Dec. 5, 2007: Gifts of Self

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in the Rocky Mountain News. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers. Click here to learn about subscribing to the eEdition at no cost to you (for Colorado teachers).

Activities:

1. In the middle of a piece of paper, draw a picture of yourself. Now draw smaller items around your picture that show special talents or abilities you have that you could share with others.

2. Find news stories about three people you could help in some way. List their names on a piece of paper. Next to each name, describe the kind of "gift" you could give each person.

3. Have a newspaper race with a friend. Use different colored markers. Look through newspaper ads to find items that are used to make the crafts described in today's Mini Page. When you find an item, circle it. See who found the most items.

4. Find three people in the newspaper who could give you a gift of knowledge or entertainment. Explain why you would like to receive these "gifts."

5. Select someone from a news story or a character from a comic strip for a creative writing project. Write a story about that person's giving a special personal gift to another person.

This week's standards:

• Students understand that core ethical values are the basis of good character.
  (Character Education)
• Students understand that "character" includes thinking, feeling and behavior.
  (Character Education)
  
  

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