Kid Scoop News—May 2026

May 2026

Abracadabra! Amaze your family and friends with The Magic Rain Trick! But watch out or the rain will fall on you. STEMDINI

Cats have been friends for people for thousands of years. They appear in lots of stories — from fairy tales to comic strips! CATS

WATER SAFETY

Summer is nearly here. Make sure you know the facts about Water Safety to stay safe at the beach and at the pool.

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Dear Readers,

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May is a time to honor teachers, nurses, brothers, sisters, and moms for all they do to help us and look after us. It’s also the coming of summer, the celebration of Cinco de Mayo, and at the very end of the month, Memorial Day, when we remember, and honor, those who died for our country. That’s a lot of things to think about this month. The magic of science comes alive on our Stemdini pages. Fool your friends with these clever tricks that all have their basis in science. There’s some fascinating information about Cats in this month’s issue. Apparently, an Egyptian goddess was illustrated

with the head of a cat. With the weather warming and summer just around the corner, we want to make you aware of the importance of Water Safety. Knowing how to be safe in a pool or at the ocean is essential — so this page comes just at the right time. So, enjoy this action-packed issue and take time out of the month to thank those mothers and others who help you through your day and through the month of May. Happy May,

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Dear friends, May is such a fun time in Louisiana! The weather is warm, the flowers are blooming, and it’s the perfect time to get outside and play. At the Governor’s Mansion, we love spending time on the tennis courts and going on walks with our dog, Blanc. He especially loves sniffing around and enjoying the sunshine just like we do! This month, I hope you’ll pick up a good book and start reading. Whether it’s a silly story, an adventure, or your favorite book you’ve read before, reading helps your imagination grow and can take you anywhere! As we get closer to Memorial Day, we take time to remember and honor the brave heroes who helped protect our country. It’s a special day to say thank you and learn why their service matters. With summer right around the corner, it’s also important to think about water safety. If you’re swimming or playing near water, always stay close to a grown-up and follow safety rules so you can have fun and stay safe. We’re also celebrating our furry friends — especially cats! Even Blanc loves them (he’s always very curious when he sees one on our walks). Pets bring us so much joy and remind us to be kind and caring every day. I hope your May is filled with sunshine, fun, and lots of learning. Hugs and high fives, Sharon Landry

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The Reading Machine “The machine has buttons with numbers on them,” says Agustin. “It has lights and is big and colorful.” “I got Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcake ,” says

ave you ever wished a vending machine could give you something

Read the article on this page. Then answer the questions below! What is this article about?

The machine doesn’t take regular money. It works only with a special golden coin. But how do you get one? The students in Ms. Knapp’s 3rd grade class explain how it all works. “We have to be good to get a gold coin,” says Luis. Good behavior at Lincoln is rewarded with a chance for a golden coin. “At an assembly, the principal calls your name and gives you a golden coin and you get to choose a book in the machine,” explains Simonas. better than salty or sugary snacks? At Lincoln Elementary School in Santa Rosa, CA, they have a vending machine that does just that. It’s filled with books! Golden Rewards

Daniela. “I love the book!” Lincoln is one of thousands of schools across the country that now have book vending machines. One machine can hold 200 to 300 books.

Where did it happen?

Who is it about?

“For me,” says Keyla, “it is fun to read and we learn so much by reading.” Leah adds, “When you know how to read, it keeps your mind busy.” At Lincoln Elementary, this vending machine isn’t just giving out books. It’s helping students become lifelong readers in a really cool way.

How does it work?

Special thanks to Lincoln Elementary third grade teacher Christa Knapp, her students, and principal Dr. Jeanine Wilson for their help with this page.

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a talk given to an audience monument to the dead a long established custom for special or future use

nal resting places to retain an idea in the memory ground where dead are buried someone who serves in the military the rst day of the working week to make something more attractive great respect and admiration a day set aside sometimes to commemorate something

emorial Day was called Decoration Day when it started as a day to honor the nation’s Civil War dead by decorating their graves. After the Civil War, people across America started a tradition of setting one day a year aside to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers. On May 30, 1868, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cem- etery. After the speech, thousands of people who came to hear him deco- rated the graves of more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.

After World War I, Decoration Day was expanded to remember those who had died in all American wars. In 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be celebrated the last Monday in May. oday a flag is placed on each grave at Arlington National Cem- etery. The president or the vice president gives a speech and lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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Color the two flags at right. Cut along the dotted line. Fold the little flag around the top of your pencil and use glue to fasten the folded flag.

