April 11, 2018 : Pick Up a Winner!

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

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Activities:

1. In " Big Cat, Little Cat , " a family cat teaches a young kitten about life, like where to eat, when to rest and where to drink. Pick a different animal – a dog, a hamster, a horse. Draw several pictures of your animal teaching a young animal about what to do. Write a sentence explaining each of your pictures.

2. Find a newspaper story that appeals to you. Create a 4 - to - 6 - frame story board that tells the story with only drawings.

3. " Hello Universe " tells a story of three children who join together to find another child who is missin g. Find a newspaper story about people joining together to help a person or a situation. Write about how working together helped solve the problem.

4. Which book in today’s Mini Page would you recommend to a (a) geologist, (b) fisherman, (c) animal right s activist and (d) veterinarian?

5. Author Meg Medina makes this comment about " Piecing Me Together " : “An honest look at how girls stitch together their talents to find their voice and power.” Create a “Piecing Me Together” newspaper portfolio that shows your talents, interests and goals. Collect news stories, headlines, words and pictures that explain you. Put your news paper clippings in a notebook. Share your notebook with your family. You might do the activity with friends. What did you learn about your friends from their portfolios?

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 comprehend and respond to a variety of images and text.

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