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© 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 31, No. 35 Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Read the articles below and correct the nine spelling and grammar errors you find. The first one is done for you. Biggest Bugs By Nellie Fly he motto for the Olympic Games is “Citius, Altius, Fortius.” That’s Latin for “Swifter, ” Higher, Stronger. And while bugs e aren’t invited to th Heaviest Olympic Games, they are capable of some amazing abilities. For their e size, they really ar world champions at speed, strength and distance! Australian tiger beetles are the fastest running insects known. One of the fastest was clocked at 2.5 meters per second (5.6 miles per hour). They run about 170 times their body length per second. If I could travel 170 times my own body length per second, how far would I be able to run in a second? Some insect are longer. Some are wider. but the Goliath Beetle holds the record for biggest insect because of its wate. The Goliath Beetle can grows to be 4.5 inch (11.43 cm) long If you’re 4 feet tall, 680 feet per second! Of the 1,830 varieties of fleas, the champion jumper is the cat flea. It has been known to leap to a height of 34 inches. That would be like a person leaping over 1,000 feet! Relatively, fleas take off with greater acceleration than the Space Shuttle! tropical forests and eat tree sap A frog can jump 20 times its body length. A kangaroo can jump 4.5 times its body length. A kitten can jump 3 times its body lenth. A flea can jump 150 times its body length! and fruit. Longest Contraction Action Dash through the newspaper and find ten contractions. Write the two words that make up the contraction. Beware! Some possessive nouns may look like contractions. Don’t let them fool you! Is a rhinoceros beetle stronger than an elephant? Bug” from the rain forests of Borneo. The largest specimen ever recorded be in the Natural History Museum in london. Its boddy length is 12.9 inches. Its total longth, including its legs, is 20 inches! Standards Link: Editing: Edit work for correct spelling and usage. Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word SWIFT in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you. Standards Link: Word Analysis: Identify separate words in a contraction. Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that help in survival. lthough he knows everything about spiders, Spider Storch is a terrible runner. He’s afraid he’ll ruin the Third Grade Olympics for his teammates. Will he? Unscramble the title of this book. Then, check it out at your local library this summer! Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Read age-appropriate text in a variety of genres. RHINOCEROS SWIFTER FORTIUS HIGHER STRONGER SPACE CHAMP SPEED GAMES DASH FLEA BODY LATIN SPIDER FROG Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities. R E G N O R T S R E E S E M A G H R C O H S R C D S E S H R G G P L A T I N A E I O B E F P R A M D H R E I E A S E P I K F W B O D Y L E P R S U I T R O F S S S O R E C O N I H R Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. SWIFT The adjective swift means moving very quickly. The beetle is a swift runner. Try to use the word swift in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members. Bug Games Superlative Scavenger Hunt ANSWER: “One – two – flea – GO!” Standards Link: Word Analysis: Understand and use comparitive and superlative forms of adjectives. The longest insect is a “Stick Standards Link: Data Analysis: Interpret information on a graph. An elephant can carry up to 25% of its own weight on its back. The rhinoceros beetle can carry an amazing 850 times its own weight! That would be like an elephant carrying 850 elephants on its back. Find three pictures of people smiling in today’s newspaper. Label them “happy,” “happier,” and “happiest.” Find three pictures of people or animals looking strong. Label them “strong,” “stronger,” and “strongest.” Goliath Beetles live in Africa’s Read the following facts. Then complete the chart. If someone could travel at the rate of 680 feet per second, how many feet would they travel in one minute? Surprisingly, for its size, the rhinoceros beetle is much stronger than an elephant. and weigh up to 3.5 ounces. Make up a game in which the players are all bugs. What is the object of the game? What are the rules?