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A GREAT CLASSROOM CRAFT: Paint terra-cotta flower pots, coffee cans, jars, and other containers in stars and stripes. Then, plant some flowers in them and deliver them to a local veterans hospital or to neighbors who have lost a family member serving our country.

Paper poppies are made by unemployed and disabled veterans and sold to raise money for veterans and their widows, widowers, and orphans. Look at each row of poppies. Draw the one that should come next to continue each pattern.

OBSERVING MEMORIAL CEMETERY RESTING RESPECT

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

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

Standards Link: Language Arts: Follow simple written directions.

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Tab

Place your pitcher and glass on a table. Hide the plastic circle in the hand you won’t use to pour. Perform the trick

Place the glass upside down on the plastic lid. Trace around the glass to make a circle, drawing a little tab as shown. Cut just outside the circle to make it a little bit larger than the mouth of the glass. Be sure to cut out the tab. Prepare your props

Pour water from the pitcher into the glass, until it begins to overflow. Say “I can tip this glass of water over my head and keep it from pouring out.”MM

Pick up the glass with your other hand and turn it over quickly, but gently. Slowly remove the hand holding the top of the glass. If done right, the circle will stick to the glass and the water won’t spill out.

Lift the glass over your head and say “Magic tricks are hot work. I think I’ll oo cool off.” Then ooo gently push on the tab.The plastic circle will come off and the water will fall on you!

Put down the pitcher and cover the mouth of the glass with the hand hiding the plastic circle. Secretly place the circle over the mouth of the glass, covering the entire top.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow multiple-step directions with accuracy.

The Science Behind the Trick: Air pressure is all around us. The plastic lid sticks to the surface of the water and is pressed by air pressure. Even when the glass is turned over, air pressure will hold the plastic lid in place.

Most of the ocean doesn’t freeze. Why? Salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water.

2. Sprinkle a tiny bit of salt along the thread and wait about 30 seconds.

3. Lift the thread. Does the ice cube cling to the thread and get lifted as well?

ice cubes thread salt

1. Soak your thread in

some water then lay it on top of an ice cube.

Explanation: The salt melts the surface of the ice. The coldness of the ice then refreezes this water, trapping the thread, and freezing it to the ice. Standards Link: Science/Investigation: Conduct simple experiments.

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97% of the world’s water is in oceans. The remaining 3% is fresh water. That 3% of fresh water divides into 77% contained in icecaps and glaciers, 22% in groundwater aquifers (drinking water,) and 1% in lakes and streams.

Question: How can you make an egg float in a bowl of water?

Hypothesis*: *Note: a hypothesis means a thoughtful guess.

a large bowl warm water an egg salt spoon

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Fill your bowl with warm water. Gently place the egg in the water. What happens?

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Remove the egg and stir at least one cup of salt into the water. Stir until you can’t see any grains of salt. The water will look cloudy. Place the egg in the salty water. What happens?

Did the egg float? Adding salt to water makes it heavier. In salty water, the amount of water the egg displaces weighs more than the egg and the egg floats.

QUESTION PRESSURE PRACTICE SCIENCE SURFACE

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

Quick! Before it melts! Solve the puzzle frozen in my ice cubes and you will have good luck! Fill in the blank squares with numbers to make the sum of each side and each diagonal add up to 15.

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M G C

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

Standards Link: Mathematics: Number Sense: Adding sums to 15.

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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 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 other kinds of cells, too.

Red blood cell

White blood cell

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.

• 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:

If you weigh 50 pounds:

If you weigh 100 pounds:

milliliters or about pints

se the code to find out how much blood is in each of the kids at left. Which one is closest to your weight?

How many hearts can you nd on this page?

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ver time, red blood cells wear out and die. The average life of a red blood cell is about 120 days. The good news is that your body has its own factory making new blood cells every day. And you’ll never guess where! To discover the answer, circle the letter next to the larger amount in each pair of measurements. (If you need help, use the conversion chart.) Write the circled letters where they belong in the blanks.

Not all blood is red. Do the math to discover the color of each of these creature’s blood.

