Electing to Make Good Choices!

"We Elect to be Drug Free"
This week we have been learning about making good choices for ourselves. We have been talking about "Saying No to Drugs". The slogan this year flowed nicely with the upcoming election on Tuesday. We discussed the meaning of the word "elect". The children were right on target and came up with: select, opt, vote for, make up my mind to do, choose!

We also have been learning about the three branches of government and how government officials are elected. We saw several different "Brain Pop" videos on government and election processes this past week!

We also learned a lot about bats as we read two stories, Stellaluna and The Great Ball Game. We compared bats to birds and learned some interesting facts about bats.

Bats are the only flying mammals.
Certain bats eat fish, insects, flowers, and fruit.
The largest bat is called the "flying fox". It can have a wingspan of 6 feet.
Bats like to sleep upside down.
Bats use echolocation to see their way through the dark night sky.

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