Cottage Grove sentinel., March 27, 2019, Page 4C, Image 40

4C COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JANUARY 27, 2019
© 2019 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 35, No. 16
Fastest Fox
Race against a parent to see
who can get their fox to the
mouse first. Winner gets to
decide what’s for dinner
tonight!
Is it a dog or a cat?
Look at the fox. Do you think it is part of the
dog family or the cat family? Write your
guess here.
How does the fox look like a cat?
How does it look like a dog?
Where do foxes live?
Foxes are found all over the
world except in Antarctica.
Even in deserts and in the
Arctic! They also adapt well to
human environments such as
farms, suburban areas, and
even large communities.
The fennec fox is the
smallest of the foxes. It has
enormous ears, measuring
6 inches (15 cm). They live
in desert zones of North
Africa and the Sinai and
Arabian peninsulas.
How many foxes?
Add up the numbers
next to the foxes that
look exactly alike to
discover how
many
different
kind of
foxes
there are in
the world.
ANSWER:
6
8
The red fox can be
found in North and
Central America,
Northern Africa, Asia
and Australia. It is at
home in the wild and
in urban areas.
3
The Arctic fox is found
in Canada, Alaska,
Russia, Greenland, and
Scandinavia. The Arctic
fox is the only native
land mammal found
in Iceland.
Gray foxes live in forests
and woodland areas
of North and Central
America. Gray foxes are
the only members of the
dog family that can
climb trees.
A Fox by Another Name
Do the math to fill in the blanks.
A female fox is called a _____________ .
(5 + 5 + 5)
A male fox is called a _____________ .
(7 + 6 + 5)
A fox’s home is called a _____________.
(8 + 6 + 5)
A baby fox is called a _________ or a __________.
(7 + 7)
9
2
7
19 = DEN
15 = VIXEN
17 = SKU
CUB
18 = DOG
=
LK
4
1
Amazing Hearing
A fox can hear a mouse squeak
300 feet away. That’s as far
as a football field!
ANSWER: There are 21 different kinds of foxes in the world.
Clever as a Fox
Member of the Dog Family
Foxes are very smart and crafty in finding
food, surviving in
extreme weather,
outsmarting predators, protecting their
young and more. They’re smarter than
most, but not all, dog breeds. How many
foxes can you find on this page?
While a fox is a member of the dog family, it has some traits
that are very cat-like. Foxes are nocturnal (active at night). Fox
eyes are like a cat with vertical pupils that allow it to see in dim
light. And like the cat, the fox has sensitive whiskers and spines
on its tongue. It has retractable claws, just like a cat. It walks on
its toes in a graceful, cat-like tread. The gray fox can climb trees
and has, on occasion, taken naps in owl and hawk nests!
What do foxes eat? Circle all the things you think a
fox eats as part of its natural diet.
(12 + 8)
A group of foxes is called a _____________.
PREDATORS
SURVIVING
FENNEC
ARCTIC
TRAITS
SPINES
NATIVE
ACTIVE
ADAPT
CLIMB
URBAN
FOXES
GRAY
RED
(11 + 6)
20 = KIT
Fox’s
Good Life
Look through
the newspaper
for pictures and
words that would
make a fox’s life
a good life. Make
a collage with
your selections.
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?
N A B R U G C U S P
C I T C R A F T E R
E B F A N E D R N E
V M Y O N N D A I D
I
I
I N X N G I
P A
T L E O F E F T S T
A C T
I V E S S O O
N A R D N U T X E R
S G N I V I V R U S
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
This week’s word:
URBAN
The adjective urban
means relating to a city.
Fox populations have
grown in urban areas.
Use the word urban in a
sentence today when talking
with your friends and family.
ANSWER: If you circled all of these things, you are right! The fox eats a
wide variety of foods. It is an omnivore and its diet includes fruits, berries
and grasses. It also eats birds and small mammals like squirrels, rabbits and mice.
A large part of the fox's diet is made up of invertebrates like crickets,
caterpillars, grasshoppers, beetles and crayfish.
My Favorite
Vegetable
Number Expansion
Find at least 10 five-digit numbers in the
newspaper. Write each number in its
expanded form. Example: The number
15,743 becomes fifteen thousand, seven
hundred fifty three.
ANSWER: To get to the chicken on the other side.
Standards Link: Number Sense: Write numbers in words.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Follow simple written directions.
Use at least three of your
five senses to describe
your favorite vegetable.
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