Duck vs. Grace
& an Election Day FREEBIE
Well, today’s the day: ELECTION DAY! The last Election Day I was a student
teacher, seems hard for me to believe. I am worried about voting today, simply
because I keep hearing ‘horror stories’ about how long people have to wait at
the polls here! So, today’s post will be quick, because I’m headed off to vote
soon.
Yesterday we did an activity that I have used in February around Presidents’
Day, but since it’s an election year, I felt it was more appropriate to do it
now. On Friday we read Grace
for President by Kelly
DiPucchio. We then identified what Grace did during her ‘campaign’ to be Class
President. Then yesterday we read Duck
for President by Doreen
Cronin (I LOVE this book!). After reading we identified what Duck did during
his campaigns to be Governor and President. Then we also discussed which
story was fantasy and which story could happen in real-life. Finally, I
introduced our activity, a Venn diagram comparing the two stories.
Since we don’t have school today, as many of the schools in our district
are used as polling places, I also gave my students this activity for homework:
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