Presidents Day Activities - George Washington & Abraham Lincoln - Craft, Writing

Are you looking for Presidents' Day Activities? This George Washington and Abraham Lincoln biography unit includes comprehension, writing and craft activities. This unit focuses on comprehension strategies such as: comparing & inferring and also nonfiction text features (timelines, table of contents, glossary, etc.)

This unit includes a 10-day lesson plan that will guide you through the process of using Read Alouds to teach the comprehension standards for reading and vocabulary. For this unit, you will need the nonfiction texts: George Washington by Caroline Crosson Gilpin and Abraham Lincoln by Caroline Crosson Gilpin. (National Geographic Kids)

This resource will give you ten days of ENGAGING lessons in the areas of:

• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Interactive writing
• Print & Digital Time Lines
• Response to literature •Differentiated for Kindergarten, first, and second grades
• Informational Text Features
• Study of Then and Now
• Crafts
• Sentence Study
• All About Writing/Nonfiction Research Books
• Rubrics & Anchor Charts for each comprehension skill

☀This product also includes a free 1 hour pre-recorded webinar that will provide tips and insights on how to effectively implement these units in your classroom.

Students will not only learn about using informational text structures in comprehending nonfiction books, they will also dive into creating their own text features as they write informational texts.

What a great way to learn about presidents!

This resource will save you hours of work because EVERYTHING is all planned out in easy to follow lesson plans and the materials are included for you! Just PRINT and TEACH!

Each week focuses on one book and takes you through a variety of lessons to get your kids reading like never before.

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