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4C COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 28, 2018 © 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 16 Have a friend give you each type of word to fill in the blanks. Then read the story aloud! Jason was always playing jokes This year April Fools’ Day and Easter are the same day! No foolin’! You can fool around and have some Easter fun with this week’s Kid Scoop page! Can you find at least five silly things in this picture? on his friends. He would often In France, children like to ________ a “fishy” April Fools’ ________ on their friends. _____________ to the park The trick is to __________ a small paper fish on a friend’s _______ without the friend ____________. Then all day your friend will be the “April Fool.” (In France they call it Poisson d’Avril which means “April Fish.”) in his arms. He would carefully But watch out! Your ________ may have stuck a fish or two on your back as well! Unsuspecting kids soon found carrying __________________ ___________ one below every swing in the playground. themselves covered in IMPORTANT: Anyone who plays a mean trick is just being mean. It is never funny to hurt another person’s body or feelings. Cut out this phony “news article” and hand it to a friend. After they’ve read it, say “April fool!” Know someone who isn’t feeling well? Tell them a joke. It might help with healing! ____________ ___________. Finally, Jason learned his lesson. While filling a _________ with Dr. William Fry of the Stanford School of Medicine says that 100 laughs are equal to 15 minutes of riding a bike. Stronger muscles around the lungs help people breathe better. 0,$0, ²¬ $ GROSKLQ UHJXODU\ VHHQ DW D Miami fishing boat harbor has developed a vocabulary of a few words and can even whistle the hit tune “Beyond the Sea.” Many doctors are finding that laughing is good for our health. When we laugh, chemicals called endorphins (en- DOOR-fins) are released from the brain. Endorphins make a person feel happy. They can also kill pain. So, if you laugh the next time you fall, it might hurt a little less! ___________ ____________, he suddenly sneezed, sending __________ in every direction. The dolphin, called Donna by locals, shocked fishermen last Thursday by squeaking “More, please!” after being fed handfuls of fish from a boat head- ing back to the harbor. The dolphin can also be heard saying the words “tasty” and b “ “thanks” on a video of the incident. Standards Link: Health: Students understand ways in which they can enhance and maintain their own health and well-being. M Marine biologists have rushed to the area to c communicate with Donna. If her ability to s speak can be further developed, it could p provide historic breakthroughs in science a and interspecies communication. Silly News S Rewrite the h headlines in today’s n newspaper so that th they have the exact opposite meaning. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Understand word choice to accomplish a purpose. How many Easter eggs can you find on this page? Have a friend try. Who found the most? It took him hours to ________ through the mess. Even now, months later, Jason will sometimes step on a ________ ___________ and be reminded of how a prank can backfire. Standards Link: Grammar: Understand and use nouns, adjectives and verbs correctly. Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word LAUGH in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you. Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally. How many Fs are in this sentence? This week’s word: PRANK The noun prank means a trick designed as a friendly joke on someone. As a prank, Alicia pretended she was asleep at recess. ANSWER: Did you count six Fs? Most people do. But there are really nine. Many people overlook the word “of” in this activity. Try it on a favorite friend! Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. Try to use the word prank in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family. Easter Eggs Easter Bunny Spotted With a buddy, look through today’s newspaper for the letters that spell Easter Eggs. Cut them out. Take turns mixing up the letters and spelling a new word. A player gets a point for every letter used. News Flash! You have just spotted the Easter Bunny! Write a news article about the sighting. Be sure to include who, what, when, where, why and how. Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly. 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