Your body’s blood-making factory is in:

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3 pints 1 quart 7 pints 1 gallon

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1 cup 6 fluid ounces 4 pints 20 fluid ounces

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9. 1 quart 5 cups 8. 5 fluid ounces 8 tablespoons

3. 8 tablespoons 26 teaspoons 1 gallon 5. 2 tablespoons 9 teaspoons 4. 6 pints

1 tablespoon 1 fluid ounce

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3 teaspoons 2 tablespoons 8 fluid ounces

Whether red, blue, green, or yellow, all blood performs the function of carrying oxygen to body cells.

1 cup 1 pint 1 quart 1 gallon

2 cups 2 pints 4 quarts

Standards Link: Mathematics: Calculate sums.

Blood Bank

BLOOD PLATELETS DONATE ACCIDENT PINT PLASMA SICK DROP PLUG LIVER HORMONES CELL BODY QUART SINGLE

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

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ometimes when people are sick or in an accident, they lose blood faster than their bodies can make it. Doctors get blood for these people from a blood bank. he blood bank is a place where blood that people have donated is saved until it is needed. Healthy adults can donate blood anytime.

Help the driver get the blood to the hospital.

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

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ats have been pets for people for thousands of years. They were taken in to help keep mice and snakes out of homes, farms, and businesses. Cats also appear in all kinds of stories, from fairy tales to legends to comic strips.

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Egyptians considered cats to be sacred, which is why they mummified and buried them in tombs. They would honor a god by portraying it with a cat’s head. The Egyptian goddess Bast was shown with the head of a cat. Bast is the Egyptian goddess of sunrise

and the protector of cats, women, and children. Connect the dots in alphabetical order to draw Bast. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

Find the two identical cats.

Just like fingerprints, this part of a cat’s body has a pattern of ridges that is unique to that cat.

Unscramble the word to find the answer.

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Match each pair of shoes. Can you nd the single shoe that has no match?

Wow! The story below is a giant run-on sentence! Fix it by adding punctuation and capital letters where needed.

Roger loves to go for a run every morning he wakes up before the sun rises he always stretches his muscles rst and then he heads for his

favorite trail that is next to a creek

as Roger runs he enjoys seeing the frogs birds and butteries busily beginning their day on weekends Roger runs with his friend Stacy

who lives down the street from Roger they both signed up for the Midtown Park 5K Fun Run it is being held next Saturday afternoon at 1:00.

What do runners do when they forget something? Circle every third letter to reveal the answer. AWTWQHFTEBNYKTJHPO XMGJSTVWHESEGFIDXRHLM NPEMGMEWOHTRKLY

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MAY 2026

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.

Tell your sibling how much you care for them. If you don’t have a brother or sister, choose some- one who could be your pretend sibling. Brothers and Sisters Day Write a poem about lost socks. Where do they go? How will they ever find their way back to their match? Lost Sock Memorial Day

Celebrated around the world, this day marks a celebration of spring and the coming of summer. May Day

How many flowers can you count on this page? Have a friend try. Who found more?

Clean your bicycle today and make sure it is in good condition. Check your helmet, too. Bike Month Museums are important places. Gather your family and visit a museum today. International Museum Day This is the day to remember those who gave their lives for freedom and country. Memorial Day Observe the weather today and give your family a weather report as if you were on the TV news. National Weather Observers Day

Take time today to honor your teacher and show how much you appreciate all their hard work. National Teachers Day Compose a limerick today. Five lines, the last words of the 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines rhyme; and the 3rd and 4th are a separate rhyme. Celebrate by finding a good photograph and describe why you chose it. National Photo Month List three reasons why a good night’s sleep is important. Better Sleep Month

Copy a puzzle out of your newspaper. Race a friend to see who can complete it first.

Thank your school nurse today and give her a token of your gratitude.

Children’s Book Week begins tomorrow. The theme this year is “Books: Get Curious.” Make a special homemade gift for your Mom or another special lady. Draw her portrait and give her this perfect gift.

Visit a pet shelter this week and spread a little kindness. Be Kind to Animals Week

National School Nurse Day

Take a jump rope outside and skip as fast as you can for 10 minutes and then slowly for another 10 minutes.

Can you draw a cross section of a tulip? Label the different parts of a tulip. Tulip Day

Put your thumbs in your armpits and “flap your wings.”

Using a black marker, draw an alien. Now exchange your drawing with a friend to color in the drawing.

