May 18, 2016 : Summer Reading

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. Make a “Guess the Book” game to play with friends. Paste newspaper words and pictures that tell about the story on one side of a 3-by-5 card. Write the title on the back. See if friends can guess the titles from your pictures and words on the cards.

2. Make a list of five books from today’s Mini Page. Match each book with a friend or family member who might like to read it. Tell your friends and family members about the books.

3. Pick five books from today’s Mini Page that you would like to read. How could each of the books help you in different school subjects?

4. Find a book that would fit in each of these newspaper sections (a) sports, (b) news, (c) education and (d) foods.

5. Choose a title from one of t he bo oks in today’s Mini Page. Now make a completely new description for t he book using your imagination. Share both descriptions with a friend. Which description does your friend like best? Why?

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. (Language arts: Reading)

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