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Hip, Hip, Hooray, It’s President’s Day! FREEBIE

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Why, hello February!  Does anyone else think the months are just flying by?!?  I cannot believe that January has already come and gone, but February is one of my favorite months to teach!  So many themes… Groundhog’s Day, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, Dental Health!  My friends and I over at The Primary Pack have teamed up once again to bring you another great FREEBIE ebook, but first I’d like to share all sorts of President’s Day activities to help keep your little learners engaged during President’s Day!  Keep reading to grab the “Things We Love about February Pack of Freebies,” as well as another President’s Day freebie from me!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

Teaching about President’s Day is one of my favorite themes to teach in February… so much so that I’ve already prepped my math and literacy centers, as well as our Abraham and George Washington poems!  I wanted to get a head start since I know that this coming week will be busy with our 100th Day celebration and Valentine’s Day party.  Here’s a little sneak peek into our math and literacy tubs for President’s Day:

COMPOSING 10

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

NUMBER BONDS

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

PROBABILITY & GRAPHING

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

ADDITION

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

PATTERNING

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

DECOMPOSING 10

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

NONSTANDARD MEASUREMENT

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

COIN IDENTIFICATION

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

DIGRAPHS

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

ABC ORDER

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

PHONEME SEGMENTATION

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

R BLENDS

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

SYLLABLE IDENTIFICATION

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

SUPER E WORDS

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

RHYMING

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

SIGHT WORD IDENTIFICATION

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

I know my kiddos are going to shout, “Hip, Hip, Hooray, It’s President’s Day!”

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

Plus, I prepped our poems about Abraham and George Washington!  Putting facts to a little jingle always helps my kiddos so much!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, President's Day poems, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, President's Day poems, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

Then, we are going to make these fun brochures with the facts we learned in each poem!  Take that, Common Core Informational Writing standard!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

These are my favorite two poems and extension activities from my I Can Read February Poetry Binder!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, President's Day poems, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

Of course, we’ll also read about George and Abe, as well as complete a few graphic organizers and writing activities!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

And wait until you see their adorable illustrations of Abe and George… I can’t even!  We used our emergent readers to help us write three facts about each president.

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

You can grab the bubble map and informational writing page for George Washington below!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

You can bet we’ll be making a few President’s Day crafts throughout the week too!  One of my favorites are these pretzel log cabins.  Head on over to this blog post to read all about them!

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

DON’T FORGET IT… PIN IT

Here’s a great collection of President’s Day activities for kids, including President’s Day crafts, Abraham Lincoln activities, ideas for patriotic math and literacy centers, and FREE George Washington printables!

Find more President’s Day activities on my Pinterest board!

Now, onto The Primary Pack’s “Things We Love about February Pack of Freebies!”  Just click on the image below to head over to our collaborative blog to download this e-book freebie, which includes 22 no-prep printable FREEBIES just for you!  Don’t forget to check out all of the link-ups, and link up your own February freebies and products while you are there!

http://theprimarypack.blogspot.com/2015/02/things-we-love-about-february-freebie.html

Happy Groundhog’s Day, 100th Day, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, Chinese New Year, Black History and Dental Health Month!

 

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