Nov. 25, 2009: Traveling for the Holidays

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Activities:

1. Draw a picture of yourself in school. Share with your family.

2. Draw a backpack on a piece of paper. Paste newspaper pictures of items you could take in your backpack for a long trip.

3. Choose three comic strip characters. Tell why you would like to take them on a trip with you.

4. Using three separate columns, write three things you could do (1) at home to prepare for a trip, (2) on the trip itself, and (3) as a guest.

5. Write a short story about taking a trip to visit relatives. Include tips you learned from today's Mini Page.

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 demonstrate respectful and caring relationships in the family, workplace and community. (Family and Consumer Science: Interpersonal Relationships))
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)