We will have 2 unit studies going on this week.  The first,

Chocolate!!!!  The Fernbank Museum has a great educator packet full of information, ideas, and handouts on one of my favorite topics- chocolate. 

Here's our booklist:

The story of chocolate	Polin, Caryn J.
	Putumayo presents Latin playground [sound recording]
	Chocolate : riches from the rainforest	Burleigh, Robert.
	Chocolatina	Kraft, Erik.
	Milton Hershey : chocolate king, town builder	Simon, Charnan.
	Chocolate	Dineen, Jacqueline.
	Chocolate dreams : poems	Adoff, Arnold.
	The kids' book of chocolate	Ammon, Richard.

We'll be doing a mini-lesson on Safari Animals.  With this we'll do an "introduction to Africa."

For Black History Month:

Week 1: The history of black history

Week 2:  African-Americans "firsts"

Week 3: African-Americans in the arts

Week 4: African-Americans writers

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