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1, 2 JUST FOR YOU! K Point to each picture and say its name. If the word starts with K, say “keep”. If the word doesn’t start with a K, say “no way”. Then trace the capital K and lowercase letter k.

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Help your child learn to recognize sounds by exaggerating them as you speak. For example, you might say “Kuh, kuh, Kite. Kite starts with K.” Learning to read, write, and speak English can be difficult because sometimes several letters make the same sound (sneaking C can make a kuh or sss sound). Letters can work together to make sounds as blends, or follow different rules (different vowel combinations).

ACTION RHYME: WHERE IS THE KITTY? A kitten is hiding under a chair. I looked and looked for her everywhere. Under the table and under the bed. I looked in the corner and when I said,

“Come Kitty, come Kitty, here’s milk for you.” Kitty came running and calling, “meow, meow.”

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© 2020 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 36, No. 51

Vol. 36, No. 51 Think About It! Today’s Kid Scoop provides two different points of view about the In the 1600s, the Wampanoag Nation had about Today’s Kid Scoop coming of the Pilgrims to North provides two seventy thousand people living in 67 villages. America. different points of view about the In the 1600s, This themap Wampanoag shows some ofNation them. Thehad largeabout print coming of the Pilgrims to North shows people the Wampanoag name The seventy thousand living in of 67a village. villages. Use the newspaper to understand small print gives the modern name. America. different points of view. This map shows some of them. The large print © 2020 by Vicki Whiting, Editor

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R G A D D E BOOK OF THE MO N O C SE Dear Second Grade Families, Are you excited for Thanksgiving? If so, T is for Turkey, a True Thanksgiving Story, by Tonya Lee Stone will be a fun book for you to enjoy as a family. This book includes a fact about the first Thanksgiving for each letter of the alphabet as presented in a school play. Enjoy reading this fun story with your child and talk about all of the information about Thanksgiving. What is a fun new fact that they learned reading this story? For a child to become better at reading, it is important that they read for at least twenty minutes each night.

Happy reading!

About the author Tanya Lee Stone is an award-winning author of children’s books. She has been making up stories since she was young and even wrote a series of books with illustrations. After she graduated from high school she moved to New York City to be a book editor. She eventually moved to Vermont where she became a full-time author publishing more than 100 books for young readers. Ms. Stone has earned many awards for her writing. She loves to travel and has been to Australia, Russia and England to gather information for her books. She still lives in Vermont, has 2 children, and teaches writing at Champlain College.

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Common Core Standards Answer and ask who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about the story.

Dear students, What is your favorite holiday? I love Thanksgiving! Do you? Well if you do, this book is for you. T is for Turkey, A True Thanksgiving Story, by Tanya Lee Stone, has 26 facts, one for each letter of the alphabet, about the very first Thanksgiving. My favorite fact is that Abraham Lincoln was told by Sarah Hale about the events of the first Thanksgiving and he signed a proclamation that made Thanksgiving a national holiday? Take turns reading this fun story with someone you love to read with, whether it is your teacher, a brother or sister, or a parent and make sure to talk about your favorite facts about Thanksgiving.

“Reading together twenty minutes a day is the most important gift you can give your child.” Rosemary Wells

{Include a picture of a turkey with lines for answers to the directions “Write your favorite Thanksgiving facts from the story”

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THE BEST IN THE WORLD Written by Marc Talbert | Illustrated by Betsy James

Chapter 2 A Ton of Money STORY SO FAR: Nick and his best friend, Clay, have decided to write their own book of world records—in which they hold all the records. “What record should we try for first?” Nick repeated. “Something nobody’s ever done before?” Clay asked. “Like seeing how many jelly beans we can stuff in our mouths?” Nick puffed out his cheeks until his eyes squinted. “Naw,” Clay said. “Too easy. And I bet it’s been done.” “What if we did it standing on our heads? Only black ones?” “Get real!” Clay said. “I hate black ones and I don’t want to choke on jelly beans and die upside down making a record for some book. Even ours. There’s gotta be something else! Maybe something that’ll make us the richest kids in the world.”

About the story Ever since Nick got hold of The Guinness Book of Records, he’s been obsessed with notions of being the best at something. That’s why he and his best friend Clay, concoct a scheme to establish a world record of their own. Their idea is focused on making money, a lot of money. They have two plans: selling jokes and looking as if they were poor so as to beg for coins. As it turns out, their plans go awry when their own self-centered goals turn into a much-praised plan to raise funds to help homeless people. While it doesn’t make them rich, it makes then--momentarily-famous and much better people.

“There are lots of rich kids in the world,” Nick said. “You just have to be born rich.” “But maybe we could make a record for becoming rich kids by making the most money in a day. Or in a couple hours.” Nick thought for a moment. Getting rich and setting a record sounded like a pretty awesome combination. He nodded. “Maybe. But how can we make that much money?” Before Clay could answer, Nick heard his mother calling for him. “Ma-a-an!” he muttered. “Coming!” he called, running. “What does she want?” Clay asked, puffing alongside Nick. Nick shrugged and leaped up the steps to the back porch.

