September 21, 2020

September 21 is the International Day of Peace and our Stand4Peace event!
September 22, 2020, is the first day of fall (Autumn equinox)
September is Deaf Awareness Month
Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15 to October 15
 
Theme: “Letters”—Mail and the Alphabet
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TK, K: A Is for Autumn, by Robert Maass; Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run! by Mike Twohy
 
1st: Dear Dragon, by Josh Funk; AlphaOops: The Day Z Went First, by Alethea Kontis; Little i, by Michael Hall; Click Clack Moo, by Doreen Cronin
 
2nd: A Is for Musk Ox, by Erin Cabatingan; Dear Dragon, by Josh Funk; ASL manual alphabet video
 
DHH: A Is for Autumn, by Robert Maass; Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run! by Mike Twohy
 
3rd, 4th: The Gardener, by Sarah Stewart
 
5th: Kuklinski and Curry--Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch, by Mona Kerby; Gralnik--I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark, by Debbie Levy

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Learn your ABC's--in American Sign Language! And see below for The Peace Book, by Todd Parr, interpreted by Pennekamp's own Ms. Ashley for Pennekamp's DHH class

Owney, wearing his many souvenir dog tags, and a USPS stamp honoring Owney (for grade 5's selection this week: Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch, by Mona Kerby)

Did you know the U.S. Postal Service delivers 472.1 million pieces of mail each day? See the fascinating website The Kid Should See This (source of the video above) for more facts and videos about mail delivery.