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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018
© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
MAY
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National Lost Sock Day
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Dance Like a Chicken Day
4 paint brushes
2 Teddy bears
3 basketballs
8 crayons
2 dominoes
3 pans
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National Pizza Party Day
Gather friends and family and order some pizzas.
Or, make your own! Find your way through this
maze to grab your slice of yummy pizza.
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National Water a Flower Day
Go on a hike with your family. Bring along some extra
water and give it to a wildflower you find along the way.
Draw the flower that should come next to complete the pattern in each row.
May is National
Hamburger Month!
Survey 15 friends to
find out what
topping they prefer
on a hamburger.
Create a graph to
show the results.
Standards Link: Math/Data
Analysis: Display results
using a graph.
Standards Link: Math/Probablility: Identify and extend simple patterns.
MAY
5
Free Comic Book Day
Most comic book shops offer customers a free comic
book the first Saturday in May. Visit your local comic
book store and be sure to say a mighty, “Thank you!”
How many differences can you find between these two comics?
May is Teacher
Appreciation Month
Design a newspaper ad telling your teacher
how much you appreciate him or her. Look
at some ads in your newspaper for ideas.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
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Cinco de
Mayo
On the fifth of May, people
from Mexico and
Mexican-Americans celebrate
a ______________ called
Cinco de Mayo. Cinco de
Mayo is how you say fifth of
May in _______________.
On May 5, 1862, in the
___________ of Puebla,
Mexico, a tired, poor and
small Mexican army defeated
the large, well-armed forces
from France.
How many
chickens
are on this
page?
MAY
Some of the words are missing
in this article. Work with a family
member to decide where each
word belongs.
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MAY
Fold your arms like wings, play your favorite music and
d
dance like a funky chicken! Sure, it’s silly. But it’s really
good eggs-ercise! With some friends, try to stand in these crazy
chicken dance poses for 30 seconds without getting the giggles.
Clean Your Room Day
1 hairbrush
2 sneakers
3 pencils
6 books
6 baseballs
2 cups
You throw your dirty socks in the hamper. (You do,
don’t you?) But after washing, not every sock is found!
Where do they go? It’s one of life’s great mysteries. While thinking about
the fate of those lost socks, look below to find each sock’s match. Can
you find the one sock that has no match?
MAY
Vol. 34, No. 21
If your room has gotten out of control, spend
this May 10 cleaning up your messy room.
But first, help Chloe find the following things in this big pile
of stuff from her room:
Check out some of these unusual holidays
that you can celebrate in May.
MAY
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
CHICKEN
UNUSUAL
PIZZA
FATE
FLOWER
SILLY
COMIC
SOCK
HIKE
MESSY
WATER
MAY
DANCE
ROW
FUN
Mexicans did not want to
be ____________ by the
French; they wanted to
rule themselves. The French
eventually left Mexico and
each year, people of Mexican
heritage ________________
the historic battle at Puebla
with food, games, music
and dancing.
Cinco de Mayo became very
__________________ in the
1980s, and has been so
ever since. It’s a fun-filled
__________________ or, as
they say in Spanish, a fiesta!
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Follow simple written directions.
Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
Q Z T H F Y Z A K C
Y L J
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D L F C R
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A A S K T M O U S M
Z U M E S S Y W N O
Z S P D K
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I U W A Z L W T F R
P N O N Z L T E A T
L U R C A Y B R L F
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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
This week’s word:
APPRECIATION
The noun appreciation
means knowing the value or
worth of someone or something.
John showed a great
appreciation for the hard
work of his baseball coach.
Try to use the word
appreciation in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Animal Riddle
Write a “Who am I?” riddle
with three or more clues about
an animal. Write the answer
on the back of the riddle. Can
your friends guess the animal?