We began with a nonfiction text, President's Day by Mir Tamim Ansary. In this book, we learned about the holiday and briefly discussed George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and slavery in simple terms. We then watched a Brain Pop Jr learning video about George Washington. We learned he was born in Virginia, a land surveyor, a leader in the war, and our first President. We saw that he set the guidelines for a two-term presidency and that he did not want to be titled "King". He is honored by being on the quarter, dollar bill, Mount Rushmore, as well as having schools, monuments, and the capital city named after him. We then read a short paragraph about him and Danny answered some follow-up questions to reinforce his understanding. Next, we looked at pictures of items to help Danny understand that Washington lived a long time ago. He accurately discriminated the pictures by choosing what items Washington would have used many years ago. We reviewed the Father of our Country reader from yesterday as well as enjoyed a fun song about George Washington. Next, we completed a task in which Danny spelled out Washington by matching lowercase letters to the uppercase versions. Finally, we colored a hat and a face of George Washington that we will put together in our next session. To wrap up our session, we reviewed the cardinal directions with our song. We then worked in Danny's Geography textbook on pages 13 and 15. We identified the compass rose on each page and practiced finding designated items to the south and the west.