Kid Scoop News May 2022

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES Our handy guide tells you the difference between an alligator and a crocodile. But don’t get close, these creatures can move faster than you might imagine.

SUNBURNS!

Summertime is no fun if you have a sunburn.

Discover what happens when you burn your skin and what you must do to avoid it.

How many moths can you find flying around in this swamp?

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Peptoc Hotline ....................... 3 Laughter ............................... 4-5 Axles ..................................... 6 The Red Planet ...................... 7 Sunburns ............................... 8-9 Tom Sawyer ........................... 10-11 Puzzles .................................. 12 Activity Calendar ................... 13 Gators and Crocs .................... 14-15 Amusement Park ................... 16-17 Micro-loans ........................... 18 Digital Citizen ........................ 19 Mangoes ............................... 20 Parent Scoop ......................... 21 Early Learners ........................ 22 Answers ................................ 23 Kid Scoop News® is published in Baton Rouge by

11831 Wentling Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 (225) 292-0032 • www.brparents.com

Publisher Brandon Foreman Associate Publisher Amy L. Foreman

Dear Readers,

Anticipation—that means looking forward, and I’m looking forward to summer. Vacation times and the pages here fill me with all sorts of ideas and topics that put a smile on my face, starting with Laughter Around the World. Amazing that all those different jokes from different countries all have the same punchline. Did you get it?

On my list of things to do is making a gravity powered racecar. The page on Axles explains the importance of creating an axle so the wheels will move! Yep—that would be key!

I’m also planning to read Mark Twain’s classic story of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Tom got up to all kinds of mischief with his friends Huck, Joe, and Becky. One thing I won’t do is sit in the sun to read now that I understand the damage the sun can do to skin. The page on Sunburns explains all that.

And I’m not going to get too close to an Alligator or a Crocodile. But at least I’ll be able to tell the difference between the two.

The page on Mangoes makes me think of summer smoothies or ice cream topped with mango. That is such a treat. And just for fun, the Amusement Park Vacation has a ton of great puzzles which makes me look forward to summer even more.

Enjoy your summer vacation. Wherever you are, whatever your plans, laugh have fun and on your vacation. Keep reading. It’s important to read throughout the summer so that when school comes around again, you’re not behind and you don’t have to re-learn. We will look forward to our next edition when we can put pages together for you again.

Business Operations Laurie Acosta Teri Hodges Roxane Voorhies Sarah Miller Advertising Patrick Pacheco Marketing Emily Mancuso Editorial Amanda Miller Emily Drez Anthony Bui Sarah Batrous Art/Production Melody Tauzin

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Publisher and Editor Art Director/Illustration Vicki Whiting Jeff Schinkel Operations Director Graphic Designer Vivien Whittington Eli Smith © 2022 Vicki Whiting

“Kid Scoop News is a valuable resource that empowers our youth to engage in the world around them, all while developing their love of reading. I am proud to support this resource and help build the foundation of literacy for our youth!”

–Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome

“Louisiana is experiencing a literacy crisis with only 46 percent of students mastering ELA content by the end of third grade. Louisiana believes children are our highest priority. Kid Scoop News provides quick, easy-to-use activities and reading passages that support and strengthen school-home connections and deepen learning. The Louisiana Department of Education encourages regular reading at home and in the classroom to ignite a reading revival.”

–Quentina Timoll, Chief of Staff, Louisiana Department of Education

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3 To reach Peptoc, call 707-8PEPTOC. Then choose the help you want!

If you are feeling mad, frustrated, or nervous, press 1.

If you need words of encouragement or advice, press 2.

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If you need a pep talk from kindergartners, press 3.

eptoc is a helpline phone number created by students in Healdsburg, Calif. set up to help people during stressful times. When people call, they can get some positive advice or just listen to children laughing!

Photos: Jessica Martin/West Side School

Peptoc started when Jessica Martin, the Lead Teaching Artist at West Side School in Healdsburg, and visiting artist, Asherah Weiss, asked students to create fliers that would offer people in their community advice and hopeful thoughts.

