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The cobra is one of the most poisonous snakes. A bite from a cobra can kill a person in
minutes.
Cobras can bite and kill as soon as they are born.
Just one tablespoon of their venom could kill
people!
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Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that serve different functions in survival.
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Standards Link: Animals have external features that help them thrive in different diff places.
A snake’s eyes are always open and they are covered with a membrane that keeps the eye moist. This is an ocular scale called a brille. It keeps the eyes moist and free from dust. When the snakes sheds its skin, it also sheds this scale and another will have grown underneath.
The rattlesnake is one of the fastest killers in the animal world. It can strike at a speed of 10 feet per second and its venom is deadly. Rattlesnakes are the most dangerous snakes in America, but they bite only if they are frightened or stepped on. So if you are ever walking in rattler country, watch your step! The rattlesnake gets its name from the rattling sound made by the rattling rings on its tail. You can tell how old a rattlesnake is by counting its rattles. Each time a rattlesnake sheds its skin, it gets a new ring on its rattle. Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that serve different functions in survival.
Find the words in the puzzle. Then look for each word in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.
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The anaconda is one of the world’s largest larg to snakes. Many grow g be as long as a sschool bus. To bus T find out the length, in feet, of the longest anaconda ever found, add up the numbers on the anaconda’s body.
The snake scrunches up its body like an accordion or concertina. First it loops and then straightens out, pushing its head forward. Then it pulls its tail along and starts again.
Look through the newspaper to find:
• 4 words that describe an anaconda • 4 groups of numbers that add up to 37 • 4 things that are about as long as an anaconda
Rattlesnakes gather in groups to sleep through the winter. Help the mouse find a path out of this slithering slumber party.
Standards Link: Grammar; recognize adjectives: Math; calculate sums; estimate length.
Standards Link: Visual discrimination.
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Grow an A-B-C Snake
Choose a letter of the alphabet. Look through one page of the newspaper for as many words as you can that start with that letter. Glue the words onto a long strip of paper in ABC order. How long can you grow your snake?
Standards Link: Spelling: Organize words in alphabetical order.
“I’m a snake, for goodness sake!”
Imagine you were a snake. What would you eat? How would you move? Where would you live? Write a paragraph about it.
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