Feb. 2, 2011: Calling the Game

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. Paste four newspaper words or pictures about specific sports on a piece of paper. Write one sentence for each that would encourage people to watch that sport on television.

2. Find three people in the newspaper you think would make good sports commentators. Explain your choices.

3. Circle comments in newspaper sports stories that provide viewpoints on the game.

4. Who on the sports team has to know about (a) the rules of the game, (b) how players move on the field, and (c) putting pictures and words together?

5. Record 10 minutes of sports on TV. Write a script that a sports commentator could use about the event.

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 understand how to communicate information and ideas using a variety of media and formats. (Technology)
  

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