June 6, 2007: Stories of Fathers

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Activities:

1. Plan a Father's Day menu for a party with your father or an important male family member or friend. Cut out items from the newspaper that you would serve at your party. Paste them on your menu.

2. Use the newspaper to identify three places you would like to visit to celebrate Father's Day with an important man in your life. Include one sporting event, one entertainment event and something you would love to do. Discuss your choices with a friend.

3. Select three comic strip characters from your newspaper. Select one of the books in today's Mini Page that would be a good choice for each character. Write sentences explaining why you chose those books.

4. Which of the books in today's Mini Page are about (a) fathers as animals, (b) magical situations, (c) fathers and their jobs, and (d) real-life fathers?

5. Create your own Father's Day story. Begin with your father or an important male family member or friend. Then select several other family members or friends to be in the story. Pick a setting for your story. Think of a problem your characters can face. Now write the story. Describe your characters and the setting. Tell about how the characters solved their problem. Finally, give your story an exciting title. Share your story with your family and friends.

This week's standards:

• Students demonstrate respectful and caring relationships in the family, workplace and community. (Family and Consumer Science: Interpersonal Relationships)
• Students comprehend and respond to a variety of images and text. (Language Arts: Reading)
  
  

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