In observance of Veterans Day and in honor of the individuals who are serving in the military, each student will write a letter to a soldier from the LG mountains who just turned 22 and is currently serving in the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan. We will be sending him a care package along with our letters. We're calling it "Candy for Andy"--and he says the soldiers like canned Chef Boyardee and homemade cookies. The care package will ship at the end of NEXT week.
If you would like to read an article about Andy click HERE.
Below is a video that we watched to give us a glimpse into what life is like for Andy. Before watching the video, we made observations about what we "saw" in the opening frame and what we could "infer" from the expression on the soldiers face. It prompted an interesting class discussion.