Kindergarden Read - Aloud

Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 3A | A Clever General 51

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3 A

Introducing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes

What Have We Learned?

• Remind students that yesterday they heard the legend of George
  Washington and the cherry tree. Ask students: “What is a legend?”
  
  
  • A legend is a story from a long time ago that is not completely true.
  
  
  
  


• Ask students: “Which part of the legend was real and which part was
  probably made-up?”
  
  
  • It was true that George Washington was an honest man. It was probably
    made-up that he chopped down his father’s cherry tree.
  
  
  
  


• Ask students: “What does honest mean?”
  
  
  • Honest means being truthful, or telling the truth; an honest person does
    not lie or cheat.
  
  
  
  


• Remind students that they learned about the Founding Fathers—
  leaders who helped start the new country, the United States of
  America.


• Ask students: “Did our Founding Fathers—the leaders who started the
  United States—want a king? Why did they want a president and not a
  king?”
  [Refer the Kings/Queens vs. Presidents Venn diagram to prompt
  answers.]

Essential Background Information or Terms

• Tell students that in today’s read-aloud they will hear about events
  that took place a long time ago.


• [Show Image Card 10 (King George III).] Tell students that this is
  King George III. He was the ruler of both England and the American
  colonies at the time of today’s read-aloud.
  [Point to England and where the American colonies were located on a
  world map.]


• [Show Image Card 11 (General George Washington).] Explain that
  before George Washington became the first president of the United