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Count your blessings. Maybe you’ve heard that saying before? It means to remember and be thank-ful for all the good things in your lifel We all should do that every day but there is a holiday in Novem-ber in which we all celebrate it together. Every year in November, on the fourth Thursday of the month,we will celebrate Thanksgiving. It’s the holiday which is all about “giving thanks”. On this page, you havethe opportunity to write some of the things you are thankful for. 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 us bring thispaper to you and your families. We are thankful for the teachers and educators who work hard to helpyou learn and who make school a great place to be. When we count our blessings, we count all of you!

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The year has turned its circle,The seasons come and go.The harvest is all gathered inAnd chilly north winds blow.

Orchards have shared their treasures,The fields, their yellow grain.So open wide the doorway-Thanksgiving comes again!

Five little turkeys standing at the door,One waddled off, and then there were four.

Four little turkeys sitting near a tree,One waddled off, and then there were three.

Three little turkeys with nothing to do,One waddled off, and then there were two.

Two little turkeys in the morning sun,One waddled off, and then there was one.

One little turkey better run away,For soon it will be Thanksgiving Day.


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 $4.00 to feed and care for one person. Ifthe non-profit wants to raise enough money to feed andcare for seventy-five people on Thanksgiving, how muchmoney will they need to raise?

3. The Indians and Pilgrims brought a total of nine turkeysto cook. If the Indians brought four turkeys, how many didthe Pilgrims bring?

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

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Covenant ChristianSchool!The school hosts a Fall-related Festival every

year, and this year the school decided to makeit apple-themed. Thanks to the seventh andeighth grade students who were instrumentalin making the Apple Fest a success, the kinder-garten through sixth grade students had the op-portunity to put their books aside and partake insome apple-themed fun. Students spent the af-ternoon moving from station to station creatingartwork from apple stamps, tossing apples,building apple towers, and of course enjoyingapple snacks. The school is looking forward tothe 2015 Fall Fest!

One of the girls who sprinted to the lead of the Toddler Trot at theRace for Radmoor was a bit beyond the Toddler years, but runningfast was the goal of her day - and reach it, she did.Caroline Butterwick, age 4, smiled triumphantly as she crossed

the line at the Race for Radmoor Oct. 12th, shouting “I ran the wholeway!” Moments later, she and her mother and their friends headedout on the 5K run/walk, all in support of Montessori Radmoor Schoolof Okemos in the second annual Race for Radmoor to celebrate theschool.Mom Angela Smith-Butterwick tried to keep up, saying, “Part of

why we walk in events like this is to get Caroline in the habit of beingactive and seeing adults in her life being active too.”Race organizer Tammy Deppong said the school saw 125 partic-ipants this year. “The families that came out really enjoyed it. Thetoddlers who run in the Toddler Trot are always a highlight of theday. Some of them are so competitive; they just want to run andrun fast.”Parent of three Montessori Radmoor alumni Lysne Tait cheered the walkers and runners from the finishline. She said, “It’s so fun to see the kids running. The community here is the best part of the day, justwatching them warming up and dancing to “Happy.” I enjoy seeing the spontaneous excitement about ex-ercising. It’s organic.”Parent Mia Gougeon-Adarkwa ran her first 5K this year, saying that after walking last year’s event, she

committed to running this one. Deppong says the school looks forward to another race next year - perhaps seeing more first-time run-

ners.Montessori Radmoor School is located at 2745 E. Mt. Hope, Okemos. The area’s oldest Montessori

school, Montessori Radmoor educates more than 130 students from 18 months through sixth grade. Manyteachers are AMI certified, long considered the gold standard of Montessori teacher certification. For moreinformation about the school, please call 517-351-3655. The school’s web site is: montessoriradmoor.org

Calvin Kadrofske, Olivia Adarkwa andCaroline Butterwick (left to right in front)sprint their way through the parking lotcourse during the opening event at theRace for Radmoor Oct. 12th.