“Children and adults alike are feeling a lot of stress these days,” said Martin. “Everyone is feeling a lot of grief from the last few years.”

Martin and Weiss wanted to give children a chance to use art to make people feel better, and it’s really working!

If you need to hear kids laughing with delight, press 4.

For encouragement in Spanish, press 5.

Some advice from Healdsburg Students:

Friendly Fliers

The students first made fliers with little messages of hope that could be torn off and kept for those moments when someone needs a little “pep talk.”

The fliers were popular. Then, they came up with another idea to try—a telephone helpline.

The helpline launched on February 26, 2022. In the first three days, the minutes they had paid for maxxed out. On the next Wednesday, they had 800 calls in one hour. It’s expensive to have a hotline that now gets almost a million calls a day, so they are now raising money to keep it going!

• Be grateful for yourself.

• The world is a better place with you in it.

• Try it again.

• Feeling mad? You can always go to your bedroom, punch your pillow or cry on it and just go scream outside.

• If you are mad or frustrated, you can do what you want to do best, or you can do flips on the trampoline.

What advice would you give?

It’s back up, and at this point, thousands of callers have dialed in to be cheered up. There are tens of thousands of articles about the project online. Calls from reporters are coming in daily.

If you are feeling sad or angry or scared or frustrated, give Peptoc a call!

You Can Help: Make fliers with hopeful messages and post them around your school and community!

© Vicki Whiting May 2022

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Did you know that it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile?

So, smile and the whole world smiles with you!

These jokes are from all over the world, and the answer to each joke is the same thing.

Can you guess what it is?

Doctors even tell us that laughter can help sick people heal more quickly. All in all, a smile is very powerful.

What is a small, white chest that all know how to open and nobody knows how to close?

Cut out the word balloons below and paste them in the correct order on the comic strip above.

What is more useful when it is broken?

Standards Link: Health: Identify activities and actions that promote or enhance emotional health.

There are jokes from all over the world. What can you learn about people by reading their jokes? Draw your own comic strip using this joke from Martinique.

In a pot there are two kinds of food.

What is it?

What is an entire little house without a door?

I have built my house without any door.

What is it?

In a bowl of china fixed, two liquids with colors unmixed. What is it?

Have you figured out the answer? If not, color all the boxes with odd numbers. Read the letters that are left and you will know the answer.

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Standards Link: Social Science: Compare life in different places and recognize that some aspects of cultures are similar.

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5 How many smiles can you find on these pages?

How many silly things can you circle in this picture?

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

Why does a crane raise one leg when he stands in the water?

Put the words in the right order to discover the answer to this joke from Poland.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

OPEN CRANE SMILE LAUGHTER FOOD JOKES WORLD QUICKLY GUESS ORDER PEOPLE SILLY FUN LEARN

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

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Q U J O K E S P U U G B F D L R O W F Q Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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hen making a gravity-powered car that will roll quickly down a ramp, you usually add wheels to the vehicle.

Oh, man! I glued the wheels to the side of my car and they can’t move.

An axle will solve this problem!

But the car doesn’t move!

What happened?

Gerry built his gravity-powered racecar, added wheels, and put it on the top of the ramp.

n axle is a long cylinder, or rod, that runs through the car to connect the wheels.

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Gerry used tape to attach the axle to the underside of the car.

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The inside of the straw has low friction, so the skewer can spin easily as gravity pulls the car downward and the tires spin.

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Gerry uses a straw and a skewer to make an axle for his gravity-powered racecar!

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Long ago, people marveled at a light in the sky that was different from the others. It glowed reddish orange. The ancient Romans named this light Mars, their god of war.

Amaze your friends! Stump your teachers!

Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know there are planets that orbit the sun.

Use the code to find out amazing facts about Mars!

The time it takes a planet to orbit the sun is called a year. The Earth takes 365 days to orbit the sun, making our year 365 days long.

Mars is farther away from the sun and it takes longer to orbit. A Martian year is 687 days long.

