Plan a special meal to honor your grandparents. Write down your menu and make a grocery shopping list. After the planning is done, make and mail invitations.
Write a postcard or letter to your grandparents. Tell them why they are special to you.
Write a biographical sketch of the life of one of your grandparents.
Create the Grandparent Gazette, a newsletter to tell all of your relatives what Grandma and Grandpa are up to these days. Be sure to include pictures!
Write an acrostic poem about a grandparent using the special name (Grandmother, Papa, Nana, Gramps, etc.) you call him/her.
Use this guide to write a cinquain poem about one of your grandparents.
Pretend you lived 50 years ago (when your grandparents were children). How would your life have been different?
Use a Venn Diagram to compare your grandparent's life to your own.
Pretend that you are a grandparent. Make a list of ten things you would do with your own grandchild.
Write about the most recent time your family got together. Why did you get together? Was it a family reunion or a holiday? What did you do? What foods did you eat? Did your grandparents, aunts, or uncles tell any special stories?
You may go anywhere in the world with your grandparents. Where would you go? Why would you go there? How would you get there? What would you do? Write about your trip.
Make a Top Ten list of the ten things you love most about your grandparent(s).
Pretend that your town is holding a Great Grandparent contest. To enter, you must write a 100- word or longer essay telling why your grandparent is the best.
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