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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015
© 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
Olympic Games,
they are capable
of some amazing
abilities. For their e
size, they really ar
world champions
at speed, strength
and distance!
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
Some insect are longer. Some
are wider. but the Goliath Beetle
holds the record for biggest
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.
insect because of its wate.
The Goliath Beetle can grows
to be 4.5 inch (11.43 cm) long
If I could travel 170 times
my own body length per
second, how far would I be
able to run in a second?
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.
and weigh up to 3.5 ounces.
That would be like a person leaping over 1,000 feet! Relatively,
fleas take off with greater acceleration than the Space Shuttle!
Goliath Beetles live in Africa’s
tropical forests and eat tree sap
Read the following facts. Then complete the chart.
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!
Longest
The longest insect is a “Stick
If someone could travel at the rate of
680 feet per second, how many feet would they travel
in one minute?
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?
Surprisingly, for its size, the
rhinoceros beetle is much
stronger than an elephant.
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: Data Analysis: Interpret information on a graph.
Standards Link: Editing: Edit work for correct
spelling and usage.
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.
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
O B E F
H R E
I
I
N A E
P R A M D
E A S E P
R S U
I
T R O F S S
S O R E C O N
I
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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Standards Link: Word Analysis: Understand and use
comparitive and superlative forms of adjectives.
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The gum’s adhesive properties trap bacteria
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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
ANSWER:
“One – two – flea – GO!”
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.”
I
K F W B O D Y L E P
Superlative Scavenger Hunt
Dr. Chad Clement
Bug” from the rain forests of
Make up a game in which
the players are all bugs.
What is the object of the
game? What are the rules?
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
and fruit.