12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL AUGUST 30, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 38
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you have probably never heard of him
and
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Standards Li
nk: Reading Co
mprehension:
Follow simple
The most quoted poem of the 1890s was a little ditty
by Gelett Burgess called “The Purple Cow.”
A
Oops! The
goops have
dropped the
lines of the
poem
and got them
scrambled.
Can you put
the poem
together?
B
directions.
ribed by these
What faults are desc
names?
Askalotte
Xcitabelle
Badinskool
Fibius
from
erstand word meaning
lary: Und
Standards Link: Vocabu
context clues.
C
D
ANSWER: The correct order is D, C, A, B.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Follow simple written directions.
Here are some limericks
written by Kid Scoop readers.
Use the words in the Word List
to make each limerick rhyme.
There once was a clever young lad
But sometimes he gets really _____
He found a big clover
It flipped him right ________
In the end he was very glad.
– by Sam G.
Hey, it’s free pizza day _________.
All the towns people cheered, “Horray”
But the fools didn’t __________
‘Cause they went with the flow
That I was going to yell April Fools Day!
– by John D.
I was sitting in my comfy ________
Eating like a big grizzly bear
I just couldn’t ___________
I thought I would pop!
Now I’m fat, but I really don’t _____!
– by Cece D.
I love playing in the bright _______
Oh my it is so much good fun
To play in a ___________
Make up names for children with
But always stay ____________
these faults:
She would not brush her teeth. It is so sad when the day is done.
– by Audra P.
He liked to sing too loud.
He pinched his baby sister.
She ate with her fingers.
Standards Link: Vocabulary: Crea
te words from context clues.
Well, this is
udder nonsense!
Standards Link: Vocabulary: Identify words
that rhyme.
Draw big, simple shapes for
your cow’s body with a pencil.
Draw very lightly. A cow’s
body is a rectangle. Cows have
short legs and a long tail. Draw
ovals for the head and feet.
Still drawing with a pencil,
start adding details like eyes,
hooves, udders, and horns.
Remember to draw lightly with
the pencil because you’ll be
erasing the pencil lines.
Draw over the pencil lines in
ink. Make sure the ink is dry,
then erase all the pencil lines.
Color your cow and add spots,
stripes, or wild & wacky
patterns.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
Only two of these kooky cows are identical.
How fast can you find them? Better get moooo-ving!
Standards Link: Visual discrimination: Recognize objects that match.
NONSENSE
PURPLE
EXPERT
GOOPS
BLURB
ALPHABET
POEM
VERSES
BROTH
NEVER
WORDS
COW
LOUD
TEETH
LICK
Select one page of
the newspaper and
find all of the letters
that spell the word
NONSENSE. Circle
each letter. Draw a
line from the ‘N’ to
the ‘O’ and so forth
until you have
connected all the
letters. What kind of
picture can you make
from the design
created by these dots
and lines?
Standards Link: Reading
Comprehension: Follow
multiple-step directions.
G M E R E V E N L E
T T E G B E U R E T
S D R O W R E S L E
This week’s word:
G B P O P S N E P B
The noun nonsense means
words or actions that have
no meaning, are silly or
that don’t make sense.
T R E P X E S W R A
E O D S S S O U U H
E T U N S C L W P P
T H O O R B K C I
L
H N L D X N N A M A
NONSENSE
A limerick is a silly poem
that sometimes is nonsense.
Try to use the word
nonsense in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Why read?
Opposite Ads
Find an ad in the newspaper. Rewrite
the ad so that it says just the opposite of
the original.
ANSWER: Wrong.
Standards Link: Writing: Write brief descriptive narratives.
Complete the grid by using all the letters
in the word RHYME in each vertical and
horizontal row. Each letter should only
be used once in each row. Some spaces
have been filled in for you.
Why is it important to
know how to read? Tell
other students the reason
reading is important and
entertaining.
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