February Events
Feb 8 Safer Internet Day
Feb 14 Valentines Day
Feb 17 President's Day
Feb 20 Love Your Pet Day
Feb 14-20 Random Acts of Kindess Week
Lesson Ideas
Read: Rosa Parks Watch: Rosa Parks Video 4:40
Read about Wilma Rudolph. Watch
footage of Wilma running.
President's Day - Short video 1:00
Have the class brainstorm the different people that work at their school.
- Have the class pick one of the people they brainstormed, but that is not their teacher.
- Then they can fill a bucket with notes of kindness to give to that person.
Have students play Be Internet Awesome on their iPads.
Extras
Have students guess how many hearts are in the jar. Closest gets to keep the jar of hearts.
Books
Dream Street
Tricia Elam Walker
Somebody loves you, Mr. Hatch
Eileen Spinelli
President Taft is Stuck in the Bath
Mac Barnett
The Patchwork Bike
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Presidents' Day
Anne Rockwell
Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly
Groundhog Gets a Say
Pamela Curtis Swallow
What is Given from the Heart
Pat McKissack
My Heart
Corinna Luyken
My Heart is a Compass
Deborah Marcero
How Do I Love Thee
Jennifer Adams
We Go Together!
Calef Brown
The Pepins and their Problems
Polly Horvath