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WR News Smarts Issue #8
Write in the correct answers for each. Then write the page you found the answer in and the headline of the story.


1. What is Dwayne Johnson's nickname?

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2.  How many kids in the United States are legally blind?

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3. What disease is killing gorillas?

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4. When was the Yangtze River dolphin last spotted?

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5. How many fingers do bats have on each wing?

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6. On what continent do western lowland gorillas live?

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7. What percentage of kids in southern Los Angeles are obese? 

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8. Who is funding the study on bat wings?

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Vocabulary Challenge!
Match each new word below with its definition.

____ 1. Braille ____ 2. deities ____ 3. obese ____ 4. extinct ____ 5. critically endangered ____ 6. poach (verb) ____ 7. membrane ____ 8. sensory cell ____ 9. maneuver (verb)

A. gods and goddesses  B. a layer of tissue C. to hunt illegally D. dangerously overweight  E. a code of raised bumps that allows people who are blind to read and write F. completely gone  G. a tiny hair on a bat wing H. facing an extremely high risk of becoming extinct in the wild I. to  move

Get Writing!
Have students write a journal entry, based on this prompt: If you could star in a movie with someone famous, who would you choose? Why?