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Have noticed there is leaves something going around that is very contagious?

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The weather is getting colder and soon and winter will be felt upon us. the Fall brings great moments.

Events Spring Fever is a feeling of restlessness excitement during season of about spring, some especially in the month of May. likethat football, Treating, and marshmallows are feel favorites.

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3. beautiful peacock loves to dance in the rain with its fabulous tail spread out behind it. The peacock is one of the most beautiful birds in the world and has been loved by many cultures over the last 3000 years. In recent Step 1 - Draw a small arch times, the peacock shape. Add a triangle for the beak and a dot for the Step 3 - Add a crown to Step 4 - Draw “C” was anointed as eye. the head. Draw legs and shapes around the body the national bird of India where it is thought to have come from. feet as shown. creating a flower effect.

Have you ever heard the expression 'proud as a peacock’? We Step 2 - The body is a say this when we see a person who seems to be strutting around as long “U” shape. Draw as shown. a peacock does; arrogant and selfcentered.

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Although the word peacock is used for both the male and the female bird, 7. it is really only the name for the male peafowl. The peacock is recognized by his long, green iridescent tail that it spreads out like a fan. The female, in contrast, is a dull brown and white and is called a peahen. The cute baby peafowl is called a peachick.

The peafowl are a very social bird and like to be with their families. In the wild they can live to be 20 years Step 7 - To finish the beautiful tail, add circles by old and up to 40 years old in captivity. tracing a small cap or hand draw them. The circles They can fly, but usually stay close to Step 6 - Add more “U” are stacked by two and three in a row. Draw a con- the ground which makes it easy to Step 5 - Draw “U” shape behind the first row necting line between the stacked circles to create a watch and enjoy the beautiful peashapes behind the bird to create a fuller tail. long feather. Add a smaller circle in each larger cirto build the tail. cle to make what is known as the “eyes” on the cock. feathers. Now color in your peacock with crayons, colored pencils, markers or paint.

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Dramatic Discus Discus are 3 species in the larger group called Cichlids (pronounced sick-lid). Discus are from the Amazon River in South America.

Discus Disco Discus make great fish for your aquarium. They like to be in groups and with many colors and styles out there to choose from you can find just the right discus for you!

They get their name from their shape - very thin and round. Most discus are covered in stripes of blue, They also get along with some other green or red in order to blend in with the grasses on community fish. Since they like special the river bed and to communicate with other discus. water, these cool critters will dance their way all around your tank.

Discus are unique because of they way they take care of their babies. Like a lot of cichlids, the discus carefully take care of their eggs and larvae. The small fry (the name for baby fish) hang out with mom or dad when they are tiny. And the parents actually have a special slime that the fry will eat for the first week.

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4. Color a discus on both sides of your plates 5. You now have a discus disk!

Discus like to live in lakes, rivers, streams and shallow puddles. During the day they will hang out in the shadows enhancing their camouflage. Discus like to live in small groups, they are happier and feel safer this way. They are at their happiest when they get to hang out with their friends...just like you!

A full grown discuss can get up to 10 inches across, and will eat small shrimp, fish and worms. Sometimes the food they eat will actually make them more colorful! Their stripes and spots are not just for decoration. They actually use them to communicate with each other.

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Celebrate Armed Forces Day On May 21st! Write About Someone In Your Family That Served In The Armed Forces!

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Lyndon B. Johnson 36th President, 1963-1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson (also remembered as LBJ) was born in a small farmhouse on the Pedernales River, Stonewall, Texas, on August 27, 1908. He was the first of five children. Growing up meagerly, he worked his way through Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now known as Texas State University - San Marcos). He had to drop out of college for one year to serve as principal and teach at Welhausen School (a Mexican-American school in the south). He learned compassion for the poor while working at that school.

On November 17, 1934, he married Claudia “Lady Bird” Taylor. They eventually had two daughters, Lynda and Luci.

Johnson, a Democrat, served as a United States Representative from Texas, from 1937–1949 and as United States Senator from 1949–1961. After campaigning unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in 1960, Johnson was asked by John F. Kennedy to be his running mate for the 1960 presidential election. They won the election and Johnson became the Vice President. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as President. In 1964, he was elected President in is own right. He was one of the four people at that time who served in all four elected federal offices.

