© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 32, No. 26
Speed and Endurance
The gold medal for long-distance running would have
to go to the pronghorn antelope. It can maintain a
steady speed of 35 mph (56 km/hr) for a distance of 3
miles (5 km). No other animal can run so far so fast.
Find
the two
identical
pronghorn
antelope.
Quiz a friend or family
member about the Olympics.
1. What do the five rings
of the Olympics mean?
Five Cities
Five Countries
Five Continents
2. What does the Olympic
Who would win the medals if Mother
Nature held Olympic Games for the
other animals on this planet?
Motto “Citius, Altius,
Standards Link: Visual discrimination: Identify similarities and differences in common objects.
Fortius” mean?
Harder, Stronger,
Faster
Faster, Higher,
The fastest
animal can reach
200+ miles per
hour in a dive to
catch its prey.
Complete the
maze to find out
which animal
wins each
competition!
Stronger
Better, Bigger,
Fastest insect
zooms in at
36 mph!
Fastest
marine mammal
swimming at
more than 35
miles per hour!
Bolder
3. According to the
Olympic Creed, the
most important thing
in the Olympic Games
Fastest land
animal racing
at 70 mph!
is not to win but …
to play fair.
Fastest
fish reaches
68 mph!
to win big.
to take part.
4. Where is the Olympic
Winner by a Nose
Elephants are the only animals
that can’t jump. They
can smell water three
miles away, though!
The puma,
a member of the
cat family, holds
the record for the
highest-jumping
mammal. It can
leap up to 18
feet (6 meters)
in the air from a
standing start.
Long Jump
The common flea can cover 220
times the length of its body in one
leap! If humans could do that, we
would be able to complete the 800
meter race in just two leaps!
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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
Traveling as fast as it
can, without taking a
rest, it would take a
garden snail more than
eight days to finish a
10,000 meter race!
Race through the
newspaper and
find and cut out
letters that spell
the names of each
of the following
Olympic events:
• Equestrain
• Javelin
• Steeplechase
• Swim
Olympia
in the Olympics in
what year?
1800
1900
2000
Standards Link: Language
Arts: Spelling: Spell a variety
of grade level words correctly.
WINNER
FLEA
RACE
SPEED
MAMMAL
FISH
ANIMAL
METER
LEAP
JUMP
GOLD
DISTANCE
NATURE
BODY
CAT
FALCON
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
… congratulates a winning
opponent.
K R R E N N I W E V
I E A R G O L D C E
F A L C O N A M N R
J W U A E J M A A U
H S I F M U I M T T
C G P Y N M N M S A
A T A E B P A A I N
T R E T E M S M D Z
A E L F D D B O D Y
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Long Distance Read-a-thon
This week’s word:
COMPETE
The verb compete means
to try and win a game,
contest or sporting event that
others are also trying to win.
Athletes around the
world will compete in
the Olympics in Brazil.
Try to use the word compete
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
Fast Animal
Report
Read parts of today’s newspaper. Measure
the length of each column you read. Add
up all of the inches (or centimeters). Give
yourself a reward if you read more than
100 inches or 254 cm!
Write three facts about
your favorite fast animal.
ANSWER: After a week, he was spotless!
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Students read from a
variety of texts including newspapers; Math: Measurement.
Greece
allowed to compete
Standards Link: Life Science: Animals meet their needs in different ways; animals inhabit different kinds of
environments and have external features that help them survive and thrive in different kinds of places.
What is the Olympic motto? Use the code to find out!
Athens
5. Women were first
The strongest animal,
relative to body size, is the
Rhinoceros beetle. It can
support 850 times its own
body weight on its back.
High
Jump
torch first lit?