Kid Scoop News—January 2025

January 2025

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TINY ANIMALS Check out some of the world’s tiniest critters and the cool adaptations that help them survive. FEELINGS Happy? Sad? Angry? Read some helpful tips on how to express your feelings.

A DAY OF SERVICE Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a chance to help in your own community. We feature ways to get started on a path to helping people and pitching in on local projects.

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It’s 2025, a new year! It’s also a good time to start thinking about what you want to achieve this coming year! Do you want to read more, exercise more, save more money, or learn to write in cursive? You can do any and all of those things! Just set a goal and make a plan to achieve it! Let your teacher and parents know. I am sure they would like to help you! Since you are reading this letter, you are already

This month, you have the chance to read about one of my favorite Tall Tale Legends— Alfred Bulltop Stormalong. He was called Shorty for short, but there was nothing short about this legendary character. Here’s an idea for a goal for January—read every page of Kid Scoop News! Look at the Calendar and write down which pages you will read each day during the month.

Croc Conundrum .................... Day of Service ........................ Scooper Bowl ........................ Presidential Inauguration ...... Face Your Feelings ................. Tiny Animals .......................... Puzzles .................................. Activity Calendar ................... Alfred Stormalong ................. Trust ...................................... Fit & Fun ................................ Making Change ..................... How to Draw ......................... Parent Scoop ......................... Answers ................................ 3

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What fun to have a whole new year to look forward to. I look forward to getting Kid Scoop News to you throughout the coming year. Cheers!

starting on a goal to read more. Did you know if you read 20 minutes a day for fun, you will read 1.8 million words in a year? That’s a big accomplishment and kids who do that, do better in school!

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Tall plant with yellow petals and tasty seeds for snacking. Lit by the sun. When the sun goes behind the horizon in the evening. Ice cream topped with fruit. Device that tells the time of day with a shadow. To take a wrong meaning. Made music with voice. The first day of the week. An unusually large ocean wave, often causes major damage. A ray of light. 1. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1. 2. 3. 4. Standards Links: Spelling: Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly.

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More news online at First Stop News! This month, Kid Scoop News has teamed up with

ozens of schools across the country are banning Crocs.

Why? Because the colorful clogs can slip off when children run. This causes tripping and sometimes injuries.

First Stop News to bring your news in print and online. With an adult, scan

this QR code to see a First Stop News report about Crocs online!

Crocs can be worn two ways, with the strap on top or along the backside of the ankle. Many students prefer to wear them without the back straps in place. And this could be a problem if a student is playing and running or needs to move quickly. Running Into Trouble

How many pairs of shoes can you make with sets of left and right shoes? Shoe Sorter

Relaxed Mode

Sports Mode

Crocs can hold moisture on the skin, which can lead to blisters. Also, moist feet can create funky foot odor. Phew! Feet Get Funky

While some schools have banned students from wearing Crocs at school, that doesn’t mean they should never wear Crocs or similar shoes. But it does provide a reminder of which shoes are best for different activities. If The Shoe Fits …

Some also say the shoes don’t provide enough arch support to kids’ feet. Charming?

Another reason some schools give for banning Crocs is that the shoes can be distracting, especially when decorated with charms called jibbitz .

Crocs decorated with jibbitz – small collectible rubber charms.

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Justin and Dustin volunteered to help pick up litter at the playground. Justin drew a map to help Dustin nd the meeting point, but it’s pretty confusing. Can you help?

his year’s Martin Luther King holiday marks 57 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. 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.

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Standards Link: Civics: Students understand why civic responsibility is important.

– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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. 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.

What things are the same about Jim and Olivia?

MARTIN LUTHER KING SERVICE FRIENDS SENIOR HONOR FAMILIES KICK

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

Grandma wants to see a movie about Martin Luther King. But she can’t go before 2 p.m. and she needs to be home by 7 p.m. The movie is 95 minutes long. Look at the movie start times and help Grandma decide which show she should attend by circling the time in the newspaper’s movie guide below.

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Standards Link: Math/Measurement: Understand how time is measured and apply concepts of solving problems using mathematical reasoning.

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Hold this famous quote by Dr. King up to a mirror to read it.

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By looking in the mirror, you’ll see the person that can make this quote come true!

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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Today’s exciting match-up features the Number Crunchers vs. the Stupendous Sums! Use your math skills to solve these challenging brain teasers created by these two arithmetic-loving teams.

