November is Native American Heritage Month. Our newsletter will include some literacy activities that you can do in honor of this month. In addition to Thanksgiving we have another important holiday, Veteran’s Day. This is a great opportunity for elementary teachers to teach about patriotism and love of the country as we take time to honor the Veterans who defend and protect us. This Veteran’s Day is also the 100th anniversary of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We have a fun lesson activity in the newsletter based off of a brand new picture book about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
This month you will find informational texts on Soldiers (1st Grade), Fry Bread (2nd Grade), Arctic Tundra (3rd Grade), Navajo Code Talkers (4th Grade), The Sugar Act (5th Grade), and WW1 Poppies (6th Grade). There is also a list of picture books that you could use to talk about the anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Veteran’s Day, and Native American Heritage Month. Teachers can find a visualization activity, an image analysis activity, and a comparing viewpoints activity that are tied to your literacy standards and a social studies picture book.