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Children will describe how the Coast Guard uses helicopters to rescue people.

Social Studies Focus: importance of national holidays

  1. Watch a Video:
    Thank You, Veterans!

     

    Skill: build knowledge

     

  2. Read the Issue:
    Sky-High Veterans

     

  3. Play a Game:
    Make a Poster


    Skill: nonfiction text features

     

  4. Complete Skill Sheets 

    Reading Checkpoint

     

    Skill: key details

     

    Helicopter Diagram

     

    Skill: use visuals

     

    Fill in the Verb

     

    Skill: verbs

     

  5. Lesson Boosters 

  • Paired Text: Hero Mom and Hero Dad by Melinda Hardin

     

  • Punctuation Hunt: Exclamation Points

     

  • Hands-on Activity: Make a Veterans Day Mini Book

     

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.1.1, RI.1.5, RI.1.7, L.1.1.A, RL.1.1, L.1.2.B, RF.1.4

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

Paired Text: Hero Mom and Hero Dad by Melinda Hardin

  • Veterans Day books for young kids can be hard to find! These age-appropriate books celebrate military parents by comparing them to superheroes.
  • Read either book—or both!—for a kid-friendly way to explain what it means to serve in the armed forces.

Punctuation Hunt: Exclamation Point

  • Work together to find and circle every exclamation point in the issue. Can you find them all?

Hands-On Activity: Make a Veterans Day Mini Book

Skill: fluency

Materials: Veterans Day Mini Book skill sheets, scissors, crayons, stapler

  • Pass out copies of the skill sheet. Have children cut along the dotted lines.
  • Next, have children put the pages in numerical order and staple them together to make a book. Children can write their name on the cover and color the pictures.
  • Read the book aloud as kids follow along in their own copies. Have them practice until they can read the book fluently. Send the mini book home for kids to read to their families.