Help Stupendous Sums’, running back Common Denominator reach the end zone by moving horizontally or vertically only on even-numbered spaces on the field.

Take a close look at this picture of Number Cruncher quarterback Tim Tally. Find the following numbers hidden in this picture: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10.

2 16 8 14929731 3415 1 27 7 5945 724952 6 346618 14 51 38 65 82 63 40 8 761089967311 17 95 43 67 62 32 18 3 462866 4 9 61 21 30 91 57 15 77 83 3774 6 80445325 99 5 1937582294 36 18

How many stars can you find on this page? Can a friend find as many, or even more?

Whoops! These Stupendous Sums fans need your help. Use the code to reveal what their cheer card says.

A = E = H = L =

4 - 2 7 + 3 3 - 2 4 + 2

M = O = R =

9 - 2 5 + 4 2 + 2

Standards Link: Number Sense: Identify odd and even numbers.

S = T =

U = Y =

4 + 4 9 - 6

1 + 11 19 - 6

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Use the clues to complete Number Cruncher Coach Rocky Abacus’s crossword puzzle.

1. Seven plus nine minus two 4. Twenty-nine minus twenty-two 6. Ninety-seven minus ninety-five 8. Three plus seventeen minus nine 1. Thirty-three minus twenty-eight 2. Four plus four plus four 3. Thirty-nine minus twenty-one 4. Eight plus eight plus eight minus eight 5. Sixty-four minus fifty-five 7. Ninety-seven minus ninety six

Standards Links: Number Sense: Read numerals and calculate sums to 100.

STUPENDOUS CRUNCHER FOOTBALL MESSAGE FUMBLE

Write the missing numbers in each row of football jerseys to complete that row’s number pattern.

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

L E G A

F O Y E S R E J S

B O W

F R L F U M

O O A

O H A I E S O

T C R U N C H E R

B A B A D R N H I

A O F C O U N T H

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JERSEY SPORTS BRAIN SHIRT COUNT COACH MATH BOWL

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Patterns: Complete patterns.

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Donald J. Trump will be sworn into office as the 47th president of the United States during his inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2025. He will take the oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” This is the second time Donald Trump has taken the oath. He previously served as president from 2017-2020.

The inauguration is the ceremony in which the elected president is inducted into office. This year it will be held at noon on Monday, January 20. It takes place outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. At the inauguration ceremony, the president takes an oath of office . With right hand raised and left hand on an open Bible, the president says the following statement:

Standards Link: Civics: Understand the primary responsibilities of each branch of government in a system of shared powers.

America’s fourth president, James Madison, and his wife, Dolley, were the guests of honor at the first official Inaugural Ball held at Long’s Hotel in Washington, D.C. An Inaugural Ball does not bounce. A ball is actually another word for a big party.

The Seal of the President of the United States contains a circle of white stars representing America’s 50 states. The banner that reads E PLURIBUS UNUM is Latin for “out of many, one” meaning out of many states, one country and also, out of many peoples, one nation. There are 13 stars, clouds, leaves, and arrows that represent the original 13 states. Starting with the first letter in each line, circle every other letter to

discover what the olive branch represents and what the arrows the eagle is holding represent.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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Draw a line from each word to the face that best matches that particular feeling.

There are 43 muscles in your face! These muscles tense and relax in many ways that express feelings. Some experts say it takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. So, save your energy and smile!

Using the emojis at left, draw how you would feel in each situation. Your teacher announc- es that today is the day for a big test. But you forgot to study. You receive a phone call from your favorite relative telling you they are coming for a visit. You nish a really cool art project and then accidentally spill a whole jar of paint all over it. You’ve looked all over for your favorite book and can’t nd it. Then one day, you nd it under your bed.

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The world’s smallest chameleon, the Brookesia micra chameleon lives on the island of Madagascar. Chameleon Cutie

Adult males grow to only about a half- inch (16 millimeters) from nose to tail. This chameleon is so small that you might miss it if you don’t look very closely. In fact, scientists

The world is full of tiny, adorable animals. This month, meet some of them in Kid Scoop News!

did miss this tiny guy for a long time.

Circle every third number to discover the year the Brookesia micra chameleon was discovered.

Replace the missing words.

The Paedophryne amauensis frog is about the size of a housefly. It is so tiny that it can fit on a grape. It measures only about a third of an inch or 7.7 millimeters long.

Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur The world’s smallest primate ________ only one ounce (30 grams), or about the same as a slice of ________. It is called Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur. While the cute critter is super tiny, it has large eyes which help it ______ at night and a tail that is _______ than its body.

Christopher Austin is a herpetologist —a scientist that studies reptiles and amphibians. He wanted to find the animal making an unusual “tink-tink-tink” sound in the tropical forest of Papua New Guinea. He heard the noise coming from some dead leaves on the How a Scientist Discovered the Tiny Frog Can you nd each frog’s identical twin?

Bee Hummingbird

forest floor. He looked and looked but couldn’t find any animals. He grabbed a clump of the leaves and put them into a bag. Back

It’s the smallest bird in the world and weighs less than two ounces (57g). Don’t let its size fool you! It’s tiny but powerful. It can flap its little wings 80 times per second!

at his camp, he checked each of the hundreds of leaves in the bag. Imagine his happy surprise when a tiny animal hopped off one of the leaves. It was a tiny frog that no one had ever seen before. Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that serve different functions in survival.

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Royal Antelope The royal antelope is the world’s smallest antelope, measuring only 10 inches tall and weighing less than seven pounds (3kg). This cute little creature lives in the rainforests of Ghana and Sierra Leone, but the chances of you seeing one are very slim because they’re nocturnal. How many words can you make with the letters in royal antelope?

Facts are pieces of information based upon things that can be measured, proven, or seen by anyone. Opinions describe how someone feels about a thing or event. They can vary from person to person. Example: The tiny lizard is cute is an opinion. The lizard is half an inch long is a fact. Write three FACTS about animals you found on these pages:

Write three OPINIONS about the animals on these pages:

Dwarf Three-toed Jerboa The dwarf three-toed jerboa is the world’s smallest rodent. It weighs less than an ounce and is about 1.7 inches tall. Jerboas live in deserts and dry areas in North Africa and Asia, where they dig underground burrows. Some people compare its little body to a:

ADORABLE ANIMALS PRIMATE FINGERS SIMILAR

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

S I S L A N D R L

A I A S

S I M I L A R M L

N L L A F I V E L

F E L B A R O D A

I A E E S I O N A

N V D T S R I G R

G E

E S U T A M A T M

R M O

ISLAND LEAVES SMALL SOUND NOISE LEMUR TINY FROG CAMP FIVE

N H A M E S U

L T A I L E

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= A = B

= C = L

= N = O

= T = S

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Follow simple written directions.

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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 sh each penguin caught. Which penguin ended up with the most sh?

14 6 + 4

105 +107

53 – 5

22 + 8

11 9 + 5

193 + 7

27 – 6

15 + 8

18 +19

68 +68

32 46 +13

132 – 63

13 +5

9 – 6

140 –137

45 + 16

35 – 8

44 2 + 34

17 + 8

20 +20

38 +16

42 – 8

21 + 9

5 +4

To reveal the punch line to this riddle, circle every other letter below and write each letter on the blank lines. The rst one is done for you.

Petula caught four sh, but two got away.

Pike caught four more sh than Pepper.

Pedro caught

Perry caught twice as many sh as Pedro, but one sh got away.

Pepper caught two more sh than Petula but one less than Pedro.

three less sh than Pike.

Standards Link: Number Sense: Use logic and mathematical reasoning to solve word problems.

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JANUARY 2025

Wrap up warm and go for a walk today. See how many different kinds of birds you can spot. National Bird Day 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 For tonight’s movie, rent a movie with a winter theme. Make a big bowl of popcorn and enjoy the show. Family Movie Night Tick the box on each day when you have completed 20 minutes of reading. Children who develop a love of reading will become better students and build a better future.

It is said that no two snowakes are exactly alike, but on this page, all the snowakes are the same except for one. Can you nd it?

Choose something new to make or do this month. Start collecting the materials you’ll need for a new hobby. National Hobby Month 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. 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. What did you do this month to stay healthy? What will you carry forward to stay healthy next month? National Staying Healthy Month description of your favorite pie, what is in it, and why it is your favorite. National Pie Day Write a one paragraph

Chart how many hours of sleep you get per night. Between 10 and 11 should be your target. Festival of Sleep Day 30 minutes of walking can boost your brainpower. Start walking with some friends daily.

Write down three trivia questions and quiz your parents or friends. Then have them ask you three trivia questions. Trivia Day Why is milk important? Discuss the different ways you consume milk. What is your favorite milk product? 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. Opposite Day

Write out your list of 10 long-term goals for the New Year. New Year’s Day Fill five or six glasses with different amounts of water. Make a tune tapping them lightly with a wooden spoon.

