The lines were long, but Mrs. Hurak's class and the entire second grade came out and did their duty as American citizens by voting for their favorite candy! Our class candy candidate was Skittles and our competitors were Nerds, Gummy Worms and Smarties!
All this week we have been discussing the election process, being a president and writing persuasive essays convincing Mill Valley to vote for Skittles!
We began by learning about our candidate by doing a Skittles Sensory Exam. Then we wrote pursuasive essays. The people who wrote the most descriptive and creative essay and could present their essay won the chance to have the TV ad on the morning announcements! Congratulations to Ava and Gigi!
Next, we talked about what we would do if we were president. The first picture is our web we created on the Smart Board with our thoughts - thought they were too cute not to share! After we created the web, we put our thoughts into a narrative! Those are hanging in the hall and will be home soon!
Next, we made campaign posters for our Skittles Candidate and hung them in the hallways convincing Mill Valley students to vote for our candy!
And lastly, we went out and waiting patiently in line to cast our vote. We did the complete voting process of checking in and signing our name and then waiting for a booth to open. Then we voted with a REAL voting machine (a little dated, but was once used by the poling stations!)
Then we received our "I Voted Today" stickers!
GO SKITTLES!