Divide that number by 687 days. That will tell you how many Martian years old you are!

Standards Link: Number Sense: Students solve problems involving mulitplication and division of whole numbers.

If Earth was the size of a baseball, Mars would be about the size of a 4873 2977.

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Here’s how to figure out how old you would be on Mars: Multiply your age in years by 365. This will tell you how many days old you are.

Why Is Mars Red?

How Big Is Mars?

It is covered with reddish 1 56 and rock.

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The largest volcano in the solar system is on Mars.

It is called Olympus Mons. It rises 17 miles (27 km) above the surrounding land—that’s three times higher than Mt. Everest, Earth’s tallest mountain. If Olympus Mons was on Earth, its base would cover the entire state of Washington and nearly half of Oregon.

An enormous canyon near Mars’ equator stretches one quarter of the way around the planet. Some people call it the Grand Canyon of Mars, after Earth’s famous canyon in Arizona. Its real name is Valles Marineris. If Valles Marineris started in Los Angeles, California, where would it end? To find out, follow the maze!

Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know there are similarities and differences among the planets.

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OUCH! Hot fun in the summertime can be painful!

Too much fun in the sun can burn your skin.

How does the sun burn skin?

Normal skin cells.

Cells that get too much sunlight swell and fill with blood.

This turns the skin red and makes it hurt.

Find: • banana • watermelon • moon • dolphin • car • bat • bowling ball • crocodile • ice cream • octopus

To burn or not to burn?

Everybody has tiny grains of color called melanin in their skin.

Melanin grains are like a screen. They protect the body from the burning rays of sunlight. Everybody’s skin makes melanin. Melanin grains are brown.

When your skin is exposed to the sun, it makes more melanin. That is why your skin gets darker when you play in the sunshine.

Andy Melody Tanya

Different skin types

Tanya has a lot of melanin in her skin. Andy and Melody have a little. Amy has very little. Some parts of Amy’s body make more melanin than others.

These dark spots are called freckles.

Everybody needs to protect their skin from the sun. Even people with lots of melanin will burn.

Their skin won’t burn as fast as Amy’s, but it will burn.

Lifesaver Letters

What should you look for when you are getting too much sun? Cross out every letter that is printed twice on the innertube. The five letters left spell your answer!

Amy

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple directions; identify common sight words.

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Using 12 toothpicks, try this puzzle. Lay out the toothpicks as shown below. Can you make four squares by moving only three toothpicks?

Standards Link: Math: Problem Solving; make a model to solve a puzzle.

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BURN LIFESAVER SKIN MELANIN SUNSHINE DARKER BEACH BODY COOL SPOTS HOT RAYS BROWN TINY HURT

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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10 Written in 1876, this book about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River if full of adventure, mischief, wit, and wisdom.

Tom is full of fun, adventure, and imagination. Sometimes these ___________ are useful and sometimes they get him in _____________.

Whoops! Tom’s friends whitewashed over some of the words.

Find where each word belongs.

One day, he plays hooky from school and gets his clothes dirty in a __________. As punishment, Tom has to whitewash a fence.

Tom soon ____________ out how to trick his friends into whitewashing the fence for him by making the ____________ job seem like a lot of fun!

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Design a prirate flag for Tom Sawyer.

Schoolmaster Dobbins challenged Tom to spell every state in the union.

What was Tom’s answer?

To find out, write the letter of the alphabet that comes before each letter below.

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Tom and his friend Huck and Joe run away to an island to become pirates. They stay away so long that the townspeople think they have drowned in the river.

Imagine the surprise and joy when the boys show up at their own funerals!

Standards Link: Visual Arts: Know how subject matter, symbols and ideas are used to communicate meaning.

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Tom and Becky go on a picnic to McDougal’s Cave with their classmates. Tom and Becky get lost in the cave.

They run out of food and candles and, if that is not bad enough, they run into a murderer who is using the cave as a hideout.

Can you escape from the cave?

