Up, Up & Away
What a fun week we had studying the Albuquerque Balloon Festival! Our Wordly Wise story was filled with rich vocabulary and cool facts about hot air balloons and the hard work that goes into an event this big!
Here are a few cool facts we learned:
Biggest Balloon Party in the World! – Over 600 balloons fly in the sky at once.
Magic Winds – Albuquerque has special wind patterns called the “Albuquerque Box” that help balloons float around and land safely.
Balloon Glow – At night, the balloons stay on the ground but light up like giant lanterns.
In addition to learning about the Albuquerque balloon festival, we put our creativity to the test and made our own hot air balloons using a paper mach’e mix of flour and water. This art project took us 30 minutes each day this week. 3 layers of mach’e were applied and then students painted them to personalize it. I will definitely do this project again next year!
September 11
Although my 3rd graders do not remember, I will never forget. In honor of this sad day in history, we talked about how these events brought people together all over the country and why we are proud to be Americans!
