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Thursday, October 13, 2011

National Geographic for Kids Reading Assignment - Day Two

Reading Assignment:
1.  Click here to read "Green Invaders."  

2.  Write a three-point paragraph in Word (or Pages) to summarize the article.

3.  Edit your paragraph.

4.  Listen to your final draft and make any necessary corrections.

5.  Copy your paragraph and post to this blog.


When posting, choose "anonymous." 

Write your first name and 3B (Blythe,) 3H (Harland,) 

3L (Longman,) or 3M (McMahan) at the end of the summary.

28 comments:

  1. Green Invaders

    I learned three things about nature. I learned about plants, insects, and butterflies. Plants from other countries are called invaders. Insects are losing their food. People are cutting down their food and planting other plants instead. If people cut milkweed and plant invaders, this means there will be no food for birds. We can plant native plants to protect our animals and insects.

    By: Anna 3b
    Oct. 14

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  2. Green Invaders

    Here are three situations about “Green Invaders. Those three things are the food web, milkweed and birds. If an insect’s food web gets broken, it will die. Native plants need to eat. Native plants need water to eat. Birds have a variety to stay healthy birds want to feel right on their eating. Those three things meant the most to me that were interesting.

    By: Hannah Gummadi
    October 13th 2011

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  3. GREEN INVADERS

    I like “Green Invaders” for three reasons. I find some of the information not good for insects, birds, and plants. When men build a house in the woods, it kills insects. We should care for insects. Then birds have nothing to eat. Birds are important too. Plants are also homes for animals. We also should stop eating plants! Animals are also losing homes! So we should stop cutting down trees. Those are my three reasons.




    By Jonah -3B

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  4. Birds and Insects In green invaders I learned about three facts. This is about insect’s bird’s gardeners. Green invaders are plants from other countries brought her to make gardens and yards look prettier. They are taking over America. When insects don’t get food they die. When birds don’t have insects to eat they die. Gardeners are working to get rid of the invaders. They are also selling invader plants. That’s what I learned about invaders! By Suzie October 14 2011 3b

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  5. Green Invaders
    There are sevral resons why you should help gardeners, butterflies, and birds. Gardeners, butterflies, and birds are very important. Gardeners everywhere are working hard to protect native plants. Gardeners get rid of the invaders. If people cut down milkweed and replace it with another plant the butterflies will not have the food source that they need to survive. By summertime, a milkweed patch had produced 50 new monarch butterflies. When insects can’t get the right plants to eat and they die of, then the birds don’t have enough bugs for their meals. Almost all migrating birds depend on insects to feed their young. That’s why you should help gardeners, butterflies, and birds.


    JC

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  6. Green Invaders

    I learned three important things about green invaders. They are birds, native plants, and insects. Birds are dying out. Almost all migrating birds depend on insects to feed their young. That`s why birds are dying out. The native plants insects need are dying out. Ever since people started arriving on America`s shores they have been bringing trees, flowers, and vegetables. Those plants have been killing native plants insects` need. That is why native plants are dying out. Insects are dying out. They are dying out because they don`t have the right food. Now that you have read this please help the world.





    JP 3B

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  7. I am going to tell you three articles in ten freaky forces of nature. These are the three articles I’m going to tell you about, they are about flaming twisters, gas attack, and great balls of fire. The first fact about flaming twisters is that they as tall as a 40 story building. Other facts about flaming twisters are that they are 15 meters and they consume huge quantities of oxygen. One fact about a gas attack is that they’re unbelievably dangerous. Two more facts about a gas attack are that they can be above 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit and they are 15 miles per hour. Last are facts about great balls of fire and they are the size of your head. More facts about great balls of fire are that they make a small explosion and they are a ball of lightning. Those are my 3 favorite articles from Ten Freaky Forces of Nature.

    Jordan 3M

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  8. Green Invaders

    I will tell you about three green invaders. The green invaders I thought were important were insects, birds, and plants. Insects are dying of starvation. They also can’t eat, and can’t find food. Birds are dying of starvation. They also can’t eat, or can’t find food. Plants are food to insects and birds, and people are trying to save them, and take them away. These are the three green invaders I thought were interesting.

    Becket 3M

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  9. I am going to tell you about the Ten Freaky Forces Of Nature. They are The Great Ball Of Fire, the Mystery Wave, and the Snow Ball Factory. Now I am going to tell you about the Great Ball Of Fire. It makes a small explosion it is a glowing ball and it drops down. I am going to tell you about the Mystery Wave right now. It is deadly it can form at any time. It was a myth. This time I am going to tell you about the Snow Ball Factory. Mother Nature makes rollers to say it is time for a snow ball fight. She makes the rollers by herself, and she makes the snow balls by herself. I bet you didn’t know about the Great Ball Of Fire, the Mystery Wave, and the Snow Ball Factory.

