Book-It Theater performs at Bennett

On Wednesday, November 21, Book-It Theater will perform Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco. This wonderful book deals with learning struggles and bullying. If you'd like to have the story read to you click on the link below:


http://www.storylineonline.net/

You may already know of this fabulous web resource. The Screen Actors Guild has famous actors (and Al Gore) reading storybooks aloud often with the text along the bottom. Who wouldn't want James Earl Jones to read them a story?

To access Thank you, Mr. Falker, simply click on "More Stories" twice, then on the book title. The actress, Jane Kaczmarek, will then read you the story.

Interactive Flag that inspired the National Anthem

This summer I was fortunate enough to visit Washington DC. While there, my family and I visited several museums including the museum of American History. One of the most interesting and moving exhibits was of the American Flag that inspired "The Star Spangled Banner". Here is a link to an interactive website of the flag.

This image was found here: http://www.galleryoftherepublic.com/usflags/starspangled.htm



Today our school held its annual Veteran's Day assembly. Perhaps your child would like to take a closer look at the flag Mr. Panther discussed.

The Electoral Process Explained

Students are surprised to learn that a presidnet can be elected even if he has not one the popular vote. The electoral process can be hard to explain, but this video does a stellar job explaining how it works.

Video Explaining the US Election Process


Hope you voted.