Bobby explored topics and people related to the Spanish American War today. Through reading, videos, and examining primary documents, he learned about the following: the USS Maine, Cuba, colonization by Spain, Diana Nyad (current events), Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, San Juan Hill, John Hay, William McKinley, and William Rufus Shafter. We talked about the concept of colonization and how people in countries around the world came to speak the languages they do (i.e. Brazil--Portugese).
Today, Bobby participated in a Vietnam War Memorial Field Trip. It was an outstanding opportunity to discuss military history, and learn about a very important era in our American history. I ensured that the conversations with him were age appropriate. During the trip we: walked along the wall and learned about how the replica differs from the one in Washington, D.C., the significance of the wall and the names on the wall, why people leave flowers, t-shirts, and teddy bears on the wall, the dates of the war, how soldiers lived in jungles (age appropriate conversation), looked at military vehicles on site (helicopter, jeeps), and we talked to a two star general who served in four different wars. Overall, the lessons learned cannot be entirely covered in such a short session summary.
Kindergarten: Marina did very well answering questions in both test easy and hard quizzes. Kindergarten is the first year of school, children learn their alphabet, counting, reading, art, computers, recess includes sports and exercise, play games using finger painting and hand prints,personal hygiene, along with other activities. Marina completed her assignment, she was very cooperative. Great job Marina.
Rights and Responsibilities: Freedoms have responsibilities. This lesson incorporates the given freedoms we have and include the responsibilities that come with those rights given to us.
Bible: We read and discussed the book of John from a Children' s Bible. Ethan was interested in the content, however, he asked for pictures. I have new book with pictures we will use next lesson. Great Job Ethan
Today Gwendolyn and I began working the on western region of the United States. Gwendolyn filled in the states in this region on her map. She then chose to research the state of California. Gwendolyn and I went through her project rubric for her western states powerpoint. Gwendolyn completed the first 4 pages of her California powerpoint!
Rights and Responsibilities: Marina did a good job today identifying rights and responsibilities. She named some of her rights and some responsibilities, what should be done at home and for health. great job Marina
Assignment
write what you know about Rights and responsibilities
