SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016
© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
C E L E B R AT E
E A R T H
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 32, No. 19
D AY !
MAKE A FOOD CHAIN
1. Cut out each strip
of the “chain.”
3. Thread strip B, animal plankton through
strip A. Join the ends of strip B to make a
second loop in the chain.
2. Make a loop with
strip A, plant
plankton. Join the
ends with tape,
staples or glue.
4. Thread strip C
through strip
B. This shows
that small sea
animals eat
plankton. Join
the ends to
make a loop.
5. Thread strip D through strip C.
This shows that large sea
animals eat smaller sea animals.
5 C
Green Groups
Look through the newspaper
for words and pictures that fit
each category in the spaces
below. Paste the words and
pictures onto each strip. Cut
out both strips and paste the
two strips on another sheet of
paper side by side. Which
strip was easier to fill? Why?
6. Thread strip E through strip D.
This shows that people eat
larger fish such as bass, halibut
and salmon.
Look at the two undersea pictures. Can you
find 10 or more differences?
Standards Link: Investigation: Find similarities and differences in
common objects.
Without the sun, most ocean animals would
not exist.
See, Sea
and C
Homonyms are
words that sound
the same but are
spelled differently
and have different
meanings. Go on
a fishing trip
through today’s
newspaper. How
many homonyms
can you hook?
Plant plankton need
the sunshine to make
their food. Without
the sun, all plant
plankton would die.
Standards Link: Vocabuary:
Understand level-appropriate
reading vocabulary.
Standards Link: Life Science: Understand the relationships
among organisms and their physical environment.
Help Sharkey find the puzzle pieces to complete each equation.
6
Standards Link: Number
Sense: Solve problems
involving numeric
equations.
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
PLANKTON
OCEAN
CHAINS
SURVIVE
SHARKEY
HOMONYMS
SALMON
PLANT
SECOND
BASS
HAPPEN
EXIST
THREAD
LOOP
SUN
Standards Link: Earth Science: Know that
all organisms (including humans) cause
changes in their environment, and these
changes can be beneficial or detrimental;
Know ways inwhich humans can alter the
equilibrium of ecosystems.
Y N O S U N C P K T
C E P O O L T L N P
E P K M S N
I
A H C
X P L R A V E N A D
I
A M L A C B K S A
S H P X O H A T X E
T D N O C E S O P R
E V
I
V R U S N M H
Y S M Y N O M O H T
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Who eats what?
This week’s word:
PLANKTON
The noun plankton
means a mixture of tiny
plants and animals floating
in fresh or salt water.
Some sea life live on
nutrients found in plankton.
Try to use the word plankton
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
I’m Green
Clip a newspaper picture of an animal. (It
can be a human being.) Then clip a picture
of something that the animal eats. Then clip
a picture of something that the animal’s
food eats. Keep going as long as you can.
Explain what you do
to help the environment.
Why is it important to you?
ANSWER: With tomato paste.
Standards Link: Life Science: Understand relationships between
organisms and their physical environment.
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