Children enjoyed listening to biographies of when Washington and Lincoln were young and about their jobs and adventures before they each were president. They were surprised that they could make text-to-self connections with these famous leaders such as loving to read and having moved as a child. I was impressed that as Miss Teixeira read the books about Lincoln, the children were independently making wonderful text-to-text connections with what they learned about Washington.
We practiced finding the main idea and details of a nonfiction text as evidenced below in our Washington thinking map.
Chatterpix made our Washington directed drawings come to life so we could share our new knowledge with you!
After we learned about each president, we compared them in a Venn Diagram. Each student had a chance to pick a fact and determine where in the Venn Diagram it should be placed.
Lastly, we used information from this Venn Diagram, along with the many other intriguing facts we learned, to write opinion pieces about which leader was our favorite president.
Did your child teach you anything interesting about one of these presidents?
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
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