A12 THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2021
© 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 37, No. 15
Replace these missing words.
Can you replace all 13?
That might be good luck!
What is luck? On St. Patrick’s Day
people like to talk about LUCK! Does
wearing green bring you luck that
day? Or are four-leaf clovers really
lucky charms?
Walking under
nder a
pposed
ladder is supposed
to be bad luck.
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superstition
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How many four-leaf
clovers can you find?
Once there was a farmer
who had three _________
children. When the old
_____ lay dying, he called
the children to him and
said, “My whole
__________ lies in one
square foot of _________
on this farm.”
Can yo
you get
et through
this m
ze without
maze
walk
walking under any
ders?
ladders?
Mirrors and Luck
So, the three children
began to _____. They dug
together. They took
_______. They dug and
dug. Each one turning
over one square _______
of soil with every
_________ of the shovel.
Finally, every square foot
of the farm had been dug
up and turned over.
Many believe that breaking a mirror
dooms you to seven years of f bad luck.
The superstition may come from the
belief that mirrors don’t just t reflect
your image, they hold bits of f your
soul. That belief led people in the old
days of the American South to cover
mirrors in a house when someone
eone
died, for fear that their soul was
trapped inside. Yikes!
They did not find a
________. There was no
box of money or
_________. Nothing
buried anywhere on
the farm.
Luck in School
Below are some of the ideas kids around the
world have come up with to be lucky in school.
Black
Cats
Some people
Wear your sweater
backward, or
wrong side
out, for luck
during exams.
think it bad luck
for a black cat to
cross your path.
But it is lucky to
own a black cat
and very lucky to
sleep with one.
Some ildren
believe if
they use the ch
when they d sa id me pencil they used
w
test, it will help ell on a previous
them
a new test. pass
In England, some children
say if you see a spotted dog
on the way to school, cross
your fingers and you will
pass your exams.
Can you find the two
black cats that are
exactly alike?
Best Lucky Charm for Tests
Circle every third letter to discover the best way to have
good luck for any test at school.
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If you want
to live and thrive,
Let the spider
run alive!
Lucky Leprechaun Patterns
Draw the coin, horseshoe, wishbone, clover or leprechaun that continues the pattern in each row.
Standards Link: Writing Applications: Students provide a context for action.
Good Luck
Scavenger
Hunt
Look through the
newspaper for
images of things
you think are lucky
or unlucky. Here
are some ideas:
Shamrock
A black cat
The number 13
A penny
A wishbone
The number 7
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to
locate information.
BACKWARD
SWEATER
PATRICK
CLOVER
MIRROR
CHARMS
LADDER
RABBIT
GREEN
CROSS
BLACK
PATH
COIN
LUCK
WIN
But that year, because the
ground had been turned
up, it yielded more
_______ than ever before.
Then they ____________
what their father meant,
that their fortune was in
the _______.
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G R E E N H A P P D
R E C H A R M S R R
E D Y S K W I N A A
This week’s word:
T D T C C B R P B W
SUPERSTITION
A A U R I L R A B K
The noun superstition
means a belief based on
magic or chance.
E L T O R A O R I C
W I C S T C R V T A
S K D S A K A Y E B
I H T A P C O I N R
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Tossing coins into a fountain
is a common superstition.
Try to use the word
superstition in a sentence
today when talking with your
friends and family members.
Is luck a point of view?
Find examples of luck in the newspaper. Write
two sentences. This is lucky for __________
because ___________. This is unlucky for
__________ because____________.
ANSWER: A rash of good luck!
Standards Link: Writing Applications: Students provide a
context for action.
How did the leprechauns get
their gold? What do they do
with it?