In continuing our studies of qualities that make a good citizen, Danny and I discussed sportsmanship. We read the book, You Can’t Win Them All, Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. In this story, Rainbow Fish gets upset when he experiences some bad luck in a game of hide-and-seek. Rainbow Fish gets mad and quits the game, which left him upset as well as upsetting his friends. Danny and I discussed Rainbow Fish’s behavior, different ways to handle the situation, and the reminder that it's just a game. Next, we moved on to our studies of communities. We reviewed the three types, rural, suburban, and urban. In the story, The City Kid and The Suburb Kid, by Deb Pilutti, we read about two boys who spend the week in each other’s environment (city and suburb). While each boy was excited to visit the other, they realized they like their home best. We made comparisons using the pictures as to where the kids shopped, where they slept outside, and where they played in the water. Danny then added information about suburbs to his interactive notebook. We wrote that in the suburbs: there are community parks and fields, it’s near a city, and people live here and drive to the city for work. We added some color to the picture and discussed using the patterns to guide nice coloring and producing “quality work”, which shows that we care about what we do. Finally, we completed a picture sort to correctly identify the community type. Danny scored 8/9 on this task. Additionally, we reviewed our Florida Studies Weekly packet about history and completed the assessment in which Danny earned 5/5. For our final activity, we read a Time for Kids magazine about Falling for Fall. We saw that Fall is a season of change in which animals store food and grow thicker coats for the upcoming winter. We reviewed the four seasons.