Patriot's Day (FREEBIE!)

Tomorrow is Patriot's Day. Tomorrow is a day that those of us who witnessed 9/11 by TV or phone call, or in person will never forget. It was a day when we were able to put aside political  ideas,  and stand as One Country. Tomorrow I will take time, as I do each day, to be proud of being a United States citizen by pledging allegiance to the flag. I also teach my students the National Anthem. I like to introduce my students to the National Anthem on Patriot's Day. I would love to share my copy of the Pledge and the National Anthem with you. I hope that you will take a moment to be proud to be an American with me! I will never forget and I pray that my children's children will grow up with the freedoms and rights that I take for granted.

This is the complete Pledge!

Here is a puzzle to put the basic sight words back into the Pledge!
Click the picture if you'd like a copy.

Dawnzer Lee Light

Let me be the first to wish you a...

Do your students know the Dawnzer Lee Light song? If you've read Ramona then you know that each morning at school they sang the dawnzer lee light song. Of course Ramona thought there was a special lamp that gave off lee light.  I'm happy to say that none of my first graders leave first grade unaware of our National Anthem.

I consider myself  patriotic. I love the USA and the freedoms I have here. I've traveled from "sea to shining sea." Though my children have never been to Disney World they have been to The Grand Canyon, a redwood forest, The Rocky Mountains, The Smoky Mountains and countless other national treasures.  My son got to lay the wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of his grandfather who was a B-17 pilot. I'm immensely proud of my niece and nephew who serve in the armed forces.  I cry when they play the National Anthem at sporting venues. I am a United States Citizen and proud!

I have found this book to be immensely engaging and helpful when I teach the National Anthem to my students.  Though it is a board book, it's not just for babies!  Even my 8th grade music students found it to be interesting and informative.  I learned from this book that Francis Scott Key wrote the poem on the only paper he had...The back of a letter!

click if  you'd like your own copy!