Letter about Grandparent Students will research why and how National Grandparent's Day was started. Then students will write a letter nominating a grandparent for the Grandparent of the Year. Copies of the letter will be sent to the National Grandparents Day Council and the grandparents. In the letter, students will tell about qualities they appreciate about that grandparent and will recall a special moment they remember. As an extended activities, students may send free electronic greeting cards to grandparents with Internet access.
Students can personalize the cards with their own messages.
Next students will use the links below to view five famous landscape paintings. In a whole group discussion led by the teacher, students should compare and contrast the five paintings. Then each student should write a journal entry telling which painting is most like their art of Willie's farm. Students should include at least three ways their artwork is similar the painting. They will view the Internet sites below, select their favorite place and make an electronic postcard describing the trip.