Election Day Activites
Election season is here, and this one in particular will be getting a lot of attention in the media. Help your young learners understand the process by using great literature selections to help as you plan a thematic election unit.
To get you in the mood for thematic planning, check out our podcast interview with Mary Parry, author of Sadie McGrady, episode #24.
We want to make your planning a breeze!
We have for you a great cross-curricular packet that will not only offer students great academic skills practice, but also provides much more.
Contents include:
Literacy Activities
A Call From Mr. President: Alphabet Letter Fluency
Race to the Capital: Identifying Alphabet Letters and Sounds or Reading CVC Words
Washington and Lincoln: Reading and Matching Sight Words
Bear Country Voters: Writing Alphabet Letters
Patriotic Sounds: Isolating the Beginning Sounds in Words
Flags: Rhyming
The Flag: Sentence Tracing
Math Activities
Campaign Buttons: Ordering Numbers 0-12
Red, White, and Blue Party: Counting (or Adding) Objects
The Donkey and the Elephant: Comparing Numbers
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
Washington and Lincoln
Mr. President