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3, 4, ASK FOR MORE! If you read five books a day to your child, they will hear almost 1.5 million words by age five. What an amazing way to prepare them for school and their next steps in life.

FINGER PLAY: FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS (Spread five fingers out. Swing hand back and forth.) Five little monkeys swinging in a tree, Teasing Mr. Crocodile: “You can’t catch me! You can’t catch me!”

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orldwide, people are trying to figure out how to make and use less plastic, but wouldn’t it be great if we could get rid of the plastic trash that is already here?

A Discovery in Spain

A Spanish biologist, Frederica Bertocchini, was ___________ bees. When she cleaned out her beehives, she made a remarkable discovery. She found waxworms in the _________. That wasn’t unusual because waxworms, which are the larvae of wax moths, like to eat the ___________ and the wax. This can destroy a beehive but might be good for the _________.

Find the bee that’s different!

When Bertocchini took out the waxworms from the beehives, she put them into a plastic _______. Later, when she checked the bag, she ___________ the worms had eaten __________ in it. How many waxworms can you find on this page?

Worms that eat plastic?

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Could these _______ plastic-eating worms help scientists _______ the world’s growing plastic waste crisis?

Hungry Little Helpers

Uh oh! Hungry waxworms have chewed through some of the words in this article. Can you replace the missing words?

Worms that eat plastic?

Plastic pollution is a big problem. Scientists believe there are more than 5 TRILLION pieces of plastic in the Earth’s oceans alone.

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The height of the largest photo in the newspaper:

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The length of the longest TOXIC headline on the front page: The adjective toxic means poisonous or harmful.

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Children are born curious. From their earliest days, sensory exploration

IK NDERGARTEN BOOK OF THE MO Dear families, Come In, Zip is a great book to support many of the skills that your child is learning this school year. Children will see sight words and word families. At the end of the book, there are questions to help children remember what they are reading. Enjoy this book with your child and see all the great reading skills that they are learning. Remember to read 20 minutes every day to build strong reading skills and encourage a love for reading.

Happy reading!

About the author David Milgrim is an author, illustrator, cartoonist, and wonderer. He has created more than 25 books, mostly for children, including the NY Times bestselling Goodnight iPad under the name Ann Droyd. He is very interested in how we got to be who we are, and how to get to be who we want. Visit him at anndroyd.com or at davidmilgrim.com to see all his books. Follow him at @ davidmilgrim on instagram

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Natrona County School District Standard

Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Dear students,

Rhyming words from the book

Zip is on the run! He does not want to come in. He is full of adventure for the day. Everything he does during the day has a rhyming word. It is fun to come up with words that rhyme. Have fun reading the story and answering the questions at the end. When you are finished, have some fun with the rhyming words. Use the space provided to find the rhyming words in the book. After you find the pair of rhyming words, add some other rhyming words to your list.

far - car

Other words that rhyme star, jar, tar

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The Valley of

No Return Written by John Tomerlin | Illustrated by Michael Lacapa

CHAPTER THREE: Flood! STORY SO FAR: Salia, a member of the Havasupai Indian tribe of Arizona, has taken Jamie to see the highest waterfall in the Valley. When it begins to rain, they seek shelter—though this means climbing down a rope to the bottom of the falls. he rope was made of coarse fiber with thick knots tied into it every few feet. Jamie’s hands and arms tired quickly, and by the time he was halfway down his palms were burning and his shoulders ached with pain. He looked up to see how far he’d come, and wondered if he could get back to the top; but the rain fell in his eyes and clouded his vision. When he looked down again the bottom still seemed far away. He managed to lower himself by a few more knots, but then his grip failed—and he fell. He landed hard, going over backwards on the sandy slope. Salia knelt to ask if he was all right, but he could only nod and

smile while struggling to regain his breath. “Come, then,” she said, and helped him stand. They skirted the side of the pool below the waterfall and approached its base. Salia hopped

on a stone even closer to the billowing plume of spray, then jumped again—and disappeared from sight. “Come on!” Jamie heard her shout, “but don’t slip!” He crouched and jumped, and

an instant later found himself standing next to Salia in a cave that lay hidden behind the shimmering curtain of water. “Do you like it?” she asked, smiling at his surprise, her voice echoing hollowly. “It’s great! Who discovered it?” “Oh, everyone knows this place.” Salia sat down on a ridge of stone near the back of the cave and unslung the basket from her shoulder. “Are you hungry?” Jamie realized he was starving. She’d brought dried meat, round bread made from cornmeal, and peaches from the village orchard. She took a jar-shaped bowl woven from willows and sealed with pitch, and, leaning forward carefully, held it under the falling water. They took turns drinking. “Why was Lucco following us?” Jamie asked, chewing a piece of the tough but tasty meat. “Is he stuck on you?” The girl looked puzzled. “Stuck?” “I mean, does he like you?”

“I don’t know.” The girl shrugged. “But he is very mean sometimes. You are nicer.” After some time had passed, Salia wrapped the remaining food and returned it to the basket. “I think we must go back now,” she said. “Soon it will be getting dark.” It was still raining outside, and the pool was more swollen than it had been when they’d entered the cave. As they circled back the way they’d come, Jamie had a terrible thought. What if he couldn’t climb back up? As it turned out, there was a more serious problem. When they reached the base of the cliff, the rope was no longer there! Salia searched for a moment, then stared upward and shouted, “Lucco!” She called again, using a word Jamie didn’t understand, but thought probably was worse than “skunk.” There was no answer. “You see? I told you he was mean. He has left us here.” “But he’ll come back, won’t he?” Salia didn’t answer. She was staring at something behind Jamie, her eyes wide. He turned that way and saw that the water from the pool below the falls had overflowed its banks and was spreading across the canyon floor toward them. As it grew dark, Captain Merriman put on his raincoat and hat, and walked into the village. He was surprised to find all the Pai outside their hawas. They were bridling horses and piling bundles onto sledges. Not understanding,

he rattled the door of Wilman Manakita’s hut, then shouted, “Anybody here?” The Speaker opened the door, and stood back for the captain to enter. The inside of the hut was dark and filled with smoke from the cook fire. The room smelled strongly of animal skins, smoked meat, and fat—a scent unpleasant to the captain and to most whites, though not to the Havasupai. “I’m looking for my son,” the captain said. “Have you seen him, or Salia?” The Speaker frowned and shook his head. “Something may have happened,” the captain went on. “I’d better get a couple of troopers and go look for them.” Manakita shook his head. “Have you not seen that the river is leaving its path? I must lead my people to higher ground now, and you and your men must come also.” “Are you telling me I should just leave my boy to drown?” the captain demanded. “Of course not. My daughter knows the valley, and is wise in the lore of her people. She will be safe, and your son with her.” “Now look here,” the captain continued, “I’m not waiting for—” “My friend, if you and your men go down the valley now—in the dark, in the rain, as the river grows angrier—you might not come back again.” To be continued.

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April 7 – 13 APRIL 12: NATIONAL COLORADO DAY

Field Wildlife Journal Brian Jensen, Habitat Extension Biologist

Natrona County Public Library Hours:

Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. • Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. • Sunday, 1 p.m.-5p.m.

Library Calendar

(Masks and social diﬆancing is required) • Children’s Take & Make crafts will be available each Monday morning. • We will have “Reads & Rhymes” on Wednesday mornings at 10am. The Library is now oﬀering a service called tutor.com. It provides free online tutoring for all ages, from young children all the way up to adult learners. It’s a free online service (all you need is a library card to access it through the library’s website natronacountylibrary.org).

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