Kindergarden Read - Aloud

Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 7A | Te d d y Ro o s eve l t 115

TTe d d y R o o s eve l teddy Roosevelt

7 A

Introducing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes

What Have We Learned?

 Show image 7A-3: Abraham Lincoln

• Ask students to name the important president yesterday’s read-aloud
  was about. Ask them to describe Abraham Lincoln. Call on volunteers
  to answer. Remind students that Abraham Lincoln had the nickname
  “Honest Abe.”
   Show image 6A-1: Lincoln and his hat


• Have students recall what was under Lincoln’s hat and why it was
  important.


• A piece of paper that declared that slavery was illegal and that enslaved
  people were free.

Introducing Teddy Roosevelt

• Remind students that they have been learning about important
  presidents of the United States. Explain that in today’s read-aloud,
  they will hear about a vice president. Explain that a vice president
  is a person who is elected with the president and who helps the
  president. Explain that a vice president is just one step below a
  president, and that if a president dies, the vice president becomes the
  new president until a different president is elected.
   Show image 7A-1: Theodore Roosevelt


• Tell students that today they will learn about Theodore Roosevelt.
  Explain that Theodore Roosevelt was first a vice president before
  he became a president. Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth
  president of the United States.
  [Point to Theodore Roosevelt on the Presidents Timeline.]


• Pass around a teddy bear. Ask students: “What is this called?” (teddy
  bear)