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“Pigeon News”

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2016

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Now?” (pages 12 to 15), the story begins with five apples on a tree When Dad and his daughter pick two apples, your child will see that there are three apples left When the brothers take two more and there’s only one left, how can Mom and the youngest sibling share? Mom divides that apple in half Now the story introduces division and fractions And when there are no apples on the tree, what are hungry deer to do? Why, head over to the garden,

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How Many Are Left?

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4 Begging for a Book

5 The Adventures of Spot

6 A Letter for Us! (Tex and Indi)

12 How Many Now?

20 Use Your Imagination (English/Spanish)

26 Who’s Ready to Ride?

10 My First Hidden PicturesTM

Puzzle

16 Pigeon News

18 That’s Silly!TM

24 Making Music (Look and Look Again)

31 Pick a Peck of Pickled Veggies

32 A-Dancing We Will Go

34 Take a Fox to Lunch!

35 What’s on Top?

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By Elizabeth Steinglass

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Sometimes when Lucy

Is curled on the bed,

She raises her eyebrows

And gives me a look

To tell me she wants me

To snuggle up close

And read from our

Favorite library book

Reading

A few days before school began, Dad said, “Look!

Here’s a letter from your teacher.”

“Wow!” said Indi “What does it say?”

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“I was worried about starting school, butkindergarten sounds pretty fun,” said Tex.

“Yes, and Ms French sounds like a very nice teacher,” said Dad

“And Coco is so cute!” said Indi

The next day, the

twins looked on the

computer for some

family pictures and

Mom helped print out

the photos

When the first day of school finally arrived, the twins

looked at Ms French’s letter to be sure they had everything They filled their backpacks with an extra sweater, their

lunches, and their photos

“Hooray!” said Indi “Now we are all set for school.”

“Wait!” said Tex He ran to the kitchen and came

back with an apple

“Is that a snack for you or a present for Ms French?”

asked Indi

“Nope,” said Tex “It’s a treat for our hungry little

hamster, Coco!”

Ring Doughnut

Round glasses, square glasses, sparkles, and stripes.

So many colors, some dark and some light.

Rectangles or ovals, they’re all fun to wear.

I’ll try every one to find just the right pair.

Poem and Art by Susan Dahlman

Yum! Five apples in the apple tree.

Here’s one for you; here’s one for me

Now how many apples do you seewhen you’re looking up in the apple tree?

By Judy Enderle and Stephanie Gordon

Art by Deborah Melmon

Yum! Three apples in the apple tree.

Here’s one for you; here’s one for me

Now how many apples do you see

when you’re looking up in the apple tree?

Yum! One apple in the apple tree.

Here’s half for you; here’s half for me

Now how many apples do you seewhen you’re looking up in the apple tree?

No more apples in the apple tree.

But look in the garden; what do you see?

There’s lettuce and broccoli

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With the latest pigeon news:

It’s been reported in the park

The birds weren’t wearing shoes

They strutted on the sidewalk

And up and down the street

Video cameras verified

The pigeons had bare feet!

How many pigeons do you see?

How many pigeon feet?

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Bebo Bear and Juan Toucan were walking downthe street in New York City They were looking for pretend animals “I see a giraffe,” said Bebo

“¿Una jirafa? ¿Dónde?” asked Juan

“Use your imagination, Juan,” said Bebo

Meet Juan T oucan and B ebo B ear, two best friends in New York City.

Juan looked and looked and then he saw a huge

construction crane “¡Veo la jirafa!” he said with a smile

¡Veo la jirafa!

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I see the giraffe!

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A giraffe? Where?

They continued walking, and when they wereabout to cross the street, Bebo said, “I see a zebra.”

“¿Una cebra? ¿Dónde?” asked Juan

“Use your imagination, Juan,” said Bebo

Just then, Juan saw the white lines painted on the street “¡Veo la cebra!” he said

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I see the zebra!

¡Sí! ¡Eres tú!

see EH-rehs too Yes! It’s you!

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A zebra? Where?

They arrived at Fifth Avenue, with all the big,

fancy stores Juan stopped and said, “¡Veo un oso!”

Bebo looked and looked, but he couldn’t imagine

seeing a bear anywhere

Finally, he saw hisreflection in a storewindow “Now I see the bear It’s me!”

“¡Sí!” said Juan

“¡Eres tú!”

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How are these pictures the same?

Look and Look A g ain

How are they different?

It’s Kim’s birthday, and Anthony has come to theparty It’s in the park And there’s a pony!

“Who’s ready to ride?” Kim asks

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Everyone rides the pony Except Anthony.

He still isn’t ready

The woman who came with the pony brings it up close.

“Hi, Anthony,” she says “I’m Meghan The pony’s name

is Brownie.”

Brownie has twitchy ears, big eyes, and a long nose

“Would you like

to pat Brownie?”Meghan asks

Anthony pats thepony It feels fuzzy

“Would you like

to feed Brownie?”

Meghan asks She

gives Anthony a

slice of apple and

shows him how to

hold it Brownie takes

it right out of

Anthony’s hand

“Would you like to sit in the saddle?” Meghan asks

“I have a tickly, tumbly feeling in my tummy,”

Anthony says

“Sometimes I get that feeling when I try something

new,” Meghan tells him

Meghan helps Anthony climb up High up!The tickly, tumbly feeling grows and grows.But now it makes Anthony laugh.

“Ready to go for a ride?” Meghan asks

Anthony is ready

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Adult: Peel the cucum mbers if desired.

Trim the ends, halve lengthwise, and cut

crosswise into ¼ ¼-inch-thick slices Peel

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Before You Begin

Activity Pick a Peck of

(To the tune of “A-Hunting We Will Go”)

Activity

By Connie Bergstein Dow

A-marching we will go

A-marching we will go.

Stepping high and stepping low, A-marching we will go.

A steady rhythm, 1, 2, 3,

A-turning we will go.

A-turning we will go.

Spinning, spinning round and round, A-turning we will go.

A-jumping we will go.

A-jumping we will go.

Up and down, feet off the ground, A-jumping we will go.

A-dancing we will go.

A-dancing we will go.

Gliding, sliding all around, A-dancing we will go!

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W h at ’ s on T op?

To make a sturdy tower,

build a strong foundation.

What will you put on the top of your building?

a bell

T hanks for reading

Look for these pictures inside the magazine.

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Splinter likes

to play with yarn

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