12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL APRIL 19, 2017 © 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 19 If you draw a line down the center of this happy face from top to bottom, you will see that both sides of the picture are the same. This is a good example of symmetry. The Bunny Buddies are celebrating Spring and our beautiful planet this year! Just in time for Earth Day (April 22). The following list has three facts and three opinions about the planet Earth. Can you tell which are facts and which are opinions? 1. The Earth has one moon. 2. The Earth is the best planet in the universe. 3. 71% of the surface of Earth is covered in water. STUFF YOU’LL NEED: Symmetry is when both halves of something are exactly the same. Poor Baby Burt is confused. Do this project to help him understand symmetry. Bebe Bunny painted these eggs. She wanted to make the designs symmetrical²¬WKH same on each half. Use a ruler to draw a straight line from point A to point B on each egg. Circle the ones that are symmetrical. paintbrush white paper poster paint newspaper 4. The Earth is beautiful. 5. The Earth’s diameter, the distance at its middle at the Equator, is 7,928 miles, or 12,760 kilometres. 6. The Earth tastes good. Cover your work surface with newspaper. Fold a sheet of blank, white paper in half. Unfold. Paint a design on one half of the paper. While the paint is still wet, fold the paper in half along the fold you made and press so that the paint on the painted side transfers to the blank side. Remember: FACTS can be proven true for all people and places, can be duplicated, can be observed, historical, or 100% true. Usually they involve numbers and other measurable components. Slowly open up the paper and you will have a matching image on both sides of the paper. That’s symmetry! Draw the other half of Bianca’s face and Bixby’s face. Make them symmetrical. OPINIONS refer to a particu- lar person’s (or group’s) feeling, thought, judgment, belief, estimate, and/or anything that is not 100% true and can’t be proven. A Kenyan proverb says, “The earth is not given to you by your parents, but loaned to you by your children.” Discuss with your family what you think that means. Go for an Earth Day walk with your family and see if you can find each of these: rock stick leaf litter (pick it up and throw it away!) flower spider web feather tree bark bird insect something pink Bixby Bunny changed the names of spring clothes. Can you figure out what he is talking about? The real names rhyme with Bixby’s silly names. For example, LOW LIE is really a BOW TIE! Look through the newspaper for five or more words for which you know a rhyming word. List each word and its rhyming word on a piece of paper. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow written directions. Bingo is making an Earth Day sign to celebrate. Use the code to help him finish his sign. FUN CAT MARTY PRESS CLUE BEANS TREE ROCKS BUZZY CLIPPERS A = D = E = G = Half and Half Find a picture of a face or an object in the newspaper. Cut out the picture, fold it in half and cut along the fold. Now glue the picture onto a piece of white paper. Try to sketch the missing half. Standards Link: Visual Art: Create representations with bilateral symmetry. H = I = J = R = S = T = U = Y = NEWSPAPER SYMMETRY TRANSFER SURFACE PROVERB CLOTHES RHYMING BOTTOM SPRING EARTH BUDDY FOLD HALF SAME CLUE S Y Y M S P R I N G R M R S A M E E C B Y E E T O T W A L R D D F T E S R R O E D L T S P M E T T V U O I A N U M H H O B F P F L A H Y E R C E E C A F R U S P R H Y M I N G T A L This week’s word: TRANSFER The verb transfer means to move something from one place to another. Lily transferred her money from her piggy bank to a savings account. Try to use the word transfer in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family. My Favorite Vegetable Use at least three of your five senses to describe your favorite vegetable. Cottage Grove Sentinel + www.shoppelocal.biz