Tom witnesses a horrible crime one night in a graveyard. Read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to find out what he saw.

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Find each tombstone’s twin.

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F H G E Standards Link: Investigation: Find similarities and differences in common objects.

ADVENTURES THATCHER ENGAGED WHITEWASH HOOKY PIRATE ESCAPE CRIME WITNESSES CAVE BECKY TOM DOBBINS UNION SKIP

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

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T P N O I N U D S W Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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12 Lupé DeLoops is flying her plane through this cloud. Can you help her find her way without making yourself dizzy?

Draw lines to connect pairs of blimps to form compound words.

(We did one for you.)

Circle every third letter. Then write the circled letters on these spaces to reveal the punchline to this riddle.

Grab a red crayon and give a blue crayon to a friend. Take turns drawing a line between two dots. If you draw the line that encloses a box, you get ONE POINT. If there’s a star in the box, you get THREE POINTS.

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M AY 2 0 2 2 Celebrated around the world, this day marks a celebration of spring and the coming of summer.

May Day Make a special homemade gift for your mom or another special lady. Draw her portrait and give her this perfect gift.

Mother’s Day Go for a hike today in the countryside.

Wear good, sturdy shoes and make sure to take some water.

Play a musical instrument today.

If you don’t own one, invent your own.

Invent a dessert using fresh fruit and a little ice cream or frozen yoghurt.

Share it with your family at dinner tonight.

Tell your sibling how much you care for them. If you don’t have a brother or sister, choose someone who could be your pretend sibling.

Brothers and Sisters Day Write a poem about lost socks.

Where do they go? How will they ever find their way back to their match?

Lost Sock Memorial Day Using a black marker, draw an alien. Now exchange your drawing with a friend to color in the drawing.

Start to collect loose change today in a jar.

It’s amazing how much you’ll save if you add a little each day.

This is the day to remember those who gave their lives for freedom and country.

Memorial Day

Take time today to honor your teacher and show how much you appreciate all their hard work.

Children’s Book Week. Celebrate the joy of reading.

National Teachers Day

Children’s Book Week

The first newspaper cartoon was published in 1754. See if you can make a copy of a newspaper cartoon character.

Take a jump rope outside and skip as fast as you can for ten minutes and then slowly for another ten minutes.

Thank your school nurse today and give her a token of your gratitude.

National School Nurse Day Museums are important places. Gather your family and visit a museum today.

International Museum Day

Invent a code and use it for the answer to a joke.

Give your code to a friend to see if they can figure it out.

Put on some music and get everyone dancing.

Dancing is great exercise so keep-it=up for 20 minutes at least.

Get a large sheet of paper and a crayon and make a rubbing today—from a coin, or any indented surface you can find.

Tick the box on each day when you have completed 20 minutes of reading. Children who develop a love of reading will become better students and build a better future.

Make red, white and green paper chains, and decorate your room.

Cinco de Mayo Compose a limerick today.

Five lines, the last words of the 1st, 2nd and 5th lines rhyme, and the 3rd and 4th are a separate rhyme.

Celebrate by finding a good photograph and describe why you chose it.

National Photo Month List three reasons why a good nights-sleep is important.

Better Sleep Month

Clean your bicycle today and make sure it is in good condition. Check your helmet, too.

Bike Month

Visit a pet shelter this week and spread a little kindness.

Be Kind to Animals Week

Can you draw a cross section of a tulip?

Label the different parts of a tulip.

Tulip Day

Put your thumbs in your armpits and “flap your wings.”

On this day in 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew alone across the Atlantic to Paris.

Find out the name of his plane and quiz a friend.

The American Red Cross was founded on this day in 1881.

Check your first aid supplies and make sure they are up to date.

Ask your parents if Start a science you can take over a experiment today section of the garden. such as growing a Dig it over and plant crystal. Follow the some flowers, scientific method: vegetables or seeds. question, hypothesis, method, data, observation, and conclusion.

How many flowers can you count on this page?

Have a friend try.

Who found more?