Today would be a good day to write thank you letters for all your Christmas gifts.

Put together a family calendar for the entire year. Mark everyone’s birthday, school holidays, anniversaries, and special days.

National Thank You Month

Look through a page in the newspaper and find a word you do not understand. Look up the meaning in a dictionary.

Ben Franklin was born on this day in 1706. Discuss his accomplishments and inventions. Why are these important to us all today?

This is a day off school when you can serve your community. For ideas, visit mlkday.gov . Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 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. Lewis Carroll was born on this day in 1832. Make a drawing of one of the characters from Alice in Wonderland.

Sprint from one end of a basketball court to the other. How many times can you go back and forth in 10 minutes?

Help a parent make a big bowl of soup for dinner tonight.

Find a puzzle in Kid Scoop News and work with a friend to find the solution. National Puzzle Day Make a January scrapbook. Include photos of all the family and memorabilia from special events and excursions this month.

Jackie Robinson was born on this day in 1919. He was a great all-around sportsman. Participate in a sport today in honor of Jackie Robinson. Try to say as many nice things to people as possible today. National Compliment Day

National Soup Month

Get a group together. Choose a tune you all enjoy and play your kazoos together.

Invite some friends over or gather the family together for Family Game Night

Kazoo Day

Alfred Bulltop Stormalong was called Stormy for short, but there was nothing short about this legendary tall tale character!

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 10 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.

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.

How many of these words can you find on this page?

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.

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The sailors of Boston Harbor missed Stormy and Stormy missed them and the sea. After a while, he headed back to Boston Harbor. The sailors were so happy to see him that they worked together to build a ship that was big enough for him. Stormy named the ship The Coarser .

Cut out the sentence fragments and put them in order to learn more about Stormy’s ship.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Sequence events in a story correctly.

STORMALONG ALFRED BULLTOP TIDAL CLIPPER

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

Stormy’s ship carried cargo across the Atlantic. Once, when he came to a narrow passage in the English Channel near the town of Dover, the crew quickly deter- mined that the ship was too wide to fit through the passage.

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BLEW GIANT FATHOMS BOSTON MAST SWAB CARGO PASSAGE

“Get all the soap you can find!” bellowed Stormy. “Swab the sides of the ship until they are as slippery as a wet fish!” Stormy was able to slide the slippery hull of his ship through the passage. The soap scrubbed the cliffs so clean that they are sparkling white to this day.

Use the code to discover the name of these clis:

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NEST STEM

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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Trust Walk Partner with a friend or family member to take a walk. One person closes their eyes or wears a blindfold. Holding hands, the person with open eyes takes their partner on a walk. At rst, the blindfolded person may feel a bit scared. But, if the open-eyed partner is very careful of their safety, they will start to trust. After a while, switch roles. Afterward, talk about how it felt to do the Trust Walk.

Trust is a building block to good friendships. Trust is believing a person will keep their promises.

Help Ben guide his blindfolded partner, Jacob, through the maze!

What Trust Looks Like

START

When a person is kind to you, especially when you’re having a rough day.

When you know a person will do what they said they were going to do.

When a person takes care of something you loan to them.

When you can believe what a person says to you.

FINISH

Building Trust

Trust is something you don’t just have. It takes time to build trust. Each time someone keeps a promise, tells the truth, is kind to you, or is careful with your things, trust builds. It is like building a house. You start by building a foundation with bricks of trust. If you break a promise or tell a lie, the bricks fall down, and it is hard to build them back up. Unscramble the letters on these blocks to discover a key way to build trust. Standards Link: Language Arts: Spell grade-level words correctly.

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Trustworthiness Read the sentences. Finish each one with an answer that shows trustworthiness. Juan heard a bad rumor about Sarah. Juan should ____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Tomas found $10 in the gym. Tomas should ________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Sasha found Maria’s diary. Sasha should __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

BLOCKS BUILDS CARES EYES FRIEND GOOD KIND LOAN ONE PROMISE ROLES RUMOR SAFETY TRUST YOU

Mirror Image

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

Face a partner. One person will be the “mirror,” and the other will be the person looking into the mirror. The mirror follows the movements of the person looking into it as best as they can. After a few minutes, switch roles. Talk about how the mirror and the person looking into it could help each other.

