On Monday, the boys had to do an oral on one of the men at the constitution. This was a first for CoolDude, and he did it with confidence and excellence! (Mamma's so proud of you precious boy!)
Today, I asked them to pretend that they were delegates at the Gibbons Funschool Convention. Their task(together) was to write a "Classroom Constitution" and a "Classroom Bill of Rights".
This is what they declared..........
OUR CLASSROOM CONSTITUTION
"We the students of Gibbons Funschool hereby say that laws shall be made by Mother. We the children can vote on a law and present it to Mother. If she likes it, she can sign it and it becomes a rule. If not, she can veto it. But if the children vote on it again, and more than two thirds agree, it will become a law without Mother's approval. (Apparently, she vetoed this line!)"
OUR CLASSROOM BILL OF RIGHTS "We the children of Gibbons Funschool, hereby declare that official school shall only be from 8AM to 1PM. We shall have a break from 10AM to 10:30AM and this time may not be altered. Everyone in the classroom shall be treated with respect and equality. When one person is talking, everyone else shall listen. There will be no interrupting."
We used two great books, so I thought I would give them a mention! (I linked them to Amazon)
That's it!
Love Fifi
4 comments:
What a great way to learn about the good ole USA! btw...We do school from 8am-1pm as well. Now the 10am break has not been made law just yet, but Im sure my boys would vote it in too!
Oh that's so cool. I will have to bookmark those books for future reference.
Oh that is such a neat idea! Love it ~ Hope ya'll are having a wonderful week! Love, Michelle
That was a great idea. I bet they had fun doing it.
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