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Discovery Education's Clip Art Gallery created by Mark A. Hicks, illustrator. Went shopping today at a local mall with my daughter and her friend.   We were in the mall for about two hours when all of a sudden a loud, blaring alarm was ringing out!  I looked around and the shoppers and store workers were nonplussed.  Clearly, it was a fire alarm and no one seemed the least bit bothered by it as they continued to go about their business.         Since my daughter and her friend were in another part of the mall I texted them and told them to leave the mall immediately.   "Already leaving" was what I got in return. (Most likely because they had practiced what to do at school.) Outside the mall, as I waited for the girls, I noticed there were only a handful of shoppers who also left the building. In the distance sirens blared as fire engines were making their way into the parking lot.   Still hardly anyone had exited the mall....

At the start of each new school year my students are introduced to a lesson in Citizenship.   This lesson will lay the groundwork as we work together to establish rules in our classroom.  made with Doodlebuddy Here are some definitions which help students understand this often-confusing term.  The highlighted definition will be the focus of instruction this year. "Citizenship" as defined by Dictionary.com :     noun :  1. the state of being vested with the rights, privileges, and duties of a citizen.             2. the character of an individual viewed as a member by society; behavior in terms of the duties, obligations and functions of a citizen. Students will be introduced (via a Smartboard Notebook lesson) to the following 5 categories that help define citizenship; Respect, Fairness, Caring, Responsibility,  and Honesty (categories based on information provided by the Scott Foresman Soci...