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When you breathe in through your nose or mouth, the air goes intoyour windpipe, through the airways (or bronchial tubes) and into thelungs. For most kids, this is easy and automatic. When a person hasasthma, it can be more difficult.When you have an asthma episode or “attack”, the airways become

swollen and narrower and it is a lot harder to get air to go into thelungs and get out of the lungs. The swollen airways can also pro-duce extra mucus which makes things even more difficult! If you haveasthma, this could make you wheeze (a whistling sound) as youbreathe and/or your chest feels tight like someone is squeezing you.It can also make you cough and take shorter breaths.No one knows why some kids get asthma and others do not. But,

it often runs in families - like having a parent, sibling or other relativethat has it. Asthma is not contagious. It can start at an early age andstop when a person becomes an adult - but some children get it backwhen they are older.What causes asthma to flare up? Sometimes there are different trig-

gers that cause an attack. Some kids are sensitive to substancesthat cause allergic reactions in the airways called allergens. Somecommon allergens for kids with asthma are dust mites, mold, pollenfrom trees, weeds and grass, furry animals with dander (dandruff) intheir fur. Sometimes its perfume, chalk dust and cigarette smoke,smog or air pollution. There is also a reaction at times to an infectionlike a cold or flu that makes the airways more sensitive. Cold air andeven exercise can cause a flare-up. There are many more triggers

and sometimes kidsneed to have an al-lergy test to find outwhat their triggersare!

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cause not all children’s asthma is the same. Some kids need to takemedicine only once in a while when they have a flare-up. This is calleda rescue medicine because it works fast to open airways so they canbreathe easier. Other children need to take controller medicine everyday to keep flare-ups from happening.If a kids with asthma know they will be around allergens they may

need to take medicine ahead of time to keep airways open. With ex-ercise induced asthma, kids can take medicine before exercising also,so they can continue to exercise or do sports.One of the tools used to manage asthma is a peak flow meter. This

tool, when used properly, will give kids who have asthma an idea ofhow well they are breathing that day.Asthma medicine is often taken through an inhaler. An inhaler is a

plastic tube that holds a medicine container. It is held up to the mouthand then the medicine is breathed in. The medicine comes out in amist that goes into the lungs. The mists’ job is to relax the airways tomake it easier to breathe. Sometimes the inhaler is used with aspacer. The spacer is a piece that goes between the inhaler and thekids’ mouth. It allows the kid to breathe in when the kid is ready, soinhaling the medicine is easier. There are also medicines that aretaken in by swallowing them. Some need a nebulizer - thats a ma-chine containing medicine that has a face mask that the kids put onand breathe the medicine in.Whatever the medications are being taken, the goal is to get the

asthma flare-ups under total control so there are no problems createdby triggers. There are many athletes, including Olympic athletes andsports stars who have asthma that they are managing.

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Andrew Johnson17th President of the United States

1865-1869

Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 29,1808. His father died when he was just 3 years old. As a result, hismother took in work spinning to support her family.When Andrew was older, he was bound as an apprentice tailer. He

taught himself how to read and write. After a few years, he ran away withhis brother to Greenville, Tennessee where he opened his own tailorshop. In 1827, he married Eliza. They had five children during their mar-riage. His wife Eliza taught him arithmetic and tutored him to improve hisreading and writing skills.After participating in debates at the local academy, he was elected

Mayor of Greenville, then elected to the House of Representatives. John-son, a member of the democratic party, became a spokesman for thefarmers and mountaineers against the wealthier planters. In 1839, hewas elected to the Tennessee Senate where he served two years. In1843, he became the first Democrat to win the U.S. Representative seatfrom Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District. During the succession,Johnson remained in the Senate when Tennessee seceded. This madehim a hero in the North and a traitor in the eyes of most Southerners.Lincoln then appointed him the military governor of Tennessee. In 1864,the Republicans nominated Johnson, a Southerner for Vice President.He was chosen because he was a Southerner who was pro-union.The morning after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, on April 15, 1865,

Andrew Johnson was sworn in as President. He was the first Vice Pres-ident to succeed to the Presidency upon the assassination of a Presi-dent.President Johnson proceeded to reconstruct the former Confederate

