This morning we continued our studies of American Symbols. We read, Bald Eagle by Lisa M. Herrington. After reading facts about the at once almost extinct national bird, Danny completed his flip page activity for his Interactive Notebook. This project integrates language arts components through writing. We discussed four facts to write about. We worked together to sound out words, use capitalization and punctuation, and sentence development. He wrote about the white feathers on its head, that it is a strong flier, they eat fish, and they stand for freedom. Danny then colored his bald eagle with markers. Next, in his Geography textbook, we read about how the 48 states make up the continental United States while two states do not border the others. Danny had fun coloring all 8 states that start with letter M! Finally, we ended our session with a Florida Studies Weekly on Rights and Responsibilities. We read about various rights and responsibilities with regard to voting, school, worship, and the environment. For example, we read that we have the right to own land and cars and we have the responsibility to not harm or take things that belong to others. We read briefly about how the president is in charge of the country and our governor (Rick Scott) is in charge of the state. Additionally, we read about how the Constitution tells us about our rights. Additional vocabulary we discussed included: leader, state, vote, and respect in a word search format (which provides for excellent visual scanning and focus). Danny scored a 7/8 on this activity work.