West Jordan Elementary

At West Jordan Elementary we used the subjuct of hiccups as a share and pair.

The Wonderful Thing About Hiccups by Margery Cuyler is a delightful book about a series of out landish experiences and a set of rules related to library books. It ends by mentioning the library might have a book about how to get rid of hiccups.

Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn  by Melvin Berger is a non-fiction book that tells what happens to the body when we sneeze,shiver, hiccup, and yawn.

How the Body Works by Steve Parker is another non-fiction book with a few pages found in the index on hiccups.

Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler is a fun book to end the subject with all the wild things the skeleton does to get rid of the hiccups.

 

We used February to put out all the new Biography books. We made sure we had one about George Washington and a couple on Abraham Lincoln books. 

Farmer George Plants a Nation by Peggy Thomas. Describes how George Washington built his farm at Mount Vernon, discussing his experiments with seeds, fertilisers, tools and presenting related letters and diary entries.

 

We celebrated Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday with:

Vinnie and Abraham by Fitzgerald Tells the story of Vinnie Ream, an aspiring artist living in Washington D.C. during the Civil War, who gained a reputation as a sculpter and succeeded in persuading President Abraham Lincoln to sit for her, an honor that led to her winning a government commission to create a statue of Lincoln after his assassination

Stand Tall Abe, Lincoln by Judith St. George An illustrated account of the early life of Abraham Lincoln in the backwards of Kentucky and Indiana, discussing how the support and encouragement of his stepmother Sally Johnston propelled him to success.

 

To end our Biography unit we had the students pick a President of the United States, find a book on the shelf about them and find one interesting fact about that President to share with the class.