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Captain Alfred Stormalong was an American folk hero said to be a sailor and a giant, some 30 feet tall!
Why is blood red? What is plasma? How much blood is in your body? Will you ever run out of blood? Get the answers inside this issue!
Look carefully: Can you find the two identical snowflakes?
To celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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On November 15, 2013, San Francisco, CA became Gotham City for a day. All to make a wish come true for Miles Scott, a 5-year-old boy battling leukemia.
Miles “Batkid” Scott
Dressed in a Batman costume, the young superhero-for-aday was called into service by real life Police Chief Greg Suhr. He zoomed from one “crime scene” to another in a black Batmobile. He rescued a damsel in distress from cable car tracks, captured the Riddler as he robbed a bank and saved the San Francisco Giants mascot – Lou Seal – from the clutches of arch villain Penguin. The San Francisco Chronicle created a special front page for the day.
Left: Grateful citizens of Gotham City cheer for Batkid.
At the end of the day, Miles received a chocolate key to the city from Mayor, Ed Lee.
Below: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee with Batkid and Batman at City Hall.
“Miles has been fighting leukemia since he was 18 months old,” said his father. He is now in remission and it looks like that battle will also have a happy ending! To advertise, please call Ludington Daily News
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The wish-come-true for Miles was organized by the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Thousands of people came to San Francisco that day to be part of the adventure. Millions more watched the action unfold on social media.
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Peyton Robertson named America’s Top Young Scientist
“Science solves problems,” says 12-year-old Peyton. “That’s why I like it!” His parents taught him that he could use math and science to fix problems. During Superstorm Sandy, Peyton observed problems with sand bags.
“After the flood, you let the water evaporate and the polymer and salt return to their dry state and the bags are reusable.”
“Superstorm Sandy really got me concerned about how people can prepare,” Peyton told NBC News. A common form of flood protection is the sand bag. Sand bags help block rising waters. But the bulky 40-pound bags are hard to move around.
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Peyton invented a new kind of flood protection bag, stuffed with polymers and salt instead of sand. When dry, his bags are thin, easy to carry and weigh only about 4 pounds. But, when wet, the polymers swell up to hold back flood waters.
His Sandless Operational Sandbag (SOS) earned him the title of “America’s 2013 Top Young Scientist” after winning the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. He received $25,000 and a trip to Costa Rica for winning the Scientist Challenge.
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CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT
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his year’s Martin Luther King holiday marks 46 years since Dr. King’s assassination. To honor Dr. King’s message of positive change, this milestone is the perfect opportunity to honor Dr. King’s legacy through service. MLK Day of Service empowers invididuals, strengthens communities, bridges barriers and creates solutions to social problems.
Justin and Dustin volunteered to help pick up litter at the playground. Justin drew a map to help Dustin find the meeting point, but it’s pretty confusing. Can you help?
Kid Scoop News has ideas on how you can celebrate the Martin Luther King Day of Service by making a difference for someone in your community.
Standards Link: History: Understand how Martin Luther King worked to achieve the liberties and equalities promised in the principles of American democracy.
Many communities have an organization that helps volunteers find places to help others. Write the letter that comes after each letter of the alphabet on the spaces below to find a place you can call to see how you can be of service to your community.
Here are a few ideas of things you could do to make Martin Luther King, Jr.’s holiday a day of service. Can you add more? • Offer to walk a neighbor’s dog. • Read Kid Scoop News to a child younger than you.
• Offer to help a neighbor with yard work. Standards Link: Civics: Students understand why civic responsibility is important.
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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BIOGRAPHY In 1733 Ben started publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack. At that time almanacs were books printed every year that contained things like weather reports and recipes. Franklin published his almanac under the name Richard Saunders, a poor man who needed money to take care of his wife. Franklin’s lively writing style made his almanac a little different from others and it soon became very popular.
Inventor, writer and patriot Benjamin Franklin was born on January 7, 1706. How old would Ben be if he were still alive today?
