May 7, 2008: Plant a Seed With Mom

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 your dinner table with many of the fruits and vegetables shown in today's Mini Page. Write a sentence about eating healthy foods.

2. Look at the grocery store ads in your newspaper. Draw a circle around any of the foods shown in today's Mini Page.

3. Look at the "Preparing for Planting" list in The Mini Page. Find the items in newspaper ads. Write down the price for each item. How much will your gardening cost you?

4. Which of the plants in today's Mini Page (a) need a lot of space to grow, (b) can grow close together, (c) need some shade, (d) are herbs?

5. Use resource books and the Internet to find recipes for four of the fruits, vegetables and herbs in today's Mini Page. Plan a meal using the four foods. Give the name and a description of each dish you would prepare. Write a paragraph explaining why you selected these dishes.

This week's standards:

• Students understand the characteristics and life cycles of organisms. (Science: Life Science)
• Students develop an understanding of personal health. (Science: Personal and Social
  Perspectives)
  
  

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