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.
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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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