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THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, OcTObER 5, 2019
© 2019 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 35, No. 45
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Veterinary
Hospital
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mokey Bear first appeared
as a symbol of wildfire
prevention in 1944. This
year marks the 75th Birthday
of this forest hero.
In the spring of 1950, winds
were pushing a wildfire
through a forest in the
Capitan Mountains of
New Mexico. Firefighters
from far and wide rushed
to put the fire out.
badly burned. They couldn’t
find his mother. The little
bear cub was sent to an animal
doctor to be treated and
bandaged.
A forest service ranger named
Ranger Ray cared for
the cub.
Ray’s
4-year-old
daughter
played with
the bear and
cheered him
up.
A little bear cub
climbed a tree to
escape the flames
burning on the
ground. He was
only five pounds
and he was very
scared.
The little bear was
named Smokey and
moved to the National
Zoo in Washington,
D.C. and he became
the living symbol of
Smokey Bear.
Firefighters found
the cub still alive, but
his paws and hind legs were
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Use the water bucket to put out
this campfire.
The United States Forest Service
received so many letters from
children for Smokey that he
needed to have his own:
RESORT
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AND
TOWING
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ASTORIA
(Circle every other letter)
How many trees can you find on this page?
Always be
careful with
fire.
Only YOU
can prevent
wildfires.
Never play with
matches or
lighters.
Always
watch your
campfire.
Make sure
your campfire
is completely
out before
leaving it.
Remember
the Rules
Look through the
newspaper for the
words to write out
Smokey’s five rules.
Cut out the words and
glue them to a blank
piece of paper to help
you remember. Post
the rules where others
can see them.
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Standards Link: Reading
Comprehension: Follow
simple written directions.
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Replace the missing words in this article.
In 1952, a _______ was written about
Smokey Bear. The songwriters, Steve
Nelson and Jack Rollins, were having
__________ making Smokey Bear fit
with the beat of the song. They added
the word, ‘the’ between Smokey and
Bear to make the ______ work.
The song was so popular, that even
today many people _________ the famous character’s name is
“Smokey the Bear.” But it is ____________ just Smokey Bear.
the words by looking up,
MOUNTAINS Find
down, backwards, forwards,
WILDFIRE
sideways and diagonally.
SMOKEY
S P R F O R E S T R
FLAMES
N E E R S V E Y L P
FOREST
I N G R T C E V I F
RANGER
SCARED
A M N S I K A Z A C
MOTHER
T O A E O F F R E U
BEAR
N T R M O S D R E B
PAWS
U H S A E S W L E D
FIVE
LEGS
O E T L E G S A I F
FAR
M R I F R E R S P W
CUB
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
ZIP
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
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News articles start by telling readers who the
news is about, what the news is, where and
when it happened. Look at the first paragraph
of articles on the front page of the newspaper.
Can you find the four W’s of each article?
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