12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 8, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 13
Sonia
Sotomayor
Supreme Court Justice
onia Sotomayor grew
up in a very poor
neighborhood outside of
New York City. But, with
big dreams and hard work,
she grew up to be one of
the nine justices on the
Supreme Court – the
highest court in the United
States of America.
She serves with justices
John Roberts, Anthony
Kennedy, Clarence Thomas,
Ruth Bader Ginsberg,
Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel
Alito, and Elena Kagen.
Are you a careful reader?
Read the article below and see
if you can circle all six errors.
Then, rewrite the article
correctly on the blank lines.
Replace the missing words in this article.
A Mother’s Love
Sonia’s father died when she
was nine years old. Sonia’s
mother had to work hard to
__________ her children alone.
After the children went to bed,
Sonia’s mother studied to
become a __________ so she
could afford a better life for
her children.
becomes a judge in Noo York.
Sonia’s mother worked long
__________ so she could send
Sonia and her brother to a
private _____________.
Sonia’s mother taught her the
importance of hard work,
_______________ and love.
Sonia’s mother had only
completed third __________
and she wanted her children to
finish school so they could have
better ____________________.
Sonia’s mother wanted her
children to do well in school.
She saved pennies, nickels and
dimes to buy ______________
to help her children.
Big Goals and Dreams
From a young age, Sonia wanted to help people.
Because she spoke Spanish at home, she would translate
for people at hospitals.
After working hard as an
Associate District Attorney,
Sonia Sotomayor finally did
Do the math to see which law school Sonia Sotomayor attended.
The answer is an even number.
Then in 2009, President
Obama selected her to be a
judge on the highest court in
the land, the Supreme Quart.
Unlike many judges, Sonia
came from a poor families.
When Sonia decided to become a judge, she knew
would have to get good grades, really good grades.
And she was a “Nuyorican”
– a child off Puerto Rican
parents living in New York.
This made her not only one
Her hard work paid off. She graduated high school with
an award for being the very top student at her school.
She was accepted into one of the very best colleges in
America: Princeton University. She worked hard there
and then got into a top law school.
of the few womens to be
appointed to the Supreme
Court, she is also the first
Latina.
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As a child, Sonia loved to read. She read
her school books, library books and the
encyclopedias her mother bought. But her
favorite books were Nancy Drew mysteries.
Nancy Drew is a girl detective that solves
crimes. Sonia wanted to be like her!
Unscramble the titles of these Nancy Drew
mysteries. Use the list at right for clues.
How many
differences
can you
find?
Sonia learned from television as well as books. One of her favorite shows was Perry Mason, a show
about a lawyer. At first Sonia thought she would like to be a lawyer like Perry Mason. Then as she
watched the shows, she saw how the judge was the most powerful. That is what she wanted to be!
Poverty was not Sonia’s only challenge growing up.
When she was eight years old the doctor told her she
had a disease that meant she would need to take
shots of medicine every day for the rest of her life.
Use the code to discover the name of this disease.
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SECRET CODE:
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= K
= N
= U
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55 + 64 =
= T
Supreme Court News
Watch the newspaper for articles about the
Supreme Court. Keep a journal with short
summaries of the articles. Watch for
decisions they are making and discuss
these with your friends and family.
Standards Link: Physical Education: Use the newspaper to locate
information.
SOTOMAYOR
SACRIFICE
SUPREME
SPANISH
DREAMS
LAWYER
SONIA
COURT
ALONE
NURSE
DIMES
JUDGE
SHOWS
GOALS
HARD
Judges use a gavel, a small
wooden mallet, to quiet
courtrooms. How many can
you find on this page?
Look through the
newspaper for articles
that you think would
be of interest to Sonia
Sotomayor. What do
you think she would
do to help people in
your community?
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to locate
information.
E W R E Y W A L R S
C G J U D G E E O W
I C O O C S N E Y O
F D O A R O M R A H
I R K U L E U E M S
R E N A R S D R O D
C A H P A T R N T R
A M U S E M I D O A
S S D S P A N I
S H
This week’s word:
SACRIFICE
The verb sacrifice means
to give up something for the
sake of something else.
Josh sacrificed his free
time to help at the church
Spring carnival.
Try to use the word sacrifice
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family today.
Woman I
Admire
Write about a woman, other
than your mother, that you
admire. Include reasons why
you chose this woman.
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