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© 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! A = E = F = G = H = I = N = O = R = S = T = U = 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?