Grammar - March 4

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Monday, March 4, 2024

Today is Benjamin Harrison Day, Brain Injury Awareness Day, Marching Music Day, Backcountry Ski Day, Dance the Waltz Day, Grammar Day, Pound Cake Day, Snack Day, Sons Day, and Toy Soldier Day.

Women's History Month Resource of the Day: All About the Holidays: Women's History Month

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

SONGS OF THE DAY 

  • Schoolhouse Rock - Unpack Your Adjectives - LISTEN
  • Schoolhouse Rock - Conjunction Junction - LISTEN
  • Schoolhouse Rock - A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing - LISTEN
  • Antonio Vivaldi - Spring - LISTEN
  • The Orginal Caste - One Tin Soldier - 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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