States while Congress was not in session in 1865. He pardoned all whowould take an oath of allegiance, but required Southern leaders and menof wealth to obtain special Presidential pardons.By the time Congress met in December 1865, most southern states

were reconstructed and slavery was being abolished - but “black codes”to regulate the freedmen were beginning to appear in the South. TheSoutherners were forcing many prewar restrictions on the former slaves.The Radical Republicans in Congress went into action. The Radicals’

first step was to refuse to seat any Senator or Representative from theold Confederacy. Next, they passed measures dealing with the formerslaves. Johnson vetoed the legislation as he felt the bill invaded state’srights. The Radicals then mustered enough votes in Congress to pass

legislation over his veto - the first time that Congress had over-ridden aPresident on an important bill. The Congress passed the Civil Rights Actof 1866, which established Negroes as American citizens and forbadediscrimination against them. A few months later, Congress offered to thestates the Fourteenth Amendment which said that no state should “de-prive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”In March 1867, the Radicals effected their own plan of Reconstruction,

again placing southern states under military rule. They passed laws plac-ing restrictions upon the President. When Johnson allegedly violatedone of these, the Tenure of Office Act, by dismissing Secretary of War -Edwin M. Stanton, the House voted eleven articles of impeachmentagainst him. He was tried by the Senate in the spring of 1868 andcleared by one vote.In 1867, Alaska was purchased from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. The

purchase was called “Steward’s Folly” at the time. It ended up providingAmerica with gold and oil as well as removed the Russian influence fromNorth America and increasing the size of the United States.Andrew Johnson was President for only one term.

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One of the best known in-struments in the orchestra isthe violin. It is played with abow and is the highestpitched instrument in the vio-lin family. The violin consists of sev-

eral parts - the front, the ribs,the neck, the fingerboard, thepegbox, the scroll, the bridge,the tailpiece and the f- holes.

The violin has four strings which are fastened to the tailpiece, rest overthe fingerboard and run to the pegbox. At the pegbox, the strings are at-tached to tuning pegs and by turning these pegs, the violin can be tunedto the correct pitch. By the musician changing finger positions on thestrings, different notes are made. The bow is drawn across the stringswith make the tone.The violin can be traced back to Italy in the early 1500’s. Evolving

from two other stringed instruments, the fiddle and the lira da bracciowhich were both stringed instruments. The known developer of the vi-olin was Andres Amati.In the 17th and 18th centuries, the craft of violin making began. Artists

such as Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri and Jacob Stainer madethem in their workshops. At this time, the violins had a shorter neck, thebridge was fatter, a shorter fingerboard and the strings were made ofgut.At first, the violin wasn’t very popular and considered low status so-

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Why are frogs so happy?They eat whatever bugs them!

A few facts about our frog friends:1.Frogs don’t drink water with their mouths; theydrink it through their skin. 2.Frogs are cold blooded. This means that afrog’s body temperature is the same on the in-side as it is on the outside. That is why frogs livenear water so that they can jump in to cool off onhot summer days. 3.What do you call a group of frogs? An army offrogs!4.Frog fossils have been found that are as old asdinosaurs! 5.Frogs burrow down in the mud to hibernate inthe cold winter.6.There are 3400 species of frogs and toadsworldwide. In Michigan there are only13 species.7.No matter how many times you kiss him, a frogwon’t turn into a prince! 8.Frogs are super cute and fun to draw.

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A little FUNwith our frog friends:Hop to it and draw this cute Frog!

1. Materials: Paper, pencil, crayons, markers, or col-ored pencils.2. Follow the step by step directions to create yourfrog. 3. Color your frog in a fun, creative way. Have fun!

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When you draw, think of yourself as a builder. Begin by building the eyes,face and then the neck.1. Draw two paths near the top ofyour paper. Connect the ovalswith a curved line. Finish the eyesby adding two half circles to createthe iris (colored part of your eye)and the black pupil..2. Find the center of the bottom ofeach eye and draw a small curvedline to build the sides of the face.The cheeks are made by drawinga large “c” and then a backward“c”.3. Add a smile in the center of the cheeks by drawing a curved line. The complete the head, add two smallcurved lines for the neck.

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Time to construct the middle part of your frog. Concentrate on how muchroom is left on your page because we still need to add feet! If part of the leghas to “go-off” the page, or your feet won’t quite fit, that is okay. Artists oftenfill their paper and can’t quite fit everything on. Do the best you can!1. Create the shoulder and theoutside of the arm by drawing acurved line from the neck to thewaist of the frog, stopping at thewrists. The inner side of the armsare straight lines coming from theunder arm to the wrist.2. Draw the fingers. Note thatthe fingers look like the letter “W”with circles on the tips. Draw awaist for your frog. Start at thetop of the inner arm and stop atthe wrist. (Frogs may be slightlydifferent at the point, make necessary adjustments.)3. The long hind legs can be as long as you wish. Make two upside down “U”s. Don’t connect at the bottom.