Because of Ben’s love of reading, Benjamin Franklin’s father _ _ _ _ e _ _ ic _ _ Ben to his brother James, who was a printer. At age 12, Ben helped his brother write _ _ _ ph _ _ _ _ and _ _ p _ _ _ _. After the pamphlets were completed, Ben would sell them in the streets. pamphlet – a thin book with a paper cover, written to give information on a topic
Some of the blocks of type for Ben’s printing press have fallen. Use the definitions of each word to replace the missing letters. The letters look backwards because they work like rubber stamps. Hold them up to a mirror if you’re stuck.
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In the almanac Ben Franklin wrote one-sentence hints to tell people how to live better. These are called proverbs. One of his proverbs is hidden in the border of this page. To read it, start with the starred letter and copy every fourth letter as you move around the box clockwise. (We did the first one for you.)
typeset – to put letters mounted on wood or metal into the right order to make words and sentences for printing apprenticed – to be placed in a job working for someone else to learn that person’s craft or skill Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-level words correctly.
When Ben was 15, his brother James started a newspaper called The New England Courant which published local news, advertisements and opinions. Ben wanted to write for the newspaper, but James wouldn’t let him. So Ben began writing letters to the newspaper and signed them Silence Dogood. Dogood was supposed to be a widow whose letters were filled with advice and criticism of how women were treated. Late at night, Ben slipped the letters under the print shop door. Readers loved the letters and finally, after 16 letters, Ben confessed that he was Dogood.
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People are busy! Giving blood is simple, but getting people to the donation site is no easy matter. Try for yourself — Tag 10 donors each round before time runs out!
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EARLY LEARNERS Count how many mittens in each box and circle the number that matches.
M is for Mittens m is for mittens Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter M. Say the letter as you trace it.
How many words or pictures can you find on this page that start with the sound the letter M makes in the word mittens? How many
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muffins
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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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CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT Jim and Olivia go to different schools. One is a boy and one is a girl. These are just two reasons why Olivia and Jim might never have become friends. But, on the Martin Luther King Day of Service they each volunteered to visit the senior center. They found out that they both love to play cards! Now they are good friends.
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What things are the same about Jim and Olivia?
Standards Link: Life Skills: Students learn to work well with those from different ethnic groups, of different religious orientations and of cultures different from their own.
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On Valentine’s Day, you’ll see lots of hearts – heart-shaped candy boxes, balloons and cards are everywhere. But your own heart is really something to love. Your heart beats about 100,000 times every day, pumping blood through your body. Your blood contains red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma, each with different functions.
lood is made up of tiny cells. Most of them are red, which is why blood looks red.
Red blood cell
Red blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of the body. A single drop of blood contains millions of red blood cells which constantly travel through your body delivering oxygen and removing waste. Blood is made up of other kinds of cells, too.
lasma is a yellowish liquid that carries nutrients, hormones, and proteins throughout the body. Plasma is mostly water, absorbed from the intestines from what you drink and eat, with the liver supplying important proteins.
If you weigh 50 pounds:
White blood cell
• White blood cells battle germs that invade the body. • Platelets are cells that get sticky and thick when they come into contact with air. When you get a cut, the platelets get gooey and plug up the cut.
Platelet
If you weigh 80 pounds:
milliliters or about
milliliters or about
pints
pints
If you weigh 100 pounds:
milliliters or about pints
Standards Link: Life Science: Students know that multicellular organisms have specialized cells to perform specialized functions.
se the code to find out how much blood is in each of the kids at left. Which one is closest to your weight? Standards Link: Grammar: Recognize and use nouns and verbs in writing.
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CALENDAR
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2014 It is said that no two snowflakes are exactly alike, but on this page, all the snowflakes are the same except for one. Can you find it?
