Presidents Day and American Symbols

This unit is aligned to Common Core. It includes the following:

Writing:
All About America book. There is a cover for students' books, a table of contents, and over 20 writing options to choose from. Some of the writing options include: the American Flag, Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, the Bald Eagle, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, America, White House, and more!

Whole Group:
-2 Craft Ideas
-KWL
-Vocabulary
-Symbols (activity to help students understand what a symbol is)

Math:
-Patriotic Ten Frames-(K.CC.3) Working on ten frames with numbers 11-20
-Bald Eagle's Number Order-(K.CC.A.2, K.CC.3) Number sequencing to 20
-Let Freedom Ring Addition (K.OA.A.1) Simple addition with numbers less than 10
-Stars and Stripes Subtraction (K.OA.A.1) Simple subtraction with numbers less than 10
-Land of the Free-(K.CC.A.1) Counting to 100 by 10s activity and puzzles
-How Do You Measure Up?-(K.MD.A.2) Measuring against the Statue of Liberty
-United States of Shapes!-(K.G.B.4) Recognizing 3D shapes and their attributes
-Washington's Roll- (K.CC.A.1, K.CC.A.3) Recognizing and writing numbers 14-18
-Lincoln's Base Ten Blocks- (K.CC.A.3) Write the room with numbers 11-20

Literacy:
-Star Spangled Spelling (RF.K.1d, L.K.2c, L.K.2d) CCVC words
-Monument Middles (L.K.2, RF.K.3, RF.K.2d) CVC words/middle vowels
-Star Sentence Scramble (RF.K.1a, RF.K.1b, RF.K.1c, RF.K.3, LK.1f) Pocket chart sight word sentence scramble.
-Write the Room (L.K.1, RF.K.3, RF.K.1) Two different activities. One with sight words and one with thematic words.
-Digraph Dimes (RF.K.3) Working on /sh/, /th/, and /ch/
-Mount Rushmore Endings (RF.K.2)- Ending sounds
-I Love America! (RF.K.3) Sight Word and CVC word game

*Caitlin Clabby*
Kindergarten Smiles
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