4D COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL December 30, 2015
© 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 31, No. 37
Are you an eagle-eyed reader?
Circle the errors in the article
below. Then, rewrite it correctly.
Last Teusday, our class read
read an article in the newsppaer
about the importance of child
safety booster seats. In cars.
The article sad that 80-90%
of kids who should be in child
safety booster seats are not.
Children who are 4'9" and
and under should be using
these seats insted of adult
safety belts when traveling.
Which go-kart is going the fastest?
Find and cut out nine numbers from
today’s newspaper. Glue three numbers
on each flag, then add them up.
The car with the largest total
wins this race!
Standards Link: Math/Number
Sense: Calculate sums.
What kind of car
would you like to
own someday?
Find five words in
the newspaper that
describe your dream
car. Write a classified
ad for your dream car
using the words you
found.
How many newspapers can
you find on this page
in 60 seconds?
Reading the newspaper every day is a great way to increase your
brain power. For every paragraph that you read in today’s newspaper,
color one of the go-karts below. Can you make it to the checkered flag?
Make a list of four words that are difficult to spell.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Dash through the newspaper and find the letters
that spell each of your words. Cut out the letters
and glue them onto each tire.
Can you win the race by spelling all four words?
Look through the newspaper
for an example of
each of these
shapes:
Look through the
newspaper and see
if you can find:
• A five-word
headline
•
A
classified ad
Pentagon
•A game score
Hexagon
•Today’s date
• The letters in
your name
Triangle
Race against a
Square
friend. Who found
these items fastest?
Rectangle
Octagon
Standards Link: Language Arts/Spelling: Spell regular and irregular words.
Standards Link: Language
Arts/Research: Use the
newspaper to locate
information.
... admitting when you’ve
made a mistake, even
when it isn’t easy.
Movie stars get Oscars. Athletes get trophies. Joseph
wanted to provide a way to
honor great writers. In 1917, he left money to start a
school of journalism at
University
in New York. He also left money to start an annual award
for outstanding journalists,
and writers. These important awards are called
.
A B C E G I L M
N O P R S T U Z
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
RALLY
READING
BRAIN
DREAM
BOOSTER
NEWSPAPER
CHECKERED
WRITERS
RACE
MEDIAN
SPELL
TIRE
POWER
WINS
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
C R E P A P S W E N
H R E A O T
E
I R E D
I R W N M N I G R
C R E E P
I M T L E
K R C E A Y E E L T
E A D R L D D R E S
R E B L A L I
S P O
E M A E R D A N S O
D R Y L W I N S G B
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
I didn’t mean to impede
your walk to school by
blocking the sidewalk.
Use the word impede in
a sentence today when
talking with your friends,
parents or teachers.
School Closed
Forever
About Average
Find the ages of three people in the newspaper.
List the ages from oldest to youngest. Circle
the median (the middle) age on your list. Add
up the ages and divide the total by three to find
the average age of your newsmakers.
ANSWER: It ran out of juice.
Standards Link: Language Arts/Reading Comprehension: Follow
multiple-step directions; Math/Statistics: find median and mean.
IMPEDE
The word impede means
to slow something down,
or to get in its way.
Imagine you arrived at school
and the gates were closed.
And a big sign reads
“School Closed.” What would
happen if you no longer had the
opportunity to get an education?
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