Today we continued our discussion on American Symbols by reading the book, The White House, by Karen Latchand Kenney. We read about the history of the house and that George Washington never lived there. We learned that the president works and lives there with his family. They have tennis courts, a movie theater, and even a bowling alley inside! We also read, Washington D.C. by Joanne Mattern. This book showed us many colorful pictures of the famous monuments and historical buildings of the district. We continued with our Florida Studies Weekly program by reading the packet entitled "Celebrate America". This information reviewed the Statue of Liberty, the American Flag, and the Liberty Bell. We learned that they are symbols of freedom. We were reminded of Rosa Parks and how she is a symbol for African American equality. Danny had fun with the activity page of the packet which tasked him with finding the item that doesn't belong in the pictures of American Symbols. He completed a numerical dot-to-dot of the Liberty Bell and then labeled it. We worked on sounding out some of the letters in the words. Danny did a great job in comparing pictures of the Bald Eagle and finding three differences. Finally, we examined Rosa Parks a little further by watching a Brain Pop Jr. learning video about her. We saw how she became a symbol for equality by starting the bus boycott. We discussed segregation in simple terms.