LBJ was responsible for designing the “Great Society” legislation that included laws that upheld civil rights, as well as Public Broadcasting, Medicare, Medicaid, environmental protection, aid to education and his “War on Poverty.”

During this time the United States also made achievements in explorations of space. Three astronauts successfully orbited the moon in December 1968.

The American involvement in the Vietnam War escalated in this time period and Johnson’s popularity started declining because of the opposition to the war. There was also unrest and rioting in ghettos despite the beginning of the anti-poverty and anti-discrimination programs. He was remembered favorably by historians because of his domestic policies.

When President Johnson left office, peace talks were under way but he didn’t live to see them through. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his Texas “LBJ Ranch” on January 22, 1973.

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Sweet Potato Sticks 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 teaspoon paprika 8 sweet potatoes, sliced lengthwise into fry shape Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet. In a large bowl, mix olive oil and paprika. Add potato sticks, and stir by hand to coat them.

Place on the prepared baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven.

Turn them. Bake another 20 minutes until done. Lightly salt if desired.

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By Sammy McDonald, 8th Grade Do you have a pet? If you don’t, I’m sure you want one. Having a pet helps with many things such as providing comfort, keeping kids healthy, and helping in building bonds between children and their family.

They also help in teaching children how to be responsible. Along with that, there is a lot of different pets to choose from. There are dogs, cats, hamsters, birds, bunnies, horses, and many more.

When you are feeling down, your pet may be there to comfort you.

Studies show that many cats and dogs can tell when their owner is sad, and they try to comfort them.

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feel better.

Many kids don’t get enough play time outside. They’re usually inside playing on their electronics or watching T.V., but having a pet allows kids to get outside more and play/bond with their pets and family. Pets build a strong bond between themselves and their owners that will last a lifetime. )LQDOO\ KDYLQJ D SHW GH¿QLWHO\ teaches kids how to be responsible.

They have to take responsibility and feed them, let them outside when they need to be let out, make sure they don’t run away, and give them lots of love and care.

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Have you ever wondered if city birds are different from country birds? Well if so, we have an answer for you. Which type of bird would you guess is smarter and healthier? It’s actually city birds. They are known to be better at problem solving than country birds. Living in an urban area (a city) is sometimes harder because of the lack of greens JUDVV OHDYHV HWF %LUGV WKDW OLYH LQ urban areas have to work harder for foods, and they have to learn certain skills to survive that country birds don’t. They have to be creative with the way that they get survival materials. For example, city birds have

to learn how to open containers to get their tasty treats, while country birds still may have to do that once and awhile, city birds may have to do that all the time. Researchers have given them tests on who can open drawers faster or open lids as I have stated above. City birds are also found to have a better immunity, which means they are healthier and less likely to get a disease. The researchers have to do many tests WR ¿JXUH DOO RI WKLV RXW 0D\EH \RX would like to research animals when you get older. It’s always good to try something new!

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By Emma Stempky, 7th grade You may have heard of Memorial Day, but you might only know about it because you get the day off of school! Exciting, I know, but do you really know the original reason this holiday is so important that we get the day off of school? Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day because the family and friends decorated the graves of fallen soldiers who died during the Civil War. Decoration Day was originally just to celebrate the Civil War because at the time that was the only major war that American soldiers fought in. When

Word War I broke out and America got involved, the government decided that we needed a day to celebrate all of our fallen soldiers, so they changed Decoration Day to Memorial Day. Originally Memorial Day was celebrated on May 30 every year because it wasn’t a particular memorial of any war, but now it is celebrated on the last Monday in May. It is very important that we remember those who died to give us the life that we have. Now you know why you have an extra-long weekend in May!

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Let’s Learn About Paleontology Paleontology (pronounced pay-lee-uhn- tol -uh-jee) is the scientific study of life in the geologic path, especially through the exploration and study of animal and plant fossils. Fossils are the remains, or impression of ancient animals and plants.

They can be mineralized bones, teeth, shells, wood or actual unaltered material from an organism. Eggs, nests, footprints, skeletons, leaf impressions are all examples of trace fossils. Fossils are all old. The oldest known fossils are 3.5 billion years old! They have also been found on every continent on Earth.

The word fossil comes from the Latin word fossilis, which means “dug up”.

