SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016
© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
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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
Famous
Singers
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.
Midway Games
• 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
Photography
Displays
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.
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.
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.
Standards Link: Data: Organizes, displays, reads
and interprets data.
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Find the words in the puzzle,
then in this week’s Kid Scoop
stories and activities.
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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Fun at the Fair
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MIDWAY
The noun midway means
a part of a fair filled with
game booths.
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.
Standards Link: Writing Applications: Use strategies to write for
a variety of purposes.
This week’s word:
www.shoppelocal.biz
What can you do for
entertainment that does
not use electricity?