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4 ❚ THE SIUSLAW NEWS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ❚ April 2018 © 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 20 Q: Why are all those little birds on you? Q: How did you ou g get e t e? your name? A: Our fine feathered friends are om A: We get our name from called oxpeckers. They eat ticks and bugs crawling around our skin, ears and eyes. Such a relief! ody our most famous body part — our horns. The he mes word rhinoceros comes from the Greek rhino (nose) and ceros (horn). Q: Sometimes you charge into trees and boulders. Why? Q: Why do you roll around in mud? A: Our skin may look tough, but it’s actually very sensitive. We can suffer from sunburn. And insects like to bite us, and that really bugs us. So, we cover our skin in mud for protection. Plus, that cool mud feels so good on hot days! A: Because our Q: How big are baby rhinos? Q: What do rhinos eat? A: Rhinos give birth to one calf at a time, which A: We use our horns to dig up roots and weighs over 100 pounds! break branches, not for fighting. We are . eyesight is not very good, we’ve been seen charging at boulders or trees that we mistake as attackers. This gave us a reputation for having a bad temper, but we don’t really! START = H = I = O = R = S = V A: While our eyesight is poor, we have excellent hearing! Our ears can move independent of each other. When one is tilted forward, the other can be directed backward. Or both may perk straight up when we hear an interesting sound. Q: Do you have two horns? Sumatran, Javan, and Indian. Javan and Indian rhinos have only one horn. Sumatran, black and white rhinos have two. Count the Noses Look through today’s newspaper and count all the noses you can see. Group the noses into groups such as “people noses” and “animal noses.” Can you come up with other groups of noses? Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Rhinos love to munch branches. How many can you find? You’ve heard of a pride of lions and a herd of cattle. But some groups of animals have really funny names. Do the math to discover the answers. A ____________ of lobsters. 15 + 5 + 2 A ____________ of crows. 12 + 6 + 2 A ____________ of rhinos. 7 + 7 + 7 A ____________ of frogs. 12 + 9 + 2 22 = RISK 23 = ARMY 21 = CRASH 24 = SHIVER 20 = MURDER Standards Link: Math: Addition. Follow simple written directions. Early rhinos had thick, ___________ coats. Pictures of rhinos have been found in 30,000-year-old cave _________________. One of the rhino ____________________, called the paraceratherium, was 25 feet (7.6 meters) long and 18 feet (5.5 meters) high Over the years, close to UKLQRFHURV¬VSHFLHV¬ ____________. Today, only five species continue the line: two native to Africa and three A: There are five kinds of rhinos: black, white, Find the differences. A ____________ of sharks. 17 + 2 + 5 around for more than 50 ____________ years! ____________ ever known. FINISH Q: What’s with your ears? a very _______ time. Some scientists say they have been at the shoulder. It is regarded as the largest land Use the Rhino Secret Code! = B = E Rhinos have been around for the words by looking up, RHINOCEROS Find down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally. SENSITIVE SUMATRA E S C E R O S N W S SUNBURN V V N A V A J E H U HORNS I F T R H I E P I M WHITE JAVAN T H L S U K F A T A NEPAL I N O A R B H L E T CEROS S O R E C O N I H R SOUND N N P V R I I U R A PERK E O N N K M E N S T SKIN FIVE S N S S O U N D O W EARS Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical CALF words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. native to Asia. And due to over hunting, three of those five species of rhinoceros are now Critically Endangered. That means they have a 50% ___________ of becoming extinct. The main reason they are endangered is illegal _______________. Some people think rhino horns can cure illnesses, but there is no evidence of that. This week’s word: REPUTATION The noun reputation means an opinion held about someone or something. Jack has the reputation of being shy, but he’s talkative around his friends. Try to use the word reputation in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family. Fiesta Time Play this game with a partner. One partner picks a photo from the newspaper and gives the other partner clues until he or she can identify which photo was selected. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. SPONSORED BY Fiesta is how you say festival in Spanish. Pretend you are in charge of a festival. What will people do? What will they eat?
