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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol.2, Issue 1: Bats [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
This magazine article provides information about bats including the different kinds of bats, how they are different from birds, what they eat, how and when they fly, and the sound they make.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol.1, Issue 5: Cool Hats [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
This magazine article explains that hats are not just a cool fashion statement, but also protect the head from sunburn and shade the eyes.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Young Heroes: Katie Stagliano's Dream [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this magazine article, learn about how Katie Stagliano is working to feed the hungry by growing food for they hungry.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 3, Issue 4: Moles [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article is about moles; it discusses how they dig underground, what they look like, and what they eat. It also explains that they help the farmer even though many people consider them a pest because they tear up the lawn.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 4, Issue 5: Sammy Lee: Olympic Diver [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
This article focuses on Sammy Lee, the first Korean American to win a gold metal.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vo. 5, Issue 5: Monster Stories [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
This magazine article discusses legends of monsters like Big Foot and The Loch Nest Monster. It explains how studies have disproved the existence of these monsters.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Changing Lives, One Cow at a Time [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this article to learn about Heifer International and other organizations who donate farm animals like cows, buffalo, goats, and sheep to poor people to improve their lives. It talks about 2nd graders raising money to help fund these...
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Text project.org: Fyi for Kids: Bird Nests [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th
Download this PDF for an informtional text about the nests built by different types of birds.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Bison [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This FYI for Kids (Volume 4, Issue 1) article focuses on Bison. It explains the difference between bison and buffalo, how the Native Americans used them, how they were hunted to near extinction by settlers, and how they are returning to...
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Standing on Your Own [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th
This FYI for Kids (Volume 4, Issue 3) article discusses how babies both human and some animals move around. It includes humans, kangaroos, anteaters. wolf spiders, cows, and cichlids.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Counting Endangered Animals [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This FYI for Kids (Volume 5, Issue 2) article focuses on counting endangered animals including how they count them and why. It uses two examples of the use of modern technology to count endangered animals: panthers and humpback whales.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: The Tides [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This FYI for Kids (Volume 5, Issue 3) focuses on the tides. It explains the pull on the earth by the sun and moon and how the tides go in and out.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Life in a Medieval Castle [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th
This article is about Medieval castles including when and why they were built, their basic design, and what life in them was like. FYI for Kids (Volume 2, Issue 6).
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Horns: The Sound of the Wind [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th
This FYI for Kids (Volume 2, Issue 7) article is about horn musical instruments. It explains how they work, materials they have been made from, what they are used for, and even how students can make a simple one for themselves.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Flip Flops [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th
This FYI for Kids (Volume 2, Issue 8) article focuses on flip flops. It discusses materials used to make first shoes and flip flops, how they are made, and activities that are not for flip flops.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Red Alert!the British Are Coming! [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th
This FYI for Kids (Volume 3, Issue 7) article focuses on the British Army's uniforms including why they chose red uniforms, the way they fought in the early days, and why and how the uniforms have changed.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: On Guard! Junior Lifeguards [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This FYI for Kids (Volume 3, Issue 8) article focuses on junior lifeguard programs including what they learn and how they use it.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: The Colors of English [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This FYI for Kids (Volume 3, Issue 9) article focuses on the names for English colors including how they evolved into English, what they mean, and changes in meaning and spelling.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: What's Out There? [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an article about Voyager I and II including when and why they came about and what information they have provided.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Drums: Keep the Beat

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
What are drums made of and how do people use them to make music? Let's find out with FYI for Kids: Drums (volume 1, issue 6). This article discusses the materials, sizes, shapes, and uses for drums. (PDF file download)
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Putting Two Words Together [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This FYI (Volume 3, Issue 2) article discusses multiple meanings for the word ball including sports (baseball), round (eyeball), and no connection to either of the others (ballroom).
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Bats in Sports: [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This article discusses the uses, shapes, and materials to make bats used in sports including baseball, cricket, and table tennis. FYI for Kids: volume 3, issue 3. PDF.
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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Young Heroes: Rachel Beckwith [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th
This FYI for Kids (Volume 5, Issue 1) article focuses on the efforts of one little girl wanted to bring clean water to villages in Africa. She asked her parents to donate her birthday money to the effort and collected other donations...