Wrap up warm and go for a walk today. See how many different kinds of birds you can spot. National Bird Day
Today would be a good day to write thank you letters for all your Christmas gifts. National Thank You Month
Write out your list of 10 long-term goals for the New Year. New Year’s Day
Put together a family calendar for the entire year. Mark everyone’s birthday, school holidays, anniversaries and special days.
Find a chore to do at home or ask a parent to allocate a chore. Give it an extra effort and see if you can accomplish something today. Work Harder Day
Make a map today of your home and yard, as if you are looking down on it from above. Use color to show different elements.
For tonight’s movie, rent a movie with a winter theme. Make a big bowl of popcorn and enjoy the show. Family Movie Night
This is a day off school when you can serve your community. For ideas visit www.mlkday.gov
Help a parent make a big bowl of soup for dinner tonight.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Invite some friends over or gather the family together for Family Game Night
Lewis Carroll was born on this day on 1832. Make a drawing of one of the characters from Alice in Wonderland.
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Sprint from one end of a basketball court to the other. How many times can you go back and forth in 10 minutes?
Choose something new to make or do this month. Start collecting the materials you’ll need for a new hobby. National Hobby Month
Chart how many hours of sleep you get per night. Between 10 and 11 should be your target.
Write down three trivia questions and quiz your parents or friends. Then have them ask you three trivia questions.
Festival of Sleep Day
Trivia Day Why is milk important? Discuss the different ways you consume milk? What is your favorite milk product?
Fill five or six glasses with different amounts of water. Make a tune tapping them lightly with a wooden spoon.
Which is the most cluttered part of your room? Get containers together and organize the clutter, label the containers and throw away or recycle unwanted pieces.
30 minutes of walking can boost your brainpower. Start walking with some friends daily.
Look through a page in the newspaper and find a word you do not understand. Look up the meaning in a dictionary.
Discuss frost today in class. What does it look like and feel like? How does it form? Or make a fruity frost treat at home by mixing different fruit juices and freezing them.
Ben Franklin was born on this day in 1706. Discuss his accomplishments and inventions. Why are these important to us all today?
National Soup Month
Make a January scrapbook. Include photos of all the family and memorabilia from special events and excursions this month.
Write a one paragraph description of your favorite pie, what is in it and why it is your favorite. National Pie Day
Get a group together. Choose a tune you all enjoy and play your kazoos together.
Find a puzzle in Kid Scoop News and work with a friend to find the solution.
What did you do this month to stay healthy? What will you carry forward to stay healthy next month?
Kazoo Day
National Puzzle Day
National Staying Healthy Month
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Try to say as many nice things to people as possible today. National Compliment Day
Save up for something special! Start a jar or a piggy bank and put in change whenever you can. How many different “opposites” can you think of today. Make a list and add to it throughout the day. Opposites Day
Jackie Robinson was born on this day in 1919. He was a great all round sportsman. Participate in a sport today in honor of Jackie Robinson. © Vicki Whiting January 2014
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One day, in the early 1800s, a tidal wave washed a giant baby onto a Cape Cod beach. The baby boy was three fathoms tall! Local villagers carried the baby to the meeting house and fed him barrels and barrels of milk. It took ten people to burp him, and when he finally burped, it nearly blew the roof off the meeting house! Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Students know the defining characteristics of a variety of literary forms.
Read about baby Stormy and complete this picture. How many of these words can you find on this page?
When Stormy turned 12, he was six fathoms tall. He didn’t fit into the school house and was too tall to work in a store. They sent him to Boston because it was a lot bigger than Cape Cod. Sadly, in Boston he found an even sadder sight. While Boston was a bigger city, the houses and buildings were just as small. He walked to Boston Harbor and headed for the largest clipper ship. The captain welcomed him aboard and Stormy started work as a cabin boy.
While Storm clipper ship y loved the sea, th e for him. It was not big enough n e a rl y tipped ove when he sto r o heard that d near the rail. He th e plains of Midwest the like a sea o stretched for miles west to try f land and he headed his hand at farming.
