Whether it’s President’s Day or there is an upcoming election, If I Ran For President makes a great “president” themed read aloud. Students will learn all about a presidential campaign and the timeline of an United States presidential election. What we love most about this book is that it shows a diverse group of children talking about what it would be like if they ran for president. All students in your class will be able to imagine themselves as a future president! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
If I Ran For President is told from the point of view of different children that plan to run for president. Readers will learn what happens when someone first decides to run for president, what happens during a campaign and what happens on and after election day. Students will be introduced to important vocabulary regarding campaigns and elections.
While informative, the book is still entertaining and inspiring. Students will believe that they too can be president someday no matter what they look like or what their gender is.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
This book is a great mentor text for teaching students about campaigns and elections, however it can be used to teach so much more. Reads alouds are a great way to practice reading comprehension strategies, writing, grammar skills and social emotional learning concepts. Take a look at some ideas for using this book in your classroom.
- Use this book to practice identifying the main idea. Have students find details from the text that support the main idea.
- Identify the author’s purpose for writing this book. Teach students to look for clues in the book that help to identify the author’s purpose.
- Teach a lesson on informative writing and ask students to write about the information they learned from the book.
- Integrate opinion writing by having students form an opinion on running for president and back up their opinion with specific reasons.
- Practice identifying proper nouns and pronouns using examples from the book.
- Teach a lesson on the different types of sentences.
- Use examples from the book to teach a lesson on the importance of manners.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
If I Ran For President is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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