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lligators and crocodiles look a lot alike. They are both reptiles from the order of animals named Crocodylia.

But there are ways to tell them apart— from a safe distance, of course!

They’re potentially dangerous animals to humans. And they’re carnivores, so they will catch and eat almost any creature.

They don’t chew and swallow, they just tear off chunks and swallow whole.

The top row of teeth on alligators are visible when their mouths are closed.

On crocodiles, some of the bottom teeth stick up when their mouths are closed, as shown here.

But humans are also dangerous to these creatures.

Habitat destruction and overhunting have made these ancient reptiles endangered species.

A crocodile’s snout is V-shaped.

From above, an alligator’s snout is U-shaped.

Don’t bother trying to outrun a crocodile or an alligator.

They have a swimming speed of 20 miles per hour and a running speed of 11 miles per hour for short distances.

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them digest their food.

That rocks!

How do alligators and crocodiles sweat?

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Circle every other letter for the surprising answer!

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have different features that help them survive in different environments.

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Use the secret code!

The largest recorded alligator: feet long.

The largest recorded crocodile:

feet long.

Alligators have to teeth. They grow new ones to replace broken teeth. One alligator can have as many as teeth in a lifetime!

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Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have different features that help them survive in different environments.

The American alligator is the largest reptile in North America and has been here since the time of the dinosaurs—over 80 million years ago, and it still looks the same.

Unscramble the letters to reveal the names of the two U.S. states where most American alligators live.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

ANSWER: An investigator!

SECRET CODE

CROCODILE ALLIGATOR NOSTRILS SWALLOW ANCIENT DIGEST REVEAL RHYMES SWEAT ROCKS SPEED HAIKU TEETH CHEW SAFE

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

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K A N C I E N T R S Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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Can’t make it to a real amusement park this summer? Kid Scoop News brings the amusement park to YOU.

Amusing Photos

Luna de Loop has enjoyed herself at the amusement park and has taken lots of photos! Look at each photo below. Can you draw a square on the big picture at right where each photo was taken?

What is a Dyrehavsbakken?

This is the name of the world’s first and oldest operating amusement park. It opened in 1583 in Denmark. But just what does Dyrehavsbakken mean?

Hold this page up to a mirror to discover the answer.

Find your way to the ticket booth.

How many tickets can you find on these pages in two minutes?

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Amusing Food

Part of the fun of a trip to an amusement park is to get some amusing food! The Froyo family ordered their treats. Each person got two or three treats and paid with the exact change.

Look at each person’s total. What did they each buy?

Fred Froyo spent $6.00

Flora Froyo spent $7.75

Fran Froyo spent $8.50

❏ NACHOS ❏ CARAMEL APPLE ❏ CORN DOG ❏ COTTON CANDY ❏ POPCORN ❏ FRUIT SKEWER ❏ LEMONADE

❏ NACHOS ❏ CARAMEL APPLE ❏ CORN DOG ❏ COTTON CANDY ❏ POPCORN ❏ FRUIT SKEWER ❏ LEMONADE

❏ NACHOS ❏ CARAMEL APPLE ❏ CORN DOG ❏ COTTON CANDY ❏ POPCORN ❏ FRUIT SKEWER ❏ LEMONADE

Lemonade $1.75

Corn Dog $3.50 Cotton Candy $2.75

Nachos $2.50 Caramel Apple $3.00 Fruit Skewer $4.00 Popcorn $2.00

Standards Link: Math: Compute money sums.

Stacy and her friends took some pictures in the amusement park’s photo booth. How many differences can you find between these pictures?

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

Find the words by looking up, AMUSEMENT down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

MIRRORS DENMARK M T E D A C R A T C COASTER I R O G K T K N O T TREATS R E I F A R E O T C ARCADE TOTAL R A N D A M A C A O WORLD O T A M E I E P L A PARK R S N S N D R H D S FOOD S E U Y D L R O W T RIDE FAIR D M P L A Y O T T E PLAY A R E N U F A O T R GAME Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical FUN words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. © Vicki Whiting May 2022

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The picture book One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference, written by Kate Smith Milway, tells the story of how a very small loan, called a micro-loan, helped a young boy work his way out of poverty.

