Kindergarden Read - Aloud

Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 9B | Carving Mount Rushmore 151

Extensions 15 minutes

A Song about Mount Rushmore

• Have the class sing the Mount Rushmore song. This song is sung to
  the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”:
  On the Mount Rushmore
  monument,
  Carved out of rock:
  Washington,
  Jefferson, Lincoln,
  Roosevelt—
  Four of the U.S. presidents.

Mount Rushmore Puzzle (Instructional Master 9B-1)

 Show image 9A-1: Mount Rushmore

• Point out the face of each president and ask students to name the
  president.


• Hold up page one of Instructional Master 9B-1 so students can see.
  Tell students that you are going to give them a picture of Mount
  Rushmore without the faces of the presidents on it.


• Hold up page two of Instructional Master 9B-1 so students can
  see. Tell them that their job is to cut the faces out and put them
  in the correct places on the blank Mount Rushmore. (The order is
  Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln.)


• Once students have glued the faces on, have students compare
  their work with a partner. Have students tell their partner a fact about
  Mount Rushmore that they learned from the read-aloud.

Domain-Related Trade Book

• Find a trade book about Mount Rushmore to read aloud to the class.


• Explain to students that the person who wrote the book is called the
  author. Tell students the name of the author. Explain to students that

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