Since we had school today, we spent a good amount of our time learning about Veterans Day. Today's mini unit was perfect timing, considering that we just finished up our Symbols of America unit last week. Today we learned what a Veteran is and even shared about people that we know who have served in the past. We brainstormed character traits of those who serve in our military. We watched short video segments explaining why we have Veterans Day and then listened to a song honoring our Veterans. At 11:11 A.M. we took a moment of silence to thank God for those who have served and to protect those who currently serve. We learned important vocabulary related to Veterans, and we put them in ABC order and looked for them in a word search. At the end of the day we wrote letters of thanks so someone we know that is in the military or who has served in the past.
Here is a video of the song we listened to in class. (Posting because several kids asked so they could watch and learn it at home.)