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BOOK BOOK & & WEB WEB PICKS PICKS See Inside Your Body
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by Katie Daynes, illustrated by Colin King
kidsdiscover.com/shop/issues/learning-about-blood/ What do your blood and the city of Venice have in common? They both operate the same way. Kids Discover have a great book that tells you all about blood.
With over 50 flaps to lift in this book, it allows children to discover the inner workings of their bodies in a gentle way. Color illustrations and diagrams display major organs and are accompanied by witty, clear and informative facts. This book is both educational and enjoyable.
How Blood Works
science.howstuffworks.com/life/human-biology/blood.htm We take our blood for granted but there are some amazing things to learn about this incredible fluid.
MagicBox
youtube.com/watch?v=CgkcBuXrT3w This short animated movie explains what’s in your blood and how it moves around your body through your arteries and veins.
hen the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers flooded in 1884, a group of six children put on a play, raised money and sent it to Clara Barton’s Red Cross organization. The money helped a family that suffered greatly from the flood. To find out how much money the children raised, add up all of the even numbers on the red crosses below.
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ANSWER: $50.
Standards Link: Math: Compute sums to 100.
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Find the words in the puzzle, then on these two Kid Scoop News pages. F S B O B P L E H S
J O U R N A L U N B
O L T S S O R C D M D D T H D E L
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PUZZLE PAGE
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This polar bear doesn’t feel like swimming today. Only the even-numbered pieces of ice can support his weight. Help him by doing the math and crossing out the odd-numbered pieces of ice with a red crayon.
Read the clues under each penguin. Then color in the number of fish each penguin caught. Which penguin ended up with the most fish?
14 6 + 4
27 – 6
11 9 + 5
193 + 7
53 – 5
15 + 8 18 + 19
68 + 68
32 46 + 13
132 – 63 13 +5
140 – 137 44 2 + 34
5 +4
105 + 107
22 + 8
21 + 9
9 – 6
17 + 8
35 – 8
38 + 16
45 + 16 20 + 20
42 – 8
To reveal the punch line to this riddle, circle every other letter below and write each letter on the blank lines. The first one is done for you.
Pepper caught two more fish than Petula but one less than Pedro.
Perry caught twice as many fish as Pedro but one fish got away.
Pedro caught three less fish than Pike.
Pike caught four more fish than Pepper.
Petula caught four fish, but two got away.
Standards Link: Number Sense: Use logic and mathematical reasoning to solve word problems. ANSWER: Pepper: 4, Perry: 9, Pedro: 5, Pike: 8, Petula: 2.
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Sing the song below to the tune of “On Top of Old Smoky.” Then complete the diagram of the orca to show what you learned from the song!* Let’s sing about orca, Big black and white whale Beyond twenty feet from Its rostrum to tail.
Orcas use echolocation With clear click-like sounds That bounce off of fish or Whatever’s around.
An orca’s a mammal Just like you and me, But it is adapted To live in the sea.
Sometimes orcas breach And then land with a splash They spyhop to size up A place in a flash.
It has a small blowhole, A nose on its head, No dive suit to warm it, There’s blubber instead.
On its back is a saddle, A small patch of gray. Its tail’s called a fluke Used for swimming away!
Two pectoral fins let The orca whale steer, And one dorsal fin Keeps it stable, that’s clear. Twenty-five miles an hour Is how fast it can swim, And for more than ten minutes Can hold its breath in!
Males can reach up to 30 feet long and weigh as much as 7 tons or 14,000 pounds. That’s nearly as big as a:
A pod is its family Together for life, From five whales to forty Through sickness and strife.
ORCA CODE: Orcas are powerful predators. They eat fish, seals, sharks and even other whales. Sailors who witnessed their attacks on larger marine animals called them “whale killers.” After a while, the words got switched to killer whales. To advertise, please call Ludington Daily News
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*Adapted from an educational song created by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, CA
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