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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.