Kids World News, Eaton County, Nov. 2015

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Count your Blessings. Maybe you’ve heard that saying before? It means to remember and be thankful for the all the good things in your life. Luckily, we will get a chance to do that soon, because every year in November, on the fourth Thursday of the month,

we celebrate Thanksgiving. It’s the holiday which is all about “giving thanks”.

Kids’World News is thankful for you! Thank you for reading and enjoying the paper that is created with you in mind every month. We are thankful for all of our generous sponsors, who help bring this paper to you and your families. We are thankful for the

teachers and educators who work hard to help you learn and who make school a great place to be. When we count our blessings, we count all of you!

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St. Gerard 4th grade is immersed in Invertebrate Investigations. The students created invertebrate interviews to teach classmates about a variety of invertebrates that make up 96% of the animal kingdom. For example, Makayla P. used a colorful aquatic back-

-sented a live interview for her classmates with the help of class-mate Kaitlyn K, who performed the part of interviewer Ms. Coral.

The 4th graders presented their interviews thru video and PowerPoint as well.

Anna R. creatively interviewed a sea urchin, and Owen C. was the Scorpion specialist.

St. Gerard 4th Grade Scientists also recently dissected squids. They examined the external invertebrate features with a focus on the 8 arms, 2 longer tentacles, torpedo shaped body, chromato-

other squid) and beak. Then the students explored the internal organs. The gills were long and feathery like, the ink sac was silver and black, and the pen was amazing. The pen is clear and gives the squid support because they don’t have a backbone. They also compared octopus to the squid specimens. The dis-section experience was very memorable. The scientists want to know, “What can we dissect next?”

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Why Are YouRight-Handed orLeft-Handed?

Do you know that more than 90% of the world is right-handed?But, there are more left-handed peoples than ever before. One ofthe main reasons for this is that years ago, teachers forced left-handed kids to write with their right hand! They were told that wasthe correct way. Actually, being left-handed is perfectly alright andtotally natural.

What makes a person left or right handed? Scientists are notsure and not all agree on the answer. They have noted however,that being left-handed runs in families. So the hypothesis or guessis that your genes or DNA influences whether or not you turn out tobe left-handed or right-handed. Many scientists also believe thatmost people’s brains develop more on one side than on the other.And since the left side of your brain controls the muscles on theright side of your body, and the right side of your brain controls theleft side of your body, this could influence the muscles in your handsas well. If the left side of your brain is more developed, than you areright-handed. If the right side of your brain is more developed, thenyou are left-handed. If your brain is equally developed on bothsides, you are ambidextrous which means you can use one handas well as the other.

Sometimes getting hurt can also make a person left-handed orright-handed. If you injure your hand and can’t use it anymore, youbecome the opposite of the injured hand.

The rumor is not true that left handed people are always artsy.Two famous artists, Rembrandt and Van Gogh are two good ex-amples of that as they were right handed. Here's how that theorybegan. For both righties and lefties, the brain is divided right downthe middle into two sides called hemispheres. One hemisphere ison the right side of your head, and the other is on the left. Buthere's the strange part: For complicated reasons, the right hemi-sphere controls movements on the left half of the body, which in-cludes the left hand. The left hemisphere controls movements on

the right side.

Creative thought (writing a song, drawing a picture) happens

mostly on the right side of the brain. So if you're left-handed, the

theory goes that you're more likely to have a lot of creative thought

going on. But thought processes in your brain are way too com-

plex to be limited to just one hemisphere. The two sides of your

brain work together when you think. So, just because you like

using your left hand doesn't mean you only think with only one

side of your brain.

In the past, most products on the market such as scissors, sports

equipment and musical instruments were made for only right-

handed people. Now most items are made both ways to accom-

modate everyone.

Left-handed people have the upper hand in sports? While left

handed people have to face some obstacles, there is great ad-

vantage also on the playing field. In baseball or softball, a left-

handed hitter starts out a few steps closer to first base than one

who is right handed. The hitter has a better chance at making it

to first base before getting tagged out. Batting left-handed also

forces the pitcher to throw the ball differently than usual since most

hitters are right-handed. Did you know that Babe Ruth, a famous

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Turkeys!Did you know that wild turkeys are the largest game birds found

in North America? It’s true! Wild turkeys live in the woods and arecovered with dark feathers so they are not seen easily. They spendtheir days looking for food such as acorns, seeds, small insectsand wild berries. Wild turkeys can fly!

The female wild turkey can lay over a dozen eggs, which are atan and speckled brown color. After a month or so, the eggs hatchand the babies stay with the mother for around one year.

