12A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • NOVEMBER 7, 2018
© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 34, No. 48
Go for a nature walk with some
friends. Each of you select
one of the bingo cards below.
When you see one of the things
shown on the card, cross out
that space. The first person to
black out their card wins!
almon don’t have feet and can’t run like people do. When salmon
swim upstream from the ocean in the late summer and fall, it is
called running.
Cut out each of the
puzzle pieces and
put them together
to show the life
cycle of a salmon.
1. The female salmon digs
a nest in the gravel of a
river bed and lays eggs.
Eggs that are well
covered with gravel
are less likely to
be eaten.
2. The eggs hatch. At this stage
they are called alevin. They stay
in the gravel for safety and are
nourished by their yolk sacs.
3. Once the yolk sac is used up, the little
fish – now called fry – swim and eat small
insects. They develop stripes on their sides
that help to camouflage them.
4. When the fish get larger, they swim to the ocean.
They swim at night and hide during the day.
5. They live in the ocean and grow into
adults, eating herring and anchovies.
6. They return to the stream where they
hatched. The females lay thousands
of eggs in the gravel and the males
fertilize them. This is called spawning.
After spawning, the adults die.
Standards Link: Life Science: Sequential stages of life cycles are
different for different animals.
Salmon live in the ocean for
between one to seven years,
depending on the species,
before returning to their
birthplace to spawn. Some
travel thousands of miles
before returning to the place
where they hatched to
continue the life cycle.
No one knows for sure how
salmon find the stream where
they hatched. Some scientists
think that each stream or river
has a special odor. Salmon
may smell their way to the
place where they hatched.
Give Me a
Verb
SRONEGA
EPNI SRETE
RELWOFS
Unscramble the word on each salmon.
Match each to the stream with the same “smell.”
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written instructions. Life Science: Animals have structures that serve different functions.
Find at least five differences between these two salmon.
Standards Link: Scientific Investigation: Find similarities and differences in common objects.
Standards Link: Grammar:
Identify and use verbs in
writing.
Find the words by looking up,
SALMON
down, backwards, forwards,
GRAVEL
sideways and diagonally.
OCEAN
S A G N I N N U R L
INSECTS
G S D N A S U O H T
FRY
I N S E C T S M O N
ALEVIN
SPAWNING
S N I S K L O Y O I
YOLK
A G W N H E R M R V
RUNNING
THOUSANDS R I G A W V L E E E
M O T E R A Y U V L
SWIM
ODOR
N C D C S R P N I A
RIVER
H I M O F G G S R T
EGGS
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
HATCH
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Salmon Search
Standards Links: Physical Education:
Understand the benefits associated with
participation in physical activities.
This week’s word:
CAMOUFLAGE
The noun camouflage means
the hiding of something by
covering it up or changing
the way it looks.
The rabbits white fur acts as
a camouflage in the snow.
Try to use the word
camouflage in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Exploration
Look through today’s newspaper for a
word that starts with each letter in the word
SALMON. Use the words to write a poem
about a salmon.
ANSWER: In the river bank.
Standards Link: Vocabulary Development: Match beginning
sounds. Writing Analysis: Write poetry using a variety of formats.
Look through the
newspaper for a
headline with a
strong verb. Ask a
friend to think of a
verb. Replace the
verb in the headline
with your friend’s
verb. Reread the
headline.
Describe an area of the
Earth you would like to
explore and explain
your choice.
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