This shows the fossilized remains of Most fossils are found in Uintacrinus socialis crinoids. These sedimentary rock layers that creatures lived in the Cretaceous Period are formed from elements which was 144 to 65 million years ago. such as sand, mud and small pieces of rock. These small pieces are compressed or squeezed together and are buried under more and more layers of sediment as time goes on. Layers buried further down on Earth are older then the layers on the surface.

A fossil of a bone doesn’t have any bone in it! It has the same shape as the original, but is chemically more like a rock. For example: An animal is quickly buried after its death. Over time, more and more sediment covers its remains. The parts of the animal that didn’t rot, like the bones and teeth are covered completely by newly formed sediment. After a long while, the chemicals in the

A fossil of a trilobite which are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods from about 525 million years ago.

buried animal’s body go through a series of changes. As the bone slowly decays, water combined with minerals seep into the bone and will replace the chemicals in the bone with rock-like minerals.

This is called permineralization - which is the filling up of spaces in fossils with minerals, and for recrystallization in which a mineral changes its form. At the end, it becomes a heavy, rock-like copy of the original object called a fossil.

There is another way a fossil can form. It’s called petrification.

To petrify, is to preserve hard and soft parts and slowly replace organic material with silica, calcite or pyrite, forming a rock-like fossil. Wood is often petrified. Some tree saps can preserve insects or pieces of plants.

You Can Make Your Own Fossil Supplies Needed: Modeling Clay Optional materials: shells, leaves, twigs and sticks, bones, plastic dinosaurs, plastic insects, etc.

Use your hands and flatten the modeling clay into the size you want. Press the various objects firmly into the modeling clay.

Wait a few minutes and gently remove the objects from the clay.

Once you see the impression of each object, then you’ve just created a fossil!

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I Want To Play The Flute!

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike other woodwind instruments, a flute is a reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge, instead of using a reed.

The instrument is played by blowing a stream of air over the embouchure hole (äm-bù-shəre).

The flute has 16 circular finger holes closed by keys, which can be used to produce high and low sounds depending on which finger holes are opened or closed as well as the direction and intensity of the air stream. The standard concert flute is pitched in C and has a range of about three and a half octaves starting from the musical note C4 (corresponding to middle C on the piano).

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Fun Flute Facts!

• A musician who plays the flute can be called a flutist.

• There are many different sizes of flutes within the flute family. They are the piccolo, alto, tenor, bass and contrabass flute.

• Flutes have been made out of lots of different materials throughout history including bone, wood, glass, ivory, plastic, resin, brass, nickel silver, silver, gold and platinum.

• Theobald Boehm helped to create the modern Western flute. He started improving flute design and the fingering system of the flute between 1831 and 1847.

• George Washington, James Madison and Leonardo da Vinci all played the flute.

• Flutes are considered one of the earliest instruments and date back to Germany over 35,000 years ago.

• Many cultures have their own version of the flute. One of the most popular traditional Japanese flutes is the Shakuhachi.

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Be the Number Detective!

Find the unknown number for each statement.

1. This number increased by three is sixty-two.

The missing number is ____.

2. This number increased by ten is fifteen.

The missing number is ____.

3. This number decreased by eighty is eighty.

The missing number is ____.

4. This number decreased by three is fifty-one.

The missing number is ____.

5. This number increased by one is one.

The missing number is ____.

6. This number decreased by two is twenty.

The missing number is ____.

7. This number decreased by nineteen is sixteen.

The missing number is ____.

8. This number increased by twelve is thirty-three.

The missing number is ____.

Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal To > This symbol means greater than. < This symbol means less than. = This symbol means equal to.

Read and Solve These Problems 1. Sarah needed eleven apples to make an apple pie. She counted the apples she had in her fruit basket. She then went to the orchard and picked seven apples. Now Sarah had enough apples to make a pie. How many apples were in her basket? ________

Complete each number statement using the correct symbol.

4 ____ 4

15 ____ 21

88 ____ 88

2. Tom read 15 books in four weeks. The first week he read four books. The third week he read two books. On the fourth week he read five books. How many books did Tom read during the second week? ________

3 ____ 6

11 ____ 19

84 ____ 47

1 ____ 7

21 ____ 17

16 ____ 66

3. Tammy wrote a poem with three sentences. Each sentence contained five words. How many words were in the poem? ________

8 ____ 2

10 ____ 10

42 ____ 44

5 ____ 5

13 ____ 11

17 ____ 21

3 ____ 4

33 ____ 27

33 ____ 33

0 ____ 7

42 ____ 42

91 ____ 86

9 ____ 7

77 ____ 71

63 ____ 76

8 ____ 9

24 ____ 44

25 ____ 25

3.) 60

4.) 54

5.) 0 6.) 22 7.) 35

8.) 21 Read and Solve - 1.) 4 2.) 4 3.) 15

4.) 9

5.) 12

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Have Fun Learning Golf!

