Despite the storm we were able to stay on track with learning about the United States. We discussed a few of the symbols of the United States including the bald eagle and American Flag. Students took part in a read aloud about the steps taken for the women's right to vote. The students explored the

This week we have been very busy exploring our national symbols. We learned that these symbols represent our country. The national symbols study will help us to get ready to discuss what the president’s job entails, the three branches of government, and how voting works. Our first national symbol that we studied this week is

This week we focused on firefighters and police officers. We had a fire drill, talked about how firefighters and police officers help the community, had a visit from real firefighters and police officers, discussed why there are laws, and read about firefighters in our Weekly Reader. We also had an optometrist, a radiologist, and a

This week has been all about health. We talked about taking care of our teeth, our pets, and ourselves. We learned that doctors help us. We learned that dentists take care of our teeth. In order to have a better understanding of our teeth, we learned the names and functions of the three different kinds

If our students current aspirations are any indication of the careers they are going to have in the future we will have a very diverse workforce coming out of Pembroke. We have students in our class who want to be everything from construction workers to ballerinas. The first book we read in our new theme