Page 8 Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Burnet Bulletin
Burnet, Texas
Diversions
Bullying makes playgrounds, schools and
even neighborhoods feel unsafe for some
children. This week, in honor of Martin Luther
King's message of peace, Kid Scoop looks at
ways children can help them.selves and others
be safe on the playground.
Find the I
You Caii't ten a bully by his or her
loOkgl You can tell who is a bully by
the way he or sl!e acts. Here are some
of the ttiings a bully might do:
* Hit, kick or push to liurt people:
* Call otliers bad names; wase or
scare people:
' Say mean things about someone:
e Grab SOmeone else's stuff ....
, Leave a kid out of a game on
purpose.
The
. Threaten another kid.
What else have you Seen bullies do?
standards Ltnki Healtl~: Make decisions ab0~t feelings / r I l
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Bullying is a problem in schools all
around the world. Kid Scoop found
information from anti-bullying
programs in Scotland, Australia and
Canada as well as the United States.
Standards Link: Hearth: Identify
Many, many children are bullied
everyday. These children can feel lost
in a maze made up of bad feelings -
sad, stressed, embarrassed, nervous,
depressed, helpless. These feelings
make it hard to do well
m school and to make
friends. Experts say that
them is something that
can help a child who has
been bullied. To find out
what that is. complete the
maze. The letters akmg
the correct path of the
maze spell the answer!
Standards Link: Health: [der~tifv ways to seek assistance it concemedq~hreatened or abused.
Eric Kevin Slaty Mlguel Abb¥
Bully Clues:
bully is not wearing a hat. The bully isn't wearing a striped shirt.
The bully is not wearing glasses. Which kid is the bully?'
Stenr~ards Link: Readitlg eorllpreheagierE Fellow wfiRen dkectiol~s.
Bullying hurts. It hurts a lot. Bullying can ntake
kids feel sick. It can make them not want to go to
school. And no one likes to watch other kids
getting picked on. No one likes a bully.
) Stan is the shortest
boy in the fourth
grade. Greg, the
i talJest boy, picks on
him eveu day. Abhy
I, Pretend not to hear, Instead listen to
your ownAl~lland tell yourself.
;'That's their problem, not ~' and
'Tin OK just the way I aln."
J
!P Find a safe~ltWt o talk to, Make a
list of peopk: you could talk to "~botll:
heing ballied or aboul~you have
seen others being bullied.
~, Be a buddy. Kids who are alone are
more likely to be bullied. Make a plan
to walk with a~l~wherever you
think you might meet a bully.
I, Don't bully back, Getting angry and
~j,back sometimes is just what
the bully wants. It's dangerous too,
because solneone could get hurl.
A bu!ly
scribbled over
some of the
: WOrds inOU~;
list Ot tipst
Find the ;
missiag word ;
or words :in
each lip~
Standards L nk ]e tt Develop protective t ictors lhat help toner resiliency
PLAYGROUND
PEACE
BULLIES
HURTS
NERVOUS
THREATEN
HELP
BUILD
FRIEND
TEASE
ARMOR
GAME
FEELINGS
PATH
Find the words in the puzzle.
then in this week's Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
PEFEELINGS
DNUORGYALP
LSHNAEMACD
IUTHREATEN
UOAEESOEAE
BVPCNTTARI
HRAPLRASMR
SEILLUBEOF
PNPLEHYGRO
MEAN
Standards Link: Letter sequencing, Rec:~nizing ideraical
wods Skim and .o~,an reading Recall spel~n~ pa~erns.
Bullies in the News
Look through the newspaper l:br an artMe that
portrays a person or a group of people who are
hurting other people. Could this also be called
er}
bullyin,,' Identify in the article you think
is the bully and who is being bullied.
Standards Link: Health: Recognize and respond appropriately
to s tuations involving destructive behaviors.
Kids Help Kids
Have you eve]; had a disagreement with
another person? How did you handle the
problem? Tell kids some helpful things .
to do to solve disagreement issues.
tIave a friend givd you each
type of word to fill in the blanks,
7hen read the story aloud/
My friend Lawrence had the
hiccups while getting a haircut.
