Election Day Thematic Unit

Who will be our president? 

Enjoy teaching young children about the election while practicing academic skills!

This 87 page thematic unit is strategically linked to common core standards!

Scripted Literacy Lessons:
A Call From Mr. President: Alphabet Letter Fluency
Race to the Capital: Identifying Alphabet Letters and Sounds
Bear Country Voters: Writing Alphabet Letters

Independent Activities: 
Patriotic Sounds: Isolating the Beginning Sounds in Words
Rhyming Flags: Rhyming
The Flag: Sentence Tracing

Math Lessons With Independent Options:
Campaign Buttons: Ordering Numbers 0-12
Red, White, and Blue Party: Counting (or Adding) Objects
The Donkey and the Elephant: Comparing Numbers
Independent Activities: 
Counting Stars: Counting Objects to Match a Given Number
Design a Flag: Recognizing Shapes Regardless of Orientation


Art Projects

Patriotic Art
Flag Construct


Social Studies

Let’s Vote
Campaign Buttons
Campaign Signs

Writing
Who Will Be Our President
If I Am President
Election Word Wall
Class Book: The Election

Guided Reading Books
The Flag
The Election

Songs/Fingerplays

The Three Little Colors
Mr. President