12A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • AUGUST 22, 2018
© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 34, No. 37
Smile and the world smiles with you! Smiles have the power to make people happy. Maybe
that is why millions of people use the smile emoji when sending messages. And with a smile,
people from different countries who speak different languages can communicate.
These riddles are from all over
the world and the answer to
each one is the same thing.
Can you guess what it is?
Doctors even tell us that laughter can help sick people
heal more quickly. All in all, a smile is very powerful.
What is a small,
white chest that all
know how to open
and nobody knows
how to close?
Cut out the word balloons below and paste them in the
correct order on the comic strip above.
Standards Link: Health: Identify activities and actions that promote or enhance emotional health.
There are jokes from all over the world. What can you learn
about people by reading their jokes? Draw your own comic
strip using this joke from Martinique.
In a bowl of china fixed,
two liquids with colors
unmixed. What is it?
Have you figured out the answer? If not, color all
the boxes with odd numbers. Read the letters that
are left and you will know the answer.
2
A
7
H
9
T
6
N
5
W
8
E
4
G
3
P
Superlative
Fun
How many silly
things can you
circle in this
picture?
Look through the
newspaper for three
happy pictures.
Label one “Happy,”
one “Happier,”
and one “Happiest.”
Repeat this game
with other words.
Standards Link:
Vocabulary Development:
Understand comparative
and superlative case.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
Why does a crane raise one leg when
he stands in the water?
Put the words in the right order to
discover the answer to this joke from
Poland.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
OPEN
COMIC
SMILE
LAUGHTER
FOOD
JOKES
WORLD
QUICKLY
GUESS
ORDER
PEOPLE
SILLY
BOWL
LEARN
Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
Y C P
One of these statements is
true and one is false. Do the
research and find out. Then
share what you learned with
your friends and family!
Smiling
makes us
feel happier.
TRUE
FALSE
Smiling is
contagious.
TRUE
FALSE
Was it easy or difficult to find
out if the above statements
were true or false? It’s not
always easy being a News
Fact Checker. But it’s
important to always try to
get the whole story!
Standards Link: Research: Locate and
check information about a given topic
using multiple resources.
T V L L W O B
L O Q E
I A O E C N
K R M M N U Y L
C D S
I
I
R
P S G L P M A
E A S Z H L O O E
U R E W C T I
Q U J
E C L
O K E S P U U
G B F D L R O W F Q
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
This week’s word:
EMOJI
The noun emoji means
an icon or image used to
express an idea.
Emily used the smile
emoji in her text message
to show she liked the joke.
Try to use the word emoji
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family.
What makes
you laugh?
In today’s paper, categorize stories as either
“good news” or “bad news.” Explain why
you think newspapers print “bad” news at
times. Are there some stories that are bad
news to some and good to other people?
ANSWER: ‘Smiles,’ because there is a ‘mile’ between the first and last letters.
The Cottage Grove Lions Club
is proud to sponsor the
2018 Summer Reading page
5. Ask a parent or family
member to help you
understand more about
the story.
W O D O O F E R A W
Good News/Bad News
Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write formal letters; write
persuasive compositions that state a position or proposal.
4. Make sure the publications
and websites you use to
check facts are trustworthy.
2
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Standards Link: Social Science:
Compare life in different places
and recognize that some aspects
of cultures are similar.
How many
smiles can
you find on
this page?
2. Do some research! Go to
the library and look up
more information. Your
librarian can help you.
3. Look for more information
online. Be sure to check
more than one online site
as some sites simply
repeat false information.
What is an entire little
house without a door?
I have built my house
without any door.
What is it?
Sometimes news reports make
a mistake. Good journalists will
let readers and viewers know
of the error as soon as possible.
Other times, false information
is designed on purpose to
make you feel a certain way.
1. Read beyond the story’s
headline. Headlines can’t
tell the whole story.
What is more useful when
it is broken?
In a pot there are
two kinds of food.
What is it?
With so much information
available in print, on TV and
online every day, it is
important to know that
some information is true and
some is false or misleading.
What makes you laugh
out loud?
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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