July 6, 2011: Strange Creatures Among Us

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 two new unusual creatures, one that lives on land and one that lives in the water. Write sentences about your creatures.

2. Circle newspaper words that mean the same as "strange" or "unusual."

3. Find five different animals in the newspaper. Place them in a line from most common to least common.

4. Name other animals that (a) burrow in the ground, (b) have scales, (c) have long arms, and (d) are nocturnal.

5. Write a story about you and a friend having an adventure where you meet three of the animals in today¹s Mini Page. Be sure to include your reactions to the animals.

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 the interactions of animals and their environments. (Science: Life Science)
  
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)