12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 40
fter a long day of schoolwork
and play, Tom was tired.
He couldn’t wait to rest and
watch his favorite TV show. Just
as he got settled, his sister walked
in and flipped the channel to a
different show. Tom felt angry! How would
you feel? What would you do? Tom knew this was the time to
STOP and think about what he would do next.
He knew that the next thing he said or did could make the conflict
worse. This would be a foul. Look at the fouls described on the
FOUL card. Do they sound familiar?
Tom decided to try one of the FAIR ways to resolve
his conflict with his sister. Look at the FAIR card.
Which one do you think he tried? Use the code to
find out his resolution to the conflict.
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A synonym is a
word that has the
same or nearly the
same meaning as
another word of
the same language.
The words happy
and glad are
synonyms.
Look through
today’s paper and
find five pairs of
words that are
synonyms to
complete this
chart.
Many, many children are
bullied everyday. These
children can feel lost in a
maze made up of bad
feelings – sad, stressed,
embarrassed, nervous,
depressed, helpless. These
feelings can make it hard to
do well in school and to
make friends. Experts say
that there is
something that
can help a child
who has been
bullied. To find
out what that is,
complete the
maze. The
letters along the
correct path of
the maze
spell the
answer!
START
K
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A
“YRXFDQ·W
play with
us!”
C
F
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Talking about thin
gs a person said or
did in the past.
B
Read the above lists of fair and foul ways to handle a conflict.
Then look at how the children in the comic strip below handle
the conflict over the ball. Which foul is each child doing?
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“Your
clothes
are ugly!”
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to punch
you!”
V
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FINISH
lma and Sam had a conflict the first day they met.
They both wanted to play with the class snake. They
finally decided to take turns holding the snake. The snake
was happy and so
were they. They
found out they had
more in common
than a love of
snakes.
Look carefully
at Alma and Sam.
Circle seven
ways they
are alike.
Finding ways that groups of people are the same
often helps them to find a resolution to their
conflicts. Find an example of a conflict in the
newspaper. Make a list of the ways the people
on both sides of the conflict are the same. How
could these similarities lead to a resolution?
RESOLUTION
POSTPONE
SHARE
SYNONYM
SNAKES
PAST
REFEREE
PICKING
LOVE
WORSE
TIRED
GLAD
STOP
HURT
Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
B G N I K C I
N O I
P D E
T U L O S E R
Y P P A H S K Y R W
E
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Standards Link: Health: Identify ways to
seek assistance if concerned, threatened
or abused.
P O T S N N I O
S V D P T T D O T R
O H O S E K A N S S
O N A L T H L Y E E
E P T R U H G M R S
T E E R E F E R O O
This week’s word:
RESOLUTION
A resolution is a solution
or an end to a disagreement
or argument.
Taking turns holding the boa
constrictor was a resolution
to the students’ problem.
Try to use the word
resolution in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Kids Care at School
How do you and other kids
in your school show that
you care about your school?
What other things do you
think kids could do to make
schools great places to be?
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