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6C COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • SN for OCTOBER 2019 E\9LFNL:KLWLQJ(GLWRU-HfI6FKLQNHO*UDSKLFV9RO1R Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday celebrated throughout Latin America. While it is called the Day of the Dead, the holiday actually lasts three days, October 31st, November 1st and 2nd. Even though this holiday is about death, it is not sad. The festival is full of life, happiness, color, food, family and fun. Its purpose is to “welcome” the souls of the dead, who are thought to return briefly during these days to visit with their living loved ones. Halloween On Halloween night, my sister Families celebrate by creating altars with ofrendas, or offerings to the dead. An ofrenda is a gathering of things that a deceased loved one enjoyed in life: favorite food and drink, clothing, photographs and other objects. and I, along with ________ , )5,(1'·61$0( went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. We knocked on __________ but no one 3/85$/1281 answered. A _____________ Look at each altar on this page. List five things you can learn about each person from the ofrenda honoring him or her. 1. 2. 3. 3. Skulls (calaveras) made of sugar (azúcar) are a popular holiday treat. While some may think skulls are scary, the Día de los Muertos skulls are bright and colorful! The idea is to laugh in the face of death. Find the two sugar skulls that are the same. 5. $'-(&7,9( 1. 2. 4. Ask a friend to come up with nouns (person, place or thing), verbs (action words like swim and walk) and adjectives (describing words, such as hairy or silly). Use them to fill in the blanks in this story. Read it aloud to share some big laughs! figure appeared on the sidewalk in front of us. My sister began to __________. 4. 9(5% 5. “______________ are not 3/85$/1281 welcome here!” the shadowy __________ said. “Go away!” 1281 “Hey! We live here!” said my sister. She pointed at our __________ ___________. $'-(&7,9( How many silly things can you spot in this picture? 1281 “_____________!” said the ,17(5-(&7,21 figure. “I am so sorry! I must be lost!” How many skulls can you find on this page? We helped him find his way home to his _____________ $'-(&7,9( ____________ . To thank us, 1281 he gave us a basket filled with How many words can you make using the letters in: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Look through the newspaper or your newspaper’s website for pictures and words that would make people think about your town. Using the things you find, create a poster about your town. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Standards Links:6SHOOLQJ6SHOOJUDGHOHYHODSSURSULDWHZRUGVFRUUHFWO\ Standards Links:9LVXDO$UWV .QRZKRZV\PEROVDUHXVHG WRFRPPXQLFDWHPHDQLQJ ___________ __________. $'-(&7,9( Then he began to _________ 9(5% into his home and invited us to visit again. His pet ______ 1281 followed us a few blocks, before turning into a very ___________ __________! $'-(&7,9( Using only odd-numbered tombstones and moving vertically or horizontally (no diagonal moves!), reach the finish line. Standards Links:5HDGLQJ&RPSUHKHQVLRQ)ROORZVLPSOHZULWWHQGLUHFWLRQV CALAVERAS OFFERINGS OFRENDAS WELCOME HOLIDAY MUERTOS ALTARS SKULLS FAMILY LAUGH SUGAR FACE DEAD DAY SAD )LQGWKHZRUGVLQWKHSX]]OH +RZPDQ\RIWKHPFDQ\RX ILQGRQWKLVSDJH" A M D H A Y R S S O T U W O G A K A R F F E B E G U R E A F 1281 Standards Links:/DQJXDJH$UWV 8VHQRXQVDGMHFWLYHVDQGYHUEV FRUUHFWO\LQZULWLQJ Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word FAMILY in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you. A R H U L E A D T E M T S L V C E L L R I O S A Y A O A A I L S L A D F P M P N Y A D I L O H Y E G C D O F R E N D A S Standards Link:/HWWHUVHTXHQFLQJ5HFRQJL]HGLGHQWLFDO ZRUGV6NLPDQGVFDQUHDGLQJ5HFDOOVSHOOLQJSDWWHUQV Opposite Fish Halloween Humor Find ten pairs of opposites—words that mean the opposite of each other. For example, the words “close” and “open.” Glue each word onto a 3 x 5 card that you’ll use to play the card game “Opposite Fish.” ANSWER: They can feel it in their bones. Standards Links::RUG$QDO\VLV8QGHUVWDQGDQGXVHDQWRQ\PV 3/85$/1281 Share with a friend your favorite Halloween jokes and riddles. Thank you to our Newspaper in Education sponsors, do you want to be a Newspaper in Education sponsor? Contact us today! 541-942-3325
