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THE BULLETIN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 A9 © 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 37, No. 41 Can you find your way through the pipes? What do you want to be when you grow up? Have you ever thought about being a plumber? ave you ever turned on a water faucet? Taken a bath in a tub in your house? Flushed a toilet? If so, it’s thanks to the skill of a plumber! Plumbers are the people who install and repair the pipes that are needed to bring water in and out of your home, school and other buildings. Choose an article in this newspaper. Cut out the headline and glue it in the box below. Or write the headline in the box. You have probably seen pipes under a sink, behind a toilet or even at a school drinking fountain. These pipes carry water to and from sinks, tubs, toilets, washing machines, water heaters, dishwashers, drinking fountains and more within a building. How many of these things can you find in your home? Go on a plumbing search with a parent! WHO gave the reporter some information? List the names of the people and organizations in the article that provided the reporter with information. Plumbers earn a special certificate in order to practice their trade. A plumber learns the trade and earns a certificate by becoming an apprentice to a master plumber. The master plumber teaches the apprentice plumber skills needed for the job. After learning as an apprentice, plumbers must pass a special exam to become a journeyman plumber. A journeyman can work freely as a plumber. What questions did the reporter ask to get this information? Write down at least three questions you think the reporter asked to get the information in the article. Read the above and match each word to its definition. 1. JOURNEYMAN ____ A. A job that involves a particular skill. 2. TRADE ____ 3. APPRENTICE ____ C. A worker who has learned a trade and passed an exam to prove their knowledge. B. Someone who works for somebody else to learn that person’s skill or trade. A I can fix this broken pipe! Want to help me? Use a ruler to measure the pipes to find the right size to replace this cracked one. B D C Trade or Trade? The word trade has more that one meaning. It can be a kind of a job or it can be the act of exchanging or buying and selling goods. F E Being a Plumber is a Great Job: Look through the newspaper for words that are spelled the same, but can have different meanings. Make a list of the words and write down one or more meanings for each word. Standards Link: Homophones are words that sound alike but have different meanings and spelling. TOOL BOX TRIVIA: WRENCHES Wrenches help plumbers do their work. A wrench can fit around a nut, bolt, or pipe fitting making it easier to tighten and loosen them. Wrenches come in different sizes to fit different nuts and bolts. Draw a line from each nut to the wrench it fits best. APPRENTICE SHORTAGE PLUMBER WRENCH TRADES MASTER FAUCET PIPES SINKS WATER BATH EXAM TUBS BOLT NUT 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. 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 H O W D W A T E R E O I R N U T G E E G H C N E R W T T T A O B X A B S E A S T P A D O A M K B E R M E L M T L U N P O S T U M H T B L I H T E C U A F E R P S E C I T N E R P P A Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. This week’s word: TRADE The noun trade means a job that involves a particular skill. In the plumbing trade, you can earn a good living if you work hard. Try to use the word trade in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members. Mission: Possible Trades in the News Look through the newspaper for advertisements for workers that provide services known as the “trades.” These include plumbers, electricians, air conditioning installers, carpenters, carpet and tile installers and more. ANSWER: Leeks. Standards Link: Language Arts: Read from a variety of genre including newspapers. Standards Link: Reading/Writing: Draw evidence from informational text. Describe what you would like to be if you could be anything in the world.
