12A | APRIL 8, 2021 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL © 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 37, No. 18 Take a walk outside and look around! Chances are you will see flowers starting to bloom. April is a month to celebrate the colorful display of flowers in our community. Even pesky weeds bloom this time of year! Which flower belongs to which state? Unscramble the letters underneath each flower to find out! camellia Color these drawings and enjoy the beauty of some of North America’s wildflowers! ABAALAM violet uttercups have cup-shaped flowers made up of five petals. People used to believe that the rich yellow color of butter originated from a high content of buttercups in the cows’ diet. This belief is false. Cows avoid buttercups because they are poisonous! luebonnets are the Texas state flower. Some grow to be three feet high! The bluebonnet comes from the legume (bean) family. he Indian Paint Brush is Wyoming’s state flower. It has been used to make dyes. The main pollinators of this wildflower are hummingbirds. FLOWER: YELLOW STEM AND LEAVES: GREEN FLOWER: PURPLE/DARK BLUE STEM AND LEAVES: GRAY-GREEN FLOWER: RED-ORANGE STEM AND LEAVES: GREEN NOSILILI goldenrod Look closely: Can you find the two identical bouquets of flowers? A B C D EKBRANAS oppies are the California state flower. They can be found blooming throughout the state in spring. sunflower FLOWER: ORANGE STEM AND LEAVES: GREEN E I F G J K H L On one page of the newspaper, find and circle the letters that spell each of the flowers on this page. Connect the circled letters to spell each word. Standards Link: Language Arts: Follow simple written directions. How many flowers do you see here? Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. BLUEBONNET BUTTERCUP LEGUME T N A I D N I H B E INDIAN T E N N O B E U L B FAMILY E M D O N B T T M H TEXAS BLOOM X O F Y L T R E F R BRUSH A L O O E D T U W I SEEDS S E O R G S I R S C AVOID S M C H U S W O C H PODS O U F A M I L Y V W DYES STEM P O D S E E D S S A COWS Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical RICH words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. SASANK This week’s word: ORIGINATE The verb originate means to bring into being. The annual holiday custom originated in ancient times. Try to use the word originate in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family. Spring Poems What’s missing? Show a friend pictures from the newspaper with a piece of the picture missing. Then have them ask questions that can only be answered “YES” or “NO” to determine what is missing. Write a poem that describes spring in your community. Standards Link: Understand meaning from context clues. Thank you to our Newspaper in Education sponsors, do you want to be a Newspaper in Education sponsor? Contact us today! 541-942-3325 THE OO MIN