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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015
© 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 31, No. 38
Keep Mylar balloons
__________________ .
Not only does litter look ugly, it can cause serious
harm to wild animals – even to animals that live far
away from where the litter was first dropped. Some
litter looks like food. Other litter
can tangle animals, leaving them
trapped so that they can’t find
food or escape predators.
Outside, a Mylar balloon
needs to be ____________
down or attached to a weight.
When getting rid of Mylar
Standards Link: Life Science: Living things cause changes in the environment
and some of these changes are detrimental to other organisms.
Circle all of the litter hidden in
the park. Draw a line from the
litter to where it should go.
Do you like helium-filled
balloons? They are fun to
______ and bat around.
balloons, make sure to poke
When these balloons are let
loose, they float up into
the air and seem to
_______. But they don’t.
doesn’t cause them to
Ultimately these balloons
lose their ______ and fall
back to earth as litter. Some
end up in the _____ where
marine animals, especially
sea turtles, eat them. The
swallowed balloons can
block air _______ or get
caught in the animal’s
___________. Either way,
balloons can be dangerous.
container is overturned.
Find the words
that complete the
story before they
float away!
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Use context clues to understand the
meaning of words and sentences.
__________ in them to be
sure left over helium
_________ and blow
around if the garbage
If a Mylar balloon, kite or
any object becomes
_______________ in an
overhead power line, call
9-1-1 or 1-800-743-5000.
Do not try to ___________
it yourself.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. Health: Understand and participate in community environmental issues.
Different places
have different
fines for littering.
In some places,
fines are $500.
In other places,
fines can be
$5,000 or more.
Pretend you got
fined $500 for
littering. Look
through the
newspaper and
find things you
could buy with
$500, instead of
paying a fine.
Be sure to find
items that add up
to exactly $500.
Circle the things you can do to keep your community clean and beautiful.
Complete the grid by using all of the
letters in the word WASTE 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:
Number Sense: Calculate
sums using money
amounts to $500.
Standards Link: Health: Understand and participate in community environmental issues.
Read and sign this pledge and keep it where
you can see it every day!
Signature
Date
TANGLE
LITTER
WASTE
PARK
PLASTIC
CLEAN
BLOCK
ANIMAL
WHALES
FLOAT
FOOD
BAYS
HELIUM
EAT
FINE
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
E Q J
R E T T
I
L C
A W C L E A N S A I
M A P B N V Y W M T
U S B G S A K H
I
I
S
T L W B E Z R N A
L E O T A O L F A L
E T C A F R O A T P
H F K N O O C A H K
E N
I
F D M E P R W
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Waste and waist sound the same, but they
are spelled differently and have different
meanings. They are called homonyms.
Look through today’s newspaper and find
5 or more sets of homonyms.
Dr. Chad Clement
541-997-3423
1256 Bay St. Old Town Florence
ANSWER: “If this keeps up, my name will be mud.”
Make sure your child
wears a MOUTH GUARD
if they are involved
in sports.
One meaning of the word
fine is a sum of money that
someone is ordered to pay
for breaking law.
The girl was fined for
dropping litter in the park.
Try to use this meaning of
the word fine in a sentence
today when talking with your
friends or family members.
If I Were a
Teacher
Homonym Hunt
Standards Link: Vocabulary Development: Recognize and use
homonyms.
FINE
How would you set up your
classroom? What rules
would you have? What
subject would you teach?
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Litter can wash into rivers and
streams and be carried to oceans
and bays. There, birds, sea
turtles and even whales can
become entangled. Sea turtles
mistake plastic bags for jellyfish and try to eat them.
Eating plastic bags is very dangerous for any animal.