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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2016
© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 32, No. 34
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Are you looking forward to the Olympics in Rio?
It’s time for YOU to get in on the fun in your backyard
or neighborhood park. Most of the events on this page
work for two or more players. So, invite some friends
to join you at The Kid Scoop Backyard Games!
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Income Tax Preparation
762 Avenue G, Seaside, OR 97138
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(Be sure to pick up all the little water balloon pieces after the event!)
Draw four squares
on your patio or the
sidewalk. Draw a
large numeral 1 in
the first box, a large 3 in the second box, a
large 5 in the third box and a
large 7 in the fourth square.
Stuff you need:
• water balloons
• sidewalk chalk
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861-3252
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From a good distance away, each
player throws four water balloons,
trying to score the most points.
If your balloon lands in the box
marked 1, you get one point, score
three points for the box marked 3
and so on.
Find the two identical girls. Look carefully!
Stuff you need:
• At least 4 players
• 1 person to judge
• Boom box
Choose one person to be the judge. Divide
everyone else into teams of two. One person on
Before each
each team is the stander; the other is the shadow.
throw, spin around three times!
The judge turns on the music, and each stander moves to the music, while
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow multiple step
directions to play a game.
her shadow tries to make the same movements. When the judge stops the
music, everyone freezes.
If the stander and the
shadow are not in
Can you find
identical positions, they’re
each
object’s
Crumple one sheet of newspaper
out. The game continues
Stuff you need:
shadow
on
until only one identical
• newspaper into a ball. Wrap tape around it to
this
page?
hold it together. Facing your
pair remains.
• tape
Standards Link: Investigation:
partner, hold a sheet of newspaper
Find similarities in common
objects.
flat between you. Try to make the ball bounce up and
down on the newspaper. How high can you toss it and
still catch it? How many times in a row can you catch it?
Stuff you need:
• plastic flying
disc or coffee
can lid
• empty box or
laundry basket
Place the box or basket on one side of the yard.
Each player takes a turn trying to throw the disc
into it from 10 steps away. After everyone has had a turn, try throwing from
30 steps away. Score 10 points for each successful throw.
Have left-handers throw with their right hands
and right-handers throw with their left hands.
Platter Patterns: Draw the disc that comes next in each row below.
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Astoria, Oregon 97103
(503)325-5620
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1701 Marine Dr
Astoria, OR 97103
1-503-325-7812
503.325.0411
34747 Hwy 101 Bus.
Astoria
AN D TO W IN G
Reading
Racers
Choose a long
article in the
newspaper. Read it
for 60 seconds.
Then have a friend
read it for 60
seconds. Each of
you write down the
who, what, when,
where and why in
the article as best as
you can remember.
Then, read the
article aloud and
see who got the
most right.
Standards Link: Reading
Comprehension: Respond to
who, what, when, where and
why questions; identify the
main idea and supporting
details in expository reading.
Standards Link: Math/Probability: Extend simple patterns.
SEASIDE
738-9243
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ASTORIA | 503-556-0410
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Decide on a
start and a
finish line on
a patch of
grass. Then,
somersault
like a bike
wheel as you
race towards
the finish line!
STEPS
BALL
SHADOWS
DISC
MUSIC
GAME
POINTS
STUFF
BACKYARD
PARK
EVENTS
WATER
THROW
MOST
BOUNCE
Somersaults
can make you
dizzy! Help
this kid find
his way to the
finish line.
Standards Link: Physical Education: Eye hand coordination.
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
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K T E C N U O B D T
1139 Exchange St.
Astoria, OR
503-468-3100
L a w F irm L L C
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
My Favorite
Sport
Ebb Tide
Write a paragraph telling
others about
your favorite Resort
Oceanfront
sport and why
your
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favorite.
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Olympic Scavenger Hunt
Deadline: August 28
Published: Week of Sept. 25
Look through the newspaper for three examples
of people using physical energy and three
examples of people using mental energy. Which
is more tiring? Discuss whether or not exercise
can help people focus their mental energy better.
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ANSWER: Bowling, because you can hear a pin drop.
Standards Link: Students identify physical and mental practices that
support or enhance health and understand the interdependence of both.
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Tha nks to the follow ing bu sinesses for su pporting New spa pers In E
du ca tion
• Lazerquick Seaside/Astoria
• Mark J. Lang, Attorney at Law
• Premium Adjustable Beds
• Suzanne Elise Assisted Living
• Moberg and Rust Attorneys at Law
• Lower Columbia Clinic
• Ship Inn
M E X ICAN RE STAU RAN T
35431 H W Y 101 BU S • ASTORIA • 503-325-3656
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• Appelo Archives Center
• Sam’s Seaside Café
• Hees Enterprises, Inc
• Quackenbush Buliders Inc.
• Bridgewater Bistro
• Clatsop Truck & Equipment
• Clatsop Behaviorial Healthcare
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• Video Horizons
• Clean and Dry
• Rock Bauer Landscapes
• Chinook Marine Repair Shop
• Hammond Kennels
• Astoria’s Best
• Bergerson Construction
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