SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018 | 5B
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What has a head like a deer but can hop like a rabbit?
It can stand upright, swim and even box.
Standards Link:
Life Science: Know
that animals progress
through life cycles
of birth, growth,
development,
reproduction and death.
Where can kangaroos be found?
Solve each math problem to
label the map.
A Kangaroo Court means an
unauthorized gathering of
people who take the law into
their own hands. The term
came into being when people
who called themselves “judges”
would “leap” from place to
place to hold court.
Kangaroo Court is an idiom—
a phrase that has a different
meaning than the one the
words imply.
Draw a line from each question to the
answer that makes the most sense.
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There are lots of idioms in the
English language. Can you
match each of these well-known
idioms with its definition?
Marsupials are
different from
most mammals
because they
give birth to
very underde-
veloped young.
Joeys are born
hairless and tiny,
about the size
of a bean and
must climb their
way up into
their mother’s
pouch. They
remain here to
feed and sleep
and grow—
in six months
they grow to be
2,000 times the
size they were
at birth.
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The musky
rat-kangaroo
is less than a
pound (.5 kg).
More tha
60 specie n
s.
The red
kangaroo is
around 175
lbs (80kg).
Use the Kangaroo
Code to find these
answers.
What is the name
for a group of kangaroos?
A kangaroo, or roo, has __________ back legs,
small front legs and a head shaped like that of a
deer. Its well-developed ____________ include
excellent scanning eyesight and sharp __________
provided by large rabbit-like ears that can turn
frontward or back. In a larger roo, the tail acts as
a _______________ for sitting, but also helps the
animal _________ when hopping. Powerful back
legs propel larger roos to speeds of up to 40 mph.
Replace the words
that this kangaroo
knocked out.
What do you call a
kangaroo that weighs
less than 45 lbs (25kg)?
What do you call a baby
kangaroo?
= A
= M
= B
= O
= E
= S
= J
= W
= L
= Y
Standards Link: Life Science:
Students understand the
diversity of life.
Jupming
News
Look how far a gray roo, a red roo and a
rabbit can hop. How do you compare?
Standards Link: Measurement: Understand the basic measures of length.
In the sample
below, multiplying
the first two
numbers in each
row gives the
answer in the third
row. This works
both horizontally
and vertically.
Now fill in the missing numbers in each multiplication box above.
Standards Link: Number Sense: Solve problems using multiplication.
Observation
Observation is an important skill for
scientists. Have your students study a photo
or illustration in the newspaper and make a
list of details they observe in that image.
Can they come up with 10, 20 or more?
Standards Link: Scientific Investigation: Know that learning can
come from careful investigation.
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B. Something that can be
done easily.
C. To say something very
briefly.
Their strong back legs launch kangaroos into the air. And their tails help them balance, as
they hop great distances. When they hop, kangaroos use only their hind legs, which move
together, much like those of a rabbit.
Stand in one spot with your feet together.
Now make a giant hop. How far did you hop?
Mark that distance on the above grid.
A. Stop talking!
In a newspaper,
a“jump” is a story that
jumps from one page,
usually the front page,
to another. How many
jumps can you find in
today’s newspaper?
D. Two people that are
very similar or close.
E. An embarassing or
difficult situation.
F. To raise a false alarm.
ANSWERS: C = in a nutshell, B = piece of
cake, A = bite your tongue, F = cry wolf,
E = in a pickle, D = peas in a pod.
Kangaroos are
marsupials,
which means
they are mam-
mals that have
an external
pouch or pocket.
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Standards Link: Vocabulary: Understand
level-appropriate idiomatic phrases.
Complete the grid by using all the letters
in the word JOEYS 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: Research:
Understand that newspapers
have a specific type of layout.
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:
PROPEL
The verb propel means
to push or drive forward.
Kevin was able to propel
himself across the park by
peddling his bike.
Try to use the word propel in
a sentence today when talking
with your friends and family.
Write Words
Wonderfully
Write a sentence in which
most, or all of the words start
with the same letter. For
example: Betty’s brother
brought buckets of beetles.