Mar. 3,
2010: Newspapers at School
 The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. 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 line down the middle of a piece of paper. On one side, paste newspaper pictures/words showing things you need. On the other side, paste pictures/ words of things you want.
2. On a paper plate, paste newspaper pictures of things from these food groups: fruits, vegetables, meat/fish, milk or cheese.
3. Circle things in the newspaper that you can recycle in red and things you can reuse in blue.
4. Paste on a piece of paper three newspaper stories of people doing good things. Write a sentence telling why you admire these people.
5. Compare a print copy of your newspaper with its online version. List three advantages of each version.
Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:
- Students read and understand a variety of texts. (Language Arts: Reading)
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
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