Mother’s Day

Play a musical instrument today. If you don’t own one, invent your own.

Go for a hike today in the countryside. Wear good, sturdy shoes and make sure to take some water.

On this day in 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew alone across the Atlantic to Paris. Find out the name of his plane and quiz a friend. Ask your parents if you can take over a section of the garden. Dig it over and plant some flowers, vegetables, or seeds.

The American Red Cross was founded on this day in 1881. Check your first aid supplies and make sure they are up to date.

© Vicki Whiting May 2026 Get a large sheet of paper and a crayon and make a rubbing today – from a coin, or any indented surface you can find. Start to collect loose change today in a jar. It’s amazing how much you’ll save if you add a little each day.

Make a pledge that you will always say NO to smoking. No Tobacco Day Put on some music and get everyone dancing. Dancing is great exercise, so keep it up for 20 minutes at least.

Start a science experiment today such as growing a crystal. Follow the scientific method: question, hypothesis, method, data, observation, and conclusion.

Invent a dessert using fresh fruit and a little ice cream or frozen yogurt. Share it with your family at dinner tonight.

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Paul Bunyan isn’t the only giant in American legends. Old-timers along the Mississippi River tell of a giant of a woman— Annie Christmas. The stories say she worked on the river docks near the French Quarter in New Orleans and she was fearless—especially when it came to dealing with bullies who hung out on the docks.

When you see a blank line in the story below, a word is missing. Select one of the words in Annie’s barrel for each blank until the story makes sense.

Occasionally, Annie liked to get all dressed up. Once, she put on a ______ satin dress and red feather plumes in her hair and took a trip on a ____________ called the Natchez Belle . The captain of that boat was as stubborn as he was mean. When the __________ turned

bad, he decided to take a shortcut through a channel that cut across a bend in the ________________ River. Annie knew the river like the back of her hand and she knew that the cutoff was full of snags and sandbars that could ______ the big paddle wheeler. But the stubborn captain wouldn’t listen. When the boat hit a sandbar, Annie loaded

Help Annie nd the two matching barrels.

passengers on her keelboat and fought the current back to the main river. Behind her the Natchez Belle was broken up and __________ by the muddy, swirling river water. The _______________ hugged Annie, thanking her for saving their lives. They say Annie’s face turned as red as her dress. Standards Link: Literary Response: Students comprehend basic plots of folktales.

Longshoreman n . A dock worker who loads and unloads ships. Keelboat n . A narrow flat-bottomed river boat used to carry freight.

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Baton Rouge

Standards Link: History: Students understand various cultures drawing from folklore. flour under each arm and another balanced on her head. Once, she towed a keelboat from New Orleans to Baton Rouge and never got out of breath. Use the map to calculate how many miles or kilometers she towed her keelboat. For longshoremen along the Mississippi River, it was the highest compliment to be called “as strong as Annie Christmas.” Legends say that Annie could carry a barrel of

Standards Link: Writing Applications: Students use pre-writing strategies to organize and focus narratives. two pictures to a friend and have him/her draw a picture of what might happen after your picture. Glue a newspaper photo onto a piece of paper. Then draw a picture of what might happen next. Pass the

New Orleans

= miles = kilometers

Because she worked on the docks, Annie wore men’s clothing most of the time. But she always wore her pearls. Add the numbers on each string of pearls below to learn more about the amazing Annie Christmas legend.

ANNIE CHRISTMAS KEELBOAT LEGENDS RIVER FEARLESS DRESS

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

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T A O B L E E K T

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Length (in feet) of Annie’s pearl necklace:

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PEARLS DOCKS TOWED STRING SINK TALE DRAW BEND

Annie’s weight (in pounds):

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Annie’s height (in inches):

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

Standards Link: Number Sense: Students compute sums to 250.

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and tells why it happened—or the cause . A good headline sparks your curiosity and makes you want to read the article to learn more.

News articles tell about the cause and the effect of things that happen. News articles report on something that happened and explain why. The headline tells what happened — or the effect . The article gives more details

One event makes some- thing else happen. That’s cause and eect!

Read this silly article to answer these questions.

How many dierences can you nd between these two dragons?

WHAT happened? This is the EFFECT.

WHY did it happen? This is the CAUSE.

