Rhode Island

The kids' favorite thing they learned about for Rhode Island was definitely Providence's Waterfire celebration. They are really intrigued. 

Books:

• R is for Rhode Island Red: A Rhode Island Alphabet by Mark R. Allio

• Rhode Island (A True Book: My United States) by Nel Yomtov

• Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams by Avi

• Mill by David Macaulay

• Blizzard by John Rocco

• Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound by Kathleen Cornell Berman

• The Bravest Woman in America by Marissa Moss

• Nickommoh!: A Thanksgiving Celebration by Jackie French Koller

• The Wampanoag by Janey Levy

• Article on Annie Smith Peck: https://kids.kiddle.co/Annie_Smith_Peck 

• Article on Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Matilda-Sissieretta-Jones/633226 

• Buddy Cianci: https://kids.kiddle.co/Buddy_Cianci

Art Project:

Waterfire

Not surprisingly, they chose to depict Waterfire for their Rhode Island art project. Made using colored sharpie (for outlines, small details), oil pastel (moon, wall, fires, boat, ripples), and water color (water and sky).