Black History Month

As February comes to a close, I thought it would be a great time to share a little bit about how we celebrated Black History Month in our classroom. The month kicked-off with each classroom decorating their door. A large variety of historic African Americans were showcased on the doors around the school, but I decided to spotlight Al Roker on our door. Not only is he a current influential African American, but he studies weather every day (which is a second grade standard) and he has a wonderful book club for kids. My students helped put the finishing touches on the door by writing about their favorite type of weather. We also read James and the Giant Peach as a class, which is a book that was featured in Al's Book Club for Kids. 

In addition to our wonderful decorated doors, our school had an African American read-in. For one full day, we invited influential African Americans from our local community into our school and had them read to our classrooms. We were lucky enough to have two readers come to our room and, boy, did my kids LOVE it! We had an excellent time celebrating Black History Month and my students learned a lot about the many African Americans that have influenced the world around them.