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She battled a gang of alligators, stunned a bear with a grin and married Davy Crockett. Read all about the legendary Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett.
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Koalas are nocturnal, which means they sleep during the day and are active at night. Koalas sleep about 18 hours each day.
MEET THE KOALA
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xcitement is growing for the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 2.
The race covers 1,049 miles across Alaska, some of the most rugged and wild terrain on earth. Teams often race in white-out conditions, much of which is along the shore of the Bering Sea.
54 teams will take part in the race from Anchorage to Nome, six of whom are past winners. Dallas Seavey won last year and will race again. This year there’s even a musher from Jamaica.
Each team has between 12 to 16 dogs that must cover the entire route to Nome but as many as 22 dogs can start the race which usually takes between 9 and 15 days. Each team must pass 27 checkpoints.
In 2011, John Baker recorded the fastest time winning in 8 days, 19 hours, 46 minutes and 39 seconds.
part from the cold weather, the trail has many dangers. In 1985, Susan Butcher came across a pregnant moose that charged her team of dogs, killing two of them.
The history of the race is full of stories of mushers and teams getting lost in blizzards, falling through ice bridges and getting frostbite. Winds can reach 50 miles-per-hour in some places.
The Red Lantern award is given to the last musher to cross the finish line in Nome. A spotter sits outside of Nome and an alarm is sounded when a team is within about 2 miles of the finish line.
Last year, 66 teams started the race at Anchorage but just 53 teams made it all the way to Nome.
In 1974, Mary Shields and Lolly Mary were the first women to _________ in and finish the Iditarod Trail Race. Mary Shields was the first woman to _______ the Iditarod and Lolly Mary came in 26 minutes later.
Susan Butcher is the only person to have won the Iditarod _________ times in a row. She won in
1986, 1987 and 1988.
When asked if wolves were a _________ to her and her dogs on the _______ trail, she said, “The wolves are simply ___________. They never cause us any problems. The bears, except for the polar bears, are in _____________, and most of the polar bears are much further north than where we race. So the only danger for us really is the moose and the buffalo.”
Sled dogs wear booties to protect their feet from snow and ice that can cut their paws.
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When you crack the shell of a
hard-boiled egg, you get a
lot of separate pieces or
plates of shell. The crust of
the earth is like the shell of a
hard-boiled egg. It is broken up
into plates, too. But, unlike the pieces of a hard-
boiled egg, the plates of the earth’s crust move.
Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know that plate
tectonics account for major geological events.
The earthquake was actually centered north of San Francisco. In one place about 30 miles to the north, a fence was broken and the two pieces moved eight feet apart.
In 1906 near San Francisco, the Pacific Plate moved about 20 feet in just a few seconds. The pictures at left show how some of the land changed when this happened. How many changes can you find?
Standards Link: Investigation: Find similarities and differences in common objects.
California sits on two plates of the earth’s crust: the North
America Plate and the Pacific Plate.
The place where the two plates meet is called the San
Andreas Fault. The Pacific Plate is slowly moving
northwest. Most of the time it moves very slowly,
about as fast as your fingernails grow. But sometimes
it jerks several inches or feet at one time. This
causes the earth around the fault to shake.
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know that
earthquakes are sudden motions along faults.
At 5:13 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco experienced one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. It is estimated that the quake was 7.7 to 7.9 on the Richter Scale. More than 3,000 people lost their lives in the quake and the fires that followed. The fires alone destroyed 28,000 buildings in the city—nearly every single one!
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all the sentences
in this article. Cut the
sentences out and paste them in the
correct order.
Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and
diagonally.
When you crack the shell of a
hard-boiled egg, you get a
lot of separate pieces or
plates of shell. The crust of
the earth is like the shell of a
hard-boiled egg. It is broken up
into plates, too. But, unlike the pieces of a hard-
boiled egg, the plates of the earth’s crust move.
Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know that plate
tectonics account for major geological events.
The earthquake was actually centered north of San Francisco. In one place about 30 miles to the north, a fence was broken and the two pieces moved eight feet apart.
In 1906 near San Francisco, the Pacific Plate moved about 20 feet in just a few seconds. The pictures at left show how some of the land changed when this happened. How many changes can you find?
