American Symbols Bundle

This is the bundle!!! The American Symbols Unit and American Symbols Art. You and your students are going to LOVE over a month of reading, writing, and art! I created this as a perfect Open House unit. Kids, families and admin were so impressed! The American Symbols Included are: The White House, Bald Eagle, Mount Rushmore, American Flag, Liberty Bell, and the Statue of Liberty. UPDATE added The Washington Monument since so many of you requested it! This 130 page TpT best seller has everything you need! Want a perfect open house unit? This is it!

Reading:

Your students will rocket forward in their reading skills since this unit meets the informational; reading demands of the Common Core. This non-fiction is both engaging and fun. It is also written with young readers in mind.

Assessment:

With the provided tests you will be able to quickly assess who needs more help AND fill up your grade book!

Writing & Smart Art:

The SMART ART provided will make your room beautiful and demonstrate how intelligent your students are since there is a writing component on each project. What's not to love?

Ages and Stages:

Designed for first grade

Can be used in Fall of second grade

Can be used for kids who have 1/2nd grade reading level in a special education classroom.

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See all the pages in this unit! Click the preview button!

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2 interactive Little Books

• What is a Symbol
• Six American Symbols

8 Math and Literacy activities:

• Full Color Pictures for the Math Graphing activity
• Bar Graph
• Tally Graph
• Syllable clap out
• Clue match up " What Symbol is it?"
• Label Lady Liberty

Learning the Pledge:

• Mixed up Pledge Activity
• Pledge Oral Speaking Note home
• Pledge Oral Speaking rubric for grades

8 Fluency / reading comprehension pages:

• What is symbol ?
• What is a landmark ?
• The Flag
• The White House, the home of the President!
• The Statue of Liberty
• Liberty Bell
• Bald Eagle
• Mount Rushmore

6 Word Word and Sentence Editing Activities:

• The Statue Of Liberty
• The White House
• The Liberty Bell
• Mount Rushmore
• Bald Eagle
• American Flag

2 Patriotic themed student writing pages:

• Primary lines
• Regular lines

4 assessments:

• cut and paste
• circle the symbol
• match it
• calendar symbols

6 art projects are perfect for making American Symbols come alive!

• The Statue Of Liberty
• The White House
• The Liberty Bell
• Mount Rushmore
• Life-sized Bald Eagle Feather
• American Flag

Each SMART ART project has:

1. an academic task right on it to up the rigor thinking
2. masters that are printable and photocopy ready
3. directions in words and pictures

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-The Washington Monument Update- January 2018

1. Reading passage

2. Think and Match

3. Syllable Clap Out

4. Clue Match Up

5. Vocabulary search with sentence editing

6. Writing Pre-wite Brainstorming

7. Quick Write with sense of closure

8. Updated Assessment that includes the Washington Monument

9. Updated Math Graphing- "What's Your Favorite American Symbol?"

10. Art Project with Directions done in words and pictures

Enjoy,

Katie Knight

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