children’s literature assignment 1

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Children’s Literature Assignment

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1st Grade

1. Name of Children’s Book:

Aylesworth, Jim. McClintock, Barbara. 2009. Our Abe Lincoln. New York,NY. Scholastic, Scholastic Press.

2. Summary of Children’s Book

Our Abe Lincoln is a biography song of Lincoln that has been adapted from the tune of “The Old

Grey Mare”. This song was popular during Lincoln’s presidential campaigns. The song tells the

story of Lincoln’s iconic or seminal moments of his life.

The story is told in a school auditorium. Parents, sibling, family and peers are sitting in the

audience waiting for the show to begin. The story is acted out by high-spirited schoolchildren

telling the story of Abraham Lincoln through a musical biography.

3. Questions

• After introducing the title as students, “Who of my friends as heard of Abe Lincoln, place

give me a thumbs up?”

• Do you think this little boy on the front is Abe Lincoln when he was young?

• Open book to the first page and ask, “Looking as this page, what predictions can you

make about the story?”

• Who do you think might be telling this story? (This could be tricky!)

• Pg. 5 Can someone explain what a log cabin is to the rest of the class?

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Pg. 11 Have any of my friends ever been praised for being honest? Please touch yournose if so.

• Pg. 19 Can one friend tell me what slavery means?

• Last page. Now does anyone have any ideas who told this story?

• Why is Abe Lincoln such an important man?

4. Activities to follow the Book .

ACTIVITY ONE related to the book: Timeline

a. Content Discipline: Geography, history, reading/language

b. What NCSS strand(s) fits this activity? Strand II Time, Continuity, and Change.

Human being seek to understand their historical roots and to locate themselves in times.

Understand by these are important event’s in Abe’s Life.

c. State the goal or objective of what you plan to accomplish in this activity?



Given a set of pictures the first grade students will be able to place them in proper sequence on

the timeline with no more than one error.

d. Describe the activity (What would you have kids do?)

• Students will each be given a timeline and life events cut outs.

• Students will cut out events.• Students are asked to glue sequence of events in order from the first event of Abe’s life

to the last.

Differentiation

• Challenged learners will be given extra time to work on timeline. Guided help from

teacher by pulling small groups.

• Gifted learners make a timeline of their life.

e. How would you assess this activity? INCLUDE the rubric or checklist with specific

performance expectations.

Timeline Assessment

___ 1. Student has written name at the top of page.

___ 2. Student has clearly followed teacher’s instructions.

___ 3. Student has no more than one error on timeline

sequence.

___ 4. Student participated cooperatiely in actiity.



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4. Activities to follow the Book.

ACTIVITY Two related to the book: Map

a. Content Discipline: History, Geography

b. What NCSS strand(s) fits this activity? People, places, and Environments.This activity will show the importance for locations where Abe lived throughout his life.


Using AbrahamLincolnonline.org the first grade students will be able to pinpoint three city’s

Abraham lived throughout his life with no errors.


• Students will each be given a map and color the states Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and

Indiana

• Students will locate and place a sticker near Hogenville, Kentucky.

• Students will locate and place a sticker near Spencer County, Indiana.

• Students will locate and place a sticker near Spring Field, Illinois.

•Students will locate and place a sticker near Washington, D.C.

Students will follow directions one by one given by the teacher following along.

Differentiation

• Challenged learners will be given extra time. Guided help from teacher or asked to one

place 3 stickers or work with partner to located all four cities.

• Gifted learners will be asked to use book and resourses to find Gettysburg, PA on map.



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ACTIVITY 3 related to the book: Abraham Lincoln Paper Plate Craft

a. Content Discipline: history, drama, expressive arts

b. What NCSS strand(s) fits this activity? III People, Places, and Environment

This activity will show students why Abe was so well known for his features of a wearing a top

hat and beard.


Given the necessary materials the first grade students will construct an Abraham Lincoln Paper

Plate Craft with no more then two errors while cutting rectangles.


• Paint the bottom of the paper plate flesh colored.

• Draw a mouth and nose with black marker.

• Cut on lines two circles from white paper for eyes and two smaller circles from black

and white paper for the pupils. (Teacher will trace circles. Students will cut on lines.)

Glue in proper place for eyes.

• Cut rectangles on traced lines from black paper to assemble a hat. Glue to top of plate.

• Roll cut out strips of brown contraction paper around a pencil to curl them.

• Glue them all the way around the play as hair and a beard (except where the hat goes.)

• Properly pins cut out to a spot on bulletin board.

Differentiation• Challenged learners will be given extra time to work on timeline. Guided help from

teacher to answer questions.

• Gifted learners will be given paper to write a couple sentences stating a time they had

been honest just like Abe was.





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Sources:

http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/sites/homes.htm

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http://www.dltk-kids.com/usa/mplatelincoln.htm


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