Standards Link: Investigation: Find similarities and differences in common objects.
California sits on two plates of the earth’s crust: the North
America Plate and the Pacific Plate.
The place where the two plates meet is called the San
Andreas Fault. The Pacific Plate is slowly moving
northwest. Most of the time it moves very slowly,
about as fast as your fingernails grow. But sometimes
it jerks several inches or feet at one time. This
causes the earth around the fault to shake.
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know that
earthquakes are sudden motions along faults.
At 5:13 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco experienced one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. It is estimated that the quake was 7.7 to 7.9 on the Richter Scale. More than 3,000 people lost their lives in the quake and the fires that followed. The fires alone destroyed 28,000 buildings in the city—nearly every single one!
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Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and
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The baskets that belong to Buzz and Beeper are
identical.Standards Links: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
his Easter, Buzz and Beeper didn’t find eggs in their baskets. They found a mysterious message! Every bunny needs a buddy and these bunnies need YOUR help to discover how to read the message.
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Find somebunny to be your buddy and do this page together! If this page looks easy to do, share it with somebunny younger than you. If it looks hard, share it with somebunny older!
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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Eye-hand coordination.
Beeper didn’t finish coloring her egg. Do the rest for her.
Have more fun with your buddy! Draw an egg and color half of it. Then let your buddy finish your design.
How many eggs can you find on this page in 60 seconds? Race your buddy!
How many times can you find the word EGG in the puzzle?
Hint: The word EGG is spelled forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. You may use the same letter more than once.
Standards Link: Letter Sequencing: Skim and scan reading.
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The baskets that belong to Buzz and Beeper are
identical.Standards Links: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
his Easter, Buzz and Beeper didn’t find eggs in their baskets. They found a mysterious message! Every bunny needs a buddy and these bunnies need YOUR help to discover how to read the message.
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Find somebunny to be your buddy and do this page together! If this page looks easy to do, share it with somebunny younger than you. If it looks hard, share it with somebunny older!
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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Eye-hand coordination.
Beeper didn’t finish coloring her egg. Do the rest for her.
Have more fun with your buddy! Draw an egg and color half of it. Then let your buddy finish your design.
How many eggs can you find on this page in 60 seconds? Race your buddy!
How many times can you find the word EGG in the puzzle?
Hint: The word EGG is spelled forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. You may use the same letter more than once.
Standards Link: Letter Sequencing: Skim and scan reading.
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With a friend, create a secret code. Write messages to
each other using the code. Then see if other friends can “break” the code
and figure out what you wrote.
Calling all poets! Write down ten
pairs of words that rhyme. Now write
down a poem using those words.
Learn about the Nature Explore club
to gain a better appreciation of
nature.
Explore different career choices today. Learn a little of what it takes to achieve these careers.
Put on gloves and go for a walk and pick up trash in
your neighborhood or join a park
clean-up project.
Have fun counting eggs
today!
Plan a visit to a tree nursery
This day is the anniversary of the Great 1906 San
Fransisco Earthquake
Create a comic strip. Use two characters to tell knock-knock
jokes or riddles.
On this day, you can ask a question
and the person answering must give an honest
answer.
Discuss the meaning of the word meditate. Close your eyes
and sit completely still. Be calm and meditate for five minutes today.
Have you or your friend mastered
the cartwheel yet? Don’t give up! Practice is great
exercise.
Can you do a cartwheel? If so,
teach a friend how to do one. If not,
work with a friend that knows how.
Find some of your favorite books and
read them to a younger child.
Look up at the sky for 15
minutes tonight. How many
aircraft can you spot in that
amount of time?
Learn all the words to one of your parents’ favorite songs. Have a family sing along tonight!
How long can you go without watching
TV? How many books could you
read if you gave up TV for a few days?
Watch a movie made before 1950. Then
talk about things you noticed that are different from
modern movies.
Clip coupons from the newspa-
per or online. Set
aside the amount of money you
save to use for a special treat for
the family.
Do something to improve your
health today. Go for a long walk,
make a nutritious meal and get a
good night’s sleep.
Do you have books you’ve outgrown?
Contact your library and see if you can
donate them.
