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B12 Hood River News, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 HRVHS C ODA Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea Photo by Patrick Mulvihill Senior members of the Hood River Valley High School Cham- ber Singers share a light mo- ment before their final perfor- mance Friday during Class of 2015 Commencement. Music director Mark Steighner direct- ed the ensemble for the final time; the retiring director ac- cepts a memory jar from senior Rory Krehbiel during the June 2 Farewell Concert at Bowe Audi- torium. Below, Steighner directs the HRVHS Band at the Memo- rial Day ceremony at Idlewilde Cemetery for the last time as HRV director, though not neces- sarily for the last time. Percussion section members perform during the Farewell Concert at Bowe Auditorium. Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea Photo by Patrick Mulvihill © 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 31, No. 27 By Nellie Fly What’s that noise? Is it a snake? No! It’s a Gromphadorhina portentosa – also known as a hissing cockroach. To make the loud hissing sound, the cockroach forces air out of two breathing holes that are underneath its body. The idea is to startle an enemy into leaving the cockroach alone. Tiny mites live on the bodies of these cockroaches and keep them clean by eating bits of food that cling to the larger bug’s body. Found in Madagascar, the hissing cockroach is one big bug. It grows to be three inches (8cm) long! It is also about an inch wide, around the size of a small mouse. Madagascar While the hissing cockroach looks a little frightening, it is actually harmless. The only thing it does to protect itself from enemies is to hiss at them. This dark chocolate brown insect with black edges blends well with the piles of leaves and bark it hides under on the forest floor. How does a pile of rotting leaves with a side of dead fly sound? For the hissing cockroach that sounds like lunch! A hissing cockroach is a scavenger, not a hunter. That means it doesn’t kill for food, but eats whatever it can find on the forest floor, things like rotting plant matter and dead animals. Cockroaches are considered “living fossils” because they have survived on Earth some 250 million years, appearing long before dinosaurs. More than 3,500 species of cockroaches exist today. How many of each type of cockroach can you find on today’s page? Find the differences. artina the cockroach doesn’t know coffee beans about love and marriage. Her grandmother, Abuela, gives her some shocking advice! “You want me to do what?” Martina gasps. To find out what Abuela said, read the book. Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Read the articles below and correct the 10 grammar and spelling errors you find. The first one is done for you. Male hissing cockroaches are much larger than femails. The Fill in the missing vowels to reveal the title of this book. Then, check it out at your local library this summer! Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. male also has larger, featheree antennae. One male hising cockroach has a group of five or six Find the words in the puzzle, COCKROACH then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities. MADAGASCAR FOSSILS O D O R E T N U H D THORAX P X E S N R O H C A MITES R A C S A G A D A M HARMLESS O R B F L R M E O B BATTLE T O R A M I S O R T HUNTER E H A L T U S O K H MOUSE EXIST C T E E O T W S C G PROTECT T S S M C N L H O I BROWN S E S T S I X E C F FIGHT Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical HORNS words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. female partners that he keeps to hisself. He has to fight of other males to keep his mates. Female hissing cockroaches are excellent mothurs, at least four insects! The females carry their eggs inside their abdomens to protect them from predators. They then give birth to live yung roaches that look a lot like their parents, but much Bug Battle News Hissing cockroaches are EFBG. The male hissing cockroach has two large “horns.” When two males fight, they lower their heads and ram into each other, much like fighting stags. The stronger bug wins when the weaker one simply gives up. Scavenger Hissing cockroaches find their food by scavenging along the forest floor. Write the letter that comes before each Can you scavenge letter to find out this surprising fact through today’s newspaper and find: about the hissing cockroach! • three adjectives Cut out these squares. Rearrange them to reveal a hissing cockroach. that describe cockroaches • something the length of a hissing cockroach • something the color of a hissing cockroach • something that can hiss Standards Link: Life Science: Students know that living organisms have distinct structures and body systems that serve specific functions in growth, survival and reproduction. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Select a sports article and rewrite it as if it was news about a battle between two male hissing cockroaches. Be sure your rewritten article tells the who, what, when, where, why and how of the event. Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write expressive compositions that express ideas. What “bugs” you? What things really bother or “bug” you? Write a few paragraphs explaining how do you deal with these things. smaller! A newly hatched nymph eventually grows to way about as much as a mice. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word ROACH in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you.
