Kindergarden Read - Aloud

32 Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 1B | The Home of the President: Washington, D.C.

6. What’s the word we’ve been talking about?
   Use a Making Choices activity for follow-up. Directions: I am going to
   say something. If what I say is something that is elected, say, “ is
   elected.” If what I say is something that is not elected, or something that
   the person/people did not choose, say, “ is not elected.”


7. the president of the United States
   
   
   • The president of the United States is elected.
   
   
   
   


8. a king or queen
   
   
   • A king or queen is not elected.
   
   
   
   


9. a class pet that all the students vote on
   
   
   • A class pet that the class voted for is elected.
   
   
   
   


10. a game you choose to play during free choice time.
    
    
    • A game I choose to play is elected.
    
    
    
    


11. something your parents tell you to do
    
    
    • Something my parents tell me to do is not elected.
    
    
    
    

 End-of-Lesson Check-In

Venn Diagram Review

Choose four students to focus on and record their scores on the Tens

Recording Chart. For this kind of informal observation, you should

give a score of zero, five, or ten based on your evaluation of students’

understanding and language use.

0 Emergent understanding and language use

5 Developing understanding and language use

10 Proficient understanding and language use

• Remind students that this is a Venn diagram. Remind them that a
  Venn diagram can be used to compare and contrast two things.
  
  
  • Ask students: “What does it mean to compare?” (to show how two
    things are similar)
  
  
  • Ask students: “What does it mean to contrast?” (to show how two
    things are different)
  
  
  
  


• Explain that you are going to talk about the read-aloud and that you
  are going to compare and contrast kings/queens and presidents.