East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, August 06, 2016, WEEKEND EDITION, Image 32

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Newspaper Page Text© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 32, No. 35 With a parent or other adult at home, look through the newspaper for the following: • Five things that have been invented since your adult partner turned 20 Farm families came to sell their goods and proudly display their best produce, stitchery, canned goods and animals. Fairs were also a place to hear speakers and music and get up and dance. People took turns at the midway games to show off their strength. Baking Competitions Canned Goods Corn Dogs Covered Wagons Motion Simulators Produce Ice Cream Spas for Sale Members of 4-H clubs show the animals they have raised and compete for recognition. Popular animal competitions include sheep, pigs, calves and chickens as well as llamas. People play modern midway games and line up to go on roller coasters, Ferris wheels and other rides. Famous Singers Midway Games Photography Displays • Five things that are part of both your life today and your partner’s childhood life • Five things you think will look different or function differently in 20 years With your partner, complete the VENN diagram below to compare your childhoods. Farm Animals Pictured above are items found at fairs over the years. In the circle on the left, write the names of items that could only be found at fairs 100 years ago. In the circle on the right, list things you could only find at a fair today. Where the two ovals overlap, write the names of items you could find at fairs today AND in the past. Can you think of things to add to each group? Standards Link: History: Understand families and communities now and in the past. Ask 10 or more people to pick their favorite part of the fair from among the following choices. Color in a box on the graph to show each person’s preference. Katie and Nathan played the Balloon Pop game on the fair’s midway. Katie popped odd-numbered balloons and Nathan popped the ones with even numbers. Add up each. Who got the highest score? Young people bring their finest livestock to fairs. Unscramble the word below each kid to find out which animal he or she brought. Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-level approriate words correctly Make up questions about your completed graph. Then show the graph to a family member and ask your questions. Standards Link: Data: Organizes, displays, reads and interprets data. FAIRS TRADITION PRODUCE ANIMALS EXHIBITS MODERN MIDWAY FERRIS DANCE CLOCK RIDES TRADE HALLS TODAY LINE Use this graph to gather data about what’s in your newspaper. Comb the newspaper for pictures of or references to the items on the list. Color in a box for every picture or reference you find. Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word MIDWAY in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you. Standards Link: Data: Organizes, displays, reads and interprets data. Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities. E X H I B I T S C E S C E E D A R T C L L L N E B Y A U F F L O R A A R D A L E A C E W D O I R I R MIDWAY H K D A R R T D N R The noun midway means a part of a fair filled with game booths. T I O P S E I S E I M T M Y A D O T A S T S L A M I N A E S Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. Fun at the Fair Billy won a lot of prizes playing games on the midway at the fair. Try to use the word midway in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members. Human Power Look through the newspaper to find five events that might be held at a fair. Write a short story that includes all five events. Bring your story to a climatic ending on a triumphant note. What can you do for entertainment that does not use electricity? ANSWER: So he could hide in the crayon box. Standards Link: Writing Applications: Use strategies to write for a variety of purposes. This week’s word: