Kindergarden Read - Aloud

Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 7B | Te d d y Ro o s eve l t 123

 Show image 7A-8: Roosevelt and children on a nature walk

Directions: Look at the picture. You and your partner will ask and answer

questions based on what you heard in the read-aloud and what you see

in the picture.

1. First, one of you should make up a question about the picture using
   who. Then, your partner should answer that question.


2. Next, one of you should make up a question about the picture using
   what. Then, your partner should answer that question.


3. Next, one of you should make up a question about the picture using
   when. Then, your partner should answer that question.


4. Next, one of you should make up a question about the picture using
   where. Then, your partner should answer that question.


5. Finally, one of you should make up a question about the picture using
   why. Then, your partner should answer that question.
   Variations

• Do this activity as a class with one group asking questions and the
  other group answering.


• Do this activity with home-language peers.

 Vocabulary Instructional Activity
Word Work: Conserving

1. In the read-aloud you heard that Teddy Roosevelt felt that conserving
   nature was important.


2. Say the word conserving with me three times.


3. Conserving means saving or keeping something from being wasted.


4. We are conserving electricity by turning off the lights when we are
   finished using them.


5. Tell your partner what you do to conserve something. Try to use the
   word conserving when you tell about it.
   [You may wish to prompt students by asking them how they can
   conserve water, paper, and electricity. Ask two or three students.
   If necessary, guide and/or rephrase the students’ responses: “I am
   conserving when I... ”]


6. What’s the word we’ve been talking about?