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What if this news story were true
true? ? Ar
Are e the schools
in Spottville treating
tr eating all children
childr en e equally?
Make your celebration of
Martin Luther King, Jr
Jr. . Day
off.”
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y year, , thousands of people will
year
do just that by volunteering.
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to
t complete this news article.
100
10
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Dottie and lots of kids from her school are e speaking out against
the Freckle Rul
le. Use the code to see wha
at their signs say
Rule.
what
say. .
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his story may seem a bit silly
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is some truth to it. For
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Standards Link: R
Reading
eading Comprehension: Follow written directions.
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community
co
ommunity _______________.
Did Dottie and her friends s get rid of the Freckle
D
Rule? T
To
o find out, color the spaces with two
dots
d RED and the squares
square
es with one dot BLUE.
Dr.
Dr . Martin Luther King knew what it was
like to be discriminated against. He had
been called names and told
t he could not do
do It wasn
wasn’
all of things other peopl
people e could do.
wasn’t t
because of freckles that Dr
Dr. . King had these
problems. It was because
becaus se his skin was black.
Look through
the newspaper
for pictures and
stories that show
the freedoms
Americans enjoy
enjoy. .
Cut these out
and make a
poster called:
“The Spirit of
Freedom—The
S
p i r i t of
o f America!”
A mer i c a ! ”
Spirit
In the 1950s and 60s, many
Americans,
m
black and white, spoke out
o and even fought
against unfair laws that discriminated
against black people. Dr.
Dr r . King was one of
the leaders of this strugg
struggle
gle called the Civil
Rights movement.
Standards Link: History: Students understand the importance
of individual action and character
character. .
fter
f years s of struggle,
the Civi
il Rights
Civil
discrimination
Act made disc
crimination
against the law
w . However
law.
However, ,
Dr
w it would
Dr. . King knew
take more tha
an a law to
than
change people
e’ s hearts
people’s
He continued
and minds. H
to teach peop
le that
people
unfair. .
discrimination n was unfair
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bells
lls that
are exactly the same.
s
birthday, ,
Each year on his birthday
remember
Americans re
emember
this man who o believed
the dream of equality
e
and
freedom shou
uld ring true
should
for all.
Standards Link: V
Visual
isual discrimin
discrimination:
ation: Follow written directions.
Find the word
words
ds in the puzzle,
week’s
then in this we
eek ’ s Kid Scoop
stories and d activities.
N A L F G W A Y Y R
I S A F R N S T U N
K K Q O D E I L U I
S E S R L L E K S T
S I E T A U H D P R
A A G U W T C T O A
M I Q N O H A N T M
E E S E S E E H S K
E L G G U R T S Q O
Standards Link: Letter sequ
sequencing.
uencing. Recognizing identical
words. Skim and scan readin
ng. Recall spelling patterns.
reading.
Is the Dream Alive?
Al live?
This week’
week’s s word:
VOLUNTEER
V
OLUNTEER
The verb to volunteer
means to work or help
pay. .
someone for no pay
The fourth grade
g
students
volunteer to read to the
kinder garten students.
kindergarten
Try
T
ry to use the word
volunteer in a sentence
today when talking with
family .
your friends and family.
Leadership
Has Martin Luther King’
King’s
’ s dream come
true? Look through the newspaper
n
for
examples that show the dream
d
is alive. Do
you see examples that sh
how that his dream
show
people?
still isn’t
isn’ t alive for all peo
ople?
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Standards Link: History/Social Science: Stude
Students
ents recognize the forms of diversity in
and
their school and community and the benefits an
nd challenges of a diverse population.
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Complete
in the wor
r d DONA
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word
DONATE
an
nd horizontal r row.
ow . Each letter should
and
only
on
nly be used once in each r row.
ow . Some
sp
paces have been filled in for you.
spaces
Standards Link: History:
Students understand the
rights of citizenship.
Standards
Sta
andards Link: Follow simple directions
directions. .
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St andards Link: Civics: Understand the
Standards
im
portance of volunteering as a characteristic
importance
of American society.
society .
What are the qualities of
a good leader? Who do
you know that is a good
leader? Why do you
think of that person?