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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
© 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
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Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 31, No. 42
Newspapers Know
How To Get Around
I S :
Imagine you have just moved
to a new town. The newspaper
will help you get to know
your new town! Look through
the newspaper to find and list
the following:
This year’s theme for National School Bus Safety Week is Be Smart–Be Seen, I Wait in a Safe Place.
While National School Bus Safety Week is always the third week of October, bus safety is a year-round subject.
1. The number of movie
theaters.
ALDER DR.
ORANGE AVE.
GROVE ST.
CHESTNUT LANE
A S H S T.
P I N E S T.
2. Wait for the bus in a
safe place – away from
the road.
5. Please don't eat
or drink on the bus.
3. Two apartments to rent.
Make a safety poster for
your class illustrating
one of these rules.
3. Listen to the bus driver
and follow directions.
4. Two homes for sale.
OAK LANE
PALM ST.
S Y C A M O R E WAY
5. Name of a person who
works for the city’s
government.
A S H S T.
MAPLE DR.
ACACIA CT.
Read the list of places
where the school bus
picks up students of
Acorn Elementary. Mark
on the map places the
bus stops, then draw the
route the bus will take.
4. Keep hands, arms
and head inside the
bus at all times.
1. Be at the bus stop
early.
C H E R RY S T.
2. The names and locations of
grocery stores.
6. Headline of an article about
a local school.
7. Score of a local sporting
event.
M A N Z A N I TA AV E .
8. A job that is available in
town.
Standards Link: Health and Safety:
Students know basic traffic safety practices.
Standards Link: Language Arts/Research:
Use newspapers to locate information.
Look through
today’s newspaper
for a number
written as a
numeral. Rewrite
the number as a
word using letters.
Many children are injured each year while getting on or off school buses. This is because the bus
driver cannot see the area that is 10 feet in front of the bus. This is called the blind spot.
Look at the overhead view of the school bus. Color in the blind spot. You can
avoid being in the blind spot
by always taking at least 10
giant steps away from your
bus before crossing in front
of it. And, always wait for
the bus driver or another
adult to tell you when it is
safe to cross the street.
For example:
Standards Link:
Number Sense: Write
numerals to 100.
Standards Link: Health and Safety: Students know basic traffic safety practices.
How many three-letter or longer words can you make from
this year’s School Bus Safety Week phrase? If a letter only
appears once in the theme, it can only be used once in a new
word. For example the word peep would not qualify as the
letter p appears only once in the theme.
Standards Link: Spell: Spell grade level words correctly.
… helping younger
children with learning
school bus safety rules.
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
SAFETY
RULES
BEWARE
BLIND
ROBIN
FLASHING
STOP
BILLION
NATIONAL
GIANT
DRINK
WEEK
FACE
BUS
DRIVER
R E V
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R D G S C H
B E W A R E
L
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O L O
S U C D A A B U
S K L A P K N
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S E F L F O T
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S E F E
I
E T T L
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Y W V T B O T S O B
P B A W U E N Y E O
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H S A L F K R
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Bus Trip
NAVIGATE
The verb navigate means
to steer or find your way
through something.
The school bus driver
carefully navigates the
bus across town every
morning.
Use the word navigate in
a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family.
School Bus
Adventure
Look through the newspaper and make a list of
five or more places in your town. Now look at
a map of your town. Imagine you are a school
bus driver and have to visit all the places.
Draw a route that would take you to each place
in the shortest amount of time.
ANSWER:By school buzz!
Standards Link: Social Science: Use map skills to interpret information.
One day I got on the school
bus and to my surprise ...
Finish this story.
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These are some safety rules from Robin Padgett, a
school bus driver from Lynchburg, Virginia. Write
the number of the rule each student is talking about
next to each student’s face.