I was honored to be able to teach my kindergarteners more about the brave men and women who risk their lives for us and our wonderful country. Today, we took the time to read a "Let's Find Out" magazine on Veteran's Day. We first looked at a picture of a boy and his mother hugging. I asked, "Why do you think the mother is hugging her son?" Many responded with, "They love each other because the mom was probably at work, and the boy missed her!" That was a great opportunity for me to talk about how some moms and dads have to go far away for their job. I then pointed to the military uniform that the mother was wearing. We noticed that is was a military outfit. I mentioned how today was Veteran's Day; a day where we honor the people who go overseas to fight and protect our country. We have a few students with parents who are active duty military, so it was great to make the personal connections to this important day! We talked about how during our reading, we look for words that help us understand better. We wanted to find ways to thank our veterans for serving our country. Today, we looked for adjectives that described veterans so we could write letters. It was so awesome to see the kinders reading and sounding out the words! We found the words "brave," "fast," "strong" in our reading, so we put that to our list. We also talked about how soldiers risk their lives to keep us safe and free. It was amazing to discuss with kindergarteners about this, because they all understood how important these men and women are to our country! One student asked if we could write a letter to send to a veteran. I modeled to students how to write a letter. We then thought of several sentence stems to use to put into our letter thanking a vet for their service. I wrote out the sentence stems on the board to support students with writing their letters. It was so much fun capturing the writing that K-3 did for the veterans! We finished our pieces by creating our own soldiers to attach our letters. We talked about the different uniforms that all armed forces wear, and that men of all races and gender are able to join and fight for our country. It was a fun project for us to do together! We are going to hang our letters up for a little bit, and then send them to our local veterans at Malmstrom Air Force Base to share with each other. What a great way to support our community!
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AuthorI sing, dance, and laugh my way through life! I love to teach, but my desire is to always learn more. I am truly blessed with the life I have! Categories |