February: American Symbols & Valentine's Day

We spent over 2 weeks learning about American symbols. Every day we focused on a new symbol and did something hands on to learn about it and then I also made a special daily notebook for the kids that including a reading comprehension page and a coloring page for each symbol. I also made a giant book with pictures and key questions for daily quizzes about each symbol to review what we've learned the day before. OMG the kids loved my little quizzes!

We learned the following symbols:

1. World map/USA map/CA map
2. American Flag (BrainpopJr, non-fiction books)
3. Bald Eagle (puppet, youtube videos, non-fiction books)
4. Red Rose (brought in real & fake roses)
5. Statue of Liberty (dressed up as her, directed drawing, youtube video tour inside & outside, brought in a green penny vs. a regular penny, non-fiction books)
6. Mount Rushmore (masks, photo backdrop, youtube videos, non-fiction books)
7. Liberty Bell (brought in a working bell and a cracked non working bell, youtube video tour, non-fiction books)
8. The White House (youtube video tour inside & outside, non-fiction books)
9. President Trump (youtube speeches & images, non-fiction books)
10. George Washington (BrainPopJr, Scholastic magazine, non-fiction books)
11. Abraham Lincoln  (BrainPopJr, Scholastic magazine, non-fiction books)

On the 12th day we wrote about our favorite symbol and why. Most of the kids loved the Statue of Liberty.

Valentine's Day

Minute to win it conversation stacking hearts challenge - I had 5 kids compete at a time for one minute to see who had the tallest tower still standing after 60 seconds. They quickly found out it isn't as easy as it seems!

It's Raining Hearts Addition - the kids used heart stamps and different colored ink to write their own addition stories after we read the book "It's Raining Hearts"

I love you to pieces valentines - we did tear art on the front and then on the back was our letter to someone we love


Sorting pictures by middle sound into 5 mini mailboxes labeled a, e, i, o, u


Graphing and counting conversation hearts - each student got their own mini box of hearts to sort and collect the data within their box. Reward for completing their work correctly....they could eat them!