Do something nice for a brother or
sister today. Maybe they will
do something nice for you!
How many foods starting with the letter B have you eaten this week?
Who were the first people to
reach the North Pole on this day
in 1898?
Beverley Cleary was born on this day in 1916. Can
you find the names of the books she has
written?
The Titanic sank on this day in 1912. What caused the disaster?
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You Need:Each player needs 8 markers. Buttons, pebbles or even small squares of paper make good markers.
Goal:Be the first person to get to the sum of 23.
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Beeper’s Eggs-tra-ordinary Challenge: Begin with 23 and subtract the amounts to reach zero.Standards Link: Mathematics: Subtract single digits from single and double digits.
The secret code to crack the answer to this riddle is hidden in this egg border.
is the letter A.
To find out what letter each egg stands for, find .
The alphabet follows in order by going clockwise around the border. Each egg stands for one letter of the alphabet.
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Standards Links: Decoding: Recognize letters of the alphabet. Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
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“HOWDY! I’m Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind!” Sally Ann shouted on the day she was born. Then she went on to brag that she could, “out-talk, out-grin, out-scream, out-swim, and out-run any baby in Kentucky!”
Sally’s nine brothers didn’t much care for their new baby sister and they called her a liar. “Let’s race to the top of the mountain and back!” challenged Sally Ann. She beat them by a mile!
One day, while walking through the woods, Sally came upon the frontiersman, Davy Crockett. He had stopped for a nap and rested his head between two branches of a tree. His head became stuck, and two eagles were pulling out his hair for their nest!
Sally Ann let loose a scream that was so loud it blew the feathers off the eagles’ heads. This scared off the birds, allowing Sally Ann to pull Davy out of his predicament. Not only had she rescued the frontiersman; Sally Ann had just created creatures we treasure to this day.
ou won’t find Sally Ann in any history book, but she is an authentic American frontier legend.
At 8 years old, Sally Ann decided she was grown-up enough to head into the frontier. Read her journal. Then number the pictures she drew in the correct order.
They say Sally Ann once battled a large gang of alligators. She battled so hard that she stirred up a tornado that swept the alligators away. For days they say alligators fell from the sky from New Orleans to Minnesota!
Standards Link: Reading
Comprehension: Students know
the sequence of events in a story.
To find out what creature Sally Ann created, cross out the letters that are in T-O-O-T-H and R-U-N. Read the remaining letters.
ANSWER: Bald eagles.
Standards Link: Number Sense: Solve problems involving numeric equations.
Sally Ann thought Davy Crockett was mighty cute. She prettied herself to catch his heart.
So, did she win Davy’s heart? Well, now we call her Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett. What do you think?
(33 + 9 + 6 = )
(29 + 7 + 5 = )
(19 + 5 + 3 = )
(21 + 6 + 5 = )
Do the math to discover a couple of the things she used to make a big impression. The correct answers are the ones that add up to odd numbers.
Davy Crockett, incidentally, is not just a tall tale. He really existed, and served in Congress from 1827 to 1835.
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With its big, black shiny nose, large fluffy ears and round body covered with soft fur, the koala looks like a cuddly teddy bear.
But it’s not! It’s neither a toy, nor a bear. Koalas are related to opossums, wombats and other marsupials.
cuscusesopossumwallaroos
kangarooswombatstasmanian devil
Fill in the names of these marsupials in these boxes.bandicootquollwallaby
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Standards Links: Life Science: Animals have adaptions that serve specific functions in survivial.
Marsupial moms carry their young
around in pouches that
are part of the body! The word
marsupial means “having a pouch.”
Koalas make their homes in eucalyptus forests along the eastern coast of Australia.
The eucalyptus forest provides food, shelter, and water—nearly everything the koala needs to survive.
Color area 1 green.This is the habitat ofthe koala.
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Koalas are nocturnal, which means they sleep during the day and are active at night. Koalas sleep about 18 hours each day.Koalas don’t build nests or platforms. When they get sleepy, they find a nice cozy fork in the tree branches. Though the hard branches of a tree wouldn’t seem cozy to us, the koala has a thick layer of fat and fur on its behind—its own built in pillow!
Which two sleepy koalas are identical?
A koala’s claws are just right for ____________ on to tree trunks and branches.