Most domestic turkeys have white feathers, but there are othervarieties that arebrown or lightbronze. They have aflap of skin undertheir beak that isknown as a wattle,and the flap of skinthat hangs over thebeek is called asnood. When theturkey is upset, theyboth turn bright red.A domestic turkey’ssize is almost twiceas large as a wildturkey. They are soheavy that they can’tfly. These turkeyslive on a farm andhave a lifespan ofabout ten years.

Domestic turkeysare raised on thefarm for food. Amer-ican’s like to eatturkey for special oc-casions such as

Thanksgiving and Christmas.Did You Know?

• A male turkey is called a Tom or Gobbler• A female turkey is called a hen.• A baby turkey is called a Poult.• Turkeys grunt and make a gobble, gobble sound.• Males can puff up their bodies and spread their tail feathers justlike a peacock.• Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey our national

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A HungryDinosaur

The dinosaur known as the Brontosaurus is now calledthe Apatosaurus. It was one of the largest land animalsthat has ever existed. This dinosaur lived in what isknown as the Jurassic Period, 150 million years ago.

The Apatosaurus, hatched from enormous foot longeggs and may have lived long enough to celebrate100birthdays! This huge dinosaur was an herbivore whichmeans it ate only plants. The hungry Apatosaurus musthave spent his entire day munching and crunching onplants to maintain his massive body.

This gigantic plant-eater measured about 80 feet longor close to the length of two school buses. It stood about30 feet tall or the height of a 4 story building. It weighedroughly 30 tons; the weight of 10 cars! Apatosaurus hada very tiny brain in a small head which was less than 2feet long. The Apatosaurus had a long neck and a longtail. It had four massive column-like legs with the backlegs being longer than the front legs. We know all thisbecause people have found fossilized remains of theApatosaurus in the Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah, andWyoming and Canada.

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The bassoon is the low-est sounding and thelargest of the woodwindinstruments. They aremade of maple woodand also of ebonite. Stu-dent sized bassoons aremade of plastic resin tomake the instrumentmore affordable. Mostbassoon players needto have big hands somany students learnanother instrumentfirst. It has a doublereed that is attachedto the bocal which is acurved tube.

Early bassoonswere called Dulcians or Curtals.The main difference from thoseto modern day bassoons, is thatthe old instruments were carvedfrom a single piece of wood anddidn’t have any keys! In Franceduring the 17th century, instru-ment builders made the firstbassoon with separate jointsand by the mid 19th century, the17 key bassoon was developed.

The bassoon is held diagonally in front of the player andcannot be supported by the player’s hands alone. Additionalsupport is required as it is heavy. The extra support is ei-ther a neck strap or a seat strap which is attached to thebassoon and laid across the chair seat before sitting down tohold it in place. To make a sound, the bassoonist blows airthrough a double reed causing it to vibrate. To play notesand vary the sound, the bassoonist must cover differentcombinations of tone holes with fingers or keys.

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St. Mary’s Early Learning Center in Charlotte is having fun counting. Each student traced their own foot and then had to put xx amount of cubes inside until it was full. Some students made patterns and lines inside our foot. the high-est was 47 cubes and the lowest was 26.

Brand new dictionaries and thesauruses were hand delivered by the Kiwanis Club of Lansing to students in grades three and six earlier this week.

The annual program is part of the national Dictionary Project. The distribution experi-ence was appreciated by both the students and Mr. Rod and Mr. Ed. The gentleman love visiting our students and hearing them witness the love of Jesus. Students offered a prayer of healing and love to these men. Thank you Kiwanis Club of Lansing!

Last Wednesday the school community brought their bibles and Christian books to chapel. Mr. Horak shared Matthew 14:13-21 (Story of 5 Loaves & 2 Fish). Later within chap-el our October Read-a-thon continued with students and staff sharing and diving into God’s word within chapel families. #readyourbible #ilovereading

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We hear that sentence quite often during the colder months.Everyone seems to get a cold at some point or another during theschool year inspite of all the precautions. Did you know that the coldis the number one reason kids stay home from school?

What exactly is a cold? A cold is an infection of the upper respi-ratory system caused by a virus. It affects the throat, ears and nose.The most common cold virus is called the rhinovirus (pronouncedrahy-noh-vahy-ruhs) but there are more than two hundred otherviruses that can cause a cold. There is not even a vaccination toprevent the common cold yet. But luckily for us, our immune systemdefends our bodies against illnesses. White blood cells are thebody’s fighters that work to help you feel better.

