12A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • AUGUST 1, 2018
© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 34, No. 34
How many
differences
can you find
between these
two pictures?
Step right up! Work with
a friend or family member
to calculate the fewest
number of f ba
balloons
alloons to
pop to r reach
eac
ch 100.
There is so much to see at a fair: cows, sheep, horses, displays of
beautiful flowers, pie and cake baking contests, quilts, concerts,
crafts, farm and livestock exhibits, carnival games and rides. All of
these make fairs an exciting experience for the whole family.
Puzzling Prizes
Lots of people play carnival games at the fair to win plush toys.
Find what each prize has in common in the same row, across,
up and down, and diagonally. (Hint: In the first row across,
they all have hats.)
Crunch the
th
he N
Numbers
The f fair
filled
Look
the S
Snack
Shack
Th
i i is fill
d with
ith stuff
t ff t to eat!
t! L
k over th
k Sh
ck
k
menu. Add up the total price of all the items in each group
up
and figure out which order belongs to which person.
Kevin spent $9.75 at the Snack Shack. Madison spent
nt
$8.75, Emily spent $11.00 and Ethan spent $13.25.
ORDER A BELONGS TO:
ORDER B BELONGS TO:
ANSWERS: Top row: All have hats. Middle row: All have spots. Bottom row: All have
flowers. Left vertical row: All have stripes. Middle vertical row: All have a heart. Right
vertical row: All are sad. Diagonal from upper left corner to lower right corner: All have
a bow. Diagonal from upper right corner to lower left corner: All are fish.
Who won the Pie Baking Contest?
Here are the top three pies
in the fair’s Annual Pie Baking
Contest. Use the judge’s secret
code below to add up each
st, 2nd
pie’s score. Write in 1st,
h pie’s ribbon.
or 3rd place on each
ibbon blue.
Color the 1st place ribbon
ORDER C BELONGS TO:
O:
ORDER D BELONGS TO:
Before and After
Cut out the number from the newspaper r
that comes before and after each
number on these balloons:
25
15
11
250
121
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
Standards Link: Math/Number Sense:
Calculate sums to 100.
Draw in the missing squares to finish the pattern on this quilt for the fair.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
Number News
Cut out five numbers from today’s
newspaper. Rewrite each number in a
different way. If the number is all digits,
rewrite in word format. If the number is
written as a word, rewrite using digits.
Standards Link: Math: Number sense.
The Cottage Grove Lions Club
is proud to sponsor the
2018 Summer Reading page
LIVESTOCK
CONCERTS
RIBBON
FLOWERS
HORSES
CRAFTS
SNACK
SHEEP
DOG
RIDES
CAKES
PIES
FAIR
FARM
COWS
Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
S K A P S T F A R C
T N C G S E K A C N
R F L O W E R S
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U
E S A D T S E D
I
R
C F E O L S N A C K
N A C S H S E O S M
O R P E R W E V E T
C M E S N O B B
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P T
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O C H N P L
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
This week’s word:
COMPETITION
The noun competition
means the act of striving
for something such as a
prize or reward.
Mrs. Kramer won a ribbon
in the baking competition.
Try to use the word
competition in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Carnival
News
Write a news article about
an imaginary carnival. Be
sure to include who, what,
where, when and how.
The Summer Reading Program is brought to you
in part, by the Cottage Grove Sentinel,
and the
Cottage Grove
Public Library
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