Shuttle Program Winds Down Only two more missions are scheduled for the space shuttle, and then it will be retired. The Mini Page looks back at highlights of this program and its vital ties with the space station and the Hubble Space Telescope.
Sept. 22 -
Blindness The Mini Page looks at some recent success stories in the quest to end blindness. We take a look at what is being done to find a cure for retinal diseases in children.
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