    Brooks 3M

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  10. Do you know about the 10 freaky forces of nature? I’m going to tell you about three of them. They are Great Balls of Fire, Mystery Waves, and It’s Raining Frogs. Great Balls of Fire come from thunderstorms. They also are a ball of lightning and they sometimes disappear in small explosions. Mystery Waves can appear without a warning. Scientists don’t know what caused them and scientists thought it was a myth about 15 years ago. Its Raining Frogs happened in Serbia. They say that during tornadoes lakes, marshes, and rivers get sucked up and they can bring frogs and fish along. Now you know about three freaky forces of nature.

    By: Kevin 3M

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  11. There are 3 important facts about green invaders. The three most important facts about green invaders are that green invaders are plants from other countries, threaten natures food web, and getting rid of the invaders. Green invaders make gardens and yards look pretty. The invaders also crowd native plants and they threaten nature’s food web. One fact about threatening nature’s food web is that there will be no more native plants. More facts about threatening nature’s food web is that birds will die because insects die if they don’t have the certain plants to eat. Last is about getting rid of the invaders is that gardeners sell native plants. Other facts about getting rid of the invaders are that everyone should plant the right things and plant a native plant. Those are the three most important facts about the green invaders.

    Jordan 3M

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  12. I am going to talk about Light Shows, Gas Attacks, and Great big balls of fire. When a volcano erupts gas comes. That is a gas attack. During a storm a great big ball of fire comes and can gets off the ground a few feet. Light show there can be a glowing rings in the sky. Gas and lava flows.

    Mary Ashley 3M

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  13. I will tell you three of the ten freaky forces of nature. I will tell you about mystery waves, flaming twisters, and gas attack. The mystery waves never stop. Mystery waves you never know when they will come. The flaming twisters are tornadoes on fire. Flaming twisters create their own weather, and it’s as high as a 40 story building. Gas attacks are when volcanoes erupt. They can reach more than 1,000 degrees fareghit, and speed up to 50 miles per hour. This is all facts for these freaky forces of nature!

    Ryan 3M

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  14. Ten Freaky Forces of Nature By Jon Jon

    The first thing I am doing is a Mystery Wave. A Mystery Wave can be other waves like rouge wave and a freak wave. The things I am doing are Mystery waves, Gas attack, and Flaming Twisters. A rouge wave and a freak wave can turn into a myth. A Mystery Wave can go higher than ten stories high. A gas attack can erupt when a open path is open. A pyroclasic flow is a cloud of a gas for gas attack. Fire whirs which is Flaming Twisters can go 50 feet high. A Tornado can go up to a 40 foot building. Mystery waves, Gas attack, and Flaming Twisters are all about these three natures.

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  15. Do you want to know about green invaders? I will tell you about invaders, insects, and birds. Green Invaders are plants from other countries that are taking over America. They like plants and some plants are dangerous. Butterfly’s, like to sit on milkweed. Insects and Butterflies will not live if we replace native plants are replace. If insects die birds will die because they eat insects. Planting native plants will help the earth. If every one plants some native plants in there own yard birds and insects will stay alive. BY: LEXIE HOARD 3M

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  16. Here are three things I’m going to tell you about green invaders. The three things I’m going to tell you about green invaders are problems of non-native plants, upsetting the food chain, and how to solve the problem. One thing about problems with non-native is that people brought them over from foreign countries. Two other facts are that they are crowding out native plants, and insects can’t eat them. One fact about upsetting the food chain is that insects can’t eat it. Two other facts are that birds won’t be able to eat if there are no insects, and that is bad for the earth. One fact about how to solve the problem is to put native plants in your area. When you plant them, they attract birds and insects. Those are the three things I told you about green invaders.

    Brock 3M

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  17. I will tell you about three freaky forces of nature. I will tell you about the Ball of Fire, Mystery Waves, and Snowballs. The Ball of Fire, likes to glow. It also dances around and burns. Mystery Waves go really fast. They can be deadly when it hits the shore. Snowballs are shaped like a drum. They get their form from the wind and it does not stick to anything. Some day I would especially like to see the Ball of Fire.
    BY: LEXIE HOARD
    3M

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  18. Today I will tell you about three forces of nature. The three I like are, Light Show, Tornadoes, and Mystery Wave. The Light Show is 12,000 miles long. They are also in the North, and South Pole, and they are glowing rings. The biggest Tornado ever recorded was 318 miles an hour. It was in Oklahoma City, in 1999. They thought the Mystery Wave was a myth. It was also deadly, and was not a tsunami. These are the Forces of Nature I like.