All he knew was, whenever his mother called, she meant business. Opening the screen door, Nick and Clay were hit by the smell of just-baked chocolate chip cookies. Nick’s four-year-old sister, Jazz for Jasmine, was sitting at the kitchen table, staring at a huge pile of cookies. His mother had called him in to have cookies with Jazz? Give me a break! he thought. Jazz looked up. “What took you so long?” Nick’s mother turned from washing a mixing bowl. “That was fast!” She smiled. “I told Jazz she couldn’t have any until you two were here.” Jazz reached for a cookie, but

Nick was faster. Clay took a bite and smiled at Nick’s mother. The chocolate smeared on his teeth made him look dangerous. “These are great!” he said. He turned to Nick. “Maybe we should see how many of these puppies we can eat in a minute. Or an hour. Or a year!” “Why would you want to do that?” Nick’s mother asked. “To be the best in the world at something,” Nick answered. “But you’re already the best in the world at something.” “Yeah?” Nick wondered if she was poking fun at them. “Yes. Nick, you’re the best in the world at being yourself. And you, Clay, are the best at being yourself!” Both Nick and Clay groaned. What a mother-thing to say! Her face turned serious. “Nick, I need to get some work done around here, so I want you to look after Jazz for the next few hours.” Nick was about to say no, when she interrupted.

Text copyright © 2001 Marc Talbert | Illustrations copyright © 2001 Betsy James | Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc. | www.breakfastserials.com

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“And I want you to pick up some things at the grocery store for me.” She took a list from her pocket, and a twenty-dollar bill. “For doing me such a big favor, you can keep the change after you’ve bought everything.” Before Nick could protest, Clay blurted, “Sure thing!” “Thanks for being a good

sport, Clay,” said Nick’s mother. Feeling grumpy at his mother and Clay, Nick took the list and the money. He reached for two more cookies, daring his mother to say no. She didn’t. “Come on, Jazz.” He held out his other hand. Her hand was as warm as the cookies. Clay nabbed two cookies on

his way to the door. “See you later,” he called, slipping outside. “What’s on the list?” he whispered as they rounded the corner of the house. He took it from Nick and read. “We’re on our way to making a ton of money,” he said handing it back. “This record’s going to be a cinch.”

“How’s that?” “My mom’s got everything that your mom needs. Except the toilet paper. We’ll keep the twenty bucks for our world record!” “Isn’t that stealing?” Nick asked. “It’s not stealing if you take stuff that’s yours, is it?” “But that stuff doesn’t belong to just you,” Nick replied. “So I won’t eat chips or drink soda for a week. That should make up for my part of it,” Clay countered. They were headed for Clay’s house and stopped to wait for a red light. Cattycorner, a man stood facing traffic, holding a piece of cardboard for passing cars to see. Nick read, “Hungry and Homeless.” A car rolled to a stop. The man nodded his thanks as the driver handed him money. “His clothes aren’t raggedy. Not even dirty,” Clay said, nodding toward the man. “He must make a ton of money.” Jazz tugged at Nick’s hand. “Nick?” she asked. “Just a minute,” Nick answered, gripping Jazz’s hand tighter. He looked at Clay. “So?” “So. He just gave me an idea. For making a ton of money.” Nick frowned. The light turned green. What was Clay getting them into now? To be continued

Text copyright © 2001 Marc Talbert | Illustrations copyright © 2001 Betsy James | Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc. | www.breakfastserials.com

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READING THE SKY Written by Avi | Illustrated by Joan Sandin

Chapter 5 Jumping into the Sky/ Watching the Sky

could do. He found her on the living room couch, sound asleep. The book she had been reading was on the floor. STORY SO FAR: It’s 1972. Ed Wondering where his grandpa Goddard is about to steal money was, Jamie went out onto the from an airplane and make his esporch. He took a quick glance at cape by parachuting away. On the the sky, saw it was clouding up, ground, watching the sky, is Jamie and decided to take a walk before Peters. it rained. Jamie knew the rule: tell Grandma or Grandpa where he was Jamie was watching television. going. But Grandpa wasn’t home, The Olympics were about to open and Grandma was asleep--and in Munich, Germany. There was leaving a note was difficult for Jastill talk about the Apollo astromie. Anyway, he told himself, I’ll nauts who had landed on the moon be back in time for dinner. in April. And, as always, there was Jamie headed for his regular the Vietnam War. On the screen place, his hill. Then he rememwas a picture of a soldier, rifle in bered Gillian. Though her spying hand, standing before a squatting had spoiled it somewhat, it was Viet Cong soldier. Jamie stared still the best place. He’d just make at it, but he was thinking mostly sure beforehand that she wasn’t about Gillian. He wished she around. hadn’t come spying, like he was He crossed over the back creek some weirdo. It made him feel bad. and began climbing a big rock that Jamie knew that nobody—not was high enough for him to scan even Grandma—believed what he the surrounding countryside. At saw. But so what? What he saw the top he looked about in all diwas his own: better than any tele- rections. No one was in sight. That vision show, better than the stories clinched it: Jamie headed for his his parents read to him. favorite hill. ••• Bored and restless, Jamie searched for his grandma. She Gillian, who had come back usually had ideas about what he to watch Jamie just as she had

