America the Beautiful

 Each student made an American the Beautiful book.  Each day we learned about an American symbol by reading books, watching videos, and researching online.  After the students told me about the symbol we learned and I made a list on the SMARTboard.  Then the students chose three facts and illustrated each American symbol.  The final day the student made the cover and we stapled it together.  The students were very excited about their books. 

The idea came from  Kindergarten Smiles

We read two books about Abraham Lincoln then the students told me facts to write on the SMARTboard.  They got to write the facts on the papers and assemble Abraham Lincoln.  We did the same thing for George Washington.

In art center we made the American flag.  They fingerpainted the stars.  We told them to do 5 rows of 10, that was much easier to count to 50.  They cut out the red stripes.  We made to keep reminding them to cut out 7 red and leave space for 6 white. 

My mentor teacher and I cut out the Statue of Liberty's foot the exact length of 25 feet long.  The student took turns measuring the length with their bodies.  It took about 6 kids to stretch out the length of the foot.  We interactive wrote on the SMARTboard about the length of the foot.