32 Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 1B | The Home of the President: Washington, D.C.
- 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.” - the president of the United States
- The president of the United States is elected.
- a king or queen
- A king or queen is not elected.
- a class pet that all the students vote on
- A class pet that the class voted for is elected.
- a game you choose to play during free choice time.
- A game I choose to play is elected.
- 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)
- Ask students: “What does it mean to compare?” (to show how two
- Explain that you are going to talk about the read-aloud and that you
are going to compare and contrast kings/queens and presidents.