September 14 was National Anthem Day and September 17th was Constitution Day. In third grade music we've been working on learning the "Star Spangled Banner". We've learned about the writing of our national anthem and a little about its history. We've learned the lyrics (well...we're STILL working on that!) and the meaning of some of the words in the lyrics like "perilous", "gallantly" and "ramparts". To achieve these goals we've been working in Star Spangled Banner workstations. These workstations allow students to work on independent skills cooperatively.