It was the Texas State Fair week and we decided to celebrate state fairs in first grade. We gave tickets all week for good behavior, special work and being a good citizen at JAV! They were the best behaved kiddos EVER!!!
We read some great books about state fairs and one was written about the Texas State Fair!!
We read some great books about state fairs and one was written about the Texas State Fair!!
We really liked The Cotton Candy Catastrophe!
We did Word Work with the vocabulary. We wrote about everything you could think about that had to do with the fair!! We made cotton candy art projects...
and wrote about those too!! On Friday we had our own fair with booths that the students could use their tickets for to play games, get popcorn and a drink and get their face painted! We had a blast!!
Big Tex is (was) a major landmark at the State Fair of Texas! We had so much fun learning about all the fact about Big Tex. We researched about him on the internet with our 5th grade tech buddie. This year was Big Tex's 60th birthday.
On October 19th, Big Tex had an electrical fire and was completely destroyed. Our kiddos were devestated!
Someone did do a before and after tribute to Big Tex on our hall...
They are going to rebuild Big Tex in time for next year's state fair. I bet our kiddos will never forget the day Big Tex burned. One of our Kindergarten cuties asked why he didn't "stop, drop and roll?"
Good Question!
(we now know they were listening during fire safety week!!)
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