Veteran's Day Collaborative Project

Veterans' Day

One of our first grade teachers, Mrs. Guzman, spoke to all of the first graders on Veterans' Day about here experience in the Navy. She told them some of the details of her career. She also showed them her uniform and awards. We are thankful that she served and shared her knowledge with our students.

Memorial Day Lessons

Due to all of the "snow" days during the winter, we had on Memorial Day to make up for lost time. To instill the importance of Memorial Day, each first grade class rotated through patriotic stations to learn more about our country and the people who protect it. We began our study of Memorial Day by reading H is for Honor which is an alphabet book about Military families. We then read "Memorial Day" from the website Reading A-Z. After introducing the meaning of Memorial Day, the students went to their first station to learn about American symbols including the bald eagle. The students then made their own bald eagle craft. They then went to Mrs. Goolsbay-Bobick's class to learn the meaning of the Pledge of Allegience and to create an American Flag craft. The students later went to a Patriotic Music and Book station with Ms. Pollard where they learned traditional patriotic songs such as "America The Beautiful" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy." They then went outside with Mrs. Linnabary to have a fun in the sun.  All of the classes learned more about through the history and importance of Memorial Day and our veterans through history videos checked out from the library.

Honoring Veterans

To honor local Veterans, we made a poster for a local restaurant showing our support for all of the men and women who have helped protect our country. Our poster said, "Veterans, thank you for lending a hand. We are proud of you." Each student traced their handprints and we worked together to put them on the poster.

This six weeks in Social Studies, we have been learning about rules for the community, state, and nation as well as our public officials. This week we are studying symbols of both Texas and The United States.