The front paws have five toes—two on one side of the foot and three on the other. That’s like having two thumbs, an arrangement that gives the koala a strong _________.
The toes on the back paws are different from those on the front. In back, there’s a _______ “big toe” without a claw, plus three other toes, two of which are joined. These joined toes are ______ for grooming.
Standards Links: Life Science: Know that animals have distinct structures that serve specific functions in survival.
Standards Links: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
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In the wild, koalas
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Koalas sleep
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An adult koala weighs about_______ pounds (9 kg).
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With its big, black shiny nose, large fluffy ears and round body covered with soft fur, the koala looks like a cuddly teddy bear.
But it’s not! It’s neither a toy, nor a bear. Koalas are related to opossums, wombats and other marsupials.
cuscusesopossumwallaroos
kangarooswombatstasmanian devil
Fill in the names of these marsupials in these boxes.bandicootquollwallaby
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Standards Links: Life Science: Animals have adaptions that serve specific functions in survivial.
Marsupial moms carry their young
around in pouches that
are part of the body! The word
marsupial means “having a pouch.”
Koalas make their homes in eucalyptus forests along the eastern coast of Australia.
The eucalyptus forest provides food, shelter, and water—nearly everything the koala needs to survive.
Color area 1 green.This is the habitat ofthe koala.
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Koalas are nocturnal, which means they sleep during the day and are active at night. Koalas sleep about 18 hours each day.Koalas don’t build nests or platforms. When they get sleepy, they find a nice cozy fork in the tree branches. Though the hard branches of a tree wouldn’t seem cozy to us, the koala has a thick layer of fat and fur on its behind—its own built in pillow!
Which two sleepy koalas are identical?
A koala’s claws are just right for ____________ on to tree trunks and branches.
The front paws have five toes—two on one side of the foot and three on the other. That’s like having two thumbs, an arrangement that gives the koala a strong _________.
The toes on the back paws are different from those on the front. In back, there’s a _______ “big toe” without a claw, plus three other toes, two of which are joined. These joined toes are ______ for grooming.
Standards Links: Life Science: Know that animals have distinct structures that serve specific functions in survival.
Standards Links: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
Use the code to reveal some impressive koala facts.
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Koalas eat about
___ pounds (1 kg)
of leaves every
day. That’s about
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weight.
In the wild, koalas
live about _____
years.
Koalas sleep
about _____
hours a day.
An adult koala weighs about_______ pounds (9 kg).
Replace the missing words.
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Q is for Quilt
Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter Q. Say the letter as you trace it.
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questions. Touch and count to find the answers.
q is for quilt
How many pictures can you find on this page that start with the sound that the letter Q makes in the word quilt?
The Queen of HeartsShe made some tarts,All on a winter’s day.
Color the squares green that have a
picture of something you use
to smell.
Color the squares red that have a
picture of something you
use to see.
Color the squares yellow that have a
picture of something you use
to touch.
Color the squares blue that have a picture of something
you use to taste.
Color the squares orange that have a picture of something
you use to hear.
Koalaby Caroline Arnold, photographed by Richard Hewett
The koala is not a bear, it’s a marsupial and it is also an endangered species. Koalas were once hunted for their fur. Now, the destruction of their habitat has reduced wild populations but special parks in Australia raise koalas where they can be safe and thrive. This well researched book shows details of how they live, play, feed and raise their young.
Wonders from the Land Down Undersandiegozoo.org/koalafornia/koalacam.htmlOpened just last year, the Australian Outback at the San Diego Zoo has koala-crossing signs that bring you to wide decks overlooking a forest for the Zoo’s koala colony. The Zoo has the largest koala population and the most successful koala breeding program outside of Australia. It was also the first zoo in the United States to welcome a koala joey. The website has a Koala cam and you can adopt and support one of their koalas.
Up-to-date Koala Informationthekoala.com/koala/The koala gets its name from an Aboriginal word meaning “no drink” because it rarely drinks and it obtains moisture from the Eucalyptus leaves it eats. This site is updated regularly and provides a wealth of material about koalas in Australia.
National Geographicanimals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/koala/Like a kangaroo, this marsupial carries its young in a pouch. This site has fast facts, Koala range map and a useful description.
