12A | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
© 2019 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 35, No. 35
On Earth, gravity keeps the air around us (and everything else) from drifting off into space. Gravity pulls
on everything—every rock, every grain of sand, every leaf and every person.
One day, according to
a ___________ story,
a man named Sir Isaac
Newton was _______
under an apple tree.
An apple _______ on
his head, and he
suddenly __________
of the law of gravity.
Use the Kid Scoop Secret
Decoder Ring to discover the
name of this book by Mary
Pope Osborne, which is
available at the library.
Your weight is determined by the pull of gravity
on your body. If you weigh 60 pounds, then the
pull of the Earth’s gravity on you is 60 pounds.
The weight of a box tells how much
gravity pulls on the box.
Jack and Annie are ready for
their next fantasy adventure in
the Magic Tree House series!
The Magic Tree House whisks
Jack and Annie off to the
moon—and the future. Their
mission? To find the last “M”
thing that will free Morgan
from the spell. Can they do it
before the air in their oxygen
tank runs out? Will the
mysterious moon man help
them? And why is Peanut the
mouse acting so strange?
It is most likely that
years of ___________
things falling to the
ground were what led to
the ___________ insight
he called Newton’s Law
of Gravity.
Whoops! Gravity has
made some of the
words in this article
fall to the ground.
Can you find where
each word belongs?
To discover the name of this
book, find the letter on the outer
ring, then replace it with the
letter below it on the inner ring.
U B W F B A C D
How many silly things can
you find in this scene?
H F
D C T
Standards Link: Earth Science: Students understand forces and know that
gravity is not a physical object, but affects physical objects.
U H H F
I Before E or
E Before I?
The moon and the planets all have
gravity. The moon has less gravity than
Earth. That means you would weigh less
on the moon, because less gravity pulls
on you. If you weigh 60 pounds on
Earth, you would weigh 10
pounds on the moon.
How many pounds would a
60-pound person weigh on each of
these planets? Do the math to discover
the answer.
Look through news
articles for words that
have the letters i and e
next to each other. In
the table below, list the
words spelled with the
i before the e in the left
column. In the right
column, list the words
spelled with the
e before the i.
… lighting
up when
you learn
something
new!
Complete the grid by using all the
letters in the word SOLAR 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: Spelling:
Recognize spelling patterns and
know exceptions to spelling rules.
How many new words can you make using the letters
in the words:
1 - 5 words: Language Lightweight
6 - 12 words: Rising Reader
13 or more words: Gravitational Greatness
Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly.
DRIFTING
GRAVITY
PLANETS
WEIGHT
NEWTON
SATURN
BEFORE
VENUS
SPACE
APPLE
SOLAR
SAND
BODY
MARS
LAW
Find the words in the puzzle.
How many of them can you
find on this page?
S D N U O P G R D G
P B A R E V I R R T
A Y E L U D P A I U
DETERMINE
E P L A O I A O T H
The verb determine
means to fix exactly
and with certainty.
A L S A T R S S I G
B O D Y W D E R N I
P L A N E T S A G E
O W S U N E V M N W
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Who likes gravity?
NASA was determined to
land someone on the moon.
Try to use the word
determine in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Walking
on Air
Look through the newspaper for examples
of gravity being a good thing. Then look
for examples where less gravity would be
useful. Make a list of what you would miss
about gravity if you were on the moon.
ANSWER: A rocket chip.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
This week’s word:
C L P F N T V L F T
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Describe what your life
would be like without
gravity.