Playing golf is a great way to stay healthy, get some exercise, enjoy the outdoors, spend time with your family, and have fun all at the same time!

Golf is not an easy game to master, but children are never too young to begin playing. The earlier you start there is a better chance that bad habits will not develop. Learning golf the proper way, not only leads to better play but a more enjoyable experience.

It’s good idea is to take some lessons. Many golf courses offer instruction for kids. Also, some driving ranges will have a professional on staff that will give lessons for children. For older children, golf is a recognized sport in school and many high schools have golf teams.

Learning the basics of golfing includes having a good grip, the importance of alignment, good posture and the rules of golf itself. Golf takes a lot of dedication and practice to continue to improve your game.

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► The first game of golf was played at Bruntsfield links in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1456 AD. ► Golf is played within the area of land that is designated by a golf course. The course is between 5000 to 7000 yards in length. ► Each hole has a guideline for how many times it should take a golfer to hit the ball (known as stroke) to get it in the hole. This is called par. At the end of the course, golfers compare their scores on each hole. ► Players carry many types of golf clubs during the game. There are three types of clubs that are called irons, woods and putters.

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► At the end of the game the golfer who has the least number of strokes or is the closest to or under par overall wins. ► Each hole is divided into three primary areas; a tee box (where you begin), a fairway and a putting green. ► A round basically consists of 9 or 18 holes that are played in the order which is determined by the course layout.

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Dominican Republic Did you know that the Dominican Republic is the only country in the world to have the image of the Bible on its flag?

• The Dominican Republic in the West Indies occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti. Its area equals that of Vermont and New Hampshire combined.

• There are many small offshore islands and cays that are part of the Dominican territory. A cay is a low elevation sandy island that is formed on the surface of coral reefs. The two largest islands are Saona and Beata.

• The Domican Republic contains the highest mountain range in the West Indies called the Cordillera Central. Duarte Peak, at 10,417 feet, is the highest point in the West Indies.

• The Dominican Republic was explored and claimed by Cristopher Columbus on his first voyage in 1492. He named it La Española, and his son, Diego, was its first viceroy (a royal official that runs the country).

• The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. It was founded in 1496 and is the oldest European settlement in the Western Hemisphere. Santo Domingo claims the oldest university in the New World as well as the oldest house, hospital, street and cathedral. The cathedral’s first stone was laid in 1514 by Diego Columbus, Christopher Columbus’ son.

• The government is currently a representative democracy.

• The Llano Costero del Caribe is the largest of the plains in the Dominican Republic. Stretching north and east of Santo Domingo, it contains many sugar plantations in the savannahs that are common there.

• Between the Central and Northern mountain ranges lies the rich and fertile Cibao valley. This major valley is home to the city of Santiago and most of the farming areas in the nation.

• The Yaque del Norte is the longest and most important Dominican river. It carries excess water down from the Cibao Valley and empties into Monte Cristi Bay.

• The country experiences a tropical climate with seasonal changes in temperature.

Rainfall varies according to seasons. The Dominican Republic lies at the heart of a hurricane belt and this makes it extremely susceptible to storms from June to October.

• Spanish is the official language.

• Independance Day is the National Holiday. It takes place on February 27. In 1844, the country received its independance from Haiti.

• Agriculture: sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas, cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef and eggs.

• Industries: tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement and tobacco.

• Natural resources: nickel, bauxite, gold, silver.

• The largest lake is Enriquillo, a salt lake at 131 feet below sea level, the lowest point in the Caribbean.

• Dominican folk music features instruments such as the maracas, tambora (small drum), accordion and the guirra (a percussion instrument scraped with a metal rod). The national dance is the méringue.

• Dominicans love baseball. Many professional players in the United States come from the Dominican Republic like Albert Pujols, David Ortiz and Ubaldo Jimenez.

The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor in Santo Domingo is the oldest cathedral in the Americas, begun in 1514 and completed in 1540

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Coloring Corner April Showers Bring May Flowers

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