Veterans Day Thematic Unit & Flip Book

Veterans Day is just around the corner. Here is a closer look at all that is included in my Veterans Day unit. You can find each of the files mentioned in this post by clicking on any of the pictures.

Miscellaneous Writing Prompts, Graphic Organizers, and Graphs including supplies to create classroom charts

7 different military "Dear Veteran" letter writing pages that feature 7 different military branch clipart images

Interview a Veteran writing page and Veterans Day Comprehension Sheet

Veteran Labeling Posters (Color and B&W) and 3 differentiated student labeling activities

Branches of the Military and Vocabulary Cards

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All About Veterans Day classroom "Big" Book featuring real life pictures and a student black and white little reader that is offered two to a page and reads exactly as the colored classroom Veterans Day book does so students are able to follow along.

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My Veterans Day flip-flap book is a great addition to my Veterans Day Thematic unit and can be bought separately HERE.  2 versions of the book have been provided to best suit the needs of your class and can be used for differentiation within the classroom.

This flip book is 6 pages long including the cover. Students will have the opportunity to complete the following pages:
-What is Veterans Day?
-When is Veterans Day observed?
-How is Veterans Day observed?
-What is a Veteran?
-Characteristics of a Veteran

The one set of pages includes pre written sentence starters for students to complete on kid writing lines. The second set of pages includes blank space for students to complete on their own.

President’s Day Resources

I have said it a couple times before, but man is this month FULL of things to be teaching our little ones. I know many have had ALOT of snow days which makes it even harder to get everything in that they need to.

With President’s Day coming up, I wanted to share with you a little peek inside my President’s Day unit.

This pack is structured like all my other themed units and also includes a bonus patriotic heart craft.

Seeing what the kids write using these writing prompts is always so fun. These prompts/pages allow students to use their imaginations and get as creative as they want.

All my units contain various graphic organizers for you to use to help build schema for your unit. I feel it is necessary to continue supplying these types of organizers to my students in order to help with comprehension of information they are being presented. If we continue to offer these types of resources it will lead to them being able to independently use these skills on their own while reading and learning, which will lead to better comprehension of text and information.

An activity I have been adding to all my units is a one page reading comprehension passage. It includes 3 comprehension questions on the bottom for students to answer. All answers can be found within the text. You can have students color code the information they found to answer the question with the question in order to encourage students to make sure their answer is correct. One is provided for both Washington and Lincoln.

One of my favorite activities I include in my units is a labeling activity. Various options are provided to allow for differentiation within the classroom. A colored and black and white poster for both Washington and Lincoln is provided to discuss the parts of as a whole group and to then display during your unit. 3 differentiated student labeling activities are also provided for each president: one cut-and-paste activity, one fill-it-in using the word bank, and one fill-it-in with no word bank.

This unit also includes some fact sheets students can fill in. The information needing to be filled in can be learned using the reader included in the pack, but there are many sources to find the information as well.

Students will also love the colorful, vibrant, real life pictures in the classroom “big” book. They will be able to follow along with the black and white student reader. They will love having their very own book, just like the teacher :)

The pack also consists of directions and materials to make this Patriotic Heart craft (this craft takes some time and needs a lot of attention to detail so make sure your students are able to follow directions well.)

Looking for more President’s Day resources and cute ideas? Check out my President’s Day board on Pinterest.

To find my unit in my store, you can click on any of the pictures in the post or you can find it by clicking HERE.

I hope you were able to find some ideas that you can use to help teach your student’s about President’s Day. Have a good week friends and stay warm wherever you may be reading from. :)