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6W -RVHSK 3HZDPR (OHPHQWDU\ 1HZV As part of St. Joseph School of Pewamo’s classroom community service project, Mrs. Laux’s 4th & 5th Grade class participated in a Veterans Holiday Read-A-Thon. Students contacted sponsors to help them reach their individual reading goals. As a class, they raised over $518, with which they purchased items for the veterans, making this Holiday Season brighter for the residents of the Grand Rapids Veteran’s Home.
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The 100th Day of School is celebrated in February with classrooms having fun activities and creative projects. President’s Day is celebrated on February 20th. One of our favorites is Valentine’s Day on February 14th. On that day, we celebrate love, ZKHUH ZH VKRZ RXU DIIHFWLRQ IRU IULHQGV DQG IDPLO\ ZLWK FDUGV KHDUW VKDSHG FDQG\ RU ÀRZers. Kids’ World News would like to take this opportunity to thank our many sponsors who make this paper possible for you to read each month. You are so appreciated.
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Cool Cichlids Cichlids (pronounced sick-lid) are a super cool group of fish that can be found in both Africa and South America. Cichlids are a huge group of fish with over 1300 species already discovered. There are probably more than 2000 species of cichlids on Earth still to be found. The smallest cichlids are only 1 inch long, and the largest is over 3 feet long! They come in all shapes and sizes, but are still all related. Many types, especially tilapia, are very important as food fish. Cichlids and their cousins the angel fish are also very important for the aquarium business. Found in freshwater lakes and streams throughout Africa and South America, they are very widespread. Some can even live in brackish water (half fresh and half salt water). Their eating habits are just as widespread. Some are herbivores, eating plants and algae. Others are omnivores eating both plants and small snails and shrimp. Still more are detritivores, eating decomposing plant and animal material on the river bottom. The last group of cichlids are carnivores that are very good at being predators. Some of these predators eat a lot of different things, while some eat only snails, or only eggs of other fish, or only fish. Try This!
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The Andean Condor The Andean Condor is a species of bird in the vulture family. They are the national symbol of Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Chili, Columbia and Ecuador. The condor plays an important part in the folklore and mythology of the Andean regions. They are the symbols of power and health by many Andean cultures and it was believed that the bones and organs of the Andean Condor possessed medicinal powers. In Andean mythology, the Andean Condor was associated with the sun deity and was believed to be the ruler of the upper world. Found in the Andes Mountains, they have the largest wingspan of any land bird. It’s approximately 10.5 feet! The condor is a large black bird. The males typically weigh up to 33 pounds and the females up to 31 pounds. Their overall length can reach from 39 to 53 inches. Condors have a ruff of white feathers surrounding the base of their neck. The males also have large white patches on their wings. The irises of the male’s eyes are brown and the female’s eyes are deep red. The condor is a scavenger, feeding primarily on carrion (which is the carcass of a dead animal). They prefer large carcasses like those of deer or cattle. They will also raid the nests of smaller birds to feed on the eggs. The condor is one of the world’s longest living birds reaching a lifespan of up to 100 years old in captivity.
The Andean Flamingos The Andean Flamingo is one of the rarest flamingos in the world. It has a pale pink body with brighter upperparts, deep pink head, neck, and breast. As young birds, they are grey in color but their plumage slowly turns pink as they mature. It’s the only flamingo with yellow legs and three-toed feet. Their bill is pale yellow and black. Andean Flamingos have a loud honking call that is similar to that of a goose. They also communicate using a wing salute, stretching up their neck and flipping up their tail. Native to the high Andes mountain range, they are found in the lakes and lagoons. They form flocks containing thousands of individuals. These flamingos are a migratory bird with the ability to travel up to 700 miles in one day. These flamingos are filter feeders and mainly feed on diatoms and algae.
