I asked parents to send their child in with a name and/or picture of a veteran they would like to honor. We made Veteran's Day stars with the names/pictures of these men and women and hung them up on the wall. The students also got to stand up and tell us a little bit about their special person. It was really neat to hear all about them. I even had one boy bring in a picture of his great grandmother. She was in WWII. I'm guessing she was probably a nurse. The picture of her was so pretty. I just love how women always had their hair all done up pretty back then.
Anyway, I had seen somewhere in the past, a bulletin board that had a turkey with the kids' handprints as feathers that said, "We are Thankful for our Veterans." I thought this would be perfect for our classroom, so I did the turkey and then hung our Veteran's Day stars up. I'm excited to keep it up for a week until Thanksgiving!
Speaking of Thanksgiving, I am going to take on the task of a Thanksgiving Day Reader's Theater! I just love Reader's Theater!! I've never done it with students as young as mine, though, so we shall see how it goes!
