Mar. 9, 2011: A Newspaper Reader

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 pictures of people reading newspapers in four different places.

2. Draw a star on your favorite story or feature in these sections: local news, sports, and comic strips.

3. Have several friends tell you the "news" they would like to see in the newspaper. Make a front page with headlines for your friends' stories.

4. Circle something in the newspaper that shows how your paper is a (a) salesperson, (b) record keeper, (c) entertainer, and (d) community helper.

5. Read the editorials and letters to the editor for several days. Then write a paragraph explaining how these features are important for your community.

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 use the structure of text to construct meaning. (Language Arts: Reading)
  

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