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1HZ &RYHQDQW &KULVWLDQ (OHPHQWDU\ 1HZV Tuesday mornings are an exciting time at NCCS. One of our wonderful teachers, Mr. Davis, teaches vocal and instrumental music to our elementary students that morning. The 3rd and 4th grade class has taken on the challenge and fun of learning WKH ÀXWRSKRQH 7KH\ DUH OHDUQLQJ WR UHDG PXVLF XVH FRUUHFW ¿QJHU SODFHPHQWV SOD\ QRWHV DQG manage their breathing on their instruments. They KDYH JURZQ VR PXFK DQG DUH QRZ DEOH WR SOD\ some songs! The students are working toward a PXVLF SHUIRUPDQFH LQ 0D\ WKDW ZLOO VKRZFDVH VW and 2nd grade vocal music, 3rd and 4th grade ÀXWRSKRQHV DQG WK DQG WK JUDGH UHFRUGHUV :H are looking forward to having them share the lovely music that has come from their focus and hard work! We are thankful that Mr. Davis is sharing his musical talents with our students and guiding their learning this year!
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Republic of Bolivia • Bolivia was named for Simon Bolivar who was the liberator of much of South America. • Bolivia is equal in size to California and Texas combined. Brazil forms its eastern border, Peru and Chile on the west and Argentina and Paraguay on the south. Bolivia is land locked. • In the western part of Bolivia, enclosed by two chains of the Andes, is a great plateau called the Altiplano. The average altitude is 12,000 feet. Almost half the population lives on the plateau. The cities of Oruro, Potosi and LaPaz are here. LaPaz is the highest administrative capital city in the world. The second capital city is Sucre, which is named after its first president. This is where the supreme court resides. • The Oriente, which is a lowland region that ranges from rain forests to grasslands, makes up the northern and eastern two thirds of Bolivia. • Lake Titicaca at an altitude of 12,507 feet is the highest commercially navigable body of water in the world. The waters from the lake also help warm the air around it. It is also one of the deepest lakes in the world! Lake Titicaca is also the birthplace of the Inca civilization, and is also believed to hold precious Inca treasure. • Industry: Mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages. • Agriculture: Soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton; timber. • Exports: Soybeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, wood. • Bolivia contains 40% of all animal and plant life in the world! Their tropical rainforests and Pantanal Wetlands are some of the most biologically abundant ecosystems in the world. • The world’s largest butterfly sanctuary is in Santa Cruz. • The main language is Spanish. • Soccer is the most popular sport in Bolivia. • The Spanish conquered Bolivia in 1533. The Bolivian people started a war in 1809 as they fought for independence. Independence was proclaimed on August 6, 1825, 16 years after the fighting began. • Bolivia is located within one of the wettest zones on the planet getting an average of 314” of rainfall per year!
• The largest deposit of salt on the planet is in Bolivia. The Salar de Uyuni (Uyuni salt beds), contain over 64 million tons of salt! The largest deposit of lithium in the world is found under all that salt! Major battery manufacturers have been interested in BoSalar de Uyuni livia because they want to extract the lithium to make long lasting batteries for cars, cellular phones and more. • Bolivia is one of Earth’s top 12 countries with the greatest amount of organic agricultural surface in the world. As a result they are among the top 3 exporters of organic Brazil nuts in the world and in the top 10 exporters of organic coffee and cacao. • LaPaz is home to “Death Road.” It is considered to be the world’s most dangerous road. It begins in LaPaz and descends 11,000 feet in 40 miles through the Andes Mountains to the Amazon River Basin. • The city of Potosi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the world’s highest city at approximately 13,400 feet. It was established in 1545 and remains famous because of the Cerro Rico silver mines and being home to Bolivia’s oldest colonial church, the Church of San Fransisco built in 1547 by the Spanish. • The weather in Bolivia varies drastically from one climate zone to another. The summer months are November through March. The weather is warmer and wetter. April through October, the winter months are colder and drier. In the highlands it can be very cold with temperatures frequently going below zero at night, especially on the Altiplano. Snow is common in Potosi during the winter months. It also falls on LaPaz and Oruro. The weather in the rainforest is usually very hot and is often very wet. As the altitude declines, the temperature rises.
