12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 7, 2018
© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 13
Reading Kid Scoop with
your family is a great time
to learn about each other.
Fill in the blanks on today’s Kid Scoop page and YOU are front page news!
TODAY’S WEATHER:
TODAY’S LUNCH:
★★★★★
YOUR SOURCE FOR NEWS ABOUT YOURSELF
MORNING EDITION
A Busy Morning
releases
new list of
favorites
(YOUR NAME)
News stories should
always include facts.
Think about something
that happened this
morning. Did you
almost miss the bus?
Did you help make
breakfast?
Favorite School Subject:
Favorite Food:
( D R AW A S E L F P O R T R A I T )
Favorite Weekend Activity:
(FAMILY MEMBER’S NAME)
releases
new list of
favorites
Who:
By
(YOUR NAME)
Show your parents your
completed Kid Scoop page.
Then interview one of your
family members for their
own column on this page.
What:
Where:
Favorite School Subject:
When:
Favorite Food:
Why:
Then list the who, what,
when, where and why
about this morning.
Favorite Weekend Activity:
Favorite Movie:
OPINION
How to Improve My School
Favorite Movie:
Favorite Book:
By
(YOUR NAME)
Editorials are newspaper articles where opinions are shared. Write an editorial
about your school. Try to offer ideas for a solution to a problem at your school.
Favorite Book:
Favorite Animal:
Favorite Animal:
Favorite Song:
Favorite Song:
I’m Really Good At:
I’m Really Good At:
A Place I’d Like To Visit:
A Place I’d Like To Visit:
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Follow simple written directions.
Be a Math Star
Scavenger Hunt
My Comic
Strip
In today’s newspaper,
look for:
• 3 numbers that add
up to your age
• 3 numbers that add
up to your address
• 3 numbers that up
to a parent’s age
Create a comic
strip by writing a
favorite joke in
the bubbles.
Then draw a
picture in each
frame to go with
the words.
Complete the grid by using all the letters
in the word NEWS in each vertical and
horizontal row. Each letter should only
be used once in each row. Some spaces
have been filled in for you.
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to locate
information.
How many differences can you find between these two pictures?
Standards Link: Observation: Find the differences between common objects.
the words by looking up,
NEWSPAPER Find
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
BREAKFAST
OPINIONS
S I O P I N I O N S
BUBBLES
E T S A F K A E R B
MORNING
L W H A T L W N G T
SOURCE
SCHOOL
B I D E A S R N N L
ANIMAL
B U S M P O E E I O
COMIC
U H I A H U H H N O
IDEAS
B N P W E R W W R H
WEATHER
A E N E W C I M O C
WHAT
WHEN
R E H T A E W S M S
WHO
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
BUS
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
This week’s word:
OPINION
The noun opinion means a
judgement, viewpoint or belief
not necessarily based on fact.
The class shared good
opinions about the new
school lunch menu.
Try to use the word opinion in
a sentence today when talking
with your friends and family.
It’s All About YOU!
Look through the newspaper and circle five
or more adjectives that tell how wonderful
you are! Then, use these adjectives to write
a short news story about yourself.
Have you ever sweet-talked
someone into helping you with
a chore or into simply doing it
for you? How did you do it?
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
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