President's Day & American Symbols Bundle

This bundle will help your students learn about American Symbols, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln. It would be perfect for the month of February during President's Day.

Symbols:

In this unit, your students will learn about many famous American Symbols. T

There is a book about the symbols, copy 1 per page. This book will explain each symbol and how it became an important part of American history. ***There is now a color copy as well as black and white****

The symbols covered are:

• White House

• Bald eagle

• American Flag

• Liberty Bell

• Mount Rushmore

• The Washington Monument

• The Lincoln Memorial

• The Statue of Liberty.

In addition there is a packet created for each symbol. The packet allows your student to research and learn about different symbols. In my room, we will be grouping the students and each group will present their American symbol at the end of the week.

There is a mini word wall for children to refer to when spelling the American symbols.

Also included are the following activities:

White House:

• White House by Braithewaite anticipation guide

• Text to self

• Making words

Bald Eagle

• Anticipation guide by Cohen

Statue of Liberty

• Anticipation guide by Braithwaite

• Text to Self

American Flag

• facts vs. rules

• ABC American Symbols

• Opinion pre-writng and writing

• Informative prewriting and writing

***Finally, there is an entire section of modifications for children who may need this. The American Flag symbol report is offered in a modified version as well as the booklet. There is an additional book that introduces each symbol. (copy 2 per page, black and white).

President's Day Fun

This packet includes a section on George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and entire section on comparing and contrasting the two presidents. All pages are black and white except for posters and word wall cards to display in your classroom. This packet is now offered in a bundle with my symbols packet as well. Not all pages are shown in previews due to it being 126 pages.

George Washington

• A mini book for George Washington-copy two books / page

• Digging for Details

• Clarify Meaning

• Fact and Details

• Question of the Day

• Fact vs. Opinion

• Anticipation Guide to go with George Washington by Braithwaite

• Anticipation Guide to go with George Washington by Gilpin

• Making Words

• Word Wall

• KWL Posters

• Schema, New Learning, Misconceptions Poster

• Informative Pre-writing

• Informative Writing

• Was, Had, Wanted Writing

• Adjective Poem and Web

• George Washington Paper Topper Craft

Abe Lincoln:

• A mini book for Abe Lincoln-copy two books / page

• Digging for Details

• Clarify Meaning

• Fact and Details

• Abe's Hat Activity

• Question of the Day

• Anticipation Guide to go with Abraham Lincoln by Braithwaite

• Anticipation Guide to go with Abraham Lincoln by Gilpin

• Recall for the story Abraham Lincoln by Meltzer

• Making Words

• Word Sort

• Vocabulary Paper

• Was, Had Wanted Posters

• Schema, New Learning, Misconceptions Poster

• Word Wall

• Informative Pre-writing

• Informative Writing

• Adjective Poem and Web

• Abe Lincoln Paper Topper Craft

Compare and Contrast George Washington & Abraham Lincoln:

• Packet Cover

• Making Words

• Word Seach

• Alphabetizing

• Syllables

• Asking vs. Telling

• 4 Words of the Day

• Writing Rubric

• Survey

• Opinion Pre-writing

• Opinion Writing

• Informative Pre-writing

• Informative Writing

• Venn Diagram

• Large Book written about both presidents to help compare and contrast-black and white print one per page

• Black and White cards to create posters for comparing and contrasting

• Colorful cards to sort on a class Venn Diagram for comparing and contrasting

• 2 Crafts-one for each president

• Writing Assessment

****Offered Separately*****

Symbols of the United States.

President's Day Fun George Washington and Abe Lincoln.