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Children will study one way that Abe Lincoln dealt with the pressures of his job.

Vocabulary: país, pluma, presidente

Social Studies Focus: Presidents’ Day

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• Duck doesn't like the chores on the farm, so he holds an election! But he soon discovers that being president is a very hard job.

• On chart paper, write the sentence stem Si yo fuera presidente . . . Then let kids finish the sentence. If they like, they can stick with the issue’s theme and name ways they would stay calm on the job.
• Kids can also share things they would change and ways they would help people. Use a combination of dictation and kids’ own writing to complete the experience chart.

• Use pages 2-3 of the issue to do this scavenger hunt as a group.

1. Encuentra el titular. Subráyalo.

2. Encuentra la imagen en que Lincoln escribe una carta acalorada. Márcala con un ✔.

3. En la barra lateral, encuentra la palabra que nombra de qué estaba hecha la pluma de Lincoln. Rodéala.

4. Encuentra el subtitular en el recuadro violeta. Dibuja un cuadrado alrededor.

Skill: following directions, writing

Materials: Un retrato de Abraham Lincoln skill sheet, crayons, pencils, glue, brown pompoms or brown tissue paper

• Hand out the skill sheet. Have kids color in the picture. Then glue brown pom-poms or balls of crumpled brown tissue on his beard, using the dots as a guide for where to place them.
• Next have kids finish the sentence with one fact they learned about Abe from the magazine, such as Abraham Lincoln era un líder calmado or Abraham Lincoln usaba una pluma.