In light of the historical inauguration today, I asked a class of 3rd graders to write 10 suggestions for President Obama. All twenty of these students are immigrants or children of immigrants from Mexico or another South American country, hence the grammar and spelling errors in their writing. Despite that, their wishes and messages are loud and clear… I never cease to be amazed by the little ones surrounding me…
10 Suggestions for President Obama
by Jennifer Mendoza, 8 years old
1. Give papers to Mexican people for immigration, like my parents.
2. Do not send any more soldiers.
3. Do not be mean with all the people of the United States.
4. Give money to poor people.
5. Give things like books to schools.
6. Fix Houses because in my house water goes in the house.
7. That people that work a lot pay them lots of money.
8. That people that go visit their family do not come hiding in a car or through mountains.
9. Give better jobs to Mexican people.
10. In my school the computers work, but sometimes they don’t work.
10 Suggestions for President Obama January 21, 2009
Even the Little Ones Love Him.. GObama!!! November 5, 2008
I’m subbing a 2nd grade class this whole week. And of course, today its a special day. It’s election day. All the kids know this. Although they are too young to vote for real, the concept of voting should still be taught early. And that is exactly what we did.
The entire school had our own voting process. Each classroom represented a state. Each student got their own ballot with the choice of McCain or Obama. The kids were super excited about this.
It just so happend that today’s math lesson involved learning about picture graphs. As the clever teacher that I am 
, the two concepts were quickly combined. The result? A very cute and complete landslide winning by Obama.