It is the story of a boy named Kojo, who lives in Ghana, Africa. Kojo is very poor and cannot afford to go to school.

One day he gets a micro-loan of just a few coins, enough to buy one hen.

The first week, Kojo’s hen lays five eggs.

Kojo and his mother eat two and sell the other three.

Kojo saves his egg money and pays back the loan after two months. In four months he has enough to buy another hen. In six months he buys a third hen.

How many eggs can Kojo eat or sell with more hens?

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Color the number of eggs Kojo and his mother can eat in yellow. Color the ones he can sell green.

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For more about this topic, visit onehen.org

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Find the two identical hens.

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Standards Link: Economics: Students understand characteristics of different economic systems and incentives.

Kojo learns that chicken manure helps his family’s garden grow more vegetables.

Kojo saves his money until he is able to afford to go to school. He goes on to college and studies how to run a chicken business.

After college he gets a larger loan and expands his chicken business.

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Eventually he creates jobs for other people in his village and the entire community becomes richer.

This is based upon a true story. Today, Kojo loans money to other people so they can start businesses, and the cycle of economic growth continues.

ONE HEN

TWO HENS

THREE HENS

FOUR HENS

TEN HENS

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How does technology make you feel?

It’s important to listen to your feelings!

Color the emoji that shows how you feel in each of these situations.

1. How do you feel when you’ve spent too much time indoors on a rainy day?

2. You are online looking for pictures of hearts, so you search “love.” But you end up on a site that looks like it is for grown-ups. How do you feel?

3. You’re watching a show that is supposed to be for kids.

But there is a really scary character that you don’t like.

How do you feel?

4. You’ve been playing on your tablet for a really long time and your parent tells you that it’s time to stop.

5. You watched funny videos of cats for almost an hour.

You missed out on your chance to go to the park with your friends.

6. Your grandma lives far away.

She video calls you every Saturday so that you can stay in touch.

7. You’re playing a game on your tablet and it suddenly stops working. You ran out of charge.

8. You’re watching online videos with your friends, but ads keep playing for grown-up stuff.

9. You’re really into learning about cheetahs! You found a great website just for kids with lots of information about cheetahs and has really cool pictures.

Let’s Talk!

10. You’re at the park with your parent or caregiver and you want them to watch you do a cool trick. You can’t get their attention because they are texting.

If something makes you uncomfortable, worried or scared, what should you do?

Show this page and your answers to an adult family member.

Talk about your answers and what you can do if any of these online situations should really happen.

Pause

Think

Ask

When you have a feeling, stop and take a moment to notice it.

Notice your feelings and think about what to do next.

If you’re feeling unsafe, unhappy, or unsure, get help from a grown-up.

NOTE TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS: To see full lesson plans and find more lessons about Digital Citizenship, visit commonsense.org/education Common Sense Education™ defines Digital Citizenship as someone who uses technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

© 2022 Common Sense Education™. Used by permission. For more information, visit commonsense.org/education © Vicki Whiting May 2022

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Tropical Treat

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• Some mango trees still produce fruit after ________ ( ) years.

• The largest mango can weigh as much as ________ ( ) pounds.

You’ll need: • a blender

• popsicle molds (plastic cups work)

• 1 tbsp fresh lime juice • ¼ cup honey

Mango is the national fruit of India, Pakistan, and the Philippines and the national tree of Bangladesh.

It is available year round and harvested in India from March to May. Mangoes were first introduced into Florida in 1833. There are several hundred different kinds of mangoes, but the variety most enjoyed in America is called the “Tommy Atkins” mango, named after Thomas Atkins who popularized this type of mango in the 1950s. Tommy Atkins mangoes don’t bruise as easily as some other varieties and don’t spoil as quickly in stores.

