Kid scoop march 2015

A KID-TESTED PUBLICATION OF THE LUDINGTON DAILY NEWS

Celebrate National Goof-Off Day with our goofy games and newspaper crafts!

Louisa May Alcott

How many clovers can you count on this page in one minute?

Have a friend try. Who found the most?

Louisa May Alcott wrote a book in the 1860s, which is still belov ed by young people today. She als o edited a children’s magazin e and taught school. Kid Scoop Ne introduces today ’s young rea ws ders to this well-known children’s author.

India’s Festival of Colors Readers in India write ab

out Holi, one of their favorite holiday s.

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News: Batkid to the Rescue! .................................................................. 3 Character Spotlight: MLK .................................................................... 4-5 Biography: Ben Franklin ...................................................................... 6-7 Proudly the Partners in Education program.

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8-9 Health: Blood ......................................................................................

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NEWS

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Principal Miller described Christian as a P.R.O.U.D. (Polite Responsible Outstanding Understanding Dependable) student who loves making friends and making sure others have friends.

hristian Bucks, a Pennsylvania elementary school student, suggested a buddy bench could be the solution for kids feeling lonely and left out on the playground.

How does the buddy bench work? If a student feels lonely, or has nothing to do, they can go to the buddy bench. Soon, another student will come to the bench and ask if they want to talk or play.

Christian’s local newspaper, The York Daily Record, published an article about Christian and his buddy bench. The story went viral on social media, shared again and again by people online. Thousands and thousands of people read about this awesome idea.

Christian learned about a buddy bench when he read about a school in Germany. “I thought it was a great way to help kids who feel lonely or left out from time to time,” remembered Christian.

Now more than 500 schools around the world (in eleven countries) have installed buddy benches — both across the United States, and in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, India, Italy and Canada, according to Christian’s family, which has kept track of the growth, says The York Daily Record, which first reported the story.

Christian explained his idea to his principal, Matthew Miller.

“Mr. Miller checked around and found a bench that would work for our school,” Christian said.

Imagine that you see another child who looks lonely or sad.

Would you try to make them feel better?

What would you say?

Talk about it with your family over dinner tonight. What ideas do family members have on this topic?

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In 2014, Christian was one of eight honorees who received the Charlotte Bacon Act of Kindness award in Newtown, Conn.

The awards were founded in memory of Charlotte Bacon, a victim in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy with the goal “to foster a kindness mindset in children and recognize special kids who complete acts of kindness,” according to the website.

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GOOF OFF DAY

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there is a day just for goofing off? March 22 is National Goof Off Day! What a great day for a page full of fun and games to enjoy.

How many goofy things can you find in this picture?

On the island of _____________, Goof Off Day is celebrated with a _________ in the ____________ lagoon. For thousands of years, islanders have enjoyed the annual ____________ building contest.

The top prize is a bag of __________. The winner gets to ______ to a neighboring island for a vacation, and receives all the _____________ he or she can carry. It is customary to shout ___________ while juggling ___________ at the end of the day. Finally, there is the ____________ of the _____________.

Giant __________ have been carved to honor Goof Off Day, and these can be seen from miles away.

Standards Link: Language Arts: Grammar: Students use grammatical conventions.

Get ready for Goof Off Day by making a hammock out of newspaper! Be sure to save this Kid Scoop News page so you can do the games while lounging on your hammock!

Roll about 5 0 newspaper in pages of tube. Make 1 to a tight 5 - 20 tubes.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Use skills and strategies of the reading process to follow written directions.

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Hang the hamm ock indoors or outd oors, tying it to sturdy supports at each end.

The newspaper hammock idea is from Steven Caney’s The Invention Book. Check it out at your local library for more inventive projects!

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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832. She was the second oldest of four girls. Her love of her sisters helped her to become one of America’s most beloved children’s book authors.

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Louisa’s family did not have much money. To help out, Louisa started taking on as many jobs as a young girl could find. She read for an elderly man and his sister. Louisa and her sister Anna taught young children and mended and washed laundry.

In 1852, Louisa’s first poem was published in a magazine, and she made her first money from writing.

Use the code to find out the name of Louisa’s first published poem.

As a child, Louisa and her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts where her father, Amos Alcott, set up a school based upon his beliefs about education.

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Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly.

Two of the books below were not written by Louisa. Do the math and cross out the two with odd-numbered answers.

Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate sums and differences.

19 + 7 =

18 - 5 =

14 + 8 =

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In 1855, her first book, Flower Fables was published.

In 1862, Louisa went to Washington, D.C. to serve as a Civil War nurse. Like many other nurses, Louisa contracted typhoid fever.

Although she got better, mercury in the medicine caused her suffering for the rest of her life. In Washington, Louisa continued to write and published two more books.

