There’s a lot going on this week: Valentine’s Day and President’s Day and all the fun that comes with them.
I’ve already shared lots of ideas for Valentine’s Day ~ if you missed it you can read about it { here }
If you want a closer look at my president’s pack you can see it
here: http://bit.ly/2l3U7V7
As you can see there a lot of things to cover! It’s a great time to incorporate informational text and talk to your younger students about the differences between fiction and non fiction.
I like to use this when I teach on that concept: It includes a fun headbandz game on the text features that my kids LOVE!!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fiction-and-Non-Fiction-Pack-with-Craftivity-863384
My team teacher and I made these cute Abe handprints a few years back, it’s easy especially if you have parent helpers.
My president pack has lots of skills covered in it, from writing to math to art. Here’s a closer look:
I love these crafts because their hats have pages in them. The George Washington’s craft has writing under his chin and true/false pages in his hat. While the Abe Lincoln craft has writing pages in his hat.
There are several math skill pages – skip counting, color by number, comparing numbers, etc.
There are also sight words pages, sight word mini books, poetry and fact sorts.
Have your students do a coin rub of the presidents and learn about which coins/bills they are on:
Here are some great books to read this week as well:
It might also be fun to do a coin rub – hand out pennies and quarters and have them put them under a piece of paper and rub a crayon over them. They will end with a neat coin rub for each president.
If you want to grab this coin rub as a freebie – get it here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-3YVoC8npRuTUxVWXNHenVHQkE/view?usp=sharing
I hope I’ve given you some ideas for Presidents’ Day and you enjoy your week with your students!