planned, was lying down in the tall grass at the far end of the old orchard. She knew it wasn’t nice to spy on him, so, feeling a little ashamed of herself, she hadn’t told anyone where she was going. But ever since Gillian had seen Jamie cloud watching, she hadn’t been able to stop thinking about him. She remembered a teacher talking about daydreaming kids being in Cloudcuckooland. So she didn’t think Jamie was a mental case, like her brother said. But when she’d asked her mother about Jamie the night before, all she could say was that Mrs. Thornton had talked about this thing called dyslexia. Her mother didn’t exactly know what it was, nor could she spell it, so Gillian couldn’t check the dictionary. What Gillian cared about was that Jamie knew how to do something she didn’t, and he wouldn’t share it with her. City kid! she told herself. She was going to find out what it was and how to do it. The minute Jamie climbed the rock, Gillian saw him. She could tell by the way he moved that he was searching for something. Probably me, she told herself. The thought made her giggle.

As he headed down the rock, Gillian got up but kept low as she ran back toward the old stone wall she had hidden behind before. This time she was determined not to make a fool of herself. ••• Jamie plodded up the hill. A breeze ruffled his hair, making the August heat lighter. Clouds were piling up quickly to the north. It looked like a big storm—but Jamie loved storms. They had the most exciting clouds to watch. In the contrasting dark against light, you could see anything. Reaching the hilltop, Jamie stopped, double-checked to be sure no one was about, then looked hard at the stone wall, the one where Gillian had been. He saw no one. Setting his feet a little apart, Jamie tilted his head back. Eyes wide open, arms wide—pretending he was flying—he stared into the sky and waited to see what would appear. ••• The Winthrop droned on at fifteen thousand feet, with the pilots in the cockpit behind the closed door. Goddard pulled out his suitcase from under his seat and

Text copyright ©2004 by Avi | Illustrations copyright © 2004 by Joan Sandin | Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc. | www.breakfastserials.com

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removed the parachute. Working quickly, he stepped into the harness and drew the straps tightly, first through his legs, then around his shoulders. He checked the security points three times. Quietly leaving his seat, he went to the back of the plane, drew out a key ring, found the right key, unlocked the luggage door, and

swung it open. The money bag— with its million dollars—lay right there. Goddard pulled it out. He closed the door, locked it, then broke the key off inside the lock with a quick twist of his hand. That will give me that much more time, he told himself. Bag in one hand, Goddard stepped toward the door. The

handle, painted red, stuck upright. Red letters warned: DO NOT TOUCH HANDLE WHILE IN FLIGHT. He gripped the handle and twisted it. It would not move. Shifting his feet, he gave another yank, throwing all his weight into the twist. As the door moved slightly out, he could feel the sudden change of pressure

in the cabin. Ed kicked the door. It burst out, dropping away. Nothing but the sky was in front of him. In haste now, he gripped the bag tightly in one hand, clutched the parachute release in the other—and dove out of the plane and into the sky. To be continued

Text copyright ©2004 by Avi | Illustrations copyright © 2004 by Joan Sandin | Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc. | www.breakfastserials.com

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NATIONAL GINGERBREAD COOKIE DAY

Nov. 24: Though gingerbread goes as far back as ancient Greek and Egyptian civilizations, what we think of as gingerbread today was brought to Europe by Armenian monk, Gregory of Nicopolis in 992 CE.

Nov. 18-24

Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) Range: Long-eared owls are found across North America but are not seen often because of their secretive nature. They can be found at elevations near sea level all the way to above 6,500 feet. They can be found in Wyoming year round. Size: Long-eared owls are crow-sized owls that look similar to their larger relative the Great-horned Owl. This slender owl weighs from 7-15 ounces and has a wingspan of 35-40 inches. Habitat: These secretive birds sleep in thick forests. They hunt in open grasslands or shrublands. They often build nests in forests or brushy vegetation next to open meadows or grasslands Young: Long-eared owls lay anywhere from 2-10

white eggs in a hollow trees, cliffs or nests in trees. Long-eared owls do not build their own nests, so they use abandoned nests built by crows, magpies or hawks. Baby owls (or owlets) will hatch after about 27 days and are born with their eyes

closed, covered in white down. The owlets are helpless and rely on both parents to bring them food before they are big enough to fly and feed themselves. Predators: Other large birds of prey, such as

red-tailed hawks, golden eagles and great-horned owls, will sometimes eat adult long-eared owls. Raccoons have been known to attack females sitting on their nests. Porcupines, bull snakes, crows and magpies can eat owlets. Food: Longeared owls are carnivores, which means they eat only meat. They like to eat small mammals like mice, voles, shrews, pocket gophers, small rabbits and even insects Did you know? Longeared owls are nocturnal hunters, which means they hunt at night. They blend into trees by using their camouflage colors, standing up tall, sticking up their long ear tufts and flattening their body feathers to look like a tree branch.

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. We have weekly stories posted to our facebook and youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKhJzicn5OuElA6sLDZOfA 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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