June 11, 2008: Take Dad Fishing!

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. Draw a picture of a favorite man in your life -- your father, grandfather, or a special relative or family friend. Now find newspaper words or pictures of things this person likes to do and things he likes to eat. Paste them around the edges of your picture. Write a sentence telling why this person is special. Share your picture with the person himself.

2. Draw a large backpack on a piece of paper. Look through the newspaper for pictures of items you should take along on a fishing trip. Cut them out and paste them on your backpack.

3. Draw a line down the center of a piece of paper to make two columns. Label one column "Freshwater Fish" and the other "Saltwater Fish." Try to find different kinds of fish named in the newspaper, using grocery and restaurant ads as well as news stories. Write the names of the fish in the correct column. If you aren't sure if a fish is freshwater or saltwater, look it up on the Internet or in a dictionary.

4. Ask an important man in your life about his good memories when he was a child and things he did with his father or other family members. Write down the details. Now use your notes to write a story. You might want to draw a picture to go with the story. Share the story with your family.

5. Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about one of the sport fishes in today's Mini Page. Use these questions to guide your research: Where is the fish found? How large does it grow? How difficult is it to catch? Write a paragraph discussing your findings.

This week's standards:

• Students demonstrate respectful and caring relationships in the family, workplace and community. (Family and Consumer Science: Interpersonal Relationships)
• Students understand that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, selfexpression and social interaction. (Physical Education)
  
  

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