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Teachers and homeschool parents, please share this with your students. Using this guide will make your subjects more relevant and interesting to your pupils and will encourage creative thought. If you or your students have any suggestions or ideas for these teacher guides, please email Sarah Nachin – [email protected] This guide is based on the newest Florida Standards for grade school through high school.
Activities and Questions based on the Feb. 7, 2025 – Feb. 13, 2025 issue
Health Activity for High School: (HE.912.SUA.5.2) Utilize current, accurate data/information to formulate a health-enhancing message to effectively persuade others to be drug and alcohol-free.
Read the article on pg. B-14 about the health fair. Then write a sixty-second commercial about the dangers of tobacco and other drugs. Use your voice recorder to time your message.
Extra Credit Activity: Make a video or voice recording of your commercial.
Composition Activity for High School: (ELA.11.R.3.2) Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.
Read the article on pg. B-10 entitled “Justice For All.” Then, write an essay of at least 500 words paraphrasing the article. At the end of your essay, answer the following question: “Why is this article entitled “Justice For All?”
Comprehension activity for Middle School: (ELA.8.R.3.2) Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.
Read the article on pages B-1 and B-3 about the ribbon cutting. Then, summarize the article in 400 words or more. Be sure and include the following information: where the ribbon cutting took place, the purpose of the ribbon cutting, at least three important people who were there, what part Christina and Gene Tomashosky played in the event, the purpose of the building, and what the building symbolizes.
Vocabulary activity for Middle School: (ELA.2.V.1.3) Identify and use context clues, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the meaning of unknown words.
Read the article on pg. B-4 about the Tangerine Festival. Then, choose the best meaning for each word based on the context of the sentence.
1. vibrant: a) brightly colored; b) lively; c) beating (like a heart); d) boring
2. revitalize (the word in the article is “revitalization”): a) make new again; b) wear out; c) make important; d) to put a liquid in a vial again
3. vintage: a) something left over; b) modern; c) ugly; d) old-fashioned
4. enduring: a) lasting; b) putting up with something you don’t like; c) temporary; d) close to your heart
5. essential: a) unimportant; b) pleasant smelling; c) frivolous; d) necessary
6. vendor: a) an opening for air to come through; b) seller; c) customer; d) someone who gives something away
7. foster (the word in the article is “fostering.): a) encourage; b) a child who is taken care of by someone who isn’t their parent; c) the composer who wrote “Oh! Susanna”; d) neglect
8. culinary: a) items you eat with, such as a fork and spoon; b) bad tasting; c) harmful; d) having to do with cooking
9. indulge: a) pamper and spoil; b) annoy; c) take part in; d) stifle
10: captivating: a) very interesting; b) taking someone a prisoner; c) boring; d) horrible
Social Studies Activity for Elementary School: (SS.1.A.2.3) Identify celebrations and national holidays as a way of remembering and honoring the heroism and achievements of the people, events, and our nation’s ethnic heritage.
Read the article on pg. B-5 about Valentine’s Day. Then, write an essay of at least 350 words explaining the differences between how Valentine’s Day was celebrated in the 1920s and how we celebrate the holiday today. Name at least three differences.
Math: Activity for Elementary School: (MA.3.AR.1.2) Solve one and two-step real-world problems involving any of four operations with whole numbers.
Study the Calendar of Events on pg. B-2. Then, calculate the answers to the following questions:
1. What percentage of events will be held outdoors?
2. How many art events and religious events are there all together?
3. What percentage of activities are theatre events?
4. How many more educational events are there than Senior Citizens’ events?
5. How many more daytime events are there than nighttime events? (If an event is taking place in the daytime and at night, count it under both categories.)
If you wish to submit any of your compositions from this week to the newspaper for us to consider publishing, please email to [email protected]. Be sure and include your name, age, grade level and school.