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Croc Conundrum ...... 3 Day of Service ...... 4-5 Scooper Bowl ............ 6 Coloring ....................... 7 The State of You ....... 8
Face Your Feelings ........................ 9
Tiny Animals ........ 10-11 Puzzles ....................... 12
Life Cycle of a Snowflake .................. 13
Alfred Stormalong .......... 14-15
Dear Readers ,
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 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 !
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 .
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 !
All of the words in this crossword puzzle contain the letters S-U-N .
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Art Director and Illustrator Jeff Schinkel
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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 .
1 . Made music with voice . 2 . The first day of the week .
3 . An unusually large ocean wave , often causes major damage .
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Standards Links : Spelling : Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly .
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