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Presidents' Day
From the duo who created the classroom Kirkus Reviews called "a charmed place" comes a patriotic primer for picture-book readers.
Today at school we celebrated Presidents' Day by putting on a play. Mrs. Madoff said I could be George Washington because his birthday is the same as mine. Charlie was Abraham Lincoln because he's the tallest kid in our class. Everyone else had v...more
Today at school we celebrated Presidents' Day by putting on a play. Mrs. Madoff said I could be George Washington because his birthday is the same as mine. Charlie was Abraham Lincoln because he's the tallest kid in our class. Everyone else had v...more
Paperback, 40 pages
Published
December 29th 2009
by HarperCollins
(first published December 26th 2007)
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Mar 14, 2012
Dolly
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
This is a simple and interesting book that describes a little about President's Day and focuses on four of the more popular Presidents in our country's history, specifically the ones on Mount Rushmore: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt.
The story describes a class assembly program, where each child represents a President or discusses some of their accomplishments. The narrative is short and the illustrations are colorful and depict a diverse elementary sch...more
The story describes a class assembly program, where each child represents a President or discusses some of their accomplishments. The narrative is short and the illustrations are colorful and depict a diverse elementary sch...more
Anne Rockwell and Lizzy Rockwell have created a charming picture book series of important days. In this version, a class puts on a play about the presidents. The young narrator gets to be George Washington because they have the same birthday, an African American boy gets to be Abraham Lincoln because he's the tallest, and a girl gets to play a horse-riding Teddy Roosevelt.
I enjoyed the charming and very elementary-friendly style of the book. I do wish, however, that it addressed why we celebrat...more
I enjoyed the charming and very elementary-friendly style of the book. I do wish, however, that it addressed why we celebrat...more
Apr 10, 2011
Alexa Maring
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-s-book,
social-studies
I love this book for many reasons. One, information about our presidents is introduced through the voice of a child! Therefore, the word choice is more accommodating for a young reader. Two, since the book is written about students putting on a play about Presidents' Day, your own students can produce their own informational play and step into a presidents life for a brief moment. I have seen in multiple times in my placement, students love role-play. What better way to meet their needs than to...more
This is definitely a book that belongs in the social studies area in your classroom. When it comes time to learn about our founding fathers this is the perfect book. It gives descriptions of each of the four presidents and what they contributed. It also explains what President's Day is. This is a very informative book for children.
For what it is, it was okay. But, let's just talk about content and titles for a minute... It's called "Presidents' Day". When we celebrate that holiday, we honor Lincoln and Washington. And yet, this book talks only briefly about those 2, and adds (unnecessarily) Teddy Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson by using Mount Rushmore as a template for the kids' project. I would have much preferred a book that focused more on the 2 presidents that the title indicated.
I liked reading this book and thinking of new ways to introduce students to our founding fathers. I like the idea of the students working to create their own play in the end. This will cover many content standards. It s a fun way to teach history and social studies the students will enjoy.
Mrs. Madoff's class explains America's Presidents' Day and then celebrates it by hosting a play in which they highlight some of the greatest American presidents and their contributions to the country.
This book is great to read around election time and Presidents' Day. Students can lean about the first presidents of our country. They also can learn about our founding fathers and what they did.
Lead in to one of our required holidays to cover in the curriculum. Students might even decide to create their own play after reading this book which would be a great teachable moment.
This is a clever way to present information about four of the more well-known presidents kids learn about. The play gives various kids a chance to speak, with historical and personal facts about each individual. The illustrations show a lot of the activity, complementing the text well. The kids themselves are as precious as you'd expect young performers to be.
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This is the book that the gave Maggie the idea she wanted to become President of the United States of America. What a dream for a four year old!
LOVED! Put historical people into characters of different color and would be soooooo good to show anyone that they can make it in this world.
Another fun preschool book by Rockwell teaching the kids about President's Day.
"presidents, February holiday, class play, class play for president's day"
Feb 21, 2009
Jen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
library,
read-alouds-winter
Fun story and good way to bring up discussion about the holiday.
Mrs. Madoff's class celebrates President's Day by putting on a play.
This is written as a play young students are putting on. I did not like the extraneous sentences about the kids who were performing. I wanted more of a nonfiction than a fictionalized version.
It did not meet my needs for the classroom.
It did not meet my needs for the classroom.
I really enjoyed this book, as did my kindergartner and my 3rd grader who was listening in. The book gave great information about 4 important U.S. presidents in a fun, creative way. We all learned about history, elections, and more! Definitely a must read for President's Day!
Apr 19, 2013
Dorotheaholcomb
marked it as to-read
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Shelves:
history-american
Feb 16, 2013
Erica
marked it as to-read
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Shelves:
sj-dc,
holiday-seasonal
Feb 08, 2013
Erin
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