Mango Search

• 3 cups mango chunks • 1/3 cup water (or coconut water)

Mango trees are grown in tropical climates around the world. They were first grown in India more than 5,000 years ago, and today India is still the top producer of the fruit.

Look forward, backward, up, down and diagonally to see how many times you can find the word MANGO in this puzzle.

Blend water, lime juice, honey and mango chunks until smooth.

Pour into popsicle molds and freeze overnight.

Replace the missing words in this article.

At 86 calories, these fruits are super __________. They can help your digestion, brain, blood, and skin and provide 25% of the Vitamin A you need ______ to help eyesight.

Mango can be eaten in many ways. Refreshing _____________ are popular. It’s also good as an ice cream ___________, and used in chutneys and jam. In Hawaii it is often served charred. Mango lassi is a drink made by _________ mango pulp with buttermilk and sugar.

Mangoes can be red, yellow, green, orange and even ________.

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Celebrate Memorial Day Memorial Day is about remembering those who gave their lives defending democracy, America, and other free nations in wartime.

Grow a Citizen 5 Ways to Teach Your Child About Democracy

Create A Sign of Respect

Make a large sign saying, “WE ARE THANKFUL” and display it in a window facing the street where passersby will see it.

Perhaps some of those people who pass by and see the sign will be people who have served in the Armed Forces and fought to protect democracy.

Let them know you appreciate their service and dedication to keep our way of life safe and secure.

A democracy is a government run by the people. Each citizen has a say (or vote) in how the government is run. This is different from a monarchy or dictatorship where one person (the king or dictator) has all the power.

Start early talking to your children about democracy and the importance of participating!

1. Take your child with you when you vote and talk about why you’ve chosen to vote for particular candidates.

2. As a family, write a letter to an elected official. Talk about something your family cares about and let your elected representative know. Explain that elected officials represent the people.

3. Explain to your child what it means to be elected.

4. Encourage children to ask questions and share their views even when they might disagree with yours.

5. Talk about examples of democracy in action.

6. Read and discuss books about voting, democracy, freedom of speech and citizenship.

EDITOR’S PICK

by Vicki Whiting, Kid Scoop News

What Can a Citizen Do?

By Dave Eggers Illustrated by Shawn Harris

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ith beautiful illustrations and rhyming text, this is a book about what citizenship — good citizenship — means.

Across the course of several seemingly unrelated but ultimately connected actions by different children, we watch how kids turn a lonely island into a community — and watch a journey from what the world should be to what the world could be.

“[This] charming book provides examples and sends the message that citizens aren’t born but are made by actions taken to help others and the world they live in.”

—The Washington Post “Obligatory reading for future informed citizens.”

—The New York Times

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22 N is for Nest n is for nest

Can you find 9 differences between the two nests?

Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter N. Say the letter as you trace it.

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

How many

? nuts

There was an old man with a beard, Who said, “It is just as I feared!

Two owls and a hen, four larks and a wren, Have all built their nests in my beard.”

Letter Identification With your child, look through the newspaper to find pictures of things that begin with the same sound as the letter N in nest.

Math Play

Point to the number 9 in the newspaper.

Have your child say the number and, if it’s large enough, have your child trace the number.

Nine Noses

Find and cut out nine noses from the newspaper.

Glue the 9 noses onto one sheet of paper. Find and cut out a large number 9 and glue it on the paper also.

Find the 9s

With your child try and find nine 9s on one page of the newspaper. Connect the nine 9s to make a connect-thedots picture.

Yes or No?

Look at a newspaper picture with your child.

Say something about the picture. Then ask your child if what you said about the picture is true, yes or no? Repeat with other pictures and then let your child have a turn to try and trick you.

How many

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Uppercase and Lowercase

With your child find and circle an uppercase letter N. Then, on the same page, find and circle a lowercase letter N. Connect the two with a line.

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

Tear It Up

A simple small motor exercise you can do with your child is tearing the newspaper. Let your child tear out shapes and then clue the torn pieces onto a piece of paper to make a picture. Black construction paper sets off the pictures well.

