Hopscotch articles from August 2004

Hopscotch archives from August 2004

Ballet.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... 2 Dancing Ana 10 Marie Stuck in Fourth Position 17 The Ballet 18 Splash Dance 20 Twirl Away 24 The Stage Door 30 Woman of Two Worlds 33 The Dancer 34 Ballerina Dreamer 36 Oops! 38 Dancing Shoe...

Dancing Ana.
August 1, 2004... Ana always danced. She especially loved doing ballet--all day, every day. Each morning, as soon as she got out of bed, she put on her pink tutu and danced down the stairs. "Mom, watch me twirl!" Ana exclaimed, circling the kitchen table....

Dancing fun.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... After you find all the words about dancing, the remaining letters will spell what everyone needs to be a great dancer. ballet ballroom beat costume grace jazz jig jump leap leotard lessons...

Phoebe & Buttercup: postcards from the bed and the shed.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dear Buttercup, When last you communicated, you mentioned having a frog on your back after swimming in the lake behind Miller's property. Yon said that was fun. I can't imagine a more disgusting creature than a slimy frog straddling my...

Marie stuck in fourth position.
August 1, 2004... Marie Van Goethem longed to be the best ballerina in the whole world. But she got stuck in fourth position. Marie came from a poor Belgian family. They moved to Paris in hopes of finding a better life there. Alas, her family still lived in...

Discover the dancing words.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Read clockwise around the dance floor, starting with the letter P in the left hand corner. Cross out the word BALLET 12 times. The remaining letters can then be written in clockwise order to spell out seven dancing words. Seven Dancing...

Standing on toes is amazing.(Science)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... If you want to be a ballet dancer, you MUST be able to stand on your tiptoes. BUT... Cows can't stand on their toes. (Cows have hooves, no toes.) Snakes can't stand on their toes. (Snakes don't have feet.) Worms can't stand...

Word find.(puzzles)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Look forwards, backwards, up, down, and diagonally to find the following words. Cross the word off the list. After all the words are found, the letters remaining will spell a sentence relating to ballet. adagio allegro attitude...

The Ballet.(Brief Article)(Poem)(Illustration)
August 1, 2004... The Ballet If alligators took ballet, my life would be complete. Imagine ballet slippers tied to alligator feet! The ballet bar would be a sight, as standing nose to nose, A corps of ballerina...

Splash dance.(dancing techniques)
August 1, 2004... If you've ever taken ballet, you know how challenging it can be. The names of each position and movement are in French. It takes years of training to become as strong and flexible as the dancers you see leaping and pirouetting across the stage....

Twirl away.(ballet)
August 1, 2004... "I'm tired of the costumes in the dress-up box," whined Erica. "I wish I had something different." "I have a skirt you may try on," remembered her grandmother. "It is in my sewing trunk. I started making it for your cousin, but I decided...

Flowers to eat.(Cooking)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... "Let's make a flower lunch," said Grandma when Anne and Ashley came to visit. "Flowers to eat?" the girls gasped. Grandma smiled. "People used to cook with flowers many years ago when America was still a colony of England. Food was...

The stage door.
August 1, 2004... Are you going to try out for Peter and the Wolf tomorrow?" Anita heard while walking towards her bus. Turning around, she saw Danielle. Now why does she seem taller every day, Anita thought. She paused a moment before answering, "I'm going...

Potsys's Pen Pal Club.(Pen Pals)(Editorial)
August 1, 2004... Dear Readers, These are the new additions of Hopscotch girls who want to be pen pals. These do not include girls on the previous list. To receive the addresses, simply mail us a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope. We'll send you the...

Potsy's post office.(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2004... Dear Potsy, I got permission to be part of your pen pal club. My baby sister is 1 1/2 years old She can walk. My birthday is on the 26th of February. Yesterday we brought the movies Chicken Rim and the Black Stallion. I like the movie the...

Woman of two worlds.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... When she was only four years old, Maria Tallchief decided that she would grow up to be a ballerina the time, Maria was still known as little Betty Marie; she lived on an Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma with her parents, her brother, and...

Dancing ballets.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Can you match each of these, one-word ballets with the year that it was written? 1. Carmen A. 1895 2. Firebird B. 1910 3. Frontier C. 1917 4. Parade D. 1935 5. Swan Lake E. 1949 Clue # 1. Parade comes before...

The dancer.(Brief Article)(Poem)(Illustration)
August 1, 2004... The Dancer I could be a ballerina Just as graceful as a swan, Except my brother says I have The grace of Genghis Khan! I could be a great tap dancer Tapping out a fancy beat, Except...

Ballerina dreamer.(dance)
August 1, 2004... Brianna's just a child of eight but dreams of being something great. She loves to sing and laugh and play. But most of all, she loves ballet. At ballet practice she's the best and tries much harder than the rest. She's always learning something...

Oops!(poems)(Brief Article)(Poem)
August 1, 2004... Oops! We are graceful ballerinas, Dancing, prancing palominos, Whirling, twirling kinds of horses, Trotting out on stage, our courses. Each tutu's made of yellow net That flutters when we pirouette, Or...

Dancing shoe frame.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Materials: fun foam--pink construction paper--mat photo hole punch bows, stars, jewels, stickers to decorate shoe scissors glue ribbon Directions: Trace around the shoe pattern from page 39 onto fun...

Ballet scramble.(puzzles)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Unscramble the following words that have to do with ballet: Costume: uttu shgtti eintop ohsse People: arlnelabi crethae tridroee In Class: rebar solsens rexsisece Steps: teej...

Bertha and Boris.(poems)(Brief Article)(Poem)
August 1, 2004... I once knew two ants who loved to square dance In pink and white sneakers and baggy, white pants. Their names were Boris and Bertha McBrief, And they lived on a ranch tucked under a leaf Where into the night they would swivel and swagger To...

Hula girl.(hula dance)
August 1, 2004... Five years ago, a friend invited Breanna Roach to a hula dancing class. As she danced, her muscles ached, and she was completely exhausted, but she could hardly wait till the next class! Believe it or not, hula dancing is physically...

How to draw a ballerina.(drawings)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... 1. To draw a ballerina, as always, start by sketching out the basic shapes lightly in pencil. I have made the marks dark so that they show up in print, but in reality, I would keep them very light so that I can erase them if I need to. 2....

Mystery picture puzzle.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... cardinal cone needle camel shoe crab celery book (3) boots bird cup carrot umbrella sailboat letter A megaphone rooster rabbit sock flag heart ...