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Her publisher, Thomas Niles, asked that she write “a girl’s story.” Having spent her life with three interesting sisters, Louisa wrote Little Women based on her BJTOK own experiences.

The novel, published in 1868, was an instant success. It has now been a favorite book for generations.

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12 + 14 =

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16 - 7 =

Discover the names of the sisters in Little Women by crossing out every other lettter. www.kidscoop.com

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PUZZLE PAGE Melody is looking for her lost scarf. There were several in the Lost and Found box at school.

Read the description. Which scarf is hers?

To reveal the answer, circle every other letter.

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COOL COOL LINKS LINKS

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Leprechaun Coins

Help the leprechaun collect the coins. Use the arrow keys to move the leprechaun and the space bar to jump.

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Do you have a free online game you like to play? Send your reviews and recommendations to woodword@ kidscoopnews.com

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EARLY LEARNERS Which broccoli comes next in each row?

B is for Broccoli b is for broccoli Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter B. Say the letter as you trace it.

How many words or pictures can you find on this page that start with the B sound like the word broccoli?

I think that I Shall never see Something as lovely As a broccoli tree.

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Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the questions. Touch and count to find the answers.

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SPOTLIGHT

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Use crayons or watercolors to cover this boy in color for Holi.

he Indian festival called Holi is known as the Festival of Colors. It celebrates the coming of Spring.

This year, Holi will be celebrated March 6 through March 7.

To celebrate Holi, people have fun by smearing each other with paint and pelting each other with colorfully filled water balloons. Often, white clothes are worn, which makes the paint more obvious.

Work your way through these water balloons by moving from even-numbered balloon to even-numbered balloon. You can only move up, down, left or right, not diagonally.

Arjun Mishra and writes for is 13 years old E India’s premier ducation Edge, children. He sh newspaper for ares about Holi on his thoughts this page.

By Arjun Mishra

By Arjun Mishra I had a bad experience after Holi once when I got so engrossed in playing with the color that I got home too late to take a bath and the water in the overhead tank ran out. I had to wait for hours drenched in the color before the water supply was restored. I learned my lesson—take your bath on time!

I particularly enjoy the festival in the company of friends and relatives, that is, when there are lots of people to be colored.

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I enjoy preparing gujiyas (goo-jee-ah: a sweet, stuffed pastry) and mathris (maw-treez: a fried cracker) with my mother and sisters. My mother fries them in the pan, while we siblings do the rolling, cutting and filling part of it.

My favorite job is to do the filling, which gives me a chance to steal the tasty khoya, which is full of dry fruits.

Eating the gujiyas, as they come out of the pan is another cherished moment of the festival.

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CALENDAR

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2015 Learn all you can about pigs today.

Read Across America celebrates the birthday of Dr. Seuss.

Write a poem to honor Dr. Seuss.

Oh, say, do you know all the words to The Star Spangled Banner?

Congress made it our national anthem in 1931.

National Anthem Day

Did you remember to move your clocks forward?

Cut a whole peanut shell in half. Remove the nut. Add hair and a hat to make your peanut puppet.

Gather some old magazines and make a collage today. Be creative.

Daylight Savings Time Begins

National Peanut Month

National Pig Day

Music in Our Schools Month Celebrate today with lots of apples—fresh apples for lunch, applesauce or apple pie.

Johnny Appleseed Day Wear green today. Write a story about finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

This is the middle of the month and a festive day in the Roman calendar.

The day was dedicated to the Roman god, Mars.

Showcase talented students by putting on a concert today.

Today is the anniversary of the first walk in space in 1965. Can you find out something about space explo exploration today?

Ides of March Randolf Caldicott was born on this day in 1846. The Caldicott Medal is awarded to children’s books with superior illustrations. Have you read any?

Do some spring cleaning. Clean out your closets, dust your dresser and donate your outgrown clothes.

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Get some aerobic exercise today.

Ride your bike, take a fast walk or run around a park.

Make sure you keep it up for at least 30 minutes.

With adult help, melt chocolate in the microwave.

Dip strawberries, pretzels and raisins. Let harden on wax paper and enjoy.

A walk in the park can be calming and re-energizing.

Open your eyes and observe the wonders around you.

Take a Walk in the Park Day

The first map of the United States was published on this day in 1784.

Can you draw a map of the area between your house and your school?

Pour bubble solution in a large, shallow pan. Dip a new fly swatter into the liquid and make hundreds of tiny bubbles.

National Bubble Month

Make a list of the women who have made a difference in the world.

National Women’s History Month

The Girl Scouts were founded on this day in 1912.

Find out if there’s a troop you could join in your area.

When you brush your teeth today, make sure your brushing lasts for two minutes.

The Iditarod sled dog race begins today in Alaska.

