Opportunities for Kids

10/10/2020 7:48:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • For generations, kids who wanted to fundraise for a worthy cause could gather supplies from the kitchen, mix a pitcher of lemonade, and set up a stand on their street corner.
  • To find volunteer opportunities near you for kids, look within local organizations that your child is already familiar with

Let's find more opportunities for children!

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There are many opportunities for kids to take part in different activities. Image: 365atlantatraveler.com

Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • How a greeting card from a kid can help old people in a retirement home?
  • Which is NOT true about things that kids can do to help the community?

How a greeting card from a kid can help old people in a retirement home?

  • It makes them leave their rooms.
  • It makes them talk to other people.
  • It makes them less lonely and more cheerful.
  • It makes them think of their grandchildren.

Which is NOT true about things that kids can do to help the community?

  • Some small things can bring a lot of happiness.
  • Kids can make old people happier by communicating with them.
  • Kids must have enough money and skills to help other people.
  • Children in hospitals would love to read and play with other kids.

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Opportunities for Kids

Have you ever wanted to help other people but thought you were too young? There are many for kids to do great things. Some of them may small, but they make the people being helped happy.

One activity you can do is to make greeting cards for people who are in a home. Many of them can no longer leave their rooms. They do not have the chance to talk to many people, and often don’t get much mail. You can help their day with a card. You might even be able to for a visit with them. You can read your card to them; they may even want you to make more so they can send them to friends! You could also read your favorite book to them, or play a card game. There are many activities that seniors would love to do with someone else.

Another group of people you can help is children in hospitals. If you can sew or knit, you can make a blanket for them to if they don’t have toys from home. You can visit a hospital and play board games with the children there. You might want to read picture books to the younger children.

There are many things you can do to make someone’s day a little brighter. You don’t need money or a lot of skills. You can make a big difference in a person’s life just by being to some of your time.

Read and answer the following questions.

Opportunities for Kids

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Kids can help with many things. Image: projectboldlife.com

Have you ever wanted to help other people but thought you were too young? There are many opportunities for kids to do great things. Some of them may seem small, but they make the people being helped extremely happy.

One activity you can do is to make greeting cards for people who are in a retirement home. Many of them can no longer leave their rooms. They do not have the chance to talk to many people, and often don’t get much mail. You can help brighten their day with a cheerful card. You might even be able to arrange for a visit with them. You can read your card to them; they may even want you to make more so they can send them to friends! You could also read your favorite book to them, or play a card game. There are many activities that seniors would love to do with someone else.

Another group of people you can help is children in hospitals. If you can sew or knit, you can make a blanket for them to snuggle if they don’t have toys from home. You can visit a hospital and play board games with the children there. You might want to read picture books to the younger children.

There are many things you can do to make someone’s day a little brighter. You don’t need money or a lot of skills. You can make a big difference in a person’s life just by being willing to donate some of your time.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 3

Which activity is NOT mentioned in the passage?
  • making cards
  • making blankets
  • playing board games
  • running races

A word or phrase that could mean the same as "brighten" is _____

  • darken.
  • make sad.
  • make happier.
  • make sick.
The main idea of this passage is ______.
  • the American Red cross wants you to help.
  • no matter how much you do, you will never make a difference.
  • kids are too young to help others.
  • kids can help many different people.
Which of these could be another way kids could help out in the community?
  • Pick up litter from alongside the road.
  • Go on vacation.
  • Do your regular chores at home.
  • Steal candy bars at the grocery store.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. There are many for kids to do great things.
  2. Some of them may small, but they make the people being helped happy.
  3. One activity you can do is to make greeting cards for people who are in a home.
  4. You can help their day with a card. 
  5. You might even be able to for a visit with them.
  6. If you can sew or knit, you can make a blanket for them to if they don't have toys from home. 
  7. You can make a big difference in a person's life just by being to some of your time.

Put the right word in each blank. Below are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. Can I an appointment for Monday?
  2. The morning sunshine the room.
  3. She found it difficult to be good at math.
  4. His teacher gave him an to explain why did so.
  5. It seems that I made a mistake.
  6. She wrote him a long, letter.
  7. He's to do anything to win.
  8. The age of for all employees is 60.
  9. She into her sleeping bag and closed her eyes.
  10. His parents 400 dollars to the school book fund.