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Coloring Corner Butterfly Wishes Yesterday a butterfly Came floating gently through the sky. He soared up through the atmosphere Then drifted close enough to hear. I said, "I'd love to fly with you And sail around the way you do. It looks like it would be such fun To fly up toward the summer sun. But I have not your graceful charm. I haven't wings, just these two arms. I've been designed to walk around. My human feet must touch the ground. Then magically he spoke to me and told me what his wish would be. He said, "What I'd love most to do Is walk upon God's Earth with you, To squish it's mud between my toes Or touch my finger to my nose. I'd love just once to walk around With human feet to touch the ground, But I have not two legs that swing, I haven't arms, just these two wings." And so we went our separate ways In wonder and surprise. For we'd both seen God's precious gifts Through someone else's eyes. Author Unknown
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Every Day Exercise Kids exercise every day without even thinking about it. Just by being active - like when you run around outside or play dodge ball at school. Playing is a type of exercise! What else counts as exercise? Sports, dancing, push-ups or just reaching down to touch your toes! When you exercise, you’re helping to build a strong body that will be able to move around and do all the stuff you need to accomplish. Aerobic Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy You may already know that your heart is a muscle. It works hard continuously pumping blood every day, every minute of your life. You can help this important muscle get stronger by doing aerobic exercise! Aerobic means “with air,” so aerobic exercise is a kind of activity that requires oxygen. When people breathe, they take in oxygen. If you’re doing aerobic exercises, you’ll notice that you’re breathing can be faster than normal. Aerobic activity can get your heart pumping and make you sweaty. When you give your heart this kind of workout on a regular basis, your heart will get even better at its job - delivering oxygen. If you want to do some aerobic exercise right now, try swimming, basketball, ice or roller skating, jogging or walking quickly, soccer, crosscountry skiing and jumping rope! Exercise Strengthens Muscles This kind of exercise can help make your muscles stronger. Do you ever do a push-up or swing across the monkey bars on the playground? These are exercises that can build strength. By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger. Some fun exercises and activities to build strong muscles are push-ups, pull-ups and lifting weights - with adult supervision of course! Exercise Can Make You Flexible Can you touch your toes easily - without yelling “ouch!”? Most kids are pretty flexible, and they can bend and stretch their bodies without much trouble. This kind of exercise often feels really good - like when you take a big stretch in the morning after waking up! Being flexible is having “full range of motion” which means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain. It’s easy to find things to do for good flexibility. Here’s some examples: Tumbling and gymnastics, yoga, dancing and martial arts.
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The Violin! One of the best known instruments in the orchestra is the violin. It is played with a bow and is the highest pitched instrument in the violin family. The violin consists of several parts - the front, the ribs, the neck, the fingerboard, the pegbox, the scroll, the bridge, the tailpiece and the f- holes. The violin has four strings which are fastened to the tailpiece, rest over the fingerboard and run to the pegbox. At the pegbox, the strings are attached to tuning pegs and by turning these pegs, the violin can be tuned to the correct pitch. By the musician changing finger positions on the strings, different notes are made. The bow is drawn across the strings with make the tone. The violin can be traced back to Italy in the early 1500’s. Evolving from two other stringed instruments, the fiddle and the lira da braccio which were both stringed instruments. The known developer of the violin was Andres Amati. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the craft of violin making began. Artists such as Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri and Jacob Stainer made them in their workshops. At this time, the violins had a shorter neck, the bridge was fatter, a shorter fingerboard and the strings were made of gut. At first, the violin wasn’t very popular and considered low status socially. But by the 1800’s, well known composers, like Claudio Monteverdi used the violin in operas. The violin began to gain some stature in the Baroque period as more known composers began using the violin in their works. One of these composers was Johann Sebastian Bach. By the mid-18th century, the violin was a vital part in instrumental music. During this time, violins emerged as the leading section in the orchestra. However, it wasn’t until the 19th century that violin virtuosos emerged. People such as Giovanni Viotti, Isaac Stern, Mischa Elman and Nathan Milstein became world famous for their skill.
