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Newspaper Page TextTHE BULLETIN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2022 A9 © 2022 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeﬀ Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 38, No. 12 Replace the missing words. What do you want to be when you grow up? If you like building things, have you ever thought about being a welder? Choose a story in this newspaper. Cut out the headline or write the headline in the box below. welder “welds” pieces of metal together. When you want to ___________ two pieces of paper together you could use glue, _______ or a stapler. But how do you get two pieces of metal to ________ and stay together? It takes some intense heat! Welders work with __________ and flames or very hot equipment. It takes a lot of heat to melt _________. A blowtorch is aimed at metal to ___________ high heat to melt metal. Sometimes, when watching a welder work you will see him or her surrounded by a shower of __________. Those sparks are little pieces of melted metal! They can burn clothing and skin, so _____________ is very important in welding. WHY did the editor of this newspaper choose to send a reporter to ﬁnd out more about this event? To be safe, welders wear special jackets, gloves and work shoes. They wear a helmet with a safety visor or safety glasses — sometimes both. They also make sure to have a fire extinguisher within ___________. Welding Around Home Wendy wants to be a welder someday like her Uncle Wesley. She drew pictures of some of the things she thinks required welding in order to be built. Cross out the things that were not welded together. Have a family member check your work. How can I become a welder? Welders learn their trade by working in an apprenticeship training program. Circle every other letter to discover what an apprentice is. WHY did this event happen? S D O K M L E V OW N J E G W F H B O G L A E X A N R P N C S YAO J F OY B T F V R H O I M L ATS F KO I R L J LT E R D G W U O H R B KC E T R A What other questions would YOU ask people involved in this event? Being a Welder is a Good Job! Replace the missing vowels to ﬁnd out the many ways being a welder is a good career. Welders h_lp p_ _ple by making th_ngs m_de with m_t_l be str_ng and s_fe. The p_y is v_ry g_ _d. The w_rk w_ld_rs do touches m_st ev_ryb_dy’s lives. There is a sh_rtage of w_ld_rs so th_re are m_ny j_b _penings. TOOL BOX TRIVIA: BLOWTORCH A blowtorch produces a very, very hot flame to make heat that allows a welder to mold and cut metal. It’s a dangerous tool and takes training and special safety equipment to use safely. Blowtorch is a compound word—a word created by combining two smaller words. Draw lines to weld pairs of words to create compound words. SNOW CUP E U L B BALL O BIRD HER BUTTER TEA L MILK WAL SUPER PAPER Welders in the News Look through the newspaper for images that show things a welder might have made. Find 10 images and then group them into categories based on similarities. Come up with a name for each category. Standards Link: Write descriptively comparing past and present. BLOWTORCH SHORTAGE INTENSE TRAINING WELDER SPARKS SAFETY HELMET GLOVES VISOR METAL HEAT BURN MELT TOOL Look through the newspaper for pictures or words that go with each of the words hot, hotter, and hottest. Paste these onto a blank sheet of paper and label each one. Repeat this activity for more adjectives such as cold, small, short, tall, funny, and other adjectives that can be used to compare nouns. Standards Link: Language Arts: Understand and identify antonyms. Standards Link: Reading/Writing: Draw evidence from informational text. 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 S K Y T E F A S T B E S N E T N I H L T V K N O W S H O E R This week’s word: O R E D L E W R M A SURROUND L A A T L T O T E I The verb surround means to enclose on all sides. G P N M O S F A T N E S E R I O T G A I Y T C V U F L E L N I H E A T B R S T G Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. The players surrounded Devon in clebration when he scored a goal. Try to use the word surround in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members. The Magic Key One day, while walking down the street, I found a key. Every time I tried to open a lock it … Finish this story.