At Elizabeth Ide, we are reading a variety of holiday books. Christmas stories predominate, but we also touch on other holidays celebrated at this time of year such as Hanukkah. The selection for second grade this week, One Yellow Daffodil; A Hanukkah Story touches on the main character's earlier life which included losing his family in the holocaust and spending time in a concentration camp. Holocaust education is a requirement in Illinois and this book introduces a bit of the story, gently, for young children.
At Prairieview, we have been gathering information on hockey (our topic of the year after the triumph of the Blackhawks last spring) from World Book Online. Third and fourth graders will take their notes, add pictures and produce a short written document. Fifth graders are using the Inspiration program to organize their information. Hockey may or may not be important. Learning to find information and organize it is.
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