Think about something that happened at your school this week. What was the CAUSE and EFFECT? CAUSE:

EFFECT:

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Look at the pictures below. They tell a silly story of cause and eect. But they are out of order. Number the pictures to show the correct order. Scrambled Story

Only two of these dragons are exactly alike. Can you nd them? Dragon Doubles

BASKETBALL BURP CAUSE

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

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DETAILS DRAGON EFFECT EMBERS FLAMES HAPPEN NEWS ORDER READ THINK WATER WHY

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

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It’s fun to play in water, whether at a pool, beach, lake, river, or water park, but it is important to know your limits and stay safe. Remember, drowning can occur in less than two minutes. Put a check mark next to the rules that make swimming in a pool safer. Cross out rules that do not make pools safer. Swimming Pool Safety Rules

Never go in the water alone. Always be sure an adult who can swim is watching you. Do not depend on inatable toys or water wings to keep your head above water. Dive only from a diving board, not the side of the pool. Don’t crawl or walk on a pool cover. Stay in the shallow end of the pool if you are not a strong swimmer.

Find these things hiding in this picture: a banana, a house, a crayon, a sh, a surfboard, and a dinosaur.

After nding the hidden pictures, sort each object by the number of syllables.

Standards Link: Vocabulary: Recognize syllables in words; decode words with two or more syllables.

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Waves and currents are a danger at the beach. Waves can knock you down and pull you out to sea. If you do get caught in the current, swim parallel to the shore as shown below. This will help you escape the current so you can make it back to shore. Safety at the Beach

BEACH BOAT CODE COOL DIVING FISH LAKE PARK POOL RULES SAFETY SORT SWIM TOYS WATER

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

Use the Lifesaver Letter code to find out what you should always wear when on a boat at the beach or lake.

S C V

G N I V I D F L K

K C O B E A C H Y

R O T K S U W T I

A O A S L P E O T

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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension; students follow simple written directions.

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

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After working hard to earn money, people want to keep it safe. Banks do more than just hold people’s money. They also lend money and pay interest on money kept in savings accounts. Saving money pays!

Find where each missing word belongs.

Where do some kids keep their money? Replace the missing vowels to nd out.

Mine is in a s_ck in a dr_w_r!

In my r_fr_g_r_tor. It’s c_ld c_sh!

My money is in a b_x und_r my b_d.

I keep mine in my p_gg_ b_nk!

Long ago, people took their treasures to the temple for safety. No one would _________ from a temple, for fear it would make the gods _________. In Italy, bankers would take care of banking business _________ on benches. The word bank comes from the Italian word for _______, banca . Jewelers and goldsmiths also acted as bankers, sharing their vaults with the community to keep _________ safe. Standards Link: Economics: Students understand basic economic concepts.

Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.

Put this coin in the piggy bank.

Long ago in England, people stored their money in jars made from a kind of clay called pygg . After a while, people called the jars pyggy banks . Someone finally started making them in the shape of a pig.

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STUFF YOU’LL NEED:

lemon

Bike Safety Rules to Review with Your Child

cotton swab or cotton ball

paper

Experiment:

What Happened? Lemon juice is an organic substance that oxidizes and turns brown when heated.

Have an adult cut the lemon in half and squeeze some juice into a bowl. This is your ink. Dip the end of the cotton swab, paint brush, or your nger into the“ink”and use it to write a secret message or draw a picture onto a piece of paper.

Let the juice dry. The paper will look blank. To read your secret message or show it to someone else, heat the paper by running an iron set on high heat over it for about 45 seconds.

As the weather warms up, children look forward to enjoying the outdoors with fresh air and exercise. This is the perfect time to review bike safety rules with them. Many of these safety tips are also good for walking. Read the tips out loud with your child. Try to do it with dierent emotions each time. For example, read them aloud with a smile. Read them aloud as if you were crying. Read them aloud as if you were scared. What other emotions can you come up with? Don’t dart out of driveways or from between parked cars. •

EDITOR’S PICK by Vicki Whiting, Kid Scoop News By Raúl the Third ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat L ittle Lobo shares his love of food and wrestling in this delicious book from Pura Belpré Medal-winning illustrator Raúl the Third.

readers on a tour of food trucks that sell his favorite foods, like quesadillas with red peppers and Mexican-Korean tacos. Peppered with easy-to- remember Latin-American Spanish vocabulary, this

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Stop at all stop signs.

