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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Can you find all the things in Santa’s Workshop listed at right?
Read carefully and look closely – it’s tricky!
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 34, No. 2
Have a friend give you each
type of word to fill in the blanks.
Then read the story aloud!
12 PAINT BRUSHES
11 HAMMERS
10 PENCILS
9 BASEBALLS
8 TEDDY BEARS
7 DOLLS
6 WRAPPING PAPE
R
ROLLS
5 ORNAMENTS
4 ROLLS OF TAPE
3 STOCKINGS
2 MUGS
1 SAW
My family celebrates the
holidays in a rather unusual way.
We always decorate a ________
with lots of ________________
________________ . Then we
go from door to door, singing
songs about _______________
________________ .
Sometimes, the neighbors will
How many candy
canes can you find
in two minutes?
______________ along with us.
My mom will wrap several
_________________ and place
them under a _____________ .
My sister and I bake some tasty
___________ _____________
and sprinkle _______________
on them.
The day ends with everyone
opening their _______________
_______________ . Then we
_____________ upstairs to bed,
thinking back on what a
_____________ day we had and
looking forward to New Year’s
Eve, when our celebration gets
really _______________ !
Standards Link: Grammar: Understand and
use nouns, adjectives and verbs correctly.
Look through
the newspaper
for words that
could be used
to describe a
cold winter.
Use them in a
sentence to
describe the
weather today.
Find the two
identical elves.
Complete the grid by using all the letters
in the word SNOW 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: Writing:
Write sentences using
descriptive details.
Draw the snowman that should come next to complete the
pattern in each row.
Standards Link: Mathematical Reasoning: Complete patterns.
Naughty and Nice
Look through the newspaper to find a news
story about someone being naughty and
another news story about someone being
nice. Write a letter to each of them.
Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write informal letters
using correct format.
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WRAPPING
STOCKINGS
WORKSHOP
PENCILS
SANTA
ROLLS
ELVES
TEDDY
PAINT
CANDY
TAPE
MUGS
COLD
SAW
Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
This week’s word:
CELEBRATE
The verb celebrate means
to mark a special time or
event with a gathering or
happy activity.
The family celebrates
the season with a happy
family gathering.
Try to use the word
celebrate in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Priceless
Gifts
Describe some wonderful
gifts that money can’t buy.