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Abraham Lincoln activities, President's Day activities, George Washington activities, President's Day crowns, crowns for Presidents day, Lincoln poster, Washington poster, Lincoln Venn diagram, Kennedy Venn diagram, Washington Venn diagram, I spy a letter game, presidents day games, venn diagrams, comparison and contrast ideas, Presidents day writing prompts, If you're still looking for some quick and easy activities for President's Day on Monday, you've come to the right place.

My Y5's loved making and wearing crowns, so I whipped off one that takes just a few minutes to put together.  Run off the Lincoln & Washington template. 

Abraham Lincoln activities, President's Day activities, George Washington activities, President's Day crowns, crowns for Presidents day, Lincoln poster, Washington poster, Lincoln Venn diagram, Kennedy Venn diagram, Washington Venn diagram, I spy a letter game, presidents day games, venn diagrams, comparison and contrast ideas, Presidents day writing prompts, Students glue it to a sheet of red or blue construction paper and trim around the edges.  Cut 3 inch wide red or blue construction paper strips the length of extra large construction paper.

Staple a strip and 1/2 together to make a quick headband.  Students glue their Lincoln/Washington picture to the middle. Measure a strip to fit snuggly around the student and staple so that the picky points are on the outside.  This way the band won't scratch or get caught in hair.

If you don't want to make a crown, this picture makes a nice poster.  Hang and use as a writing prompt for students to write about which President they like the best and why.

Click on the link to view/download the President's Day crowns. 

Abraham Lincoln activities, President's Day activities, George Washington activities, President's Day crowns, crowns for Presidents day, Lincoln poster, Washington poster, Lincoln Venn diagram, Kennedy Venn diagram, Washington Venn diagram, I spy a letter game, presidents day games, venn diagrams, comparison and contrast ideas, Presidents day writing prompts, Another simple President's Day activity will help your students understand the concept of comparison and contrast.

Whenever I teach this form of writing, I always introduce it with a Venn Diagram.

I've included a Venn diagram so students can compare Lincoln to Washington, or Lincoln to Kennedy.

There's also a trivia sheet to help students think of ideas.

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Finally, I always liked to have a few Tabletop worksheets for students to do.  Since some of my kiddo's were still struggling with upper and lowercase letter identification in February, I continued to play "I Spy!" games.

They are a quick and easy way to whole group assess, and students love doing them.

Simply run off the Lincoln and Washington templates.

Abraham Lincoln activities, President's Day activities, George Washington activities, President's Day crowns, crowns for Presidents day, Lincoln poster, Washington poster, Lincoln Venn diagram, Kennedy Venn diagram, Washington Venn diagram, I spy a letter game, presidents day games, venn diagrams, comparison and contrast ideas, Presidents day writing prompts, Have a quiet child start the game by calling out a letter.

Children search for the letter and circle it.  As soon as they've found it, they shoot their hand in the air.

Abraham Lincoln activities, President's Day activities, George Washington activities, President's Day crowns, crowns for Presidents day, Lincoln poster, Washington poster, Lincoln Venn diagram, Kennedy Venn diagram, Washington Venn diagram, I spy a letter game, presidents day games, venn diagrams, comparison and contrast ideas, Presidents day writing prompts, A quick glance around the room will ascertain who knows their letters and who doesn't.

You can walk around glancing at papers, while children are searching for letters, to make sure they are circling the correct one.

Click on the link to view/download Lincoln and Washington "I Spy A Letter" worksheets.

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Using Posters For Writing Prompts

free classroom posters, free posters for school, writing prompt posters, writing prompts, inspirational quotes, inspirational posters, washington activities, washington lessons, washington writing prompts, bulletin board ideas, you can lead a horse to water poster, michael jordan posters, I can accept failure poster, I whipped together some new posters. They make a nice decoration for your classroom and a great way to get students’ minds pondering about a subject.

Use them to instigate a lively discussion or as a jump-start for writing prompts.

On the back of the poster, students can write what they think the quote means, how it applies to them or why they liked or did not like it.

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The Horse and Michael Jordan posters can also be used as writing prompts and are especially thought provoking.

Click on the links to view/download these newest editions: Horse Writing prompt posterJordan inspirational posters,  Abe Lincoln or George Washington posters.

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Whenever I found appropriate and short video clips on YouTube, I'd show them before a writing prompt. 

Students found them not only entertaining and educational, but I think it got them in the mood to write.  I also played music that fit the theme as well to enhance the writing atmosphere.

I've found the following awesome clips for Presidents' Day:

Video #1 is a song about the presidents. It has cute black and white pictures of all of them through George Bush. I think it’s a great way to remember them.

Video #2 Is my personal favorite. The graphics are quite sensational + it's less than 4-minutes long. Presidents of the United States are morphed in sequence from George Washington to President Barack Obama. Seeing them morph from one to the other is quite amazing. The music is '”Hooked on America” performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Video #3 is a 6-minute clip that goes through all of the presidents with a nice song. Here they count them while a cool collage of pictures for each, including their signatures, flows.

Finally, in Video #4 you'll hear a Rap about Lincoln and Washington. 

I hope you found these helpful!

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“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” -Lincoln