Kindergarden Read - Aloud

96 Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 6 | Abraham Lincoln

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 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Identify Abraham Lincoln as an important president of the United

States

 Explain why Abraham Lincoln was known as “Honest Abe”

 Recall that Abraham Lincoln created a law to end slavery

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—Abraham

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

 With prompting and support, describe the role of an author and

illustrator in a trade book about Abraham Lincoln (RI.K.6)

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

that explain why Abraham Lincoln is known as the “Honest Abe”

(RI.K.8)

 With assistance, record characteristics of presidents on an Idea Web

(W.K.8)

 Describe a time you were serious (SL.K.4)

 Identify new meanings for the word head and apply them accurately

(L.K.4a)

 Identify real-life connections between words—proclaim and serious—

and their use (L.K.5c)