    Becket 3M

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  19. There are three important things about green invaders that I want to tell you about. Those three things are what invaders are, how they cause a problem, and what you can do about it. The invaders are plants from other countries brought here to make gardens pretty. They are crowding out the native plants. Some insects eat only one kind of plant and if the plant dies out so will the insects and birds that eat the insects. We can help in several ways. We can plant native plants. We can also adopt a bird species and plant the plants they eat. I hope you enjoyed learning about green invaders.

    Anna Claire 3m

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  20. I will tell you three important facts about Green Invaders. They are Dr. Doug, the Monarch Butterfly, and Plants. First, I will tell you about Dr. Doug. Three facts are that Dr. Doug went to school at Delaware University; also Dr. Doug is an expert in insects. Finally, Dr. Doug thinks there is a problem and it is that if people stop growing gardens and plants animals could die. Next, I will tell you about plants. Three facts are number one, Plants are can be dangerous and they are invading us. Last, they are nature’s food web. Last, about the Monarch Butterfly. First they eat milkweed, also they like caterpillars. Last, they could die if people stop growing croups. I know a lot about nature.

    Jackson 3m

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  21. I will tell you about some problems with the green invaders. They are native plants dying, insects dying, and birds dying. If insects die, birds die. If birds die we can’t shoot the birds. If plants die it does not allow animals to get their food. Only plant native plants. Trouble is when birds don’t have enough insects to get their food. Then if more trouble happens insect’s cant get the right food. These are the facts I will tell you about!

    Ryan 3M

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  22. I am going to tell you about my favorite green invaders. The invaders I studied about butterflies, birds, and caterpillars. Butterflies are new. They also use food source and may not survive. Birds are in trouble. They also need more bugs and rely on insects to feed there young. Caterpillars eat mostly plants. They also are deadly and 90% are specializing. Now you know about my favorite Green Invaders!


    Sarah Ellen 3M

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  23. I am going to tell you about three things I studied. I am going to tell you about How To Save Plants, How Milkweed Helps Animals, and How It Is A Problem. Now I am going to tell you How To Save Plants. You can give them food. You can care for plants by watering them. You can give them sunlight and do not cut down How Milkweed Helps Animals. They help animals by feeding them. Milkweed helps Monarch butterflies, and it helps caterpillars. It is a problem because it is bad for the earth. It kills plants and hurts animals. I bet you didn’t know about Green Invaders.

    Brooks 3M

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  24. Green Invaders

    I have three reasons why I like Green Invaders. My reasons are saving America, saving creatures and to keep the plants the native that were here before us. My first reason is plants from other countries are covering the native plants in America. To stop that from happening, we can all plant a native plant or tree this year. My second point is about saving creatures in America the plants from other countries is not good for creatures in America. The plants make creatures die or get very sick. My last reason is about keeping the native plants that were here before us. To stop that, growing a native plant or tree this year would stop that from happening. Those are the reasons why I like green invaders.

    Solomon Riley 21
    October 19,2011

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  25. Green Invaders
    This is what I learn from the Green invaders. The things are how they eat, where they live and how they came. Where they live is America and and the rainforest. They mostly live in America. What they eat is water, butterflies and other plants. They mostly eat plants. How they came is from people in America. These are the Green Invaders.


    By Madison
    Oct.20

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  26. Green Invaders

    This article interested me because of the plants. If you shifted milkweed to a different country, Monarch butterflies would die. No one should trade plants or bird’s homes will be ruined. No one should shift bugs to America. They might be poisonous. You should only buy native plants. Some gardeners only buy native plants. Everyone should read this article. Caedmon 10

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  27. Green Invaders
    Green invaders are plants, and they are taking over America and are threatening our food source. The green invaders are plants, but they affect bugs and birds. The plants are from other countries. Since people started coming to America, they have been bringing different plants. The plants are crowding out the plants that the bugs like to eat. Almost all bugs that eat plants in the U.S. only eat certain plants so they are threatening some of our bug’s food. The birds also have trouble. If the bugs die because they don’t have the right plants to eat, the birds don’t have enough bugs to eat. It is important to know about the green invaders and how they threaten our food source.

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  28. Green Invaders
    Green invaders are plants, and they are taking over America and are threatening our food source. The green invaders are plants, but they affect bugs and birds. The plants are from other countries. Since people started coming to America, they have been bringing different plants. The plants are crowding out the plants that the bugs like to eat. Almost all bugs that eat plants in the U.S. only eat certain plants so they are threatening some of our bug’s food. The birds also have trouble. If the bugs die because they don’t have the right plants to eat, the birds don’t have enough bugs to eat. It is important to know about the green invaders and how they threaten our food source.

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