4C COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 24, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 24
Have you ever heard someone say, “I’ve been working like a dog”?
People say this when they work really hard.
Some people say this phrase
started because sheepdogs
guard sheep from dawn
until dusk, with
only food, a
place to sleep
and affection
as their pay.
Can you figure out where
each of these words go in
the article below?
Holly, a specially trained
rescue dog, will receive a
__________ award for saving
Dogs have
been sharing
their lives with humans for at least 12,000 years. Since early times,
dogs have helped people in many ways.
victims of the Kashmir
earthquake.
Holly
and her
________
Dogs who help people
in their everyday lives
are called canine
companions and
assistance dogs.
Some dogs are
carefully trained to
perform tasks that
help the blind, deaf,
or physically-impaired.
Help Molly (the guide
dog) lead Mark safely
through the park.
Dogs have a better sense of smell than humans. They can
detect one drop of blood in five quarts of water!
Neil are
With their ultra-sensitive
noses, dogs are masters at
finding buried land mines.
Mine-sniffing dogs have
helped prevent thousands
of injuries and deaths in
war-torn countries.
that they can fly anywhere in
Trained sniffers also find
people trapped in collapsed
buildings and drugs hidden
in suitcases. Some dogs
have been trained to sniff
out termites in buildings.
sense of __________ proved
the world when disaster
_________.
In Kashmir, Holly’s heightened
invaluable; she ________
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Homing pigeons have been used in remote
areas to send requests for emergency help.
They were used frequently in World War I to
send messages from troops in the field. Homing pigeon Cher Ami
was awarded the French award for heroism, the Croix de Guerre,
for delivering 12 important messages, despite being shot once.
welve-year old Jake is left as
an orphan with no inheritance
except a dog. Mystery arises right
away. Where are the diamonds his
dad is accused of stealing? Was
that really his dad buried in the
Nevada Desert? Jake sets out in
search of the answers, aided by
his dog’s keen nose.
Unscramble the title of this great book. Then,
check it out at your local library!
Answers can be found at www.kidscoop.com
Number Round Up
Look through the newspaper for 10 numbers,
cut them out and “herd” them together onto
a piece of paper. Round each number to the
nearest 10. Next round each number to the
nearest 100.
Standards Link: Number Sense: Round off numbers between 10 and 100.
What does Croix
de Guerre mean?
Use the code
to find out.
CANINE
MASTERS
SUITCASES
PIGEONS
DEAF
HOMING
RESCUE
PAPER
TASKS
WATER
SHEEP
DUSK
COLLAPSED
NOSES
PARK
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several people who were then
hauled alive from
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Most homing pigeons continually
return to their nests. Some people
used to put this instinct to use.
If they wanted to send a message
home when they were traveling,
they would write it on lightweight
paper, roll it into a tube on a homing
pigeon’s leg, release the bird and have
the message fly home with the pigeon.
on standby 365 days a year so
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_______________ buildings.
Holly worked tirelessly without
M
____________ in extremely
Fido has sniffed out
something buried under the
sand. Connect the dots in
alphabetical order!
hot weather.
In today’s newspaper,
find five sentences
containing at least one
adjective each. Underline
each adjective in red.
Underline the nouns
described in blue. Use
the list of adjectives and
nouns you find to write
five new sentences.
… doing the right thing
even when it is hard.
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
C S E S A C T
I U S
O R E W O A R K I
E
L E N U S K S U D S
This week’s word:
L T G K C P N H F O
CANINE
A S S L E S O A R N
The noun canine means
a member of the dog family.
P A P E R M E
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E K
S M H A I D G R T D
E S O N E N I N A C
D G G K R A P A W S
Bosco is a lovable
canine but he doesn’t
like our neighbor’s cat.
Try to use the word canine
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family.
Puppy Tales
Tell a tale about a puppy. Be
sure to tell details like the
puppy’s name, where it lives,
what it looks like and what it
does. You can start your tale
with “Once upon a time …”
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