American Symbols

We have been learning about 3 American Symbols. The American Flag, Statue of Liberty, and the Bald Eagle. 

We observed 3 pennies and then put them in a cup with vinegar (they said it smelled like Easter eggs😂)

After a few hours they started changing colors. The next day they were turquoise. 

They love the eagle cam. It is a live feed but you can also look at prior videos. We saw the eagle on her nest and then the daddy eagle brought food. When she got up to eat, we were able to see 2 eggs. The first egg is due to hatch the 14th and the 2nd egg the 17th. 

http://www.berry.edu/eaglecam/

The Statue of Liberty

I'm Now we are learning about the Statue of Liberty.  The Statue of Liberty is a symbol for freedom, liberty, and friendship.  

We read several books and watched a video clip. 

Then we wrote our favorite fact about the Statue of Liberty and made our very own torch!

Bald Eagle

We have been learning about American symbols. 
The bald eagle is one of America's symbols that stands for power and freedom.  

We watched a video clip from United Streaming about how the bald eagle was chosen as our national bird and read The Bald Eagle by Lloyd Douglas

And The Bald Eagle by Norman Pearl 

We have been watching the bald eagle at Berry College. Click below to watch :)

http://www.berry.edu/eaglecam/

We also made a bald eagle and wrote our favorite fact. 

American Flag

This week we talked about The American flag and how it is a symbol for the United States of America. We read several books and watched a small video on United Streaming. 

Then we wrote facts we had learned about the flag. 

We used our poetry notebook to illustrate about our Flag and also discuss the Pledge of Alligence. 

American Symbols- The White House

Today we learned about The White House.   We read two different informational books and the charted some of our favorite facts.  

Then we wrote a fact about The White House and made our craft.  I was so glad I found this on http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Paper-White-House.html

George Washington did not get to live in The White House. 

The White House is in Washington DC. 

The White House has 132 rooms in it. 

Our first president did not live in The White House.  

American Symbols - the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell

We learned so many interesting facts about the Statue of Liberty.  We watched a video from United Streaming, took a virtual tour of the statue, and read an informational book about the Statue of Liberty. 

Then we charted our facts. 

We wrote our flags on our "torch" and illustrated the Statue of Liberty.  

Next we read a book about the Liberty Bell, watched a United Streaming video, and liatened to an audio clip of a bell ringing (one that was cracked and one that wasn't) 

Then we charted our facts. 

Next, we wrote our favorite fact and made our own Liberty Bell. We even added a "crack" 😊

American Symbols - The Bald Eagle

The Bald Eagle is another symbol for our county. We read and charted facts that we had learned.

Then we made an eagle with our hand prints wrote facts about the eagle.