S.O.L. Train: Moments That Count in the Classroom: George Washington Activities

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http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/HIStory-Mp3-Song-453032I started the week with singing this song about history and then we discussed what history means. Then we started our study of George Washington and talked about his history.

I read this book and discussed it with the class. It is a nice short book that is on their level. We also started this Magic Treehouse book for a read aloud:

My kiddos love these books! The cool part of our discussion came when one of my students noticed this:

He remembered the picture from the first book I read and all the kids were like"Yeah"

So, we talked about the picture and how it is a famous painting. I laughed when one of my students said,"Yeah, but Jack and Annie aren't in the real one."

My students wrote a class book about George Washington:

Here are a few pages form our book:

I had my students do a book response half way through the Magic Tree House book:

We ended our week with an awesome and easy George Washington craft:

Start with a paper plate

Fold the plate like this:

Turn it over for the white horse.

Punch a hole for the tail that will be made with white yarn.

Put the yarn through the hole and tape on the bottom. The students will also need to make a horse's head out of white paper and glue it on the plate. I had my students make their own instead of giving them a pattern because it makes them all different and I love that!

Draw a face on an oval piece of manila paper.

Cut out a blue hat and glue it on the head and then glue cotton balls for the wig. Glue him on a stick. We used tongue depressors. Cut out a small red rectangle to wrap around the stick for a cape. Cut a hole in the middle of the plate for the stick to go up and down .