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How many dierences can you nd between these two friends playing the mirror game?

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K H

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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Kid Scoop News believes that being active, preventing childhood obesity and eating healthy are all objectives we want to promote. Our Fit & Fun page will help you do just that. Join in and enjoy getting t and having fun!

Penguin Fitness

Balance Penguins don’t stand on just one foot very often, but pretend penguins can!

Iceberg Hop Pretend you are a penguin and hop like a penguin does from one chunk of (pretend) ice to another. Jump back and forth 20 times.

Tummy Time Penguins slide on their tummies to move across snow and ice. Try holding this pose for 10 seconds at a time. It’s not as easy as penguins make it seem!

Snow Angels Lie on the floor and make imaginary snow angels by moving your feet and flippers—er, um, arms!

A Healthy Penguin Snack Standards Link: Physical Education: Use a variety of basic and advanced movement forms. Cut beak shape or use carrot tip.

Insert carrot peak into olive center.

Use dab of cream cheese to attach olive head.

STUFF YOU’LL NEED: • Black olives

• String cheese • Cream cheese • Carrot • Adult helper

Cut one olive in half. Attach

to cheese body with dabs of cream cheese.

Here’s a fun treat for after school or parties! Work with an adult and see how many of these tasty penguins you can create!

Create feet by cutting carrot slices.

String cheese body

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This is a dollar.

And this is a dollar, too.

To gure this out, rst count from 66 to 70. Because you are counting by 1s, circle a penny for each number.

Now that you are at 70, counting by 1s to 100 would mean there are a lot of pennies for change. You can do that, but most people like to get their change with a small number of coins.

68 69

The example on this page shows how to give Maria her change of 34 cents with 7 coins — 4 pennies and 3 dimes. How could you give her change with only 6 coins? Circle the coins in green.

Providing the rest of the change in dimes would mean counting by 10s. With the 4 pennies, you are at 70, so with the next dime, you would be at 80, then 90, then 100. Circle the 3 dimes to show the change you counted to get to $1.00.

Next Maria is going to buy a pencil that costs 58¢. She has a $1.00 bill. How much change will she get? Circle the coins that show the change she will get in red. Now try it on your own!

80 90 100

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KIDS—SHARE THIS PAGE WITH YOUR PARENTS.

r. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent

something you and your family could do together. Maybe help out a local Food Bank, a local pet rescue center, or senior center. Maybe there is

question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” Each year, Americans across the country answer that question by coming together on the King holiday to serve their local communities. This holiday has become a holiday of service. With your child, look through your local newspaper and identify ways people are serving your community. Look for

Common Nouns or Proper Nouns? Sometimes in the middle of a sentence, a word will begin with a capital letter. These are usually proper nouns . A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing. Make a list of some common nouns and proper nouns you locate in Kid Scoop News . (Remember, a noun is the name of a person, place, or thing.) Have your child look through this month’s Kid Scoop News for common and proper nouns. Are they able to nd the same number of examples of each kind of noun? COMMON NOUNS PROPER NOUNS

someone in your neighborhood or family who could use some help around the house or yard.

The research is clear: raising

compassionate, caring kids improves the health of your child, your family, and your community. Parents can actually help children build their empathy “muscles” by giving them opportunities to practice caring.

Be a Big-Hearted Family on MLK Day

Take a walk and pick up trash in your neighborhood.

Make cards and send to children in the hospital.

Make a no-sew eece blanket to donate.

ere is a playful and humorous graphic novel series about two besties who The Adventures of Penguin and Panda: Surprise! H By Brenda Maier, Illustrated by Fanni Mézes EDITOR’S PICK by Vicki Whiting, Kid Scoop News

their friendship would ever work. Except somehow, it does.

could not be more dierent from each other. Penguin and Panda should not be friends. The very idea is absurd. Penguin likes to build things and Panda likes to nap. Panda munches bamboo and Penguin gobbles cheese pus and jam-banana

Penguin and Panda demonstrate kindness, understanding, and support for each other, showcasing the positive aspects of companionship. Each book includes short stories and STEM-related fun facts.

sandwiches. Penguin never powers down and Panda has a hard time powering up. There is no way

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Page 2 Sun-sational Crossword Across 1. Sunower 2. Sunlit

Page 6 Fan Fumble The sums are totally awesome!

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Page 12 Penguin Puzzler Pepper: 4, Perry: 9,

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Page 4 Who you gonna call? Volunteer Center

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