Farts, Burps, Coughs

FARTS,

BURPS,

COUGHS

ct Book a F t s ie n n u F The o is e s About Body N

By the Awesome Kids of Division 5

Copyright © 2017 The Writers’ Exchange This book was created by Division 5, Ms. Fergusson’s grade 4 class, at Grandview Elementary in the spring of 2017.

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FARTS,

BURPS,

COUGHS

Fa c t B o o k T h e F u n n ie s t o is e s About Body N

By the Awesome Kids of Division 5

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About This Book

By Sienna Hello, people. This book is about all the different body noises.

Read all the clues and try to guess the body sounds on all the different pages.

Contents Chanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Kaia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Graydin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Kye-lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Eyvette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Maximus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Makwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Eva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Cristhian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Stacey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Adrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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4

what noise is this?

by Chanel

1. You make this sound when you are starting to get sick.

2. This sound is part of the respiratory system.

3. This sound is sometimes caused by allergies.

4. When this sound is bothering you, you can blow your nose.

5. This sound comes from your nose.

6. With this sound, you are inhaling.

?

P answer: This sound is a‌SNIFFLE. Snot is made out of germs.

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6

what noise is this?

by Kaia

1. You do this when you are tired or bored.

2. It is hard to stop the noise.

3. The noise is contagious.

4. People do this all day long at any time.

5. It sounds like this: Ahhhh.

?

P answer: My body sound is yawning.

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8

what noise is this?

by Jordan

1. This sound is a part of the respiratory system.

2. This sound tells you to drink water.

3. You can get it when you’re dehydrated.

4. It starts in your lungs.

5. When you start, it is hard to stop.

?

P answer: My body noise is a hiccup.

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10

what noise is this?

by Graydin

1. It makes a sound like a fart a little bit.

2. If you’re sick, you do this more.

3. If you do this, you’re weird.

4. If you do this, you have to say “hibadiba” five times.

5. It starts in your lungs, goes through the esophagus, then it goes out your mouth to come out.

Bonus Fact!

Did you know there is a door in your body? It helps you not make this sound by keeping closed and keeping food and liquids outside your windpipe.

?

P answer: Unscramble the letters to find the answer: oghgnicu.

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12

what noise is this?

by Benjamin

1. It’s when bubbles pop in your hands.

2. It kinda hurts when you do this.

3. It can get your hands swelling.

4. This sound makes more space between the bones.

5. This sounds like snapping.

?

P answer: My body noise is cracking knuckles. ckckckckck.

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14

what noise is this?

by Kye-lee

1. It feels like dust in your nose.

2. Your nose gets tickly.

3. It happens when you are sick.

4. You’ll have a runny nose.

?

P answer: It is a sneeze. AAACHOO. 15

16

what noise is this?

by Eyvette

1. This smells bad.

2. It means you need to use the restroom.

3. It sounds so loud.

?

P answer: It is a fart.

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18

what noise is this?

by Maximus

1. This sound is part of the respiratory system.

2. This sound relaxes you.

3. You make this sound when you are scared.

4. This sound is part of breathing.

?

P answer: My body noise is deep breathing.

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20

what noise is this?

by Makwa

1. It happens when you talk and are at a certain age.

2. Maybe it’s embarrassing.

3. You’re awake when this happens.

4. It comes from your vocal cords.

5. It happens at age 10 to 15.

?

P answer: It is a voice cracking.

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22

what noise is this?

by Sienna

1. Sometimes this sound is made when you eat too much.

2. This sound is a part of your digestive system.

3. Sometimes this sound happens when you have too much gas in your stomach.

4. It sometimes makes people run away from you.

5. Sometimes when you drink milk too much your body will make this sound.

?

P answer: This sound is a fart.

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24

what noise is this?

by Eva

1. You use this part every day.

2. The body part you use to make the sound starts with an H. 3. “Crrraach� is the sound.

4. Some people think it makes the part move faster.

5. When the part bends, it makes this sound.

?

P answer: The body sound is hand cracking.

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what noise is this?

by Cristhian

1. If you stay up all night, you might do this.

2. GLaDOS and Wheatley from Portal and Portal 2 don’t need to do this. (Hint: They are both robots.)

3. It sounds like snoring.

4. You can do this and fart at the same time.

5. You might snore so loud the whole entire house will hear it.

?

P answer: It is a yawn.

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what noise is this?

by Stacey

1. It is yellow.

2. It sounds like water falling.

3. It makes this sound: shhh.

4. You go in a special room.

?

P answer: My body noise is peeing.

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30

what noise is this?

by Adrian

1. It happens when you don’t expect it.

2. It will come out wet.

3. It will be worse if you eat beans.

4. You should not wear white underwear!

?

P answer: It is a fart.

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Draw Your Favourite Body Noise!

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