St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by reading Irish folk tales and using the Story Cube tool to create a graphic organizer and see what characteristics are unique to Irish tales.

Our solar year is 365.24219 days. Since our calendar does not deal in partial days, every four years, we add an additional day to February.

Students consider how America, Americans, and the flag are represented in different patriotic songs and hypothesize about the reasons for their differences.

Students explore the effects of music on a story by reading a story, novel, or play, viewing the musical version, and comparing the two. Students can then select a text read in class and create a musical adaptation.

After exploring the ways that monarch butterflies react to seasons, students complete an inquiry study to examine how other things change because of the seasons and create a class anthology.

Students choose to research a piece of art, music, dance, literature, or food that suitably represents Mexico and create a presentation for the class.