Neil Armstrong. Photo credit: NASA
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
ELSA 3 brochure on Crime, Law & Staying Safe
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October issue Teachers’ Notes
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“Tough fish” found in Burnaby pond
Photo by Nick Procaylo, The Vancouver Sun
Snakehead fish caught in Burnaby
Adapted from The Vancouver Sun
Level 2
For 27 days they hunt for a fish. People fear this fish.
It looks tough. At last they catch it with a net.
The “snakehead fish” is a tough fish.
It can grow up to one metre long.
It can breathe air when it is on land.
It can move on the ground to another place.
This fish has no enemies in nature.
Sometimes it eats small animals when it is on the ground.
The snakehead is from China and Russia.
It is not native to Canada.
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A different camp for young women
Photo by Jenelle Schneider, The Vancouver Sun
Kyla Sinclair on a fire ladder at UBC during Camp Ignite
Adapted from The Vancouver Sun
Level 2
A fire truck rushes down the street. Its siren is wailing.
Everyone covers their ears. But Sabrina Mathias doesn’t.
She watches. She wonders how the parts of the fire truck work.
She wonders why she usually sees men in the truck windows.
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Plumber rescues cat
Photo by Dan Ferguson, Peace Arch News
Plumber David Radey with Timbit
Adapted from Peace Arch News
Level 2
David Radey is sleeping at home in Pitt Meadows. His phone rings.
It is 5:30 a.m. His boss tells him about a problem.
Radey jumps in the company van. Then he drives to White Rock.
An emergency
Suzanne Burke is waiting at her home. She is very tired.
She called many places to ask for help. Everyone said no.
Then she called Milani Plumbing. They sent Radey to help.
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Save the next dance for me
Adapted from the Mission City Record
Level 3
Lee Kwidzinski wanted to help her father. Since she is a dance teacher,
she decided to teach him to dance. Later, when he moved into
the Pleasant View Care Home in Mission, she decided to teach
the other residents as well.
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A tsunami bike comes to Haida Gwaii
Photo by Greg Getten, Public domain
A motorcycle like this was found on the beach in Haida Gwaii
Adapted from The Vancouver Sun
Level 1
A man walks on the beach.
His name is Peter Mark.
He sees a big white box on the sand.
Something is in the box.
It’s a motorcycle!
Mark cannot turn the wheel.
“It’s in pretty bad shape,” he says.
Where does the bike come from?
Then Mark sees the licence plate.
There is Japanese writing on it.
On March 11, 2011, a tsunami hit the west coast of Japan.
But Haida Gwaii is 6,500 km from Japan!
Mark knows many died in the tsunami.
He thinks about the owner of the bike.
He contacts people from the Japanese government in Vancouver.
They find the owner.
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A gentle giant dies
Photo by Nick Procaylo, The Vancouver Sun
People looking at a whale on White Rock Beach.
Adapted from The Vancouver Sun
Level 2
Hundreds of people come to White Rock beach that day in June.
Some cannot believe what they see.
They stand quietly. Some are sad.
Others are angry.
Some come with flowers.
Many take photos.
First Nations people dance.
They play a drum.
A Grade 4 teacher hears the news.
Then she walks her class down to the beach.
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The apples of our eyes
Photo by Ric Ernst, The Vancouver Sun
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The apples of our eyes
Level 2
The favourites
For years an apple was in someone’s lunch.
The McIntosh was a favourite in the 1950s.
Now the Ambrosia is the most popular apple.
But people still ask for the McIntosh.
The “Mac” is softer to bite. At Whole Foods, the number one apple
is Honeycrisp. The number two and three favourites in B.C.
are Fuji and Gala.
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