Memorial Day is celebrated to honor and remember all the men and women who died fighting for our country. These men and women dedicated their lives so we can be a free nation. W
Writing Prompt:
Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.
Write a story from the perspective of a veteran coming home from war.”
Writing from someone else’s perspective is one of the most effective ways to encourage both creativity and empathy in your students. In this case, asking your 3rd-graders to write from the perspective of a soldier coming home after a war invites them to consider the people Memorial Day honors—both the soldiers who make it home and the ones who don’t. It also opens the door to exploring and discussing the difficulties veterans face when they do return, and whether or not they are being given the support and respect they deserve.
I-Ready 45 minutes
Readworks- 2 assignments
-Paul Revere's Ride
-Colonization and Revolutionary War
Students will explore what it is like to be a paleontologist as they excavate fossils from their dig site using chocolate chip cookies and toothpicks.
Students will use this activity guide to record data as they experiment. They will also reflect on what it was like to do a paleontologist's job at the end of the activity.
1-I-Ready 45 minutes
2-Reflex- at least 2 green lights