I was joking and teasing with
him about it and said his
haircut made him look lil~e a
ADJECTIVE NOUN
It was only a joke, but it made
him pretty ang~'. "I'o make it up
to him, 1 invited him to see the
...................... with nay
PLURAL NOUN
family, Lawrence cheered up
when tic saw a
ADJECTIVE
NOUN VERB
on the trapeze.
A shiny drove
NOUN
into the centerring and a dozen
crazy climbed
PLURAL NOUN
out Of' it. My clad bought us
each a bag ofhot
and a balloon
NOUN
shaped like a ............................
NOUN
When we got home, I
apologized again to Lawrence.
"lrs okay," he said. "I can't
stay mad when I think about
the
ADJECTIVE PLURAL NOUN
we saw today !"
Standards Link: Grammar: Understand and
use notll~.s, adjecti~'es arid verbs e~)rrectiy.
Complete the grid by using all the
letter,,: in th~ word IGNORE it~ each
vertical and i~m'izouhd raw, Each letter
should only be uaed once in each row.
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the diagram by following the
arithmetic signs in the order
they are given (that is, from left
to right and top to bottom). Use
only the numbers below the
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squares and use each of the
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ACROSS
1 TX Bob Wills line:
" _, take it
away Leon
5 EastTX reptile,
slangily
6 another day to
watch the Texans
or Cowboys
(abbr.)
7 TXism: "broke
I couldn't change
my mind"
8 oil additive
9 TXism: "a winner
never quits and a
never
wins"
16 TX Kick
indians
17 TXism: "make hay
while the __
39 those "agin" it
41 abrupt evolutionary
changes
44 TX-born Gene
Autry sang "That
Silver-Haired Daddy
of "
45 TXism: "all vine,
_ watermelon"
46 TXism: "he's a
__ in my side"
24
19 TX Garner book: 47 TXism: "blister "
"How Are __ (handie)
__ Noddies?" 48 boxing up
21 get more queso 51 TXism: "gave __
on the chip? _ dose of his own
22 the latest (3 wds.) medicine"
27 TXism:" _ in52 anger
the bag" 53 __ Rio, TX
28 civilian aircraft 54 "right fast" jet
manufacturer
29 put the steak back DOWN
on the grill? 1 TXism: "play
30 really not fresh? possum"
(2 wds.) 2 TX billionaire
32 TX Hagman's role Hughes (init.)
on "Dallas" 3 largest TX city
33 TXism: "he's4 Fort Worth arts
gettin' __ area is called "The
his britches"
36 Wynonna sang__ Southwest"
"_ __ the Light" 8 drove fast
37 TX Holly sang 9 survey forms
"Peggy" 10 TX Bush worked
38 TXism "dark as with this world
a __ _ black govt. group on
cats" war in Iraq (abbr.)
1 2 3 4
5
11 TXism: "turn about
_ fair play"
12 1977 film for TXns
Shelley Duvall
and Sissy Spacek
13 cowboy bolos
14 TXism: "tie up
the loose "
15 Mav's Dirk is
careful not to
his
ankle
16 largest city in the
panhandle
17 gliders on TX
lakes: "jet "
18 extra tires
20 in Grand Prairie:
"Ripley's Believe
Not"
22 first cattle brand
recorded in TX
by Charley & Guy Orbison
Copyright 2016 by Orbison Bros,
15
P-1254
35 TX bumper
snicker:"
Wurth, I Luv Yew"
37 LBJ's last words:
23 Gulf shrimp " Mike
catcher immediately!"
24 Boerne's "Cibolo 40 IX Roy Orbison
Wilderness Trail" could __ with a
has 3 systems 3 or 4-octave range
25 defeats soundly 42 charged atom
26 50s, 60s teen idol 43 ornamental flowers
28 applaud with odd shapes
31 African deadly 49 melt or fuse ores
snakes 50 state where TXns
34 TXism: "he couldn't Buddy Holly and
__ elected Fiddler "The Big Bopper"
General of Texas" died (abbr.)
