10A | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
© 2019 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 35, No. 38
Why do I have to get a shot,
Doctor? I’m not even sick!
We give kids
shots to protect
them.
Protect
them?
How?
Blood carries tiny cells to all parts of
your body. There are fat, round, red cells. There are
white cells, too. The white cells have a special job.
They fight germs and kill them.
White cells keep you well. When
germs get in, your white blood
cells go to work.
But some germs are too strong for
an unprepared body. When a
doctor gives you a shot, or
immunization, this helps
your white cells prepare for
certain kinds of germs.
To understand
that, you need to
know a little more
about how your
body works.
White blood
cells are larger
than red blood
cells and they
eat germs.
Are you an eagle-eyed reader?
Circle the seven errors in the
article below. Then, rewrite it
correctly.
Why go to the docttor when
you’re not sick? Regular
checkups is important for
kids. These visits can happen
when your feeling fine and are
sometimes called “well-child”
visits because, well, you’re
well. Get it?
At a checkup the doctor
cheecks to see that you're
growing and developing
normally. It’s also a chance
for you and you’re parents to
tawk with the doctor about
your body. For example, you
might wonder when you will
grow taller, or if you weigh
the right amount.
Germs can get into your
body in many ways. They
can enter through your
mouth or through your
nose or even through a
cut in your skin.
Shots are like a fire drill.
A fire drill gets you ready in
case of a real fire. A shot gets
you ready in case of a real attack
by germs.
Standards Link: Health: Students understand ways to
prevent disease.
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Long ago, whooping cough killed many people.
Now most people never get this disease because
they have been
immunized with a shot.
Help the antibodies kill the germs.
Draw a line from each antibody to
the germ it kills.
Trace your body
on a large sheet
of paper. Find
information in the
newspaper about
the human body.
Paste the articles in
the outline where
you found the body
part mentioned.
When the doctor gives
you a shot with a small
amount of weak
whooping cough germs,
certain white cells in
your body start making a
germ-killing chemical
called an “antibody.”
Each antibody kills only one kind of germ. When
an antibody and a germ match up, the antibody
kills the germ.
Standards Link: Health:
Students identify body parts
and describe their functions.
Standards Link: Health: Students understand ways they can maintain their own health.
When you take polio vaccine
drops, killer white cells in
your body find the polio
germs and kill them. After
that, these cells act like polio
police and keep on looking
for more polio germs.
Help the “Polio Police”
find the polio germs.
Standards Link: Health: Students understand ways they can maintain
their own health.
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Find the words in the puzzle.
How many of them can you
find on this page?
M I T U C D P M M U
O N E O I R R O Z S
This week’s word:
U N U N O S E I L A
IMMUNE
T G A T I T T L L I
H O E M N C E O G L
S C A R U C C P H Y
T Y N A M H Y A E S
S E S A E S I D V B
S E I D O B I T N A
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Immune means to be
protected from a disease
naturally or by getting a
vaccination.
Katie was immune to
the flu bug going around
school last winter.
Try to use the word
immune in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
If I Were a
Teacher
Stay Healthy
Cut out five advertisements in the
newspaper that show products designed to
help you stay healthy. Why did you choose
each product?
ANSWER: A short cut.
Standards Link: Health: Students understand ways they can
maintain their own health.
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something at which you
want to succeed.
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