Presidents Day & a Freebie!

Hello! I am popping in quickly tonight to share a few Presidents Day resources and a great freebie with you tonight!

First, my Abraham Lincoln Differentiated Biography Freebie is available HERE.  This is a FREE mini close reading unit that includes a biography of President Lincoln written on 3 different levels.  You are able to present all of your students the same information on their individual reading levels! As I tell my students "Easy, breezy, lemon-squeezy".  The text dependent questions and writing prompts are included so it is truly a free, "print and go" packet. :)

These Presidents Day Differentiated Close Reading Passages are perfect for grades 1-4.  This packet includes informational text articles based on: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama.  Each article is offered on 3 different reading levels and has text dependent questions and writing prompts included.  My first graders LOVED this unit last year!  I am so, so mad at myself that I don't have photos.  We had so much fun learning about the presidents and writing our "interesting facts".  (*Note to self: Stop being the worst blogger ever!  Take more photos!  Share cute ideas in a timely matter!)

Okay, I have to share one more thing with you.  I am so sorry if this post seems like a commercial.  I hate commercials.  Except THIS ONE. 

This is the best commercial I have ever seen.  Apparently it is from 7 years ago... that is hard to believe because I reference it weekly.  Anyone who has ever spent time in a kindergarten classroom can relate.  It makes me laugh SO HARD every. single. time.

Okay, so the one more thing... I saved the best for last! Here are my Presidents Day Posters:

These posters are full of fun facts about every American president.  These are REALLY fun facts.  Do you know which president had 2 pet raccoons that used to wander around the White House?  Or which president proposed to his wife on their first date?  4 American presidents were college cheerleaders... can you name them?  I promise you will have as much (or more!) fun with these posters as your students will.

I hung the entire set in our hallway last year and they were a huge hit!  Everyone who walked down the hall stopped in my room to comment on a newly learned trivia fact.  (It did not necessarily create the most uninterrupted learning environment... but we are a "go with the flow" kind of group so it was fun!)  I KNOW I have a photo of our hall display somewhere... I am hunting for it... but there is a good chance I won't find it before Presidents Day, so I am going to just update this post when I have it.  (*Note to self: Seriously!  Get better at this documenting things you are excited about so your blog isn't totally lame.*)

I hope there was something here that will help to make your Presidents Day planning a little easier and a little more fun... and I hope you are one of the lucky ones who gets a day off on Presidents Day!  (If you are one of the "lucky ones" know that I am jealous.  Very jealous.)