SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2018 | 5B
© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 35, No. 3
Hi, kids! Hereҋs a game
we elves like to play at the
North Pole. We hope you
like it as much as we do.
Happy Holidays!
To reveal the answer, use the
hints to fill in the empty boxes
and create 3-letter words. The
answer will appear by reading
shaded boxes vertically.
Whoops! Edgar Elf dropped
candy canes all over this page.
How many can you find?
Get Ready to Play!
1. Find a marker for each
player. Buttons and small
pebbles work great!
elfin
goblin
troll
2. Get a piece of paper and
a pencil for each player.
3. Find one die.
4. Cut out the Little People
cards.
5. Each player chooses a
Little People card.
6. Start on the star.
7. Roll the die. Move that
pixie
fairy
gnome
number of spaces.
8. If a player lands on a space
with a letter that can be used on his/her card, write the letter on the piece of paper.
9. First person to spell the name on his/her card, wins the game.
HINTS:
1. Santa wears one on his
head.
2. Taking a tiny drink of hot
cocoa.
3. The opposite of the happy.
4. What’s left after a fire.
5. Timid
6. Movie stars do this.
7. A weak light, not bright.
8. To pull a vehicle with
another.
9. The opposite of lose.
Standards Link: Vocabulary: Spell
grade-level appropriate words correctly.
How tall is an elf? Here
are some hints from Leroy,
one of Santa’s elves.
Measure my
clothes and
my head to
see if you
can figure
out how
tall I am.
Inch
cm 1
in
cm
1
2
2
3
4
5
3
6
7
4
8
9
10
Look through the
newspaper to find:
• Something
in
in
sweet
cm • Four 4-digit
cm
numbers
• Something
small
• Something
in
smaller
Leroy is
inches tall.
•
Something huge
cm
He is
cm tall.
• Something that
shows what the
weather is like
5
6
7
Standards Link: Reading
11 12
13 14
15
16 17
18
Comprehension: Follow
simple written directions.
Standards Link: Math: Measurement using standard units; computing sums.
“WEE” is found inside some words you know.
Do you know these?
,
Not on top m, but
o
bott
not on the
Sugar is
To cry or
to
What do you do
with a broom?
Find the two identical
snowmen.
in
cm
in
cm
says
A bird
Standards Link: Word Recognition: Recognize and use knowledge of spelling patterns
and word chunks.
SCAVENGER
BUTTONS
CANDY
CANES
PLAY
WEATHER
READY
CLOTHES
TALL
GAME
ELVES
SHORT
POLE
FUN
Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
S E V L E S Y E R L
F G A L M R E E W R
E N S A O S G N E N
B U T T O N S A A O
W F C C E S D E T C
F A U V A Y H L H N
F Y A L P N C O E A
N C G A M E D P R D
S E H T O L C Y Y T
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
The Long and Short of It
Standards Link: Word Recognition: Recognize common abbreviations.
Holiday
Laughs
ANSWER: He is probably a farmer
because he always says, “Hoe, hoe, hoe!”
St. is an abbreviation or shorter way to
spell the word saint. Clip examples of
abbreviations from the newspaper. Paste
them onto a piece of paper. Write the
whole word next to the abbreviated form.
Complete the grid by using all the
letters in the word FROSTY in each
vertical and horizontal row. Each letter
should only be used once in each row.
Some spaces have been filled in for you.
Tell your family your
favorite holiday jokes
and riddles today.
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