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Dandelion is a dandy weed - and food
June 12, 2022 - It's not spring if yellow button flowers are not popping up everywhere. The single flower with spiky leaves springing from the ground, a dandelion, is the nemesis of landscapers paid to keep lawns all green. It's a weed. But dandelion flowers and leaves are not only edible but also very nutritious.  Word of the Dayspiky: adjective;noted by having spikes or sharp points; Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
Practice your writing skills with the story above! 
Complete this Writing Practice. Then print or email your document, or if available, save it to Google Drive. Writing ProgressTrack your progress all year. For your Student Summary Report Form: Weekly VOCABWeek of December Today In HistoryJune 28 1946: Gilda Radner, comedian who appeared on Saturday Night Live, was born in Detroit. She died of cancer on May 20, 1989.
1914: A Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sofia in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, setting off a chain of events that would culminate in a world war by August. After the assassinations, an elaborate network of treaties among
the nations of Europe led to a rapid escalation in the "Great War"
between the Central Powers - including Germany, the Austro-Hungarian
Empire, and the Ottoman Empire, and the Allied nations of Britain,
France, Italy, and Russia. On April 6, 1917, the United States entered
the war on the side of the Allies. Five years later, on June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allies signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending World War I and providing for the creation of the League of Nations.
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