Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge

Last week we had a fun time with our FIAR story of the week- The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge It's a neat story about a Lighthouse in New York City, and how the George Washington Bridge was built above it. On Monday we talked about New York- Read the Book Fireboat- the adventures of the John J. Harvey- a book about a fireboat that was retired, and some people bought it and fixed it up. On 9-11 they used the boat to help fight the fires after the terrorist attacks. Warning- it's a real tear-jerker- Doodle couldn't quite understand why I couldn't read the book without crying. I explained to him that it's a true story- that people really did crash airplanes into the buildings, and many people died, though we've talked about it before- I'm not sure he grasps the impact of it all. Tuesday we talked about personification- this book is an excellent example of personification. Wednesday we looked at the pictures in the book, talked about the colors used in it. Thursday we read The Bridge Book by Polly Carter and talked about different kinds of bridges. Then of course- we build some bridges- first out of craft sticks- (use number 10!) and then out of duplo lego blocks.