Dec. 29, 2010: Getting to Know You

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 picture of someone you would like to interview. Write three questions you would ask.

2. Choose newspaper stories about three people to interview. Write questions for each person.

3. Find a newspaper story where a person was interviewed. What questions were asked? What questions would you add?

4. Why is it important to (a) agree on a time to meet with the person, (b) take good notes, (c) plan questions, and (d) listen carefully?

5. Use the Mini Page interview questions to learn about your family. Ask an older family member about his/her life as a child.

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 conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions. (Common Core Standards: Writing)
  

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