Grammar - March 4

Friday, March 4, 2022

Today is National Snack Day, National Poundcake Day, Marching Music Day, National Grammar Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Grammar

ON THIS DATE

• 1681 - Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
• 1791 - Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
• 1794 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
• 1797 - John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, 
• 1917 - Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana takes her seat as the first woman elected to the House of Representatives. *
• 1933 - Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to serve in the Cabinet. *

BIRTHDAYS

• 1678 - Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi
• 1888 - Football coach Knute Rockne
• 1954 - Actor Catherine O'Hara
• 1966 - Children's author and illustrator Dav Pilkey

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Antonio Vivaldi - Spring - LISTEN

THEME:  Grammar

• Grades 1-12- PBS LearningMedia - No Nonsense Grammar Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - NHPBS Video - Nature, Grammar, and Purpose! (28:50) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Workplace Essential Skills - Grammar in Healthcare (1:07) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Workplace Essential Skills - Grammar and Usage in Manufacturing (2:05) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video -  A Conversation - Grammar Girl: Mignon Fogarty (26:51) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Dialogue - "Comma Queen" Mary Norris (28:51)  -  VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Tonight - The Subversive Copy Editor Takes Grammar (7:36) - VIEW

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Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
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