Sept. 17, 2008: Meet Jacqueline Woodson

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. Write the name of one of the Newbery or Caldecott books in a circle in the center of a piece of paper. Cut out newspaper words and pictures that show what you think the book might be about. Paste them around the title.

2. Make a Newbery/Caldecott recommendation for three different people in the newspaper. Select an entertainer, an athlete, and a community or national leader. Explain your recommendations.

3. Find three newspaper stories that match Newbery or Caldecott books in some way. Paste the stories on a piece of paper. Write a sentence for each one telling why the story reminded you of the book.

4. Which of the Newbery/Caldecott books is (a) about real people, (b) had poetry, (c) was about different times, and (d) was about friends?

5. Conduct a survey among your friends. Have them select their favorite book from today's Mini Page. Ask them to choose the book they would like to read. Have them explain why they made their choices. Then write a paragraph discussing which books were the most popular and why.

This week's standards:

• Students comprehend and respond to a variety of images and text.
• Students identify forms and elements of literature. (Language Arts: Reading)
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)