Meet the mushers at www.iditarod.com

What does it mean when someone says “Use your noodle!”?

Casey Jones was a train engineer who became a folk hero.

He was born on this day in 1863.

National Noodle Month

Go for a walk to find signs of The famous cliff spring, like swallows of Mission new buds San Juan Capistrano on trees or birds are returning from building nests. their winter vacation First Day of Spring in Argentina.

The flower for the month of March is a daffodil. Draw your favorite flower today.

Everyone who hates his or her name can be called “Joe” today.

National “Joe” Day

Write a poem today – see how many rhyming words you can include.

March is said to be a windy month.

Go to the park or the beach to fly a kite today.

Can you find the four-leaf clover on this page?

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Do the math to color this red-winged blackbird.

It looks like a little black bird, but suddenly you see a patch of brilliant red on its wing. Is it hurt?

No, it is a red-winged blackbird!

Red-winged blackbirds are often seen perched atop cattail reeds or tall stalks.

Do you try to arrive early to a movie or game to get a good seat?

The male red-winged blackbird is one of the first birds to migrate north in the spring.

It comes early to find the best nesting spot. It looks for a safe place that has plenty of food to raise a family.

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Red-winged blackbirds are songbirds with a repertoire of several different songs.

The males patrol and defend their territory by flying to the perimeters, or outer boundaries, and calling or puffing out their red wing patch for other males to see.

The male red-winged blackbird’s is a classic sound heard in wetlands.

Males often sing this one-second song from a high perch while leaning forward, drooping their wings, spreading their tail feathers and fluffing their bright shoulder patches to show them off.

The brown-streaked females show up a few weeks later and select the mate with the best nesting location. Males that select the most desirable locations may have from three to five mates.

Males and females make a

This blackbird’s territory is 25 feet by 30 feet. To find out the total area, multiply the length by the width.

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sound.

If you hear a male make a or or maybe even sound, the male might be telling you that you’re too close and he feels threatened by you. It is best to leave the area and come back another day.

The bird’s territory is __ square feet.

is a series of high, short whistles that sound like whimpering. This is the courtship mating call of red-winged blackbirds.

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While the male red-winged blackbirds stand out with their brilliant coloring, the females are colored brown to blend in with the grasses and cattails of the marshy areas and streams where they like to nest.

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STEM

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Each time you read a page in Kid Scoop News, color in a planet in our solar system. When you reach Neptune, cut out the sun and wear it as a badge to let everyone know you are a star reader!

Planet Adjectives EARTH

MARS

Not too hot and not too cold, it is the only planet where we know there is life.

The Romans named Mars after their god of war, because its color reminded them of blood.

Read the short description of each of the nine planets in our solar system. Think of three adjectives that describe three planets.

Write the adjectives near the planet they describe.

NEPTUNE Hold on to your hats! Neptune is storms, storms and more storms!

Standards Link: Grammar: Identify adjectives.

VENUS

MERCURY Closest to the sun, Mercury’s days are a whopping 800° F and at night the temperature drops to 300° F BELOW zero!

Covered with a poisonous acid, Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.

The planet’s thick clouds let the heat in, but not out! This is called the greenhouse effect.

JUPITER Jupiter is the largest and heaviest planet.

If it was hollow, more than 1,000 Earths could fit inside.

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In 2006, scientists in the International Astronomical Union decided to reclassify tiny Pluto as a ‘dwarf planet’.

SATURN

URANUS Uranus has rings just like Saturn, but the rings go around the planet up and down like a ferris wheel. Through a telescope, this icy planet looks greenish-blue.

PLUTO

Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know that each planet has unique characteristics.

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Saturn is nearly as big as its neighbor, Jupiter, but it is not so heavy. Scientists say that if you could find an ocean big enough, Saturn would float.

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FINANCIAL LITERACY

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Make a Goal!

What is a goal you want to reach?

Saving money? Doing better in a school subject? Improving your skills in a sport? Write it at the top of this ladder.

Fritter wants to learn how to jump rope at least 5 times in a row. But it will take a plan to reach his goal.

Then, break reaching the goal down into smaller steps. (Some goals may need a few more or a few less steps to achieve.)

Like reaching for the stars, a big dream or goal may seem hard to reach. But all big goals are really just a lot of smaller goals that add up to the big one.

a goal Help your child set a in d he ac re that can be riod. Help reasonable time peby breaking an pl them create a measurable the goal down into you reach w steps. Discuss ho adult at goals you set as an home or work.

Think of it like this ladder.

Each step climbs toward the goal at the top.

Money Goals

Angelica has set a goal of saving $10 to buy a new book. She plans to do it by saving one quarter each day. How much will she have at the end of one week?

Fill in the amount under each day.

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