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Stars and Stripes Forever! In the United States, we celebrate Presidents' Day in February to honor two of our greatest presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. George Washington was our first president. He was born on February 22, 1732. America was not a nation when he was born. At that time our land belonged to England, a country across the ocean. People in America wanted to become a separate country so they fought a war called the Revolutionary War. George Washington was an American general in that war. America won the war and picked a new name for itself: The United States of America. George Washington was then elected to be our first President. Abraham Lincoln was our 16th president. He was born on February 12, 1809. Things were different then when Abe was a boy. He lived in a log cabin; which is made out of logs cut from trees. Abe's family was poor. Often he went barefoot because he didn't have any shoes. When Abraham Lincoln grew up, he studied to become a lawyer. Later, he was elected to be a law-maker and in 1861, Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the 16th President of the United States. Abe Lincoln is a well loved president because he held our country together with courage and wisdom during the Civil War. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln lived a long time ago, but we still honor their contributions in helping to build and/or preserve our great country. As Americans, we see both presidents as “Patriotic”. A person who is patriotic proudly supports and defends his country. Let’s celebrate these two great presidents by making a patriotic symbol of America, a star! Contributed by Rebecca Nechuta, KidzArt Follow these simple instructions. Have fun!
Let’s Make A 3-D Patriotic Star This cool patriotic star is made from 2 identical paper stars that are interlaced. Materials Need · Card stock, thin cardboard or Styrofoam · Scissors · Decoration ideas: markers, crayons, paper cutouts of Washington or Lincoln, buttons, glitter. · Glue Directions: 1. On cardstock or thin cardboard, trace two identical (exactly the same) stars. Or you could print stars on cardstock from your computer. 2. Cut out your stars and decorate each star on both sides with your choice of markers, crayons, paper cut outs, glitter. 3. Mark the center of each star. You will need to cut one slit in each star; here is how: On the first star, cut from an inner corner to the center point of the star. On the second star, cut from an outer point to the center point of the star. See picture. 4. Slip the two stars together through the slits you have just cut. For stability, you may have to tape or glue the stars where they meet at the slits. This patriotic three-dimensional star can stand on a table or can be hung from the ceiling with a string!
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What Is A Heart Murmur? A heart murmur is a whooshing sound between heart beats. The doctor hears it through a stethoscope. It’s easier to hear heart murmurs in kids because they have less fat, muscle and bone between the murmur and the doctor’s stethoscope! This whoosh is just an extra sound that the blood makes as it flows through the heart. Doctors can discover murmurs during regular checkups or an illness checkup. Murmurs have grades too! Grade 1 is the softest sounding and Grade 6 is the loudest! More than half of all kids have a heart murmur at some time in their lives and most heart murmurs don’t mean anything is wrong. Some doctors call these “normal” murmurs. These are nothing to worry about as they are caused by blood rushing through the heart valves in a normal heart. One common type of this normal murmur is called Still’s murmur. This murmur is most often heard in healthy children age 3 to 7. A normal murmur can get louder when the blood flows faster through the heart. An example of this is when kids have a fever or are running around. That is because an increase in body tempera-
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ture or activity makes the heart pump more blood. When the body temperature goes down, the murmur may get quieter or even disappear. Even though most murmurs do not mean anything is wrong, sometimes a heart problem can cause a murmur. The heart may have a leaky valve, a hole in it or a valve that may not open all the way. If your doctor thinks a murmur may be due to a problem, the doctor will send a child to the pediatric cardiologist who specializes in children’s hearts. This pediatric cardiologist will ask a lot of questions. The doctor will also listen to your heart, check your pulse and listen to your lungs. Sometimes they will order a chest X-ray and electrocardiogram (EKG) which measures electrical activity of the heart. Another test may be an echocardiogram of the heart. This test uses sound waves to make a picture of the heart as the blood is pumped through its chambers and valves. These tests don’t hurt. The pediatric cardiologist will take all the information from the tests and determine if your murmur is causing a problem for you! The doctor may prescribe medicines to help prevent infection, to help the heart squeeze harder, prevent blood clots, remove extra fluid from the body or lower blood pressure. In some cases, surgery is needed to fix the problem. Doctors can patch a hole in the heart, fix a valve, rebuild blood vessels or stretch one open that’s too narrow! Most of the time though, a heart murmur isn’t a big problem. A kid with a murmur can run, jump and play like everyone else.
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