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April 30-May 6th
Our Program Transdisciplinary Theme: Where we are in time and place Central Idea: Lebanon has special characteristics that distinguish it from other countries. Lines of Inquiry: · The physical characteristics of where we live · The heritage of where we live · The places and things you’d like a visitor to see		Reminders/Notes · Grade 2 students will visit Beiteddine and Deir el Amar to se e traditional Lebanon. The visit’s purpose is to instil an appreciation of our culture and heritage as the students learn more about their country. Another purpose would be to make connections between the past and the present and to wonder about what remains and what’s gone… · We encourage the families to go sightseeing in Lebanon at this time of year. The weather is clement and there’s much to see in our country that the kids can start to appreciate. If you take any trips of this sort, please ask your child to write a journal entry accompanied with some photos in the Home Journal. A scrap book would be an alternative. · The students will be creating either guide books or brochures that explain to tourists about differnet parts of our country. The work will be done at school, but help in research might be needed from the home.
		Environment Tip/News: The next time you have the impulse to buy a new book to read, borrow it from the library or a friend instead of buying a new copy. Sharing books is a great way to reduce waste and reuse materials.
Friday Pick a place to research over the weekend. You can also plan to visit that place. The place could be either your native hometown or a touristic spot. Find answers to these questions: Location historical overview important things to visit food miscellaneous	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
	1.Get pictures of the place you’re researching. The photos have to be on a USB or CD. 2.Bring in pictures of traditional Lebanese houses.	Use these words in sentences: · tourism · unique · distinguish · characteristics	Draw and color a traditional Lebanese house of your creation. Name all the plane shapes you used in your drawing.	Write a short paragraph of 6 to 8 lines describing Lebanese food, music, or landscape.
Read the book that you have with you and remember to fill in your reading log on a daily basis.