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Today was amazing! The kindergartners have been learning about American Symbols and their locations in the United States. We have done research, read books, created our own books. Last week we made our own passports and travel suitcases to prepare us for our TRIP across the giant North American map. This morning the students we greeted by their groups travel agent and they were escorted to each site where a tour guide introduced the students to each American Symbol, stamped their passport and quizzed the students on their knowledge of each symbol. After visiting each site the students were given a souvenir to help the students remember each site! There were many destinations to visit. Off the coast of Maryland was a British warship to help us learn about the war of 1812 and the inspiration and perspective of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. Students used telescopes to look back at the coast to spot to Ft. McHenry. At the US / Canadian border student learned about Niagara Falls and watched a brief video of the falls. On the western part of the map students learned about the American Bald Eagle in Alaska, watched a volcano erupt in Hawaii and visited the Golden Gate Bridge in California. Students also had the opportunity to visit Mt. Rushmore, see Bison in Yellowstone National Park, stop by the Grand Canyon and see some alligators in the Everglades! Based on what we saw and heard the students doing this morning, the students are becoming American Symbol experts. Great work kindergartners!
THANK YOU to all the parents and Burlington Public Schools staff who took the time to help us with this special project. We couldn't have done made it work without your help!
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We enjoyed a special engineering project with Mr. Musselman from the Burlington Science Center today. The students built shade structures to try to protect their popsicles from melting in the sun! The project involved working in a small group to make a plan, build a structure, and test it out! The students were very successful! All four groups designed and built structures that kept their popsicles from melting as fast as the one left in the sun. Please ask your child to describe the project and what he/she did to help protect the popsicle!
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The Pine Glen community has taken an active roll in making sure that all are accepted. We are an inclusionary school where all are welcome. We have been focusing on many attributes that help improve interpersonal relationships and help with the social and emotional health of the members of our school community. Some of these month-long themes have been empathy, respect and kindness. As an end of the year collaborative project. Mrs. Tilton our guidance counselor and Miss Fallon our art teacher have introduced all students to Pine Glen's River of Kindness which will be displayed out front. All staff and students K-5 will paint a rock like a fish and have it displayed outside. Yesterday Mrs. Tilton came to our room and read the book "Only One You" by Linda Kranz. The students then planned for how they would paint their fish in an illustration and journal page. This afternoon we went down to the art room and Miss Fallon guided us through part of the process of creating the rockfish and then the students used their plans to paint their fish. Everyone enjoyed this experience. Thank you to the PTO who funded this project. We are all looking forward to seeing the completed River of Kindness.
