130 Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 8A | Barack Obama
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8 A
Introducing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes
What Have We Learned?
- Remind students that they have learned about four important U.S.
presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln,
and Teddy Roosevelt. Make sure students can match each president
to his corresponding Response Card. - Tell students the riddles you have prepared. Have students hold up
the Response Card(s) to answer. Ask students to name the president
and tell you some important facts about him using the pictures on the
Response Card as prompts.
Note: Remember to repeat and expand upon each response,
using richer and more complex language, including, if possible, any
read-aloud vocabulary. If a student’s response includes inaccurate
information, refer back to earlier read-alouds and/or illustrations to
correct any misunderstandings.
Introducing Barack Obama
- Tell students that in today’s read-aloud they will hear about another
president of the United States, but one who was elected much more
recently—or closer to today—than the other presidents they’ve been
learning about.
[Point out that the picture of Obama is much closer to today on the
Presidents Timeline than all the other presidents.] - Tell students that today they will hear about President Barack Obama.
He is the forty-fourth president of the United States. - Distribute Response Card 5 (Barack Obama) to each student. Ask
volunteers to describe each image on the Response Card. Correct
responses as necessary. Tell students that they will use this Response
Card to discuss today’s read-aloud and in future read-alouds.