Q is for Quilt
Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter Q. Say the letter as you trace it.
How many ?
How many ? Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the
questions. Touch and count to find the answers.
q is for quilt
How many pictures can you find on this page that start with the sound that the letter Q makes in the word quilt?
The Queen of HeartsShe made some tarts,All on a winter’s day.
Color the squares green that have a
picture of something you use
to smell.
Color the squares red that have a
picture of something you
use to see.
Color the squares yellow that have a
picture of something you use
to touch.
Color the squares blue that have a picture of something
you use to taste.
Color the squares orange that have a picture of something
you use to hear.
Koalaby Caroline Arnold, photographed by Richard Hewett
The koala is not a bear, it’s a marsupial and it is also an endangered species. Koalas were once hunted for their fur. Now, the destruction of their habitat has reduced wild populations but special parks in Australia raise koalas where they can be safe and thrive. This well researched book shows details of how they live, play, feed and raise their young.
Wonders from the Land Down Undersandiegozoo.org/koalafornia/koalacam.htmlOpened just last year, the Australian Outback at the San Diego Zoo has koala-crossing signs that bring you to wide decks overlooking a forest for the Zoo’s koala colony. The Zoo has the largest koala population and the most successful koala breeding program outside of Australia. It was also the first zoo in the United States to welcome a koala joey. The website has a Koala cam and you can adopt and support one of their koalas.
Up-to-date Koala Informationthekoala.com/koala/The koala gets its name from an Aboriginal word meaning “no drink” because it rarely drinks and it obtains moisture from the Eucalyptus leaves it eats. This site is updated regularly and provides a wealth of material about koalas in Australia.
National Geographicanimals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/koala/Like a kangaroo, this marsupial carries its young in a pouch. This site has fast facts, Koala range map and a useful description.
Summer Reading ProgramBegins Friday, June 6th in Owatonna at 3:00 PM!
Begins Friday, May 30th in Blooming Prairie at 2:00 PM!
Bring your library card & take home the books!
Owatonna Public LibraryServing all of Steele County
105 Elm Ave N • Owatonna •507-444-2460www.owatonna.info
Join us in June for the Zinghoppers, Shiffelly Puppets, Magician Greg Skillestad, and the Book Fair.
July, for LEGOs™, the music of Mr. Billy, the Zooman, and the Book Fair.
August brings Corrugation, Crafts and the final Book Fair.
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In winter, many kinds of oak trees, being deciduous, lose their leaves. During that time when
sunlight is especially precious for
warmth, the oak tree’s leafless branches let the sun shine through.
Standards Links: Science: Students know that living things in an ecosystem are independent for survival.
Oak trees make good shade trees because they grow tall and wide enough to create a big canopy that you can sit under on a hot,sunny day.
A canopy is a covering, either natural or man-made.
Oak trees provided more than shade for the first Americans. Their fruit, known as acorns, were an essential source of food for Native Americans from coast to coast.
The acorns were ground into a meal that was used to make mush or pounded with meat, fat and berries to make pemmican, a paste that dries into chewy, nutritious strips.
Shell the acorns by splitting the outer shell and removing the light-colored inner nut.
Grind the shelled acorns into a fine meal.
Scoop the pounded meal into a basket.
Rinse the acorn meal with hot water to wash away the tannins. The meal must be rinsed at least ten times, or more if cold water is used.
Add water to the leached meal and stir with a hot rock lodged into a looped stick.
Add berries, seeds or dried meat for flavor.
Read the steps that Native Americans followed to remove tannins from acorns. Then number the pictures in the correct order.
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Don’t pick an acorn and try
to eat it right off the tree.
It is full of chemicals called
tannins that taste terrible
and could make you sick.
Before acorns can be used
to make food, the meal
must be carefully
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How many acorns can you find on this page?
Standards Links: History: Students understand the daily life and values of Native American cultures.
Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and
diagonally.
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Match each acorn to the kind of oak tree it comes from. Do the math to check your answers.
Standards Links: Number Sense: Calculate sums and differences.
Golden Oak
17 - 11 = 15 - 8 =
Tanbark Oak
21 - 12 =
Black Oak