12A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • NOVEMBER 14, 2018
© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 34, No. 49
Find the two
identical seahorses
on this page.
Standards Link: Investigation:
Find similarities and differences
in common objects.
A fact is something that can
be measured and/or proven.
An opinion tells how people
think or feel about something.
Fact: The door is 3 feet wide
and blue.
Opinion: The door is pretty.
The seahorse looks like it is made up of many different animals.
In most animals, the female
of the species carries the
young. Not so with the
strange little seahorse.
Unscramble each word to find out the odd parts
of the tiny seahorse. Stuck on some? Keep
reading this page and you will find the answers.
Review the information about
seahorses on today’s Kid Scoop
page. Write three facts you
learned:
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It has:
Seahorses look like they are
wearing armor. Actually they
have a shiny external skeleton
made up of interlocking bony
plates – like an armadillo!
When the female is ready
to lay her eggs, she wraps
her tail around a male
seahorse’s neck. Then, she
deposits her eggs into a
special pouch on the male
seahorse’s abdomen. The
eggs hatch and grow inside
this little pouch and the
male’s mid-section gets
very round and big. When
the little seahorses are big
enough, the pouch starts to
contract and the baby
seahorses are pushed into
the wide watery world.
One seahorse eye can
look up while the other
looks down. One eye
can look for food while
the other is on the lookout
for predators. Another kind
of animal that has eyes that
can move independently is
the chameleon.
Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that
serve different functions in growth, survival and reproduction.
The long snout of a seahorse
gives the animal its horsey
appearance. Unlike a horse,
the seahorse mouth does
not open and close or have
any teeth. The seahorse uses
its snout like a little vacuum
cleaner, sucking up its favorite
foods of brine shrimp, baby eels and other tiny
sea creatures.
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2. _______________________
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3. _______________________
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Write three opinions about
seahorses:
1. _______________________
Number the pictures
in order to show how
baby seahorses are born.
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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Sequence information found in text.
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2. _______________________
A seahorse’s tail is like a monkey tail. Scientists call
these prehensile tails because they can grasp like a
hand. The seahorse’s tail helps it to hang onto sea
plants while it waits for food to swim by. Seahorses
also hang onto each other
with their tails.
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3. _______________________
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You can create a new
creature from parts of
creatures pictured in
today’s newspaper.
Cut out different parts
of different people and
animals. Use these to
create a new creature.
Give your creature a
name. Invent stories
about your creature.
This relative of the
seahorse is a master of
camouflage – blending
in with its environment.
Use the code to
discover its name.
Standards Link: Reading
Comprehension: Follow simple
written directions.
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... looking at everyday things
in a new or unusual way.
Take a guess, then color each box with an EVEN number
BLUE and each with an ODD number RED to discover
the answer. Did you guess correctly?
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
SEAHORSE
SHRIMP
CHAMELEON
ARMOR
POUCH
WRAPS
ABDOMEN
CREATURES
ARMADILLO
HATCH
TAIL
EGGS
TEETH
WILD
WIDE
Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
S O S A W I D E N T
E H L R R L P O T S
R C I
L I M E A E H
U U A W I
L O A E C
T O T R E D H R T T
A P H M S O A N H A
E S A G R G E M R H
R H G S R S P A R W
C E E N E M O D B A
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Submarine Stories
ABDOMEN
The word abdomen means
the part of the body between
the chest and the hips.
The kangaroo had a
pouch in its abdomen.
Try to use the word
abdomen in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Why is the
ocean salty?
Create a newspaper page describing a day
in the life of submarine explorers. Include
discovery news, views, ads, food and living
conditions. Use your local newspaper for ideas.
Write out your ideas and
share with your friends.
ANSWER: No, they always stay in schools.
Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write brief narratives that
describe a setting and objects in detail.
This week’s word:
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