SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016
© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
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you ever wondered what
happens to the crayons you
get in restaurants to color
while you are waiting for
your food?
One day when Bryan
Ware was at a restaurant
with his children, he picked
up one of their crayons and
asked, “I wonder what happens
to these crayons after we leave,
if we don’t take them home?”
Bryan asked his server and was
shocked and saddened to find out that
the crayons were thrown away.
He took the crayons home that night.
He thought the life of a crayon should
not end after just one meal. Bryan
thought about the thousands of kids
that would enjoy these barely used
crayons. That’s when he came up with
the idea of recycling unwanted
crayons for children.
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You use a blue crayon. A friend
uses a green one. Race to the
finish of this maze!
Bryan started a non-profit called The
Crayon Initiative. His organization
collects unwanted or broken crayons
and melts them down to make new
crayons which are donated to
children in hospitals.
yons
More than 500,000 pounds of crayons
end up in landfills every year. To date,
The Crayon Initiative has donated
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over 15,000 packs of crayons to
children’s hospitals.
The crayons are made in Bryan’s
kitchen. His wife, kids and a lot of f
or
friends help sort crayons into color
groups in their backyard. And
mun
nity
volunteers from around the community
ort
as well as big corporations help sort
crayons, too!
Caring
Community
Whoops! Use your
crayons to unscramble
the words on each
crayon label to figure
out which color to
make each crayon.
NERGE
UPRLEP
WEYLOL
RANGEO
RAGY
LIVERS
EBUL
WONRB
CAPHE
DRE
NKIP
KLABC
THEWI
DLOG
LEAT
How many crayons can you find below? Now have a friend
try. Did you find the same amount?
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
Look through the
newspaper for one
or more examples of
how people in your
community care for
others. Write a letter
to the editor thanking
these caring people.
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to
locate information.
COMMUNITY
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HOSPITAL
T Y T I N U M M
RECYCLE
W H E L S G I F
CRAYON
E V I T A I T I
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BROKEN
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E E R O L O C E
COLOR
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This week’s word:
O B
INITIATIVE
Y A
The noun initiative means
the first step in taking action.
N
A R
R E
C L
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Sequencing the News
Try to use the word
initiative in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Resources That
Help You Learn
Select a newspaper article and cut it up into
three to five sections. Mix up the sections and
give them to a friend or family member
to read and put back in the correct order.
What resources do you
use to get your schoolwork
done each day?
ANSWER: A pink car-nation.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
Kevin showed initiative by
calling his sister when he
accidentally broke her
reading glasses.
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