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12A | SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL © 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 37, No. 43 18 Do the math to label these important organs. eople may look different on the outside, but on the inside, we all have the same parts. The human body contains some parts, called organs, that do very important jobs. Kidneys are one of the organs you need to survive! 20 Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Circle the nine errors. Then, rewrite the article correctly. Have a family member check your work. Do I really need two kidneys? 15 It is possible to live with one kidney. In fakt, if one person has injured or sick kidneys, another person with too healthy kidneys can give one away. This is called an Organ Donation. 19 3 Each year, there is an Organ Donor Relay Race to rayse monee to help people who need organ donations. 12 14 11 + 9 = small intestine 3 + 9 = stomach 12 + 7 = heart 6 - 3 = liver 20 - 5 = lungs 12 + 6 = brain 7 + 7 = large intestine 8 + 8 = kidneys 16 People put together teams and each person on the team runz part of the race. At the end of each persun’s part of the race, they pass a baton to the nextt member of the teem. This represents people passing an organ from one person to another to save livez. Kidneys Clean Up Your body has two kidneys in the lower part of your back. Kidneys help keep our insides clean. Our bodies need to get rid of unhealthy things that can come into our bodies when we eat, drink, and breathe. The unhealthy stuff goes into our blood which moves throughout our bodies. On its way around your body, blood goes through your kidneys. Your kidneys filter the bad stuff out of your blood as well as remove extra water and turn it into urine. The urine heads into your bladder where it is stored until you let it out when you pee. blood flows in Size: About the size of your fist Texture: Smooth Shape: They look like, well, a kidney bean! Protected by: Lower back ribs Hold this page up to a mirror to read this important message! filtered blood flows out water flows to bladder to become urine k r o w t a h t s n a g r o d e l l a c s t r a p t n a t r o p m i e v a h s e i d o b r u O , t r a e h e h t e r a s n a g r o r e h t o e m o S . m a e t a e k i l t s u j r e h t e g o t . h c a m o t s d n a , n i a r b , s e n i t s e t n i , s g n u l Kidneys at Work Your kidneys filter up to 180 liters of blood every day. That’s 48 gallons! Color 48 of these one gallon milk jugs red. Cut out different body parts from pictures of different people in the newspaper. Glue the body parts onto another sheet of paper to make a new, silly person! Your kidneys produce about six cups of urine every day. Do you drink enough water to replace that much liquid? Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. How many kidney shapes do you see here? KIDNEYS SURVIVE STOMACH MUSCLES BREATHE BLADDER ORGANS FILTER BLOOD BRAIN LUNGS HEART TEAM BODY RIBS Kid Scoop opens the doors of discovery for elementary school children by providing interactive, engaging and relevant age-appropriate materials designed to awaken the magic of reading at school, at home, and throughout their lives. For more information about our literacy non-profit, visit kidscoopnews.org E H T A E R B S R R R B L O O D E E E E S O S P R L L S T D T D G A C G U Y L D This week’s word: O Y N S B R A E I A The noun filter means a device for removing unwanted material. M C U B V R M N F L A M L I E L A D S B C I V R Q U E I I D H E A R T S T K N S Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. FILTER A water filter helps keep drinking water clean. Try to use the word filter in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members. Fitness Exercise In which ways are people the same? Cut out two newspaper photos of people. Make a list of all the ways the two people are the same or similar. ANSWER: Organ music! Standards Link: Look for similarities and differences. Children are born curious. From their earliest days, sensory exploration brings delight and wonder. New discoveries expand their minds. When they unlock the joy of reading, their world widens further. Magic happens. Tell other kids about an exercise you do, either to stay fit or to warm up before a sports game. 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