10A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • JANUARY 2, 2019
© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 35, No. 4
Chameleon Cutie
The world’s smallest chameleon, the
Brookesia micra chameleon
lives on the island of
Madagascar.
Adult males grow to
only about a half-inch
(16 millimeters)
from nose to tail.
The world is full of tiny, adorable
little animals. This week, meet
some of them on Kid Scoop!
This chameleon is so small that
you might miss it if you don’t look
very c closely. In fact, scientists did miss
guy for a long time.
this tiny g
Circle every t third
hird number to discover the year
the Brookesia micra chameleon was discovered.
The Paedophryne amauens
amauensis
sis
ze of a
frog is about the size
housefly. It is so tiny
ny that it can
easures only
fit on a grape. It measures
about a third of an inch or
ng.
g
7.7 millimeters long.
How a Scientist Discovered
iscovered the
iscover
e Tiny
Ti Frog
F g
Christopher Austin is a herpetologist
rpetologist t – a scien
scientist
ntist that
studies reptiles and amphibians.
bians.
He heard the noise coming
ming
from some dead leaves on the
forest floor. He looked and
looked but couldn’t find
d any
animals. He grabbed a clump of the
leaves and put them into
o a bag. Back
at his camp, he checked
d each of the hundreds
hund
dreds of leaves i in
n the bag.
g .
Imagine his happy surprise
one
i when
h a tiny
i animal
i l hopped
h
d off on
ne e of
the leaves. It was a tiny frog that no one had ever seen before.
befo
fo
ore
o
ree.
Opinions describe how someone
feels about a thing or event. They
can vary from person to person.
Example: The tiny lizard is cute
is an opinion. The lizard is half
an inch long is a fact.
Write three FACTS about
animals you found on
today’s Kid Scoop page:
Replace the missing words.
Ma
Madame
a
Berthe’s
Mo
M
o
Mouse
Lemur
Can you find
each frog’s
identical twin?
He wanted to find the animal
anim
mal
making an unusual “tink-tink-tink”
k-tin
nk-tink
k”
sound in the tropical forest
rest
of Papua New Guinea.
Facts are pieces of information
based upon things that can be
measured, proven or seen by
anyone.
Th
The
he e world’s smallest primate _________
only
onl ly
y one ounce
(30
0 grams),
or a about the same
as a slice of ________. It is
called
cal ll Madame Berthe’s
mouse
lemur.
mo
m
Write three OPINIONS
about the animals on
today’s Kid Scoop page:
While
Wh the cute critter is
W
super
su
up tiny, it has large
eyes
which help it ______ at
e
night
and a tail that is _______
n
than
body.
th
h its
han
i bo
o
Bee
Hummingbird
g
Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that serve different functions in survival.
Same But
Different
Royal Antelope
The royal antelope is the world’s smallest antelope, measuring
only ten inches tall and weighing less than seven pounds (3kg).
This cute little creature lives in the rainforests of Ghana and Sierra
Leone, but the chances of you seeing one are very slim because
they’re nocturnal.
It’s the smallest
ll t bird
bi d in
i th
the
h
world
d and weighs less than
tha
two ounces (57g). Don’t let
its size fool you! It’s tiny but
powerful. It can flap its little
wings 80 times per second!
How many words can you make with the
letters in Royal Antelope?
Dwarf Three-toed Jerboa
The dwarf three-toed jerboa is the world’s smallest rodent. It
weighs less than an ounce and is about 1.7 inches tall. Jerboas
live in deserts and dry areas in North Africa
and Asia, where
they dig
underground burrows.
Some people compare its little body to a:
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= B
= C
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Standards Link: Follow simple written directions.
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ADORABLE
ANIMALS
PRIMATE
FINGERS
SIMILAR
ISLAND
LEAVES
SMALL
SOUND
NOISE
LEMUR
TINY
FROG
CAMP
FIVE
Tiny and small are
different words that
mean the same thing.
They are synonyms.
Look through the
newspaper for
some examples
of synonyms.
Can you find five?
Complete the grid by using all the letters
in the word TINY in each vertical and
horizontal row. Each letter should only
be used once in each row. Some spaces
have been filled in for you.
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to
locate information.
Find the words in the puzzle.
How many of them can you
find on this page?
A S R E G N I
I
F N S
I M S E V A E L
I
A S O U N D E L L M
S L L T H T E B A I
Y A T A A S S A F L
C N A M M R I R I A
A D I A E
I O O V R
M R L T S G N D E M
This week’s word:
NOCTURNAL
The adjective nocturnal
means active at night.
Most owls are nocturnal,
sleeping in daytime and
hunting at night.
P L E M U R A A L L
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Measuring the News
Use the word nocturnal in a
sentence today when talking
with your friends and family.
When I Grow Up
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
ANSWER: At the hickory dickory dock.
Newspapers provide loads of measuring
opportunities. Have students measure and
compare the width, height and area of photos
in the paper. Which photos are the biggest?
Why do they think that might be?
What do you want to be
when you grow up? Write a
paragraph about the job you
would like to have one day and
why you would be good at it.
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