Catching a cold is easy but not fun. Mucus is the slimy stuff that’sinside the nose. When a person sneezes or coughs, mucus dropsfloat in the air. Breathing in these drops can spread a cold from oneperson to another. You can also catch a cold by touching somethingwith the cold virus on it like a door handle, desks, phones, videogames and then touch your eyes, mouth or nose. That’s why it’s soimportant to wash your hands often.

Some symptoms of a cold virusare a low-grade fever, body chills,itchy or sore throat, sneezing,runny or stuffy nose, watery eyes,coughing, tiredness, body achesand congestion. If you feel any ofthese things, its best to tell yourparents or a responsible adult.Sometimes children can developcomplications from their cold,such as an ear infection, sinusitisor can trigger asthma so your par-ents need to know how you arefeeling.

How can you prevent getting thecommon cold? Here’s someideas:

• Try to steer clear of anyone who has a cold. Virus particles cantravel up to twelve feet through the air when someone with a coldcoughs or sneezes.• Wash your hands thoroughly and often, especially when youblow your nose.• Cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing.Sneeze or cough into a shirtsleeve and not your hands.• Do not use the same towels or silverware as someone who hasa cold.• Do not drink from the same glass or bottle as anyone else. Younever know who’s getting sick.• Do not pick up tissues from other people. Make sure they arealways thrown away be the person using them.• Don't be around smoke. Cigarette smoke can irritate the air-ways and increase susceptibility to colds and other infections.• Maintain a healthy lifestyle. Get a good amount of sleep, eatwell balanced meals and get plenty of physical exercise.

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Calvin Coolidge30th President of the United States

1923-1929John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was born on July 4, 1872 in Plymouth

Notch, Vermont. He was the only U.S. President to be born on the 4thof July.

He first attended Black River Academy where there was nine in hisgraduating class. Then Coolidge graduated from Amherst Collegewith honors and entered law and politics in Northampton, Massachu-setts. Slowly...methodically... he moved up the political ladder fromcouncilman in Northampton to Governor of Massachusetts as a Re-publican. On this route, he became thoroughly conservative.

In 1905, Coolidge met and married Grace Anna Goodhue, a teacherat the Clarke School for the Deaf. They complimented each other, asshe was talkative and fun loving. He was quiet and serious. Theyhad two sons, John and Calvin Jr. Their marriage was a happy one.As Coolidge wrote in his autobiography, “We thought we were madefor eachother. For almost a quarter of a century she has borne withmy infirmities, and I have rejoiced in her graces.”

Coolidge was nominated in June of 1920 for Vice President to runwith Warren G. Harding for President on the GOP ticket and won. Hewas the first Vice President to attend cabinet meetings.

On August 3, 1923, Calvin Coolidge received word that he was thePresident after Harding died. His father, who was a Notary Public ad-ministered the Oath of Office using the family Bible. At a time whenthe Presidency reached a low point in our history, his task became torestore the dignity and honor of the Presidency according to many.He rapidly became popular. In 1924, he polled more than 54 percentof the popular vote when he was elected president. His Inaugural Ad-dress was the first to be broadcast on the radio. Coolidge restoredpublic confidence in the White House after the scandals of his prede-cessor’s administration.

After retiring, he and Grace moved to “The Beeches” a secludedhome in Northampton. He died there of heart failure in 1933.Presidential Accomplishments and Trivia:• His Presidential salary was $75,000.

• He cut the National Debt of 22.3 billion in 1923 to 16.9 billion by 1929.• He cut taxes four out of his six years as president.• He cut federal expenses from $5.1 billion to $3.3 billion by 1929.• Industrial Production increased 70% from 1922 to 1928.• Avoided war with Mexico and restored good relations with them.• Withdrew U.S. troops from Nicaragua.• Dedicated Mount Rushmore.• Authorized the construction of Hoover Dam.• Signed legislation making Indians U.S. Citizens.• Opposed U.S. participation in the League of Nations.

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1. If one turkey can feed eight people, how many turkeysare needed to feed one hundred sixty people?

2. A non-profit organization for the homeless is askingpeople to donate $3.57 to feed and care for one person.If the non-profit wants to raise enough money to feed andcare for seventy people on Thanksgiving, how muchmoney will they need to raise?

3. The Indians and Pilgrims brought a total of nineturkeys to cook. If the Indians brought four turkeys, howmany did the Pilgrims bring?

4. Fourteen Indians and seven Pilgrims were going tohave dinner together. Each person brought one piece offruit or vegetable to the feast. How many food items didthey have in all?

5. A restaurant spent $345 on food to feed sixty-ninepeople. How much was the food cost for each person?

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