What a wonderful book, weaving the information about our beloved presidents into a story of elementary children putting on a play for Presidents' Day. This is a must read for any classroom to get ready for Presidents' Day.
Here are the teaching tips that you can use to help create a fun and meaningful lesson.
Reading level: 4.3
Theme: Presidents’ Day
Genre: Informational
Suggested Vocabulary: Mount Rushmore, granite, “a house divided against itself…”, scowled, Declaration of Independence, galloping, hobbyhorse, national parks, mural, redwood trees, Grand Canyon, Old Faithful, Everglades,
Reading skills and strategies:
- purpose for reading – to learn more about Presidents’ Day
- author's purpose – inform
- evidence
- the book talks about George Washington
- the book talks about Abe Lincoln
- the book talks about Teddy Roosevelt
- organization
- ideas or topics –talks about electing new presidents and some of the different presidents and some of their accomplishments
- Elections – when they are held and how they happen
- George Washington – first president
- Abe Lincoln – uniting our nation
- Thomas Jefferson – writing the Declaration of Independence
- Teddy Roosevelt – creation of national parks
- classify & categorize –
- classify - presidents
- categorize – by party
- compare & contrast –
- any of the presidents mentioned in this book
- fact & opinion –
- fact
- George Washington was the first president
- Abe Lincoln was the 16th president
- Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence
- Teddy Roosevelt created national parks
- Opinion
- Abe Lincoln was the best president
- George Washington did a better job than Thomas Jefferson as president
- Creating a united nation was more important than creating national parks
- The Declaration of Independence is the most important American document
- main idea & details –
- main idea – the text is mostly about the presidents that we honor during Presidents’ Day
- details
- George Washington because it’s his birthday and he was the first president
- Abe Lincoln because he united our nation
- Thomas Jefferson because he wrote the Declaration of Independence
- Teddy Roosevelt because he protected the land
- predict –
- What do you think the story is going to be about?
- Why do you think we celebrate Presidents’ Day?
- Why do you think we have elections?
- Why do you think we honor George Washington?
- Why do you think we honor Abe Lincoln?
- Why do you think we honor Teddy Roosevelt?
- Why do you think we honor Thomas Jefferson?
- Who do you think will win the class election?
- story elements –
- title – Presidents’ Day
- author – Anne Rockwell
- topic – honoring the presidents on Presidents’ Day
- organization – by topic or ideas
- KWL – have student give you this info
- summarize main idea –
- author – Anne Rockwell wrote
- book title – Presidents’ Day
- author’s purpose – to inform readers
- statement about topic – about what an election is and why we honor the presidents.
- at least 2 detail – We honor George Washington because he was our first president and we honor Abe Lincoln because he united our nation.
I have some One Pagers available for this book.
You can find these One Pagers in the Growing Holiday Bundle. This growing bundle already has 6 stories and will continue to grow as I add more.
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
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