Dear Mr. President,

  Have you ever wanted to share your advice with the president? Here is your chance. The Washington Post and Handwriting Without Tears teamed up to allow kids to give a piece of advice to newly re-inaugurated president Barak Obama. Read the three pieces of advice offered by kids below.  Select one and tell if this is good or bad advice and explain why.  Then in three to four sentences leave your own advice for the president.  Make sure it is clearly stated and explain what exactly you want the president to think, say, or do.

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Dear Mr. President,

You should try to help the schools earn more money. Also help the homeless people and you should help lost animals. If we do that, we will make the world a better place. Do you know that I am recycling bottles and paper? I pick up all of the trash in my yard and help lost animals find its owner. If you have time, can you write back?

Sincerely,

Stephanie Carpenter, fourth grade, Lynchburg

Dear President Obama,

I have some advice for you. Let’s start off with better school lunches. I eat three times a day and I don’t look forward to lunch, so I bring lunch. We should at least get real food! They should be healthier and something more than a microwaved box with food. You should also make longer school recesses so there is less childhood obesity. There are just two of my many ideas. I’ll keep sending so watch out for . . .

Your citizen,

Andrew Misura, 10, Potomac

Dear Mr. President,

My hopes and dreams for the next four years are for there to be an All Ice Cream Day where you only eat ice cream for the day. Because I really like ice cream, and a lot of other people like it a lot.

Sincerely, Alec Butler, fourth grade, Vienn

To find out more about this project visit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/dear-mr-president-washington-area-kids-write-letters-and-offer-advice-to-barack-obama/2013/01/16/014edc4e-599d-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html

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I Swear...

The new President is inaugurated on January 20. A President who is re-elected must be sworn in again. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court reads the Oath of Office outside the Capitol Building. The President and Vice President swear to do their jobs to the best of their abilities and to be faithful to the Constitution. There is a huge parade up Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House after the official ceremony. The new President rides in a limousine or walks along the parade route, smiling and waving to the crowd. Many fancy inaugural balls are held all over the city of Washington at night to celebrate the President’s election.

source: http://www.congressforkids.net/Elections_inauguration.htm

After reading the brief information above in three to four sentences explain why is it important to have an inauguration? 

A Unique Point of View

M.C.Escher is an artist known for his black and white sketches that use geometric figures and  mind boggling  concepts in his works.  Use one of the images below to write a poem.  Your poem should include either personification, alliteration, or hyperbole/ exaggeration and be clearly connected to the work you select and be between five to ten lines long.  Make sure you tell what image you are using for your poem. 

    
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