12A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • OCTOBER 10, 2018
© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
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Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 34, No. 44
Are you an eagle-eyed reader?
Read the articles below and correct
the nine spelling errors you find.
The first one is done for you.
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Gorillas are found in Africa. They mainly live in tropical
forests where there is a lot of vegetation, or plants to
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eat. The mountain gorilla lives at higher
elevations in Zaire, Rwanda
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and Uganda. Elevation
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means how high the
land is above the
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surface of the sea.
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Gorilla Manners
If you ever meat a gorilla,
be sure to use gorilla manners.
Just as when yo encounter
any animal, you should dew
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Connect the
dots to draw
a gorilla.
When a male gorilla is fully
grown, he will start to grow
silvery hair on his back,
in the shape of a saddle.
This is why we call them
silverback gorillas.
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Adult gorillas can weigh
up to 400 pounds, and,
when they stand on their
two legs, are about five-
and-a-half feet tall.
certain things to make the
gorilla fool safe around you:
• When you first make eye
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How tall are you? Measure
yourself, then draw yourself
next to the gorilla.
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contact with the gorilla,
lowered your head and
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look away quickly.
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• Stay quiet. Don’t move
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two quickly. Loud noises
and suddenly movements
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Along with their families, silverback gorillas
are mostly herbivorous, which means that
they usually eat plants and fruits.
scare gorillas!
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A silverback gorilla can eat up to forty-five
pounds of food a day. That’s a whole lot of
food!
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• “Bow” to them. Made
yourself shorter than the
Which of these things do you think weigh
around 45 pounds? Check your answers by
doing the math.
gorilla.
• Showing your teeths can be
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seen as a threat to a gorilla,
so if you smile, make sure
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you don’t show your teeth!
Standards Link: Number Sense/
Estimation: Students understand
basic estimation strategies.
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Standards Link: Measurement:
Understand the basic measurements
of weight and height.
Draw a
gorilla in
three easy
steps.
Gorillas like to be around other gorillas,
so they live in groups (sometimes called
troops), as a big gorilla family. A troop
can include more than 30 gorillas.
Can you imagine having thirty
people in your family?
Gorilla
Words
Standards Link:
Spelling: Sort words into
alphabetical order.
Gorillas are like people in a lot of ways. Use the code to find
out a couple of ways they are similar to humans.
Gorillas have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ , just like us. Their _ _ _ _
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look just like ours. They even have the
same number of _ _ _ _ _ as people – 32.
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9 = A
1 = E
6 = F
2 = G
1 = H
8 = I
Complete the grid by using all the
letters in the word SILVER 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 ten words
in today’s
newspaper that
describe a gorilla.
Put these words in
alphabetical order.
A troop is led by one or more
silverback gorillas. They decide
where the troop will live, and
when it will wake up, eat and
go back to bed. They also make
sure that no troop member hurts
another. Know anyone like that?
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Standards Link: Writing: Edit text to check for
correct spelling and grammar.
5 = M
1 = N
1 = O
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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
Find the words by looking up,
GORILLAS
down, backwards, forwards,
SADDLE
sideways and diagonally.
ELEVATION
N O I T A T E G E V
TROOP
M S S R D N A L A J
PRIMATE
VEGETATION E A R O S H E P T W
WEIGH
E L E O S V A R E H
FINGERS
P L G P A I C I P O
TOES
A I N T D R G M R L
LAND
H R I I D H W A K E
SHAPE
S O F E L A M T M A
HAIR
WAKE
N G T E E S S E O T
WHOLE
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
MALE
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Food Fun
PRIMATE
The noun primate means
any of a group of mammals
that include humans, apes
and monkeys.
Chimpanzees are
primates that live in trees.
Try to use the word
primate in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Gorilla Home
Using the grocery ads in the newspaper or
online, find enough food to add up to 45
pounds of food. You must include at least
seven different kinds of food (fruit, vegetables,
meat, cereal, bread, ice cream, juices, etc.)
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Standards Link: Measurement: Understand the basic
measurements of weight.
This week’s word:
Imagine you are selling the
perfect home for gorillas.
Write a classified ad to sell
your gorilla house. Look
at the newspaper ads for
examples to guide you.
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