Little Lobo is excited to take in a show with wrestling star El Toro in his bustling border town. After getting lunch orders from The Bull and his friends to help prepare for the event, Little Lobo takes

glorious celebration of food is sure to leave every reader hungry for lunch! Jam-packed with fun details and things to see, the ¡Vamos! books are perfect for fans of Richard Scarry and Where’s Waldo?

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Be careful when checking trac and don’t swerve when looking over your shoulder.

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Always go with the trac ow and keep to the far side of the road.

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Always wear your helmet!

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EARLY LEARNERS

C is for Cow c is for cow

Look at the shapes of the clouds. Look at the spots on the cow. Draw a line from each cloud shape to the spot on the cow that it matches.

Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter C . Say the letter as you trace it. How many words or pictures can you find on this page that start with the C sound like the word cow ?

How many

Carla Cow shivered in the snow. The farmer said, “Get inside! Go!” Carla said, “I’m not as cold as I seem. And how else can I make ice cream?”

? cowboys

How many

Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the questions. Touch and count to find the answers.

cans

Wad up a newspaper page and wrap it with tape to make a ball. Tell your child to listen to you say a list of words. When you say a word that starts with the letter C, your child should throw the ball into the air and try to catch it! Catch It!

With your child, look through the newspaper to find pictures of things that start with the same sound as the letter C in cow . Letter Identification

Point to the number 4 in the newspaper. Have your child say the number and, if it’s large enough, have your child trace the number. Math Play

Talking Pictures Look through the newspaper for pictures of animals. (Remember, people are animals too!) Together, imitate the sounds the animals make. If it is a picture of a person, make up something for the person to say.

Cut out the letters O and W from the headlines. Then cut out the letters, H , N , B , and R . Show your child how you can spell the words how , now , brown , cow using the letters O and W . How Now Brown Cow

With your child, find and circle the color red in today’s newspaper. Then count the number of times you found the color red. Repeat with other colors. Counting Colors

On one page of the newspaper, search for an upper case letter C and a lower case letter c . Draw a line to connect the two. Can you find more upper case and lower case C-c pairs? Big C, Little c

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Page 15 Annie’s Strength 135 miles (217 kilometers) Pearls of Wisdom Length (in feet) of Annie’s pearl Necklace: 30 Annie’s weight (in pounds): 250 Annie’s height (in inches): 70

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Page 12 Runner’s Run-on Sentence Roger loves to go for a run every morning . H e wakes up before the sun rises . H e always stretches his muscles rst and then he heads for his favorite trail that is next to a creek . A s Roger runs he enjoys seeing the frogs birds and butteries busily beginning their day . O n weekends , Roger runs with his friend Stacy who lives down the street from Roger . T hey both signed up for the Midtown Park 5K Fun Run . I t is being held next Saturday afternoon at 1:00. What do runners do when they forget something? They jog their memory

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Page 4 Across 3. Speech 10. Tomb 11. Tradition 12. Aside Down 1. Graves 2. Remember 4. Cemetery 5. Soldier 6. Monday 7. Decorate 8. Honor 9. Holiday

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Page 8 If you weigh 50 pounds: 1,600 milliliters or about 3 pints If you weigh 80 pounds: 2,400 milliliters or about 5 pints If you weigh 100 pounds: 2,900 milliliters or about 6 pints Page 9 Your body’s blood- making factory is in: Your bones Strange Blood Lobster 3 + 3 + 9 = 15 Beetle 3 + 6 + 2 = 11

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Page 19 Fill in the missing vowels. Wearing water shoes in lakes can protect your feet from broken glass and other underwater hazards. Lifesaver Letter A lifejacket

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Page 5 Patriotic Poetry A & J, B & F, C & L, D & H, E & K, G & I

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G N I V I D F L K

K C O B E A C H Y

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Earthworm 2 + 5 + 2 = 9 Crab 7 + 4 + 4 = 15 Lizard 4 + 1 + 4 = 9

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Page 14 Annie and the Red Dress red steamboat weather Mississippi sink ooded passengers

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Page 20 Find where each missing word belongs. steal

Help the driver get the blood to the hospital.

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S T E M E J E R O E

U E T B P Q A U N K

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angry sitting bench money

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Where do some kids keep their money? Mine is in a sock in a drawer! In my refrigerator. It’s cold cash! My money is in a box under my bed. I keep mine in my piggy bank!

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