KID SCOOP
JUNE 15, 2018
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© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 27
Sunny Acres Farm
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The World’s Longest Maze
In this state you can walk through a huge maze made up of 14,000 colorful, tropical plants. Unscramble the letters along the correct path to discover the answer. W
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For Father’s Day, dad wants to have the family pile into the car and go on an exciting road trip to Lake Puddleston. But he also wants to see the following sites along the way: Cactus Pointe Park Giant Gumball Pyramid Tasty Soup Factory Tour
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Cactus Pointe Park
Find the route that uses the least amount of fuel, while still seeing those sites, by finding the lowest total along the roadway. Don’t go back over any of the road you’ve already traveled.
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Tasty Soup Factory Tour
Giant Gumball Pyramid
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Biz City
Putt-Putt Golf
Lake Puddleston
North American Road Trip
SANAKS
In the 1930s, Douglas Herrick and his brothers, put deer antlers onto a jackrabbit carcass and called it a Jackalope. They sold it to a hotel in
MOWINGY
Nearly 10 metres tall, Mac the Moose is made of steel and concrete weighing 9,000 kg (nearly19,842 pounds!) in the Canadian province of
SAKATCHENAWS
Color these cars.
Cadillac Ranch is a row of 10 cars stuck nose-first into the ground in the state of
STAXE
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow written directions.
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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
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The World’s Largest Ball of Twine was started in 1953. It weighs more that 19,000 pounds and is over 1,500 miles long. You can see it in
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When people take long drives in North America, they need to make stops for rest and food. Over the years, businesses have come up with curious and odd attractions to get people to stop at their stores and restaurants. Unscramble the letters to find out in which American state or Canadian Province it is located.
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Mt. Frosty
Find the two identical minivans.
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A 50-foot high slingshot is carved from a dead poplar tree in this Canadian province.
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the words by looking up, JACKALOPE Find down, backwards, forwards, LICENSE sideways and diagonally. FATHERS E E S U O I R U C D LOCATED N P T R A D D S L T CURIOUS I O O R E E O I D H ANTLERS WEIGHT W L P D V H C E O G CARVED T A S R D E T T I I TWINE A K A A N A E A D E GIANT L C T S C L N R F W VISIT L A E O I T I S I V HOTEL STOPS P J L S R E L T N A TALL Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical ODD words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Map It!
Find the location of a sporting event reported in the newspaper. Use a map to figure out how many miles from your town it is located. What would be the best way to get there?
Crazy Creatures
Look through the newspaper for photos and drawings of people and animals. Cut them into parts and create a new creature with body parts from different pictures. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow written directions.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate info.
Tide Pool Treasure
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One day I was exploring The Press tide pools along the shore and discovered … 248 Oak St. Brentwood 94513 Finish this story. Deadline: July 8 Published: Week of Aug. 5 Please include your school and grade.
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