Kindergarden Read - Aloud

126 Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 8 | Barack Obama

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 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Identify Barack Obama as the forty-fourth president of the United

States

 Explain the importance of education in Barack Obama’s life and

presidency

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this lesson.

Objectives aligning with the Common Core State Standards are noted

with the corresponding standard in parentheses. Refer to the Alignment

Chart for additional standards addressed in all lessons in this domain.

Students will:

 With prompting and support, identify the main topic—Barack

Obama—and retell key details about this president (RI.K.2)

 With prompting and support, identify reasons given in the read-aloud

that explain why education is important to Barack Obama (RI.K.8)

 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose an

opinion piece about the president you most admire and explain why

(W.K.1)

 Describe one of your accomplishments in kindergarten (SL.K.4)

 Draw something about your accomplishment (SL.K.5)

 Draw something about your favorite president (SL.K.5)

 Identify real-life connections between words—education and

accomplishment—and their use (L.K.5c)

 Learn the meaning of common sayings and phrases, such as “where

there’s a will, there’s a way” (L.K.6)