Grandparent's Day was celebrated Monday, April 27, 2009, at Washington Township Elementary School. 35 grandparents visited the first grade room. We had grandparents visiting us from far away and some that were as close as next door. I think the farthest away anyone traveled this year was Indiana. The first graders demonstrated their Chinese skills, read to them, and also interviewed them as to what school was like for them. We discovered an interesting fact.........the things grandparents remembered about school and the things that were important to them are not all that different than what is important to us today......good friends, good teachers, and fun learning activities.
We started out the day by demonstrating our Chinese skills for our grandparents.
We interviewed our grandparents about what life was like when they were in school. We also learned a little bit about what our parents were like when they were our age. Our grandparents all gave us some advice about how to be successful in life.
We showed our grandparents how well we could read. They were quite impressed that we were all "reading machines"
