Remembering September 11th in Room 110

Today we remembered the events of September 11, 2001. We started the day with a tribute by our Principal and the Pledge of Allegiance. We watched a short video that had very vivid images that were captured throughout the time when the attack on the U.S. occurred. The students were very interested in learning about the sequence of events and the struggles people had to go through during this time.

We also read the book Fireboat, by Maira Kalman. This book captivates the life of a New York City fireboat, built in 1931, that helped out the NY firefighters the day of 9/11. We made connections to this event to our own lives, and also made connections to things we've seen or heard on television or from parents about 9/11 (activated our schema!). 

To wrap up our lesson on September 11th, the kids were given an American Flag template (Thanks to my 2nd Grade team :). In every other stripe, the letters that make up the word R-E-S-P-E-C-T were written. The students had to come up with a word to represent the country that we live in that started with each of the letters of the word Respect. The picture shown above is the students with their final projects. Here are some examples of what they came up with:

R-Responsibility                                          
E-Enjoy Life
S- Sharing
P-Peace
E- Encourage
C- Citizens
T- Trust

R-Respectful
E-Enjoy Freedom
S- Salute the flag
P-Pledge of Allegiance
E- Equal
C- Caring for all and our Community
T- Take Chances


Here is a link to the video on SchoolTube: http://www.schooltube.com/video/9033b1725b7b433f931f/