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The construction of your frog is finished when the feet and toes are added.Time to add color to your frog and to add background details. Practice draw-ing the frog several times and coloring it differently each time. Be creative andhave fun frogin’!1. Add long feet to yourfrog with toes drawn likethe fingers. Connect thefeet at the heels.2. Begin filling your draw-ing with bright colors.3. Remember to sign yourwork when it is comleted.All artists do!

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The Pallas cat has the longest and densest fur of any cat! De-pending on the season, it can be different colors. In the winter, itturns to a grey, uniform color. In the warmer months, their fur turnsto a brown color with different stripes and rings! Their fur looksglossy and frosted due to their hair having white tips.

Pallas cats like to be alone. They are very territorial and both

males and females mark their territory. Pallas’ cats spend theirdays in caves, crevices, and burrows made by other animals,emerging toward dusk to hunt. They hunt rodents and other smallanimals.

Poaching is a problem with the Pallas cat. It’s fur is very soft, andmany poachers hunt them for it. Another problem is poisoning oftheir food supply of Pika. Pika are thought to carry traces of aplague, so they are poisoned which makes it very hard for the Pal-las cats.

Did You Know?

• Pallas cats have round pupils instead of slits like all other cats!• They are bad at running! With their short legs, running is difficultfor the Pallas cat.• They yelp or growl when excited, making a sound similar to asmall dog. Pallas’ cats can also purr.• They are named for eighteenth-century German zoologist PeterPallas.


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• Mexico is located in North America, bordering the United States ofAmerica, Guatemala, and Belize. It is 758,449 square miles. That’s apretty big country! In fact, Mexico is the 14th largest country by landarea.• The capital of Mexico is Mexico City. In that city alone, there are al-most 20 million people! There are 31 states in Mexico.• The population of Mexico is the 11th largest in the world with around117 million people. • The currency of Mexico is the Mexican Peso. • The government is a Federal Republic.• Mexico’s weather varies by region. Since Mexico is a large country,the weather can be very warm or cool. There are two main seasons inMexico; the rainy season and the dry season. The rainy season lastsfrom around May until about September or October. During the dry sea-son, it rarely rains. Another season that Mexico experiences is a hurri-cane season. Hurricanes can be common between June to November,but they don’t always happen!• Mexico is very rich in culture! Ancient culture in Mexico included theworks of the Maya and Aztec people. Some of the beautiful temples,traditions, and art created by these cultures still exist today. Mexico isa unique blend of both native and European culture, due to Spanish in-vasions and colonies. The language spoken in Mexico and the mostcommon religion were both introduced by the Spanish people, • The most commonly spoken language in Mexico is Spanish, but somenative languages are also spoken, including Náhuatl and Maya.• The highest mountain in Mexico is Pico de Orizaba, a dormant vol-cano that reaches 18,491 feet above sea level.• Mexico City hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1968.• The Chichen Itza Pyramid in Mexico was named one of the newSeven Wonders of the World.• Mexico’s flag is made up three vertical stripes. The left green stripestand for hope, the middle white stripe represents purity, and the right

red stripe repre-sents the bloodof the Mexicanpeople. The picture of an eagle eating a snake is based on an Aztec leg-end •Stone tools have been found in Mexico that suggest the existenceof humans there around 23000 years ago.• The most popular sport in Mexico is football (soccer). Mexico hosted theWorld Cup in both 1970 and 1986.• Mexican food is known for its range of flavors and spices. Populardishes include tacos, burritos and enchiladas.• The largest wildcat in North America is the jaguar, which can be foundin Mexico's southern jungles.• Millions of monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico every year from theU.S. and Canada.• The Chihuahua is the world’ssmallest dog and is named fora Mexican state.• The first great civilization inMexico were the Olmecs(1400-300 B.C.) who estab-lished many cities along theeastern coast of Mexico,sculpted the famous ColossalHeads, and worshipped a mys-terious, unnamed god that waspart human and part jaguar.• The Zapotec civilization (600B.C.-A.D. 800) established great cities along southern Mexico and de-veloped the first writing system in the Americas.• Spanish conquerors brought bullfighting to Mexico, which is now thenational sport of Mexico. Bullfighting takes place from November to April,and the Plaza Mexico is the largest bullring in the world.

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