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3. Take a field trip to a police station or town/city hall. Have
person you see talk about making laws and
consequences of breaking them.
4. Discuss
reasons to have laws, why people break laws, and punishments they should receive for breaking them.
5. Read about recent local and national laws. How are they similar and different? Try making a Venn Diagram. Could you make a bulletin board of them?
6. For those of you dealing with difficult children, ask your school's guidance counsellor for local groups that can help.
I hope these ideas are useful and inspire your own creativity. And remember...Reading is FUNdamental!

Freda J. Glatt, MS, retired from teaching after a 34-year career in Early-Childhood and Elementary Education. Her focus, now, is to reach out and help others reinforce reading comprehension and develop a love for reading. Visit her site at http://www.sandralreading.com. Reading is FUNdamental!