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Scrambled Book Titles Sarah Plain and Tall Where the Sidewalk Ends James and the Giant Peach Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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An American Original Louisiana Florida

Tombstone Twins A & D, B & H, C & F, E & G Lifesaver Letters Shade

A E F O T E E T H S

L V D E M P A A W E

S E S S E N T I W H

E R E A E M I R C S

L E I Y S G I E L G

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S E R U T N E V D A

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K A N C I E N T R S

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C D S P S G L P N A I E A S Z H L O E E

U R E W C T I E N L

Q U J O K E S P U U G B F D L R O W F Q

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How Big Is Mars?

If Earth was the size of a baseball, Mars would be about the size of a GOLF BALL. Why Is Mars Red? It is covered with reddish DUST and rock.

If Valles Marineris started in Los Angeles, California, it would end in New York City.

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O R B E A C H L K E

W S U N S H I N E L

N P S K K A I N R A H O T I

I E V T H N

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S S H U R T B U R N

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Tom is full of fun, adventure and imagination. Sometimes these QUALITIES are useful and sometimes they get him in TROUBLE. One day, he plays hooky from school and gets his clothes dirty in a FIGHT. As punishment, Tom has to whitewash a fence. Tom soon FIGURES out how to trick his friends into whitewashing the fence for him by making the BORING job seem like a lot of fun!

Why Becky ended her “engagement ” to Tom: Tom has been engaged to another girl named Amy. What Tom gave Becky as an engagement gift: Doorknob School Scramble Every state in the union

Blimp Buddies Life-time, Corn-pop, Pepper-mint, Key-board, Air-port

Fred Froyo: Nachos, Corn Dog Flora Froyo: Popcorn, Fruit Skewer, Lemonade Fran Froyo: Nachos, Popcorn, Fruit Skewer

What bird is good at making bread?

A dough dough

How do alligators and crocodiles sweat?

They sweat through their mouths.

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The largest recorded crocodile: 28 feet long.

Alligators have 70 to 80 teeth. One alligator can have as many as 2,000 teeth in a lifetime!

Crocs can stay underwater for 15 to 20 minutes.

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Some mango trees still produce fruit after 300 years.

The largest mango can weigh as much as 50 pounds.

At 86 calories, these fruits are super HEALTHY. They can help your digestion, brain, blood, and skin and provide 25% of the Vitamin A you need DAILY to help eyesight.

Mango can be eaten in many ways.

Refreshing SMOOTHIES are popular. It’s also good as an ice cream TOPPING, and used in chutneys and jam. In Hawaii it is often served charred. Mango lassi is a drink made by MIXING mango pulp with buttermilk and sugar.

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Pool of Facts The largest recorded alligator: 19 feet long.

Eat: 2 Eat: 4 Eat: 6 Eat: 8 Eat: 10 Sell: 3 Sell: 6 Sell: 9 Sell: 12 Sell: 15

There are over 500 different types of mangoes.

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W O D O O F E R A W

Identical Hens B&F

W A C R O C S E O T

S H I Y K C E B N H

Why does a crane raise one leg when he stands in the water?

Because if he raised both legs he would fall down!

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S L I R T S O N D R

Page 9 The answer to each joke is the same thing.

An egg

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Mangoes can be red, yellow, green, orange and even PURPLE. M T E D A C R A T C I R O G K T K N O T

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East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s 2022 Summer Reading Program

JUNE 1-AUGUST 15 Enjoy an entire summer of FREE programs, workshops, storytimes, concerts and performances for all ages, scheduled throughout the library system.

Beanstack Summer Reading Challenges:

It’s easy! Read and complete activities to earn virtual badges, as well as entries for weekly prize drawings. Each challenge has a reading/logging element, as well as an activity factor.

Varies by age group.

Sign up at your local Library location, or online at ebrpl.beanstack.org. There’s even a mobile app!

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ParentEd Talks

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Renowned author Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. teaches what it means to cultivate a “Yes Brain.” Tuesday, May 3, 3 p.m.

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