— Design their own Parade Balloon. My kids typically lean towards sharing the information verbally or with just a paragraph. It all was then wrapped up with a conclusion sentence or two. "Sweet's whimsical mixed-media collages, embellished with little dolls she made herself out of odds and ends, reinforce the theme that, for Sarg, work was play. Imagine inspiring your readers to create puppets of their own either right after a reading of this Sibert Book Medal winning book or on Thanksgiving morning while they are watching the parade march by on their screens. Here is a paragraph organizer your students can use with the prompt included. A guide for using our resources. You can preview of this resource HERE. Once that was drawn and colored, they cut it out with a second piece of white paper behind it. What my class actually ended up producing was FANTASTIC and is now currently my most favorite place to gaze at in my classroom. Kids can research helium facts through the internet or scientific picture books. We gathered a lot of factual information about the parade by reading this book. After reading Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet, Mrs. Durkit's 4th graders created their own parade balloon designs.
Test & Evaluate: How will we get them to "float"? You are being redirecting to Scholastic's authentication page... This obviously would lead to us having our own spectacular hallway holiday parade. Do you ever have an idea for a lesson but you don't know 100% where it is headed or how it will turn out? Depending on your location and the age of your students, you might learn some of the children aren't familiar with this parade. Balloons Over Broadway, by Melissa Sweet, tells the true story of how the beloved floats joined the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I then asked them to think about an entry into the parade that they personally would like to make. They used white glue to attach it to the NY skyline they created, then added lines coming from the balloon to look like the wires holding them during the parade, and it was done! The parades are usually similar enough that my kids don't mind. Free on Kindle FreeTime/Kids+ Unlimited. Balloon Design challenge (After reading the book or after watching a clip of the parade).
I then stapled those two pieces together, leaving a small opening. Best Audience: Grades 00-04. Balloons Over Broadway: Puppet Play and Classroom Exploration. Balloons Over Broadway Activities. It goes fast though, so be prepared to pause it so kids can keep up. I bet your kids will find lots of fascinating information.
This kit was created by Melissa Sweet with input from Curious City. Skill: coordination and balance. — Finger Puppets for an entire cast of characters. Shared Writing: Our Parade Balloons. They used the white crayon to also draw windows on the paper. DIY Sculpting Dough. Next, they drew their balloon on a piece of white paper. The balloons that will be in this year's parade can be found there. It's a great way to send kids off before the Thanksgiving holidays! This then became the body of their paragraph. Lesson Boosters: Paired Text: Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet. In the non-fiction picture book, Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade, readers meet the brilliant and playful inventor / artist / puppeteer, Tony Sarg. How great to have them actively creating and playing rather than just passively watching! ) Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of Tony Sarg and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Reading Balloons Over Broadway and doing these activities can turn it into an educational experience. It tells the true story of Tony Sarg, the original puppeteer behind the iconic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons. Your students will love reading Balloons Over Broadway and you'll love how engaging and rigorous this November read-aloud is! Even I'm not old enough to have had marionettes in my toy box. Subscriber Only Resources.
The guide was written by literacy specialist Tracie Vaughn Zimmer. On that same page, you can click through to a related resource for teachers: PARADE 101: S. T. E. A. M. FOR STUDENTS. AFTER YOU READ THE BOOK…. Helium is pretty important for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade because it keeps the balloons in the air. Balloons Over Broadway is so complete with information, it lends itself well to a little skill-based work. After the paragraphs were written, the kids set out to do the artwork. Want to add to the experience? Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Allows streaming of most of their shows and the parade is usually included. In brilliant collage illustrations, Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America—the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Parade. Meet Tony Sarg, puppeteer extraordinaire!
We began by reading the book Balloons Over Broadway. I gave them a piece of black construction paper, a ruler, and a white crayon. In Balloons Over Broadway, Melissa Sweet explains how young Tony Sarg was always fascinated by the way things moved and eventually became a master builder of marionettes… to which some children will inevitably reply, "What's a marionette? As soon as it was all stuffed, I stapled up the opening, and the kids had a 3D puffed balloon. It's best for children in 1st or 2nd grade, but would also be appropriate for 3rd graders who need a little extra support. In this resource you will find: Design your own balloon (differentiated and assorted pages: plain balloon, over a cityscape). We have even designed an "Invitation" that you can hand out after a reading to remind readers to download and use the kit during the parade. Everyone's a New Yorker on Thanksgiving Day, when young and old rise early to see what giant new balloons will fill the skies for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This can be as informal as just verbally sharing the information around the dinner table or as formal as creating a poster.
Everything else is just decorative. Using the scraps from their cutting, they ripped off pieces and balled them up, stuffing the pieces into the pocket of the stapled together drawing they have. Then, we looked at videos of the parade itself. Next, it was time to transfer the drawing into a 3D creation.
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review. CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI. — Accordion Dragon Stick Puppet to shimmy down the parade route. We went through all 27 of them and discussed how they were shaped and what general themed they had. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
The classroom and home guide includes discussion, vocabulary, writing, math, and science learning opportunities. Maybe they're a performer of some other type. Children will sequence the steps of how the Macy's Parade balloons are made.